✨ Military Honours and Appointments
1098
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 78
To be Officers of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Hunter, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S. (Edin.) (No. 602256), New Zealand Medical Corps.
Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Murray (No. 465693), Divisional Engineers.
Major David Abraham Solomon (No. 45154), Headquarters, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific.
To be Members of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Garry Charles Cook Sandston (No. 72167), New Zealand Infantry.
Lieutenant George Rupert Gable (No. 28176), New Zealand Ordnance Corps.
No. 22995 R.S.M. (W.O. I) Leslie Thomas Matheson, New Zealand Artillery.
No. 67194 R.Q.M.S. (W.O. II) Robert Alfred Buckland, New Zealand Infantry.
No. 73490 C.S.M. (W.O. II) Murray Alexander Henderson, Divisional Headquarters.
No. 42705 R.S.M. (W.O. I) Clifford Rac Bayley, Divisional Engineers.
No. 525292 R.S.M. (W.O. I) Edward Robert Cockayne, Headquarters, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific.
The Military Cross
The Reverend George David Falloon, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (No. 254619), New Zealand Chaplains Department.
Captain Geoffrey Francis McEvedy (No. 48136), New Zealand Army Service Corps.
Captain Knowles Edward Louden (No. 60196), New Zealand Infantry.
Captain Peter Mellor Blundell (No. 71458), New Zealand Artillery.
The Military Medal
No. 45437 Gunner Michael James Compton, New Zealand Artillery.
The British Empire Medal (Military Division)
No. 232436 Staff Sergeant Glen Robin Braddock, New Zealand Army Service Corps.
No. 42726 Sergeant Arthur Thomas Blampied, Divisional Signals.
Mentioned in Despatches
(List 1, Dated 21st January, 1944)
Brigadier Leslie Potter (No. 81777), N.Z. Infantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Harris Linsell Sugden (No. 81737), N.Z. Infantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Frank Shirer, M.B. (No. 516667), N.Z. Medical Corps.
Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Sneddon McKinnon (No. 804814), N.Z. Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Basil McKenzie Muirson, M.C. (No. 808570), N.Z. Infantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Lyell Bennett, M.C. (No. 30967), Divisional Headquarters.
Major Carden White Logan (No. 50606), Brigade Machine Gun Company.
Major George Edwin Waterworth, M.D., F.R.C.S., F.R.A.C.S. (No. 490932), N.Z. Medical Corps.
Major Colin McLeod Brown (No. 48475), N.Z. Army Service Corps.
Captain Terence Mortimer McKewen (No. 29079), N.Z. Artillery.
Captain James Lewis Colgrave, M.B. (No. 74420), N.Z. Medical Corps.
The Reverend George David Falloon, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (No. 254619), N.Z. Chaplains Department.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Leslie James Kirk (No. 24115), N.Z. Infantry (died of wounds).
Lieutenant Joseph William Beaumont (No. 50708), N.Z. Infantry.
No. 275468 Staff Sergeant Redmond Moreau Carroll, N.Z. Army Service Corps.
No. 508239 Sergeant Eric John Brown, N.Z. Artillery.
No. 50495 Sergeant John Stewart Hillis, N.Z. Infantry.
No. 45705 Sergeant William Charles Leith, N.Z. Medical Corps.
No. 267543 Lance-Sergeant Walter Frank Perry, N.Z. Artillery.
No. 084021 Corporal Leonard John Bennett, Divisional Signals, attached N.Z. Artillery.
No. 43152 Corporal Daniel Joseph Flynn, N.Z. Infantry.
No. 49610 Corporal Donald Maxwell Glengarry, N.Z. Engineers.
No. 428317 Corporal Walter Keith Larsen, N.Z. Engineers.
No. 50282 Lance-Corporal James William Barbour, N.Z. Infantry.
No. 296178 Gunner Donald Austin, N.Z. Artillery.
No. 70395 Private Charles Thomas James Beckham, N.Z. Infantry.
No. 45437 Gunner Michael James Compton, N.Z. Artillery.
No. 63947 Private William Merval Gilfillan, N.Z. Infantry.
No. 005832 Sapper William James Hammond, N.Z. Engineers.
No. 44669 Private Jack Bertram Lempriere, N.Z. Infantry.
No. 445670 Gunner Lawrence Duncan McArthur, N.Z. Artillery.
No. 76396 Sapper Roderic David Philip, N.Z. Engineers.
(List 2, Dated 18th March, 1944)
Lieutenant-Colonel Harry William Daniel Blake (No. 20002), N.Z. Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas McNeil Burns (No. 4539), Divisional Signals.
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Charles Cornwall, M.C. (No. 69282), N.Z. Infantry.
Major John Frederick Barclay Wilson (No. 564153), N.Z. Army Service Corps.
Major Stanley Eric Anderson (No. 34893), N.Z. Engineers.
Major Greville William Heatherwick (No. 509803), Divisional Signals.
Major Seton Fulton Marshall (No. 45153), Divisional Headquarters.
Major Percy Charles Edward Brunette (No. 42362), N.Z. Medical Corps.
Major Kenneth Richard Archer, M.B., Ch.B. (No. 42428), N.Z. Medical Corps.
Major Henry Hodgson Craig (No. 530058), N.Z. Artillery.
Captain (temp. Major) Richard Myles Irwin (No. 72414), N.Z. Medical Corps.
The Reverend Owen Thomas Baragwanath, Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class (No. 67152), N.Z. Chaplains Department.
Captain Brian Martell Silk (No. 470821), Divisional Headquarters.
Captain Leo Benedict Collins (No. 465667), Brigade Headquarters.
Mr. George Raphael Thompson, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (No. 530392), N.Z. Chaplains Department.
Captain Edward Thomas Saunders (No. 555914), N.Z. Medical Corps.
Captain Noel Lauri Fitzpatrick (No. 44430), Brigade Headquarters.
Lieutenant Alfred George Lowry (No. 69409), Graves Registration Unit.
Lieutenant Herman Karl Webb (No. 463834), Divisional Engineers.
Lieutenant Edward George Taylor (No. 50754), N.Z. Infantry.
No. 36118 W.O. I Henry Matthew McCann, N.Z. Medical Corps.
No. 44262 W.O. I Cameron Bollard Russell, Divisional Headquarters.
No. 42767 Coy. Sergeant-Major (W.O. II) Reuben Chatwin Orme, Divisional Signals.
No. 46684 Staff Sergeant George Edward Hughes, N.Z. Army Service Corps.
No. 43534 Staff Sergeant Thomas Lloyd Pickering, N.Z. Army Service Corps.
No. 49608 Sergeant William Robert Bass, Brigade Headquarters.
No. 44409 Sergeant Leonard Malcolm Wood, N.Z. Infantry.
No. 71497 Armourer Sergeant William James Pearson, N.Z. Infantry (killed in action).
No. 63534 Sergeant Norman Sample, N.Z. Artillery.
No. 49564 Sergeant Victor Francis Hughes, N.Z. Infantry.
No. 551293 Armourer Sergeant Julius Bruns, N.Z. Ordnance Corps.
No. 480460 Sergeant Alexander Geoffrey Sainty, N.Z. Artillery.
No. 45316 Sergeant Hector Gordon Jamieson, Divisional Signals.
No. 70358 Sergeant Jack Harold Norman Oliver, Divisional Signals.
No. 295340 Sergeant Gordon George McLeod, N.Z. Infantry.
No. 45643 Lance-Sergeant Frank Barton Greenem, N.Z. Engineers.
No. 70498 Lance-Sergeant Verdon James Newell, N.Z. Infantry.
No. 73209 Corporal Gordon Henry Taylor, Defence and Employment Platoon.
No. 68769 Private Charles Hobson Sherson, N.Z. Infantry.
No. 64569 Signalman John Augustine Casey, Divisional Signals.
No. 554649 Driver Archie Daniel McIver, N.Z. Army Service Corps.
No. 47292 Sapper William John Reesby, N.Z. Engineers.
No. 233137 Private Bernard Francis Collins, N.Z. Infantry.
No. 45976 Private Stanley Verdun Green, Divisional Headquarters.
No. 545145 Signalman Albert Edward Richardson, Divisional Signals.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.
Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers under the Child Welfare Act, 1925
Education Department,
Wellington, 4th September, 1944.
IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Henry Greathead Rex Mason, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act for the year ending the 31st December, 1944 :—
Name. District.
Burns, Leo Augustine .. .. .. Hastings.
Ross, Sister Emily May .. .. .. Nuhaka.
Turuwhenua, Dave Teuaua .. .. .. Waimana.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Education.
Member of Licensing Committee appointed
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st September, 1944.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
William Henry Freeman, Esquire, S.M.,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Franklin, vice Felix Hector Levien, Esquire, S.M.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.
Justice of the Peace appointed
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th September, 1944.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
Edward Ernest Mizen, Esquire,
of Great Mercury Island, to be a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.
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94 names identified
- Stewart Hunter (Lieutenant-Colonel), Officer of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- Andrew Murray (Lieutenant-Colonel), Officer of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- David Abraham Solomon (Major), Officer of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- Garry Charles Cook Sandston (Lieutenant (temp. Captain)), Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- George Rupert Gable (Lieutenant), Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- Leslie Thomas Matheson (R.S.M. (W.O. I)), Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- Robert Alfred Buckland (R.Q.M.S. (W.O. II)), Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- Murray Alexander Henderson (C.S.M. (W.O. II)), Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- Clifford Rac Bayley (R.S.M. (W.O. I)), Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- Edward Robert Cockayne (R.S.M. (W.O. I)), Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- George David Falloon (The Reverend), Military Cross
- Geoffrey Francis McEvedy (Captain), Military Cross
- Knowles Edward Louden (Captain), Military Cross
- Peter Mellor Blundell (Captain), Military Cross
- Michael James Compton (Gunner), Military Medal
- Glen Robin Braddock (Staff Sergeant), British Empire Medal (Military Division)
- Arthur Thomas Blampied (Sergeant), British Empire Medal (Military Division)
- Leslie Potter (Brigadier), Mentioned in Despatches
- Arthur Harris Linsell Sugden (Lieutenant-Colonel), Mentioned in Despatches
- William Frank Shirer (Lieutenant-Colonel), Mentioned in Despatches
- Walter Sneddon McKinnon (Lieutenant-Colonel), Mentioned in Despatches
- Kenneth Basil McKenzie Muirson (Lieutenant-Colonel), Mentioned in Despatches
- Philip Lyell Bennett (Lieutenant-Colonel), Mentioned in Despatches
- Carden White Logan (Major), Mentioned in Despatches
- George Edwin Waterworth (Major), Mentioned in Despatches
- Colin McLeod Brown (Major), Mentioned in Despatches
- Terence Mortimer McKewen (Captain), Mentioned in Despatches
- James Lewis Colgrave (Captain), Mentioned in Despatches
- George David Falloon (The Reverend), Mentioned in Despatches
- Leslie James Kirk (Lieutenant (temp. Captain)), Mentioned in Despatches (died of wounds)
- Joseph William Beaumont (Lieutenant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Redmond Moreau Carroll (Staff Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Eric John Brown (Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- John Stewart Hillis (Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- William Charles Leith (Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Walter Frank Perry (Lance-Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Leonard John Bennett (Corporal), Mentioned in Despatches
- Daniel Joseph Flynn (Corporal), Mentioned in Despatches
- Donald Maxwell Glengarry (Corporal), Mentioned in Despatches
- Walter Keith Larsen (Corporal), Mentioned in Despatches
- James William Barbour (Lance-Corporal), Mentioned in Despatches
- Donald Austin (Gunner), Mentioned in Despatches
- Charles Thomas James Beckham (Private), Mentioned in Despatches
- Michael James Compton (Gunner), Mentioned in Despatches
- William Merval Gilfillan (Private), Mentioned in Despatches
- William James Hammond (Sapper), Mentioned in Despatches
- Jack Bertram Lempriere (Private), Mentioned in Despatches
- Lawrence Duncan McArthur (Gunner), Mentioned in Despatches
- Roderic David Philip (Sapper), Mentioned in Despatches
- Harry William Daniel Blake (Lieutenant-Colonel), Mentioned in Despatches
- Douglas McNeil Burns (Lieutenant-Colonel), Mentioned in Despatches
- Frederick Charles Cornwall (Lieutenant-Colonel), Mentioned in Despatches
- John Frederick Barclay Wilson (Major), Mentioned in Despatches
- Stanley Eric Anderson (Major), Mentioned in Despatches
- Greville William Heatherwick (Major), Mentioned in Despatches
- Seton Fulton Marshall (Major), Mentioned in Despatches
- Percy Charles Edward Brunette (Major), Mentioned in Despatches
- Kenneth Richard Archer (Major), Mentioned in Despatches
- Henry Hodgson Craig (Major), Mentioned in Despatches
- Richard Myles Irwin (Captain (temp. Major)), Mentioned in Despatches
- Owen Thomas Baragwanath (The Reverend), Mentioned in Despatches
- Brian Martell Silk (Captain), Mentioned in Despatches
- Leo Benedict Collins (Captain), Mentioned in Despatches
- George Raphael Thompson (Mr.), Mentioned in Despatches
- Edward Thomas Saunders (Captain), Mentioned in Despatches
- Noel Lauri Fitzpatrick (Captain), Mentioned in Despatches
- Alfred George Lowry (Lieutenant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Herman Karl Webb (Lieutenant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Edward George Taylor (Lieutenant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Henry Matthew McCann (W.O. I), Mentioned in Despatches
- Cameron Bollard Russell (W.O. I), Mentioned in Despatches
- Reuben Chatwin Orme (Coy. Sergeant-Major (W.O. II)), Mentioned in Despatches
- George Edward Hughes (Staff Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Thomas Lloyd Pickering (Staff Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- William Robert Bass (Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Leonard Malcolm Wood (Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- William James Pearson (Armourer Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches (killed in action)
- Norman Sample (Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Victor Francis Hughes (Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Julius Bruns (Armourer Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Alexander Geoffrey Sainty (Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Hector Gordon Jamieson (Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Jack Harold Norman Oliver (Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Gordon George McLeod (Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Frank Barton Greenem (Lance-Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Verdon James Newell (Lance-Sergeant), Mentioned in Despatches
- Gordon Henry Taylor (Corporal), Mentioned in Despatches
- Charles Hobson Sherson (Private), Mentioned in Despatches
- John Augustine Casey (Signalman), Mentioned in Despatches
- Archie Daniel McIver (Driver), Mentioned in Despatches
- William John Reesby (Sapper), Mentioned in Despatches
- Bernard Francis Collins (Private), Mentioned in Despatches
- Stanley Verdun Green (Private), Mentioned in Despatches
- Albert Edward Richardson (Signalman), Mentioned in Despatches
- F. Jones, Minister of Defence
🏥 Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers
🏥 Health & Social Welfare4 September 1944
Child Welfare, Appointments, Honorary Officers
- Leo Augustine Burns, Appointed Honorary Child Welfare Officer
- Emily May Ross (Sister), Appointed Honorary Child Welfare Officer
- Dave Teuaua Turuwhenua, Appointed Honorary Child Welfare Officer
- Henry Greathead Rex Mason, Minister of Education
⚖️ Appointment to Licensing Committee
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement1 September 1944
Licensing Committee, Appointment, Franklin District
- William Henry Freeman (Esquire, S.M.), Appointed member of Licensing Committee
- H. G. R. Mason, Minister of Justice
⚖️ Justice of the Peace Appointment
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement4 September 1944
Justice of the Peace, Appointment
- Edward Ernest Mizen (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- H. G. R. Mason, Minister of Justice