JULY 18] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 993

Promotions of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
(Japan Section)

Army Department,
Wellington, 13th July, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
confirm the following promotions of officers of the 2nd
New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section), vide Lists
Nos. 10, dated 22nd May, 1946, and 14, dated 19th June, 1946 :—

LIST No. 10
PROMOTIONS
N.Z. Artillery

2nd Lieutenant R. I. Bolton to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated
18th May, 1946.

N.Z. Infantry

Major W. F. Titchener, M.C., to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel.
Dated 16th May, 1946.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 43, dated 20th June, 1946, relative to the promotion
of Major R. H. Kerr to temp. Lieutenant-Colonel, for “Dated
30th May, 1946,” substitute “Dated 30th April, 1946.”

LIST No. 14
PROMOTIONS
N.Z. Engineers

Lieutenant (Acting-Captain) F. Boxall to be temp. Captain.
Dated 1st May, 1946.

Lieutenant A. S. L. Barnes to be temp. Captain. Dated 1st
May, 1946.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Promotions of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Army Department,
Wellington, 13th July, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
approve of the following promotions of officers of the 2nd
New Zealand Expeditionary Force :—

PROMOTIONS
N.Z. Infantry

2nd Lieutenant (Acting-Captain) W. R. Thayer to be Lieutenant and retains the acting rank of Captain. Dated 21st February,
1946.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—

R. E. Reggett. Dated 11th April, 1946.

H. C. Anderson. Dated 18th April, 1946.

2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (FIJI)
PROMOTION
N.Z. Infantry

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. Y. Baillie to be Captain and
remains attached to the Fiji Military Forces. Dated 1st June,
1946.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishments of Temporary Rank, and
Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces

Army Department,
Wellington, 13th July, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve
of the following appointments, promotions, relinquishments
of temporary rank, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand
Military Forces :—

N.Z. STAFF CORPS

The undermentioned Majors (temp. Lieutenant-Colonels)
relinquish the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel :—

D. T. Maxwell. Dated 25th March, 1946.

G. M. McCaskill. Dated 28th May, 1946.

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF

W.O. II Robert Geoffrey Aitken to be temp. Lieutenant and
Quartermaster. Dated 18th June, 1946.

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Captain F. D. McWha, A.M.I.Mech.E., to be temp. Major.
Dated 10th July, 1946.

Lieutenant and Quartermaster (temp. Major and Quartermaster)
J. W. Evers to be Captain and Quartermaster and retains the
temporary rank of Major and Quartermaster. Dated 14th October,
1940.

Lieutenant and Quartermaster (temp. Captain and Quartermaster) T. G. Chapman to be Captain and Quartermaster. Dated
1st December, 1941.

Staff Sergeant Edward Lloyd George to be temp. Captain and
Quartermaster. Dated 27th April, 1946.

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N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Sergeant Alexander Graham to be temp. Lieutenant and
Quartermaster. Dated 22nd June, 1946.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF

Temp. Lieutenant J. R. Wilkinson to be temp. Captain. Dated
1st July, 1946.

Temp. Lieutenant N. S. Pedersen to be temp. Captain. Dated
3rd July, 1946.

Temp. Captain F. A. Gunn, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be temp. Captain. Dated 3rd July, 1946.

TERRITORIAL FORCE
N.Z. INFANTRY

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own)

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on prob.), and are
seconded to the Avondale Technical High School Cadets, Area 1 :—

Albert Edward Dowding.

Frederick James Eade.

Owen Lawry Gilmore.

Robert Meiklejohn Bean.

Gordon Stanley Cole.

Dated 7th June, 1946.

The North Auckland Regiment

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on prob.), and are
seconded to the Warkworth District High School Cadets, Area 3 :—

Harold William Boon Webber. Dated 20th May, 1946.

Herbert William Salmon. Dated 12th June, 1946.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment

William Charles Pengelly to be Hon. Lieutenant (Bandmaster).
Dated 8th July, 1946.

The Canterbury Regiment

Ivan Ross McLean to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is
seconded to the Ashburton Technical High School Cadets, Area 10.
Dated 5th April, 1946.

SCHOOL CADETS UNITS

St. Andrew’s College Cadets, Area 10

2nd Lieutenant G. K. Rutherford to be temp. Lieutenant.
Dated 20th May, 1946.

Southland Technical College Cadets, Area 12

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants :—

F. G. Spurdle. P. F. Verngreen.

Dated 20th May, 1946.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Temp. Captain E. Butler is posted to the Retired List with the
rank of Captain. Dated 3rd July, 1946.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS

Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) K. B. Bridge, O.B.E.,
M.B., Ch.B., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 4th June, 1946.

Kenneth Morton Hole, M.B., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant. Dated
1st July, 1946.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS

Lieutenant B. R. Cook, B.D.S., to be temp. Captain. Dated
2nd July, 1946.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE

Sister L. M. Davis to be temp. Charge Sister and remains
seconded. Dated 1st July, 1946.

OFFICERS CEASING TO BE SECONDED TO THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Lieutenant-Colonel K. B. Bridge, O.B.E., M.B., Ch.B., N.Z.
Medical Corps, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the
temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, with seniority from 31st
March, 1944. Dated 4th June, 1946.

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) F. D. McWha, A.M.I.Mech.E.,
and is reposted to the N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps with the rank of
Captain, with seniority from 18th December, 1942. Dated 9th
July, 1946.

Major (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) V. T. Pearse, M.C., M.B.,
Ch.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, and is reposted to the Territorial Force
with the temporary rank of Major, with seniority from 1st March,
1945. Dated 9th June, 1946.

Major J. W. Bartrum, M.B., Ch.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, and is
reposted the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Major,
with seniority from 1st April, 1944. Dated 12th June, 1946.

Major H. S. Wilson, E.D., N.Z. Artillery, and is reposted to the
Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Major, with seniority
from 15th June, 1941. Dated 2nd July, 1946.

Captain (Acting-Major) M. W. A. Gatman, M.B., Ch.B., N.Z.
Medical Corps, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the
temporary rank of Captain, with seniority from 30th June, 1943.
Dated 12th May, 1946.

Captain E. J. Marshall, M.B., Ch.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, and
is reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of
Captain, with seniority from 1st July, 1944. Dated 29th May, 1946.