Military Promotions and Appointments




445149 John Warrack Maybank, N.Z. Inf. Dated 1st April, 1946.
449295 Lindsay Francis Robinson, D.F.C., N.Z. Div. Cav. Dated 2nd April, 1946.
409510 James Mervyn Potts, N.Z. Inf. Dated 5th April, 1946.
812818 Harry Wilfred Everard Jones, N.Z. Div. Cav. Dated 9th April, 1946.

6338 James Strathallen Kerr, N.Z. Postal. Dated 15th June, 1946.
555423 Dan Calwell, N.Z.E. Dated 25th June, 1946.
452618 Aleck Edward Rowe, N.Z.A.
38047 Henry Andrew Leslie Laing, N.Z.A.
629959 William John Wray, N.Z. Div. Cav.
641679 Murray David Hogan, N.Z. Div. Cav.
12388 Ronald Athol Sweet, M.M., N.Z. Div. Cav.
632388 Colin Wilfred Dick, N.Z. Div. Cav.
622107 Laurence George Penney, N.Z. Div. Cav.
62297 Charles Wilkinson, N.Z. Div. Cav.
26226 Ian Jesse Thomson, N.Z. Div. Cav.
4119 Colin Astor Baynes, N.Z. Inf.
631897 Bernard Arthur Packer, N.Z. Inf.
8087 Colin Frank Dalton, N.Z. Inf.
630071 Morgan Edward Buchanan, N.Z. Inf.
639390 David Scott Littlejohn, N.Z. Inf.
640072 John Albert Deyell, N.Z. Inf.
640739 George Kirkland Morrow, N.Z. Inf.
623744 William Joseph Henderson, N.Z. Inf.
635403 Ian Tait, N.Z. Inf.
643213 Rex Thomas Garlick, N.Z. Inf.
642637 Donald Henry Blyth, N.Z. Inf.
650014 Jack Rathbun, N.Z. Inf.
617951 Harold Jones, N.Z. Inf.
639375 Graeme Doig, N.Z. Inf.
292791 Bruce Rahu Philip, N.Z. Inf.
643058 Albert Paul Crimp, N.Z. Inf.
819560 Gordon Bruce Fea, N.Z. Inf.
639543 Evan Hugh Williams, N.Z. Inf.
440700 Edward Cedrick Shave, N.Z. Inf.
638246 John Bedford Marsh, N.Z. Inf.
445593 James Gilchrist Watson, N.Z.A.S.C.
12752 George Richardson Marriner, N.Z.A.S.C.
16722 Ian Charles James Craig, N.Z.A.S.C.
43600 George Frederick William Goodall, N.Z.A.S.C.
434616 Arthur Desmond Pike, N.Z.E.M.E.
440544 Geoffrey John Hayes Atkinson, N.Z.O.C.

Dated 26th June, 1946.

453428 George Kingsland Lee, N.Z.E.
070897 Raymond Francis Wilson, N.Z.E.

Dated 4th July, 1946.

750795 John George Greener, N.Z.E. Dated 9th July, 1946.

PROMOTIONS

The undermentioned to be temp. Majors:—

Captain (Acting-Major) R. D. McEwan, N.Z.E.R.S. Dated 14th May, 1946.

Captain R. K. Logan, N.Z.D.C. Dated 9th August, 1946.

Sister E. Hartnett, N.Z.A.N.S., to be temp. Charge Sister. Dated 13th July, 1946.

The undermentioned to be temp. Captains:—

Lieutenants—

R. L. D. Powrie, N.Z. Inf. Dated 30th March, 1946.
V. G. Henderson, N.Z. Inf. J. L. Lawson, N.Z.E.
A. W. Kay, N.Z. Inf. R. P. A. Probert, N.Z. Inf.

Dated 15th July, 1946.

A. R. Cockerell, N.Z.M.C. Dated 25th July, 1946.

Temp. Lieutenant R. B. G. Chadwick. Dated 8th July, 1946.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant E. A. Flynn, N.Z.E. Dated 16th July, 1946.

The undermentioned to be temp. Lieutenants:—

2nd Lieutenants—

M. J. Egan, N.Z. Inf. Dated 27th May, 1946.
W. T. Davies, N.Z. Inf.
H. Grant, M.M., N.Z. Inf.
A. B. H. Naughton, M.M., N.Z. Inf.

Dated 15th July, 1946.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant M. J. Philpott, N.Z.C.S. Dated 12th July, 1946.

APPOINTMENTS (SUBSTANTIVE)

The undermentioned temporary appointments and transfers are confirmed with effect from 30th July, 1946, unless otherwise stated:—

Force Headquarters—Reinforcements

Brigadier L. Potter, D.S.O. Dated 18th June, 1946.

Temp. Captains—

B. L. Hewitt. Dated 17th June, 1946.
A. N. Rutledge. Dated 18th June, 1946.
R. B. G. Chadwick. Dated 17th July, 1946.

Lieutenants (temp. Captains)—

A. W. Kay.
J. L. Lawson.
V. G. Henderson (seconded to the British Commonwealth Occupational Force).

Lieutenants—

J. G. Godwin.
M. R. King (seconded to the British Commonwealth Occupational Force).
J. M. Morris.
D. H. Yeoman.

2nd Lieutenants—

J. A. Deyell. J. Rathbun.

N.Z. Divisional Cavalry Battalion—Reinforcements

Captain W. R. C. Saul.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. P. A. Probert.

Lieutenants—

P. Hetherington-Martin. M. J. Philpott.
A. H. Reynolds.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) A. B. H. Naughton, M.M.

2nd Lieutenants—

C. W. Dick. R. A. Sweet, M.M.
H. W. E. Jones. W. J. Wray.
L. F. Robinson, D.F.C. M. D. Hogan.
C. Wilkinson. L. G. Penney.
J. R. Finlay. I. J. Thomson.
I. J. S. Laidlaw.

N.Z. Artillery—Reinforcements

Lieutenants—

F. R. Bartley. R. H. Smith.
J. N. Rutland.

2nd Lieutenants—

H. A. L. Laing. A. E. Rowe.

N.Z. Engineers—Reinforcements

Temp. Major G. W. King. Dated 6th July, 1946.

Lieutenants—

R. H. Kerr. C. J. McDonald.

Dated 6th July, 1946.

2nd Lieutenant D. Calwell. Dated 8th July, 1946.

Captain E. A. Flynn.

2nd Lieutenants—

J. G. Greener. R. F. Wilson.
G. K. Lee.

N.Z. Infantry—Reinforcements

Captains—

W. A. Morgan, E.D. M. Searancke.
B. H. Palmer.

Lieutenants—

W. Te A. Haig. C. F. H. Mansfield.
M. J. Egan. F. E. Prebble, D.F.C.
E. McG. Murray. P. Duggan-Smith.
J. F. Byrne. R. D. Milne.

2nd Lieutenants (temp. Lieutenants)—

W. T. Davies. H. Grant, M.M.

2nd Lieutenants—

B. J. Matson, M.M. D. S. Littlejohn.
D. H. Blyth. G. K. Morrow.
C. F. Dalton. J. M. Potts.
R. T. Garlick. T. V. Thiele.
H. Jones. C. A. Baynes.
J. W. Maybank. A. P. Crimp.
B. R. Philip. G. B. Fea.
I. Tait. W. J. Henderson.
G. J. Kippenberger. J. B. Marsh.
M. E. Buchanan. B. A. Packer.
G. Doig. E. C. Shave.
P. T. Hamilton. E. H. Williams.

N.Z. Army Service Corps—Reinforcements

2nd Lieutenants—

I. C. J. Craig. G. F. W. Goodall.
J. G. Watson. G. R. Marriner.

N.Z. Medical Corps—Reinforcements

Lieutenant S. H. Diehl. Dated 8th July, 1946.

Captains—

M. Pirritt. R. L. D. Powrie.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. R. Cockerell (with effect from 18th June, 1946), and is appointed Senior Medical Officer for the voyage.

Lieutenant K. M. Hole (with effect from 1st July, 1946).

N.Z. Dental Corps—Reinforcements

Captain J. R. Eyles.

Lieutenant P. D. Duncalf.

N.Z. Ordnance Corps—Reinforcements

2nd Lieutenant G. J. H. Atkinson.

N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers—Reinforcements

Captain H. A. Gauntlett-Curtis.

2nd Lieutenant A. D. Pike.

N.Z. Postal Unit—Reinforcement

2nd Lieutenant J. S. Kerr.



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🛡️ Transfers, Appointments, and Promotions of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section) (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
9 August 1946
Transfers, Appointments, Promotions, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Japan Section, N.Z. Engineers, N.Z. Divisional Signals, N.Z. Medical Corps, N.Z. Dental Corps, N.Z. Chaplains Department, N.Z. Army Nursing Service
44 names identified
  • John Warrack Maybank, Transferred or appointed
  • Lindsay Francis Robinson (D.F.C.), Transferred or appointed
  • James Mervyn Potts, Transferred or appointed
  • Harry Wilfred Everard Jones, Transferred or appointed
  • James Strathallen Kerr, Transferred or appointed
  • Dan Calwell, Transferred or appointed
  • Aleck Edward Rowe, Transferred or appointed
  • Henry Andrew Leslie Laing, Transferred or appointed
  • William John Wray, Transferred or appointed
  • Murray David Hogan, Transferred or appointed
  • Ronald Athol Sweet (M.M.), Transferred or appointed
  • Colin Wilfred Dick, Transferred or appointed
  • Laurence George Penney, Transferred or appointed
  • Charles Wilkinson, Transferred or appointed
  • Ian Jesse Thomson, Transferred or appointed
  • Colin Astor Baynes, Transferred or appointed
  • Bernard Arthur Packer, Transferred or appointed
  • Colin Frank Dalton, Transferred or appointed
  • Morgan Edward Buchanan, Transferred or appointed
  • David Scott Littlejohn, Transferred or appointed
  • John Albert Deyell, Transferred or appointed
  • George Kirkland Morrow, Transferred or appointed
  • William Joseph Henderson, Transferred or appointed
  • Ian Tait, Transferred or appointed
  • Rex Thomas Garlick, Transferred or appointed
  • Donald Henry Blyth, Transferred or appointed
  • Jack Rathbun, Transferred or appointed
  • Harold Jones, Transferred or appointed
  • Graeme Doig, Transferred or appointed
  • Bruce Rahu Philip, Transferred or appointed
  • Albert Paul Crimp, Transferred or appointed
  • Gordon Bruce Fea, Transferred or appointed
  • Evan Hugh Williams, Transferred or appointed
  • Edward Cedrick Shave, Transferred or appointed
  • John Bedford Marsh, Transferred or appointed
  • James Gilchrist Watson, Transferred or appointed
  • George Richardson Marriner, Transferred or appointed
  • Ian Charles James Craig, Transferred or appointed
  • George Frederick William Goodall, Transferred or appointed
  • Arthur Desmond Pike, Transferred or appointed
  • Geoffrey John Hayes Atkinson, Transferred or appointed
  • George Kingsland Lee, Transferred or appointed
  • Raymond Francis Wilson, Transferred or appointed
  • John George Greener, Transferred or appointed

🛡️ Promotions of Officers in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force

🛡️ Defence & Military
Promotions, Temporary Majors, Temporary Captains, Temporary Lieutenants, N.Z.E.R.S., N.Z.D.C., N.Z.A.N.S., N.Z. Inf., N.Z.E., N.Z.M.C.
16 names identified
  • R. D. McEwan (Captain (Acting-Major)), Promoted to temp. Major
  • R. K. Logan (Captain), Promoted to temp. Major
  • E. Hartnett (Sister), Promoted to temp. Charge Sister
  • R. L. D. Powrie (Lieutenant), Promoted to temp. Captain
  • V. G. Henderson (Lieutenant), Promoted to temp. Captain
  • J. L. Lawson (Lieutenant), Promoted to temp. Captain
  • A. W. Kay (Lieutenant), Promoted to temp. Captain
  • R. P. A. Probert (Lieutenant), Promoted to temp. Captain
  • A. R. Cockerell (Temp. Lieutenant), Promoted to temp. Captain
  • R. B. G. Chadwick (Temp. Lieutenant), Promoted to temp. Captain
  • E. A. Flynn (Temp. 2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to temp. Lieutenant
  • M. J. Egan (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to temp. Lieutenant
  • W. T. Davies (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to temp. Lieutenant
  • H. Grant (2nd Lieutenant, M.M.), Promoted to temp. Lieutenant
  • A. B. H. Naughton (2nd Lieutenant, M.M.), Promoted to temp. Lieutenant
  • M. J. Philpott (Temp. 2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to temp. Lieutenant

🛡️ Substantive Appointments and Transfers in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force

🛡️ Defence & Military
30 July 1946
Substantive Appointments, Transfers, Force Headquarters, N.Z. Divisional Cavalry Battalion, N.Z. Artillery, N.Z. Engineers, N.Z. Infantry, N.Z. Army Service Corps, N.Z. Medical Corps, N.Z. Dental Corps, N.Z. Ordnance Corps, N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, N.Z. Postal Unit
95 names identified
  • L. Potter (Brigadier, D.S.O.), Appointment confirmed
  • B. L. Hewitt (Temp. Captain), Appointment confirmed
  • A. N. Rutledge (Temp. Captain), Appointment confirmed
  • R. B. G. Chadwick (Temp. Captain), Appointment confirmed
  • A. W. Kay (Lieutenant (temp. Captain)), Appointment confirmed
  • J. L. Lawson (Lieutenant (temp. Captain)), Appointment confirmed
  • V. G. Henderson (Lieutenant (temp. Captain)), Appointment confirmed
  • J. G. Godwin (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • M. R. King (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • J. M. Morris (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • D. H. Yeoman (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • J. A. Deyell (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • J. Rathbun (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • W. R. C. Saul (Captain), Appointment confirmed
  • R. P. A. Probert (Lieutenant (temp. Captain)), Appointment confirmed
  • P. Hetherington-Martin (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • M. J. Philpott (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • A. H. Reynolds (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • A. B. H. Naughton (2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant), M.M.), Appointment confirmed
  • C. W. Dick (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • R. A. Sweet (2nd Lieutenant, M.M.), Appointment confirmed
  • H. W. E. Jones (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • W. J. Wray (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • L. F. Robinson (2nd Lieutenant, D.F.C.), Appointment confirmed
  • M. D. Hogan (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • C. Wilkinson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • L. G. Penney (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • J. R. Finlay (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • I. J. Thomson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • I. J. S. Laidlaw (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • F. R. Bartley (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • R. H. Smith (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • J. N. Rutland (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • H. A. L. Laing (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • A. E. Rowe (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • G. W. King (Temp. Major), Appointment confirmed
  • R. H. Kerr (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • C. J. McDonald (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • D. Calwell (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • E. A. Flynn (Captain), Appointment confirmed
  • J. G. Greener (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • R. F. Wilson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • G. K. Lee (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • W. A. Morgan (Captain, E.D.), Appointment confirmed
  • M. Searancke (Captain), Appointment confirmed
  • B. H. Palmer (Captain), Appointment confirmed
  • W. Te A. Haig (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • C. F. H. Mansfield (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • M. J. Egan (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • F. E. Prebble (Lieutenant, D.F.C.), Appointment confirmed
  • E. McG. Murray (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • P. Duggan-Smith (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • J. F. Byrne (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • R. D. Milne (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • W. T. Davies (2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant)), Appointment confirmed
  • H. Grant (2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant), M.M.), Appointment confirmed
  • B. J. Matson (2nd Lieutenant, M.M.), Appointment confirmed
  • D. S. Littlejohn (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • D. H. Blyth (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • G. K. Morrow (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • C. F. Dalton (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • J. M. Potts (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • R. T. Garlick (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • T. V. Thiele (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • H. Jones (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • C. A. Baynes (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • J. W. Maybank (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • A. P. Crimp (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • B. R. Philip (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • G. B. Fea (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • I. Tait (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • W. J. Henderson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • G. J. Kippenberger (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • J. B. Marsh (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • M. E. Buchanan (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • B. A. Packer (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • G. Doig (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • E. C. Shave (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • E. H. Williams (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • P. T. Hamilton (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • I. C. J. Craig (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • G. F. W. Goodall (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • J. G. Watson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • G. R. Marriner (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • S. H. Diehl (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • M. Pirritt (Captain), Appointment confirmed
  • R. L. D. Powrie (Captain), Appointment confirmed
  • A. R. Cockerell (Lieutenant (temp. Captain)), Appointment confirmed
  • K. M. Hole (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • J. R. Eyles (Captain), Appointment confirmed
  • P. D. Duncalf (Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • G. J. H. Atkinson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • H. A. Gauntlett-Curtis (Captain), Appointment confirmed
  • A. D. Pike (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
  • J. S. Kerr (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed