Royal New Zealand Navy Appointments and Promotions




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 57

Telegraphist Lieutenant Halson Philpott, M.B.E., resignation accepted and appointment terminated, to date 3rd July, 1946. Placed on the Retired List of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Navy, to date 4th July, 1946.

Lieutenant (S) Alan Moir Jamieson, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 1st June, 1946.

Probationary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (S) Robert Gillespie Adams, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 9th October, 1944; promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant (S), with seniority of 9th October, 1944, and reappointed, to date 9th October, 1945.

Mr. James Bradley Myles, Boatswain, promoted to the rank of Acting-Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 6th April, 1946.

Mr. William Lambert Rudd, Temporary Acting Signal Boatswain, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 17th March, 1945.

Mr. John Weir Stewart, D.S.M., Temporary Acting Warrant Shipwright, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 19th July, 1943.

Mr. Thomas George Edward Hallin, Acting Commissioned Engineer, appointed H.M.N.Z. ship for duty inside Navy Office, Wellington, as assistant to the Director of Naval Engineering, and granted the acting rank of Lieutenant (E) whilst holding this appointment, to date 26th May, 1946.

Mr. Colin James Taylor, B.Sc., Schoolmaster (Acting Commissioned Warrant Officer), promoted to Senior Master and reappointed, to date 29th December, 1945.

Mr. Gilmour Wilfred McConnell, Temporary Schoolmaster, promoted to Temporary Schoolmaster (Acting Commissioned Warrant Officer) and reappointed, to date 16th February, 1946.

Mr. Stanley Austin Higgs, Temporary Acting Warrant Wardmaster, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 12th February, 1945.

George Mitchell, Mechanician, N.Z. 1523, promoted to the rank of Acting Warrant Mechanician and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 10th April, 1946.

Ronald William Kirkwood, Mechanician, N.Z. 1177, promoted to the rank of Acting Warrant Mechanician and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 1st May, 1946.

Chief Petty Officer Writer Morris Aaron Lawson, N.Z. 1746, promoted to the rank of Acting Warrant Writer Officer and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 18th July, 1946.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL RESERVE

Lieutenant Eric Mortimer Conrad Stevens, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, with seniority of 1st May, 1946.

Lieutenant John Arthur Kirk, R.D., promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, with seniority of 10th June, 1946.

ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E) Arthur Nicholas Britten, lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 26th April, 1946.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

Lieutenant George David Gray, V.D., promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, to date 1st May, 1946.

Lieutenant (Acting Lieutenant-Commander) Lewis King, D.S.C., promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, to date 9th June, 1946.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant George Gresham Clark, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 29th July, 1945.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Terence Knight Anderson, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 5th September, 1945.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Arthur Raymond Holden, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 17th March, 1946.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenants David Hargraves Ross and Robert Charles Stuart, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 1st April, 1946.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Frank Alexander Geddes, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 8th April, 1946.

Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant Bruce Coleman, promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 5th November, 1944.

Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant Maurice Eugene Casey, promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 24th May, 1945.

Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenants Dudley Layton Carey and Allan Douglas Hunter, promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 8th June, 1945.

Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant Colin Humphrey Callister, promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 2nd August, 1945.

Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenants Roy Leigh Hunt and Vincent George Skilton, promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 11th November, 1945.

Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenants Jack Marshall Crawford and Alan Raymond Whitham, promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 22nd December, 1945.

Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenants Jack Thomson Gill, Hugh Trevor Jones, and George Maberly Webb, promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 20th January, 1946.

Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenants James Bryant Steel and David George Wallace, promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 3rd February, 1946.

Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant Peter Craig Gibbons, promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 28th February, 1946.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) John Eldon Moore, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (A) and reappointed, to date 23rd April, 1945.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) Kenneth Malcolm Moffatt Young, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (A) and reappointed, to date 20th January, 1945.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) Allan Jack West, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (A) and reappointed, to date 3rd August, 1945.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) Arthur Harold Adams, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (A) and reappointed, to date 20th December, 1945.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) (Acting Temporary Lieutenant (A)) William Phillips Hughes, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (A) and reappointed, to date 22nd December, 1945.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) Donald Hugh Patrick McLiskey, D.S.C., promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (A) and reappointed, to date 22nd December, 1945.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) Felix Dominic Stafford, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (A) and reappointed, to date 21st February, 1946.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) Trevor Peter Grierson, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (A) and reappointed, to date 26th May, 1946.

Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A) William Simeon Richards, promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) and reappointed, to date 13th February, 1946.

Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenants (A) Malcolm Venner Besley and John James Kennedy Spiers, promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) and reappointed, to date 20th February, 1946.

Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A) Terence James Sharkey, promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) and reappointed, to date 13th February, 1946.

Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A) Albert Vincent Lundon, promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) and reappointed, to date 8th April, 1946.

Probationary Temporary Surgeon-Lieutenant Gerald Lynch Gleeson, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 31st May, 1945.

Probationary Temporary Surgeon Lieutenants Edward Lear Gillies and Graeme Murray Morice, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 20th August, 1945.

Probationary Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant Henry Britton Coates Milsom, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 24th September, 1945.

Temporary Lieutenant (S) Guy Wallace Varnham Knight, granted the status of “Qualified Officer,” to date 8th February, 1946.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (S) Wallis Noel Long, granted the acting rank of Temporary Lieutenant (S) whilst holding present appointment, to date 5th April, 1946.

Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenants (S) Melville James Pitt Glasgow, Eric Edwin Hely, and Desmond Charles Scott, promoted to the rank of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (S) and reappointed, to date 23rd May, 1946.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Sp.) Kenneth Clifford Steers, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (Sp.) and reappointed, to date 17th February, 1946.

WOMEN’S ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL SERVICE

Josephine Rae Hutcheson, Petty Officer, Official No. 289, promoted to the rank of Fourth Officer and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 17th April, 1946.

Joan Eileen Sayers, Petty Officer, Official No. 452, promoted to the rank of Fourth Officer and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 17th June, 1946.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

By Authority: E. V. PAUL, Government Printer, Wellington.

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🛡️ Royal New Zealand Navy Appointments and Promotions

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Royal New Zealand Navy, Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, Terminations, Retired List
64 names identified
  • Halson Philpott (Telegraphist Lieutenant), Resignation and appointment terminated
  • Alan Moir Jamieson (Lieutenant (S)), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
  • Robert Gillespie Adams (Probationary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (S)), Confirmed and promoted
  • James Bradley Myles (Mr.), Promoted to Acting-Lieutenant
  • William Lambert Rudd (Mr.), Confirmed in rank
  • John Weir Stewart (Mr.), Confirmed in rank
  • Thomas George Edward Hallin (Mr.), Appointed to Navy Office
  • Colin James Taylor (Mr.), Promoted to Senior Master
  • Gilmour Wilfred McConnell (Mr.), Promoted to Temporary Schoolmaster
  • Stanley Austin Higgs (Mr.), Confirmed in rank
  • George Mitchell (Mechanician), Promoted to Acting Warrant Mechanician
  • Ronald William Kirkwood (Mechanician), Promoted to Acting Warrant Mechanician
  • Morris Aaron Lawson (Chief Petty Officer Writer), Promoted to Acting Warrant Writer Officer
  • Eric Mortimer Conrad Stevens (Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant-Commander
  • John Arthur Kirk (Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant-Commander
  • Arthur Nicholas Britten (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E)), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
  • George David Gray (Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant-Commander
  • Lewis King (Lieutenant (Acting Lieutenant-Commander)), Promoted to Lieutenant-Commander
  • George Gresham Clark (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant
  • Terence Knight Anderson (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant
  • Arthur Raymond Holden (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant
  • David Hargraves Ross (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant
  • Robert Charles Stuart (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant
  • Frank Alexander Geddes (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant
  • Bruce Coleman (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
  • Maurice Eugene Casey (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
  • Dudley Layton Carey (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
  • Allan Douglas Hunter (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
  • Colin Humphrey Callister (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
  • Roy Leigh Hunt (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
  • Vincent George Skilton (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
  • Jack Marshall Crawford (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
  • Alan Raymond Whitham (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
  • Jack Thomson Gill (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
  • Hugh Trevor Jones (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
  • George Maberly Webb (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
  • James Bryant Steel (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
  • David George Wallace (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
  • Peter Craig Gibbons (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
  • John Eldon Moore (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A)), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant (A)
  • Kenneth Malcolm Moffatt Young (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A)), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant (A)
  • Allan Jack West (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A)), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant (A)
  • Arthur Harold Adams (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A)), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant (A)
  • William Phillips Hughes (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) (Acting Temporary Lieutenant (A))), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant (A)
  • Donald Hugh Patrick McLiskey (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A)), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant (A)
  • Felix Dominic Stafford (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A)), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant (A)
  • Trevor Peter Grierson (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A)), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant (A)
  • William Simeon Richards (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A)
  • Malcolm Venner Besley (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A)
  • John James Kennedy Spiers (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A)
  • Terence James Sharkey (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A)
  • Albert Vincent Lundon (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A)
  • Gerald Lynch Gleeson (Probationary Temporary Surgeon-Lieutenant), Confirmed in rank
  • Edward Lear Gillies (Probationary Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant), Confirmed in rank
  • Graeme Murray Morice (Probationary Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant), Confirmed in rank
  • Henry Britton Coates Milsom (Probationary Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant), Confirmed in rank
  • Guy Wallace Varnham Knight (Temporary Lieutenant (S)), Granted Qualified Officer status
  • Wallis Noel Long (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (S)), Granted acting rank
  • Melville James Pitt Glasgow (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (S)), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (S)
  • Eric Edwin Hely (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (S)), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (S)
  • Desmond Charles Scott (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (S)), Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (S)
  • Kenneth Clifford Steers (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Sp.)), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant (Sp.)
  • Josephine Rae Hutcheson (Petty Officer), Promoted to Fourth Officer
  • Joan Eileen Sayers (Petty Officer), Promoted to Fourth Officer

  • F. Jones, Minister of Defence
  • E. V. Paul, Government Printer