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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 71

Appointment and Relinquishment of Temporary Rank of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section)

Army Department,
Wellington, 5th October, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following appointment and relinquishment of temporary rank of officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan Section), vide List No. 27, dated 18th September, 1946 :—

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED
N.Z. Artillery

Captain (temp. Major) W. H. Cummings relinquishes the temporary rank of Major. Dated 19th September, 1946.

APPOINTMENT TO COMMISSION
N.Z. Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps

The undermentioned to be 2nd Subaltern :—

815549 Miss Earnestine Alice Winstone.
Dated 15th September, 1946.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 7th October, 1946.

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

N.Z. STAFF CORPS

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Brigadier) F. L. Hunt, O.B.E., relinquishes the appointment of Acting Adjutant-General, dated 31st August, 1946, is appointed Quartermaster-General and Third Military Member of the Army Board, and retains the temporary rank of Brigadier, dated 27th September, 1946.

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) J. I. Brooke to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 7th July, 1946.

Captain N. B. Cowper to be Major. Dated 31st August, 1946.

REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Colonel (temp. Brigadier) G. B. Parkinson, C.B.E., D.S.O., relinquishes the appointment of Quartermaster-General and Third Military Member of the Army Board. Dated 27th September, 1946.

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 65, dated 19th September, 1946, relative to the appointment of Staff Sergeant Albert Edward Melville Lawrence as temp. Captain and Quartermaster, for “Dated 31st August, 1946,” substitute “Dated 20th September, 1946.”

Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster L. R. Baigent, M.B.E., to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 15th August, 1946.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 60, dated 29th August, 1946, relative to temp. Captain J. F. Latimer relinquishing the temporary rank of Captain and assuming the temporary rank of Lieutenant, for “Dated 10th August, 1946,” substitute “Dated 27th August, 1946.”

Temp. Lieutenant H. L. Heatley, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be temp. Captain. Dated 1st October, 1946.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS

Christopher Charles Draper to be Lieutenant. Dated 4th September, 1946.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE

Sister J. M. Wodsworth (née Cotterill) is posted to the Retired List. Dated 12th November, 1945.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS
Supplementary List

Sister (temp. Charge Sister) F. M. Lewis (née Clayton-Greene) is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Charge Sister. Dated 26th September, 1946.

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

Captain E. Stevenson-Wright, M.B.E., 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 May, 1941. Dated 21st September, 1946.

Lieutenant N. N. Carnell, A.I.A.A., Corps of N.Z. Engineers, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 30th June, 1941. Dated 24th September, 1946.

Sister J. M. Wodsworth (née Cotterill), N.Z. Army Nursing Service, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the rank of Sister, with seniority from 31st January, 1942. Dated 12th November, 1945.

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 65, dated 19th September, 1946, relative to Major A. E. M. Lawrence, for “Dated 30th August, 1946,” substitute “Dated 19th September, 1946.”

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 66, dated 26th September, 1946,” relative to Captain L. J. Froude, for “Dated 9th September, 1946,” substitute “Dated 11th September, 1946.”

Lieutenant P. H. Bell, and is posted to the 1st N.Z. Armoured Regiment with the temporary rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 21st February, 1946. Dated 24th September, 1946.

Lieutenant W. J. Sisam, M.C., and is posted to The Hauraki Regiment with the temporary rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 5th January, 1942. Dated 29th September, 1946.

2nd Lieutenant J. K. Burleigh, and is reposted to the N.Z. Permanent Staff. Dated 24th April, 1946.

J. A. Gasson, Esq., War Correspondent. Dated 26th September, 1946.

The undermentioned officers, and are reposted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List :—

Major J. D. Fenton, M.B.E. Dated 22nd August, 1946.

Lieutenants—
W. R. Bell. G. D. Speight.
N. T. W. Inder.
Dated 24th September, 1946.

R. R. Russell. J. R. Sherratt.
Dated 27th September, 1946.

E. A. McKay, with the temporary rank of Major. Dated 28th September, 1946.

F. Boxall, with the rank of Lieutenant.
C. P. Reidpath.
Dated 29th September, 1946.

Charge Sister A. E. Newcombe, N.Z. Army Nursing Service. Dated 28th August, 1946.

The undermentioned officers, and are posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List :—

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) P. L. Bennett, D.S.O., M.C., E.D. Dated 23rd September, 1946.

Majors—
R. A. Wilson, M.C., M.B., Ch.B. Dated 17th September, 1946.

R. McG. Wood. Dated 28th September, 1946.

The undermentioned officers, and are posted to the Retired List :—

Major H. D. McManaway. Dated 18th June, 1946.

Captain (Acting-Major) A. E. F. Sanft, with the rank of Major. Dated 24th September, 1946.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) W. B. Adair, with the rank of Captain. Dated 26th September, 1946.

Lieutenant (Acting-Captain) J. T. Collin, with the rank of Captain. Dated 28th September, 1946.

2nd Lieutenants—
E. M. Scott. Dated 25th September, 1946.

W. A. Donovan, with the rank of Captain. Dated 28th September, 1946.

E. C. Murphy, M.M. Dated 29th September, 1946.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th October, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Stanley Howard Maude, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wallace.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Justice.

Directors of the Wanganui Milk Treatment Corporation appointed

Marketing Department (Milk Marketing Division),
Wellington, 2nd October, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of subclause (2) of Regulation 3 of the Wanganui Milk Treatment Regulations 1946, to appoint—

(a) As the representative of the Government—
William James Rogers ;

(b) As representatives of the consumers—
Thomas Norman Dickson and
William Stanley Norman Rennie ;

(c) As representatives of the producers—
John Parkinson Wells and
Robert Rowan ;

(d) As the representative of the vendors of milk—
Donald Ross Robbins ;

(e) As the representative of producer-vendors of milk—
John Henry Somerville McKee,

to be directors of the Wanganui Milk Treatment Corporation established by the said regulations for a term of three years commencing on the 1st day of November, 1946.

B. ROBERTS, Minister of Marketing.