APPOINTMENTS (SUBSTANTIVE)

The undermentioned temporary appointments are confirmed:

• Brigade Headquarters

  • Brigadier S. H. Crump, C.B.E., D.S.O. Dated 14th May, 1947.

• N.Z. Infantry

  • Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) R. B. Dawson, D.S.O. Dated 14th May, 1947.

• N.Z. Army Medical Corps

  • Lieutenant (temp. Captain) N. R. Jefferson. Dated 6th May, 1947.

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

Lieutenant H. S. Sandford, and is posted to the N.Z. Temporary Staff with the temporary rank of Captain, with seniority from 11th May, 1943. Dated 15th May, 1947.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 18th June, 1947.

ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

• Lieutenant and Quartermaster (temp. Captain and Quartermaster) N. B. Mitchell, M.B.E., to be Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 9th May, 1947.

• Lieutenant R. J. H. Webb to be Captain. Dated 19th June, 1947.

• Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster D. C. Allison is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 28th May, 1947.

N.Z. ENGINEERS

• Lieutenant (temp. Captain) B. J. McGregor to be Captain. Dated 19th June, 1947.

N.Z. REGIMENT

The undermentioned Lieutenants and Quartermasters (temp. Captains and Quartermasters) to be Captains and Quartermasters:

• L. R. Baigent, M.B.E. Dated 20th May, 1947.

• C. E. Burgess. Dated 7th June, 1947.

• Lieutenant J. A. McPherson to be Captain. Dated 19th June, 1947.

SUPERNUMERARY LIST, N.Z. REGULAR FORCE

Colonel (temp. Brigadier) A. E. Conway, C.B., O.B.E., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Brigadier. Dated 11th June, 1947.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF

• Temp. Major R. S. Judson, V.C., D.C.M., M.M., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major. Dated 16th September, 1946.

• Temp. Captain A. J. R. Whelan, E.D., to be temp. Major. Dated 1st June, 1947.

• Temp. 2nd Lieutenant R. A. Barber to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 10th June, 1947.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Noel Percival Dowsett, M.B., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 3rd May, 1947.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT

The Rev. Douglas William Storkey to be Chaplain, 4th Class (Presbyterian). Dated 24th May, 1947.

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

Captain S. R. Lewis, and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force with the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 14th December, 1942. Dated 1st June, 1947.

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

• Major D. J. Aitken, and is posted to the N.Z. Temporary Staff with the temporary rank of Major. Dated 4th June, 1947.

• Major R. W. Berry, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 18th May, 1947.

• 2nd Subaltern O. Marshall, N.Z. Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, and is posted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of 2nd Subaltern, with seniority from 1st July, 1946. Dated 2nd June, 1947.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment, Relinquishments, and Transfers of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 11th June, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment, relinquishments, and transfers of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

As Pilot—

NZ 2308 Squadron Leader (temp.) (Acting Wing Commander) Thomas Francis GILL, D.S.O., relinquishes his temporary commission and is granted a permanent commission in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1st April, 1947.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions:

Dated 26th May, 1947: NZ 427480 Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Andrew Ralph EVANS, D.F.C.

Dated 15th June, 1947—

• NZ 414631 Flight Lieutenant Donald Matthew HUNTER.

• NZ 405226 Flight Lieutenant George FRANCIS, A.F.C.

Dated 27th June, 1947: NZ 2159 Squadron Leader (Acting Wing Commander) Francis Noel BRINSDEN.

Dated 1st August, 1947: NZ 1992 Squadron Leader (Acting Wing Commander) John Roby BLOXAM, O.B.E., D.F.C.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfers

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I:

Dated 27th June, 1947: NZ 411418 Flight Lieutenant Frank Louvain LECKIE.

Dated 29th June, 1947: NZ 404921 Flight Lieutenant Ivan Reid MITCHELL, D.F.C.

Dated 1st July, 1947: NZ 428818 Flight Lieutenant Standish Ian Douglas HERBERT.

Dated 2nd July, 1947: NZ 2460 Squadron Leader Stanley LIVINGSTON, A.F.C.

Dated 8th July, 1947: NZ 41948 Flight Lieutenant Douglas Stanley Pêche SMITH, D.F.C.

Dated 10th July, 1947: NZ 413401 Flight Lieutenant Keith Marcel FLEMING.

Dated 18th July, 1947: NZ 421687 Flight Lieutenant Arthur Lindo DICKISON, D.F.C.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I:

Dated 21st April, 1947: NZ 2510 Flight Lieutenant James Cecil FLEMING.

Dated 22nd April, 1947: NZ 37191 Flight Lieutenant Dawson Joseph CUNNINGHAM.

Dated 8th May, 1947: NZ 416190 Flight Lieutenant Alan Mehaffey BOYES.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their commissions:

Dated 30th April, 1947—

• NZ 2432 Squadron Leader Leslie John HILL.

• NZ 402169 Squadron Leader James Finlay CRUICKSHANK.

• NZ 41885 Squadron Leader Francis William DAVISON.

• NZ 405375 Flight Lieutenant Harry Robert HERN.

• NZ 422254 Flight Lieutenant Desmond Sidney BRUNDELL.

• NZ 428757 Flying Officer Graham Henry GOSS.

• NZ 422339 Flying Officer John Edward WOOD, D.F.C.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

King's Birthday Honours List

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has announced that His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of His Majesty's Birthday, to confer the following Honours:

CIVIL DIVISION

Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)

Thomas Anderson Hunter, Esquire, C.B.E., founder and first Director of the State Dental Service for School Children, of Heretaunga, Wellington.

Knight Batchelor

The Honourable Harold Featherston Johnston, K.C., B.A., former Judge of the Supreme Court, of Wellington.

Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.)

Doctor John Malcolm, Professor Emeritus of the University of Otago, of Dunedin.

William Henry Moyes, Esquire, former Headmaster of the Boys' High School, New Plymouth, of Rotorua.