Feb. 6] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 165

Appointments, Promotions, and Relinquishments of Temporary Rank
of Officers of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Japan
Section)

Army Department,
Wellington, 28th January, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
confirm the following appointments, promotions, and
relinquishments of temporary rank of officers of the 2nd New Zealand
Expeditionary Force (Japan Section), vide Lists Nos. 32, dated 22nd
October, 1946, 33, dated 29th October, 1946, 34, dated 12th Novem-
ber, 1946, 35, dated 26th November, 1946, 36, dated 3rd December,
1946, 37, dated 10th December, 1946, and 38, dated 17th December,
1946 :—

LIST No. 32
PROMOTION

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. W. Kay, N.Z. Inf., to be Captain.
Dated 1st September, 1946.

GRANT OF TEMPORARY RANK

Lieutenant F. D. Prebble, D.F.C., to be temp. Captain. Dated
1st October, 1946.

LIST No. 33
PROMOTION

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. L. D. Powrie, N.Z.M.C., to be
Captain. Dated 27th October, 1946.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

Lieutenant-Colonel C. R. Burns, N.Z.M.C., to be temp. Colonel.
Dated 24th October, 1946.

Captain R. J. H. Webb, N.Z.A., to be temp. Major. Dated
14th October, 1946.

Captain B. H. Palmer, N.Z. Inf., to be temp. Major. Dated
27th October, 1946.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) M. T. Dempsey, N.Z. Postal
Unit, to be temp. Captain. Dated 27th October, 1946.

APPOINTMENT TO COMMISSION

The undermentioned to be 2nd Subaltern :—

822586 Miss Olive Marshal, N.Z.W.A.A.C. Dated 1st July,
1946.

LIST No. 34
GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

Lieutenant M. J. Egan, N.Z. Inf., to be temp. Captain. Dated
21st October, 1946.

2nd Lieutenant K. R. Mosheim, N.Z.E.R.S., to be temp.
Lieutenant. Dated 4th November, 1946.

APPOINTMENT TO COMMISSION

The undermentioned to be Honorary 2nd Lieutenant :—

31555 Harold Hale Router. Dated 10th November, 1946.

LIST No. 35
GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

The undermentioned Captains to be temp. Majors :—

F. H. Childs, N.Z. Inf.
H. B. Conway, N.Z.E.
E. C. Matthews, N.Z. Pro.
E. A. Flynn, N.Z.E.

Dated 26th November, 1946.

Lieutenant R. H. Smith, N.Z.A., to be temp. Captain. Dated
26th November, 1946.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED

Captain (temp. Major) G. C. C. Sandston, M.B.E., N.Z. Inf.,
relinquishes the temporary rank of Major and assumes the acting
rank of Major. Dated 21st December, 1946.

LIST No. 36
PROMOTIONS

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

C. Munro, M.M., N.Z.M.C.
K. R. Mosheim, N.Z.E.R.S.

Dated 1st December, 1946.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

Lieutenant K. R. Mosheim, N.Z.E.R.S., to be temp. Captain.
Dated 1st December, 1946.

2nd Lieutenant H. Bleasdale, N.Z. Inf., to be temp. Lieutenant.
Dated 2nd December, 1946.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED

The undermentioned Captains (temp. Majors) relinquish the
temporary rank of Major and assume the acting rank of Major :—

E. W. Hunt, N.Z.M.C. Dated 24th December, 1946.
D. H. Lloyd, N.Z. Inf. Dated 29th December, 1946.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp. Lieutenants) relin-
quish the temporary rank of Lieutenant :—

J. McG. McIntyre, N.Z.E.
W. A. Penrose, N.Z.E.
R. P. T. Speedy, N.Z. Inf.

Dated 29th December, 1946.

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LIST No. 37
GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

Lieutenant R. K. G. Porter, N.Z.A., to be temp. Captain.
Dated 2nd December, 1946.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp. Lieutenants) to be
temp. Captains :—

N. L. G. Baker, N.Z.O.C. Dated 1st December, 1946.
D. Calwell, N.Z.E. Dated 2nd December, 1946.

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

N. W. H. Rollinson, N.Z. Pro.
J. A. Deyell, N.Z. Pro.
I. C. J. Craig, N.Z.A.S.C.

Dated 1st December, 1946.

R. F. Wilson, N.Z.E.
J. Donaldson, N.Z.E.

Dated 2nd December, 1946.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) W. M. Winton, N.Z.E.R.S.,
relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 29th December,
1946.

LIST No. 38
GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :—

R. B. Duncan, N.Z.M.C.
C. Allen, N.Z.M.C.
W. M. Smeeton, N.Z.M.C.

Dated 15th December, 1946.

APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—

457680 Robert Alexander Wright, 2 N.Z. Div. Cav. Regt.
630987 James Pearson, 27 N.Z. Bn.
30482 James Seaton Brown-Rennie, 27 N.Z. Bn.
458272 Keith Langdon Sole, 22 N.Z. Bn.
644301 Charles Raymond Honey, 5 N.Z. Engr. Wks. Coy.
624373 Charles Stuart Phillips Nicholls, 2 N.Z. Div. Cav. Regt.
12603 Eric Mills, 2 N.Z. Div. Cav. Regt.
667732 Ashley George McHugh, 2 N.Z. Div. Cav. Regt.
637467 Russell Stuart Wylie, 22 N.Z. Bn.
632709 Paul Richard Naughton, 22 N.Z. Bn.
634122 Trevor Williams Saunders, 2 N.Z. Div. Cav. Regt.
633530 Raymond Alan Johnson, 2 N.Z. Div. Cav. Regt.
827208 Andrew Victor Bayliss, 27 N.Z. Bn.
618428 Gordon Duncan Campbell, 27 N.Z. Bn.
24082 Andrew Howell, 2 N.Z. Div. Cav. Regt.
446776 Paul Benedict Pollard, N.Z.E.R.S.
8475 John Pye-Smith, N.Z. Sig. Coy.
439079 Lloyd George Dutton, 22 N.Z. Bn.
35252 William George Ryves Henesy, 19 N.Z.A.S.C. Coy.
640105 Allan Douglas Owen Rogers, 2 N.Z. Div. Cav. Regt.
822591 Gordon Warwick Bruhns, 27 N.Z. Bn.
14569 John Alexander Couper, 22 N.Z. Bn.
443405 John Belbin Barrett, 25 N.Z. Fd. Bty.
643678 Donald MacDonald Webster, 27 N.Z. Bn.
24508 Vernon Ransford Fenby, 25 N.Z. Fd. Bty.
638499 Leslie John Needham, 27 N.Z. Bn.
455261 Ernest Marshall Von Keisenberg, 5 N.Z. Engr. Wks.
Coy.
649405 Kenneth William Langdon, 25 N.Z. Fd. Bty.
642763 Robin Lewis Bonifant, 27 N.Z. Bn.
72791 John Arthur Hannam, 6 N.Z.G.H.

Dated 18th December, 1946.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 30th January, 1947.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotions

The undermentioned Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders
(temp.) :—

Dated 7th December, 1946 : NZ 2427 Roy John Alexander
LESLIE, D.S.O., A.F.C.
Dated 25th February, 1947 : NZ 2146 John Swire DINSDALE,
D.S.O., D.F.C.
Dated 6th March, 1947 : NZ 2465 John Sidney SHORTHOUSE,
D.F.C.

NZ 433284 Pilot Officer Keith Whynn HODGSON to be Flying
Officer (temp.). Dated 12th November, 1945.

Transfer

NZ 2389 Flight Lieutenant John Howard Marcus SMITH, on
relinquishing his commission in the R.A.F.V.R. (United Kingdom),
is transferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers (N.Z.) to the
Active List in the rank of Wing Commander, with seniority as from
1st January, 1944. Dated 1st October, 1944.

(The above entry is a substitution for that appearing in the
New Zealand Gazette No. 11, dated 15th February, 1945, page 150,
under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments,” which
notice is hereby cancelled.)