Oct. 21] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1299

UNITS AMALGAMATED AND REDESIGNATED

First Column. Second Column.

The 3rd Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment
(Auckland East Coast Mounted Rifles)
The 11th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment
(North Auckland Mounted Rifles)
The 4th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment
(Waikato Mounted Rifles)
} are amalgamated to form 1st Armoured Regiment RNZAC (Waikato).

The 2nd Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment
(Queen Alexandra’s (Wellington West Coast)
Mounted Rifles)
The 6th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment
(Manawatu Mounted Rifles)
The 9th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment
(Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles)
} are amalgamated to form 2nd Armoured Regiment RNZAC.

The 1st Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment
(Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry)
The 5th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment
(Otago Mounted Rifles)
The 10th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment
(Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles)
} are amalgamated to form 3rd Armoured Regiment RNZAC.

The Taranaki Regiment .. ..
The Wellington West Coast Regiment .. ..
The 1st Battalion The Wellington West Coast Regi-
ment
} are amalgamated to form The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment.

The 1st Battalion The Taranaki Regiment ..
The Otago Regiment .. ..
The Southland Regiment .. ..
} are amalgamated to form The Otago and Southland Regiment.

The 1st Battalion The Otago Regiment ..
The 1st Battalion The Southland Regiment ..
} are amalgamated to form The 1st Battalion The Otago and Southland Regiment.

The 1st Provost Company .. ..
The 2nd Provost Company .. ..
The 3rd Provost Company .. ..
} are amalgamated to form The 1st Divisional Provost Company.

RETAINED WITHOUT ALTERATION

First Column. Second Column.

Headquarters 1st Infantry Brigade .. .. .. .. ..
Headquarters 2nd Infantry Brigade .. .. .. .. ..
Headquarters 3rd Infantry Brigade .. .. .. .. ..
The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) .. .. .. ..
The 1st Battalion The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) .. ..
The Hauraki Regiment .. .. .. .. ..
The 1st Battalion The Hauraki Regiment .. .. .. ..
The North Auckland Regiment .. .. .. .. ..
The 1st Battalion The North Auckland Regiment .. .. .. ..
The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own) .. .. .. ..
The 1st Battalion The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own) .. ..
The Hawke’s Bay Regiment .. .. .. .. ..
The 1st Battalion The Hawke’s Bay Regiment .. .. .. ..
The Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Regiment .. .. .. ..
The 1st Battalion The Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Regiment .. ..
The Canterbury Regiment .. .. .. .. ..
The 1st Battalion The Canterbury Regiment .. .. .. ..
The Otago University Medical Company .. .. .. .. ..

4. The undermentioned new units are formed :—
   Headquarters New Zealand Division.
   Headquarters RNZA New Zealand Division.
   5th Anti-tank Regiment RNZA.
   6th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment RNZA.
   15th Composite Anti-aircraft Regiment RNZA.
   1st Locating Battery RNZA.
   1st Air Observation Post Flight RNZA.
   Headquarters 1st Field Engineer Regiment RNZE.
   4th Field Park Squadron RNZE.
   5th Assault Squadron RNZE.
   Headquarters 1st Divisional Signals Regiment RNZ Sigs.
   Headquarters RNZASC New Zealand Division.
   4th Divisional Transport Company RNZASC.
   1st Artillery Platoon RNZASC.

   1st Central Hospital RNZAMC.
   2nd General Hospital RNZAMC.
   3rd General Hospital RNZAMC.
   1st Casualty Clearing Station RNZAMC.
   Headquarters RNZAOC New Zealand Division.
   1st Infantry Brigade Ordnance Field Park Platoon RNZAOC.
   2nd Infantry Brigade Ordnance Field Park Platoon RNZAOC.
   3rd Infantry Brigade Ordnance Field Park Platoon RNZAOC.
   Headquarters RNZEME New Zealand Division.
   1st Infantry Workshops RNZEME.
   2nd Infantry Workshops RNZEME.
   3rd Infantry Workshops RNZEME.
   4th Medium Regiment Light Aid Detachment RNZEME.
   5th Anti-tank Regiment Light Aid Detachment RNZEME.

   F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Awards Approved by His Majesty the King Officers of the Police Force Appointed

Air Department, Police Department,
Wellington, 14th October, 1948. Wellington, 15th October, 1948.

HIS Majesty the King has granted unrestricted permission for
the wearing of the undermentioned decoration conferred on
the officers concerned in recognition of valuable service rendered
during the war :—

AWARDED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Legion of Merit, Degree of Officer
Air Vice-Marshal Arthur de Terrotte Nevill, C.B., C.B.E.
Group Captain Miles Aylmer Fulton Barnett, O.B.E.
Wing Commander Esmond Allen Gibson, O.B.E.
Wing Commander Lewis Francis Paul Taylor.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint :—
Inspector Charles Harley
to be a Superintendent,
Sub-Inspector John Daly
to be an Inspector, and
Senior Sergeant William John Irwin
to be a Sub-Inspector in the New Zealand Police Force, the appoint-
ment in each case to take effect on and from 1st October, 1948.

W. NASH,
For the Minister in Charge of Police Department,