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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 20
The Canterbury Regiment
Richard Bartram Johnson to be 2nd Lieutenant and is
posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 6 December 1952.
The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment
Captain H. W. Williams, 1st Battalion, is transferred to
the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry
Corps, with the rank of Major. Dated 30 January 1953.
The Otago and Southland Regiment
Major E. F. Walden, E.D., 1st Battalion, is transferred to
the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, The Otago and South-
land Regiment, with the rank of Major, with seniority from
27 March 1945. Dated 10 March 1953.
Major J. R. Neil, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the
Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, The Otago and Southland
Regiment, with the rank of Major, with seniority from 14
January 1952. Dated 10 March 1953.
THE ROYAL N.Z. PROVOST CORPS
Territorial Force
Lieutenant-Colonel E. W. Hayton, D.S.O., E.D., Retired
List, is appointed Colonel Commandant, The Royal N.Z. Provost
Corps. Dated 24 March 1953.
THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Territorial Force
4th Company, R.N.Z.A.S.C.
Captain (temp. Major) M. J. Mason, M.C., E.D., to be
Major. Dated 27 September 1952.
5th Company, R.N.Z.A.S.C.
Captain J. W. G. Wilson to be temp. Major. Dated
5 February 1953.
THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
Territorial Force
Major J. M. Tyler, M.B., Ch.B., from the Reserve of
Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, to
be Major, with seniority from 20 August 1951, and is
appointed R.M.O., 1st Battalion, The Hawke's Bay Regiment.
Dated 1 February 1953.
2nd General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C.
Captain G. P. Hallwright, M.B., Ch.B., from the Reserve
of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps,
to be Captain, with seniority from 27 January 1952. Dated
23 October 1952.
THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
Regular Force
Lieutenant R. K. Treacher is transferred to the Reserve
of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Ordnance
Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 17 November 1952.
31238 W.O.I Arthur Fraser to be Lieutenant and Quarter-
master. Dated 15 March 1953.
31249 W.O.II (temp. W.O.I) Ronald John Crossman to be
Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority next below
Lieutenant and Quartermaster R. W. Stitt, R.N.Z.A. Dated
15 March 1953.
33084 W.O.I George William Dudman to be Lieutenant
and Quartermaster, with seniority next below Lieutenant and
Quartermaster R. J. Crossman, R.N.Z.A.O.C. Dated 15 March
1953.
THE ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Regular Force
33828 Sergeant William James Wooldridge to be Lieuten-
ant and Quartermaster, with seniority next below Lieutenant
and Quartermaster G. W. Dudman, R.N.Z.A.O.C. Dated 15
March 1953.
Territorial Force
3rd Infantry Workshops (Composite), R.N.Z.E.M.E.
2nd Lieutenant D. J. Dunn to be Lieutenant. Dated 25
February 1953.
THE ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS
Territorial Force
3rd Mobile Dental Unit, R.N.Z.D.C.
Alan Bruce Coster, B.D.S., to be Lieutenant (on prob.).
Dated 4 February 1953.
N.Z. WOMEN'S ROYAL ARMY CORPS
Regular Force
Lieutenant R. A. North is granted a further extension
of her short-service commission for a period of one year as
from 13 April 1953.
N.Z. CADET CORPS
Christian Brothers' High School Cadets
Edward Camillus Boreham, B.A., to be 2nd Lieutenant
(on prob.). Dated 1 March 1953.
Dargaville High School Cadets
Alistair Stephen Morton to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.).
Dated 3 February 1953.
Gisborne High School Cadets
Thomas Murray Sharp, B.A., to be 2nd Lieutenant (on
prob.). Dated 5 February 1953.
Marlborough College Cadets
Lieutenant J. T. Lewis to be Captain. Dated 1 January
1953.
Lieutenant G. F. Doole resigns his commission. Dated
5 February 1953.
Motueka District High School Cadets
Captain C. W. Mack, D.C.M., M.A., Dip.Ed., Reserve of
Officers, Regimental List, 3rd Armoured Regiment, R.N.Z.A.C.,
ceases to be attached to the Motueka District High School
Cadets. Dated 6 January 1953.
New Plymouth Boys' High School Cadets
Alan Freebury Gardiner, late 2nd Lieutenant Gisborne
High School Cadets, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from
2 March 1950. Dated 25 February 1953.
Colin Petherick Walker to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.).
Dated 25 February 1953.
Otahuhu College Cadets
Lieutenant G. McN. Gray is transferred to the Southland
Technical College Cadets. Dated 1 July 1951.
Roxburgh High School Cadets
John Stanley Macpherson to be 2nd Lieutenant (on
prob.). Dated 22 October 1952.
Southland Technical College Cadets
Lieutenant G. McN. Gray, from the Otahuhu College
Cadets, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 6 February 1949.
Dated 1 July 1951.
Taumarunui District High School Cadets
Jack William Taylor to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.).
Dated 8 October 1952.
RESERVE OF OFFICERS
Regimental List
3rd Armoured Regiment, R.N.Z.A.C.
Captain C. W. Mack, D.C.M., M.A., Dip.Ed., ceases to be
attached to the Motueka District High School Cadets and
resigns his commission in the Territorial Force on appointment
to a short-service commission in the N.Z. Regular Force.
Dated 6 January 1953.
The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own)
2nd Lieutenant A. H. E. Brett is transferred to the
Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry
Corps, with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 16 March 1953.
The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment
Lieutenant A. G. Steggles is transferred to the Reserve of
Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, with the
rank of Lieutenant. Dated 17 February 1953.
OFFICERS STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE EMERGENCY FORCE
Captain (temp. Major) G. J. H. Atkinson, R.N.Z.A.O.C.,
and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force in his Regular
Force rank of Captain. Dated 8 April 1953.
Lieutenant M. W. Lawson-Smith, The Royal N.Z. Infantry
Corps, and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force. Dated
20 March 1953.
Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of April 1953.
T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.
Appointments and Promotions of Officers of the Emergency
Force
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
approve of the following appointments and promotions
of officers of the Emergency Force:-
APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS
The undermentioned graduates of the Kayforce O.C.T.U.
to be 2nd Lieutenants and are posted to the Corps as stated
against their names:-
204428 Robert Alan Gibson, R.N.Z.A.
205432 David Alister Mannering, R N.Z.A.
204445 Leslie Arnold Pearson, R.N.Z. Sigs.
208249 Peter Russell Sumner, R.N.Z.A.S.C.
203567 John Lawrence Ray, R.N.Z.A.
Dated 6 March 1953.
PROMOTIONS
THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY
Captain N. L. Miller, M.C., to be temp. Major whilst
employed as Battery Commander. Dated 1 March 1953.
Lieutenant M. Munro to be temp. Captain whilst employed
as Troop Commander. Dated 31 December 1952.
Lieutenant A. C. Morrison to be temp. Captain whilst
employed as Troop Commander. Dated 7 January 1953.
THE ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS
2nd Lieutenant G. W. Butcher, B.E. (Civ.), to be temp.
Lieutenant whilst employed as O.C., N.Z. Field Engineer
Section. Dated 1 November 1952.