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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 13

Mr K. Butland, entered as Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Sp) with seniority of 16 July 1953 and appointed for duty outside Navy Office, Wellington, with Auckland Unit Sea Cadet Corps, to date 19 August 1953. (Not to be borne on ship’s books.)

Mr Q. R. Creagh, entered as Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Sp) with seniority of 16 July 1953 and appointed for duty outside Navy Office, Wellington, with Auckland Unit Sea Cadet Corps, to date 19 August 1953. (Not to be borne on ship’s books.)

Mr W. D. Poysden, B.E.Hons. (Electrical), Grad.I.E.E., granted a permanent commission in the rank of Probationary Lieutenant (L) with seniority of 27 May 1953, and appointed to the Wellington Division, to date 9 June 1953.

Commissioned Telegraphist L. A. Tattersfield, R.N.Z.N. (Retired), appointed Hon. Instructor to Wellington Division with rank of Tel. Lieutenant, R.N.Z.N., to date 2 November 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of February 1954.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Army

PURSUANT to section 16 of the New Zealand Army Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Army:

COLONELS’ LIST

Regular Force

Colonel (temp. Brigadier) W. S. McKinnon, O.B.E., B.Sc., to be Brigadier. Dated 24 October 1953.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Brigadier) C. L. Pleasants, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., E.D., B.A., from the Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, to be Colonel and retains the temporary rank of Brigadier. Dated 22 October 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force

Captain and Quartermaster (temp. Major and Quartermaster) D. A. Phillips relinquishes the appointment of Chief Instructor R.N.Z.A., Burnham Camp, and the temporary rank of Major and Quartermaster, dated 4 January 1954, and is appointed Sub-Area Officer, Sub-Area 12c, Gore, and O.C., 53 Bty., 5th Light Regiment, R.N.Z.A., dated 5 January 1954.

Territorial Force

2nd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Lieutenant K. W. Rhodes, also attached to the Hastings High School Cadets, to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 December 1953.

2nd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

2nd Lieutenant J. B. Glasgow to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 1 October 1953.

5th Light Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Wallace Harbin McArthur to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1 December 1953.

11th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) G. W. A. Day to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 October 1953.

14th Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

2nd Lieutenant P. J. O’Dea to be Lieutenant. Dated 26 March 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Territorial Force

1st Armoured Regiment (Waikato), R.N.Z.A.C.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) K. Ryan is confirmed.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:

William Alfred Frith.
Clifford Graeme Thomas.
Keith Ferguson Gray Parish.
Leonard Marshall Wakefield.
Thomas George Ian Henderson.

Dated 28 September 1953.

1st Armoured Car Regiment (New Zealand Scottish), R.N.Z.A.C.

Captain C. A. Halliday, M.C., to be Major. Dated 19 December 1953.

Captain J. A. Sinclair, also attached to the Mount Roskill Grammar School Cadets, to be temp. Major. Dated 1 December 1953.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on prob.) are confirmed:

B. H. Martin.
D. D. Fleming.
D. B. Lockett.
I. R. Roy.

Ernest Spurgeon Middlemass to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18 October 1953.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Territorial Force

1st Field Engineer Regiment, R.N.Z.E.

David Ian Woods to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 1 December 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Regular Force

Captain R. G. Aitken to be temp. Major. Dated 18 January 1954.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Regular Force

N.Z. Regiment

Captain (temp. Major) D. J. Aitken to be Major. Dated 24 January 1951.

Territorial Force

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own)

Captain J. D. Rose, from the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), to be Captain, with seniority from 25 March 1944 and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 28 April 1952.

2nd Lieutenant S. B. Matthews, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 8 January 1954.

Robert Ernest Harvison to be 2nd Lieutenant and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 2 May 1953.

The Hauraki Regiment

Ian Talbot Hunt to be 2nd Lieutenant and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 1 November 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Territorial Force

1st Company, R.N.Z.A.S.C.

Captain A. Robinson to be temp. Major. Dated 21 January 1954.

3rd Company, R.N.Z.A.S.C.

2nd Lieutenant R. M. Brooke to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 December 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Regular Force

Captain (temp. Major) H. McK. Reid to be Major. Dated 22 January 1954.

THE ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS

Territorial Force

Donald Bertrand Adams, B.D.S., to be Lieutenant (on prob.) and is posted for duty to the Otago University Medical Company, R.N.Z.A.M.C. Dated 12 December 1953.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT

Territorial Force

The Rev. E. B. Algar, Chaplain, 4th Class (Church of England), is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department, with the rank of Chaplain, 4th Class. Dated 16 December 1953.

The Rev. M. A. Bennett, Chaplain, 4th Class (Church of England), is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department, with the rank of Chaplain, 4th Class. Dated 16 December 1953.

The Rev. P. B. Keys, Chaplain, 4th Class (Church of England), is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department, with the rank of Chaplain, 4th Class. Dated 16 December 1953.

The Rev. P. H. Warren, Chaplain, 4th Class (Church of England), is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department, with the rank of Chaplain, 4th Class. Dated 16 December 1953.

The Rev. M. N. Dickey, Chaplain, 4th Class (Presbyterian), resigns his commission on appointment to a Chaplaincy in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 10 February 1954.

THE ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS

Regular Force

Sister (on prob.) Joan Frances Brown, from the Territorial Force, is granted a short-service commission for a period of two years as from 18 January 1954 in the rank of Sister, with seniority from 1 December 1950, and is posted for duty to Papakura Camp Hospital. Dated 18 January 1954.

Margaret Jeanne Groome is granted a short-service commission for a period of two years as from 19 January 1954 in the rank of Sister, with seniority from 1 August 1951, and is posted for duty to Linton Camp Hospital. Dated 19 January 1954.

Territorial Force

Sister F. L. Blake, 1st General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Nursing Corps, with the rank of Sister. Dated 4 February 1954.