24 MARCH
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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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:

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force

Lieutenant A. C. Morrison is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, with the rank of Captain. Dated 17 March 1955.

Territorial Force

1st Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Captain (temp. Major) G. O. Sims to be Major. Dated 1 August 1954.

With reference to the notice published in the N.Z. Gazette, 3 February 1955, No. 6, page 110, relative to the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant, for “Peter Robert James Joseph Goddard”, substitute “Peter Robert Goddard”.

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

David Richard Watson to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 16 August 1954.

Alfred Kemp Pallesen to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 26 September 1954.

David Otterson Brown to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 26 September 1954.

6th Light Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

2nd Lieutenant E. H. Jardine to be Lieutenant. Dated 19 December 1954.

9th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Temp. Lieutenant J. N. Inder, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1 April 1954. Dated 1 February 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Territorial Force

2nd Armoured Regiment, R.N.Z.A.C.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) I. Service is confirmed.

2nd Lieutenant I. Service to be Lieutenant. Dated 4 July 1954.

2nd Lieutenant M. A. Mullins to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 16 February 1955.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Regular Force

Lieutenant A. J. R. Wilson, B.E.(Civil), to be temp. Captain. Dated 21 December 1954.

Territorial Force

5th Independent Field Squadron, R.N.Z.E.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) L. C. L. Pryce to be Captain. Dated 10 October 1954.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Regular Force

Lieutenant J. R. Clarke to be Captain. Dated 15 December 1954.

Lieutenant P. B. Penlington to be temp. Captain. Dated 7 December 1954.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Regular Force

N.Z. Regiment

Captain (temp. Major) R. W. K. Ainge relinquishes the temporary rank of Major. Dated 23 February 1955.

Captain J. M. Morris is granted the acting rank of Major. Dated 20 December 1954.

Captain (Acting Major) J. M. Morris to be temp. Major. Dated 15 January 1955.

2nd Lieutenant Waikeri Rika Taurau, from the 1st Battalion, The Northland Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 7 February 1955.

2nd Lieutenant Keith Bertram Miller, from the 1st Divisional Provost Company, The Royal N.Z. Provost Corps, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 8 February 1955.

Territorial Force

The Northland Regiment

Captain H. A. Crispin, 1st Battalion, to be temp. Major. Dated 1 January 1955.

Captain P. Skelley, 1st Battalion, is granted the acting rank of Major. Dated 1 January 1955.

Lieutenant R. G. Brown, 1st Battalion, is granted the acting rank of Captain. Dated 1 January 1955.

The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment—

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) G. D. Madden, 1st Battalion, to be Captain. Dated 27 September 1952.

Captain G. D. Madden, 1st Battalion, to be temp. Major. Dated 25 October 1954.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) D. H. Rawson, 1st Battalion, to be Captain. Dated 1 January 1954.

Lieutenant I. K. Wilson, M.B., Ch.B., R.N.Z.A.M.C., R.M.O., 1st Battalion, is granted the acting rank of Captain for the period 4–19 March 1955.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment

Francis Huia Woods to be 2nd Lieutenant and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 22 September 1954.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Territorial Force

1st Casualty Clearing Station, R.N.Z.A.M.C.

Lieutenant A. D. Dick, M.B., Ch.B., from the Otago University Medical Company, R.N.Z.A.M.C., to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 12 December 1953. Dated 28 August 1954.

Otago University Medical Company, R.N.Z.A.M.C.

Lieutenant A. D. Dick, M.B., Ch.B., is transferred to the 1st Casualty Clearing Station, R.N.Z.A.M.C. Dated 28 August 1954.

THE ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS

Territorial Force

1st Mobile Dental Unit, R.N.Z.D.C.

The appointment of Lieutenant (on prob.) M. B. Thompson, B.D.S., is confirmed.

2nd Mobile Dental Unit, R.N.Z.D.C.

Captain C. J. Wilson, B.D.S., from the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Dental Corps, to be Captain, with seniority from 22 September 1954. Dated 21 February 1955.

N.Z. CADET CORPS

Gisborne High School Cadets

Hon. Lieutenant (Bandmaster) L. E. Schwabe, L.R.S.M. (Lond.), resigns his commission. Dated 8 February 1955.

Kaitaia College Cadets

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) E. F. Rive to be Captain. Dated 1 June 1953.

Marlborough College Cadets

Ralph Eugene Cocklin, late Lieutenant R.N.Z.N.V.R., to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 4 February 1953. Dated 28 September 1954.

Napier Boys’ High School Cadets

Brian Gerard O’Connor, late 2nd Lieutenant, Waipawa District High School Cadets, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1 January 1954. Dated 28 February 1955.

Otago Boys’ High School Cadets

Captain T. J. Arnold, E.D., M.A., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 16 January 1955.

Rangiora High School Cadets

David Franklin Campbell to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 4 February 1955.

Spencer Langley Hale to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 5 February 1955.

St. Bede’s College Cadets

William Francis Spillane to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 1 February 1955.

Michael Leonard Tomasi to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 2 February 1955.

Te Kao Maori District High School Cadets

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) Atahi Rurenga Maitaira lapses. Dated 1 February 1955.

Xavier College Cadets

Peter John O’Dowd to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 2 February 1955.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Regimental List

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

Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. W. Nathan is posted to the Retired List. Dated 22 December 1954.

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE EMERGENCY FORCE

Captain Peter Russell Sumner, R.N.Z.A.S.C., dated 18 February 1955, and is posted to the N.Z. Regular Force (The Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps), with the rank of Lieutenant (on prob.), dated 19 February 1955.

Captain R. D. Sinton, N.Z. Audit, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 21 February 1955.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of March 1955.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.