27 JAN. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 65

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Territorial Force

1st Field Ambulance, R.N.Z.A.M.C.

Richard George Lawrence, M.B., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant (Provisionally Registered). Dated 18 June 1954.

2nd General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C.

2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) J. P. Broad, M.B., Ch.B., from the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 2nd General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C., to be Lieutenant (Provisionally Registered). Dated 19 May 1954.

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

Captain (temp. Major) R. B. Bell, M.B., Ch.B., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, with the rank of Major. Dated 27 October 1954.

The appointment of Lieutenant (on prob.) C. R. Fenton, M.B., Ch.B., is confirmed.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Regular Force

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) C. L. Sanderson to be Captain. Dated 9 December 1953.

31264 W.O. I Leslie Smith to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 15 December 1954.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

Regular Force

Lieutenant and Quartermaster T. F. Griffiths to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 23 November 1954.

Lieutenant (on prob.) J. B. Worsfold, B.E.(Mechanical), to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1 June 1953. Dated 1 December 1954.

23455 W.O. II Robin Moir to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 15 December 1954.

31279 W.O. II Archibald Paton to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 15 January 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS

Territorial Force

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

Lieutenant S. K. Phillipps, B.D.S., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Dental Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 10 December 1954.

3rd Mobile Dental Unit, R.N.Z.D.C.

Lieutenant J. Edgar, B.D.S., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Dental Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 24 November 1954.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT

Regular Force

The Rev. R. W. Blair, M.B.E., Chaplain, 4th Class (Church of England), is re-engaged for a period of two years as from 3 January 1955.

Territorial Force

The Rev. G. A. Butt, Chaplain, 4th Class (Church of England), is transferred from Area 8 to Area 2. Dated 13 December 1954.

THE ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS

Regular Force

Sister R. I. Rich is granted a further extension of her short-service commission for a period of one year as from 1 October 1954.

N.Z. WOMEN’S ROYAL ARMY CORPS

Regular Force

Lieutenant O. Marshall to be Captain. Dated 25 November 1954.

2nd Lieutenant S. M. McGarrigle to be Lieutenant. Dated 23 November 1954.

2nd Lieutenant M. B. Walker to be Lieutenant. Dated 23 November 1954.

N.Z. DEFENCE SCIENTIFIC CORPS

Regular Force

Captain P. M. Nottingham, M.Sc., was granted an extension of his short-service commission to 31 May 1955.

N.Z. CADET CORPS

Hutt Valley Memorial Technical College Cadets

Desmond Dowse, B.Sc. (N.Z.), to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 22 September 1954.

Milton District High School Cadets

2nd Lieutenant J. C. Whitworth, B.A., to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 November 1953.

Motueka District High School Cadets

2nd Lieutenant D. C. Ball resigns his commission. Dated 13 December 1954.

New Plymouth Boys’ High School Cadets

2nd Lieutenant J. W. D. Mills to be Lieutenant. Dated 10 July 1954.

Otago Boys’ High School Cadets

Major R. W. T. Whittington, E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, with the rank of Major. Dated 23 November 1954.

Westport Technical High School Cadets

Lieutenant O. J. Ball resigns his commission. Dated 6 December 1954.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Regimental List

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

Captain D. F. Phillips is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 27 November 1954.

Captain H. C. L. Ross is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 29 November 1954.

Captain H. M. Barrance is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 6 December 1954.

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

Captain A. H. M. Maurice is posted to the Retired List. Dated 23 November 1954.

3rd Armoured Regiment, R.N.Z.A.C.

2nd Lieutenant V. R. Smith is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 6 December 1954.

The Otago and Southland Regiment

Major F. B. M. Watson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, with the rank of Major. Dated 7 December 1954.

Captain G. M. Dodds, D.C.M., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 6 December 1954.

General List

The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps.

Jack Richard Holland, late Captain (temp. Major), The Royal Kent Regiment, to be Major. Dated 9 November 1954.

The Royal N.Z. Nursing Corps

Sister V. Morrow is posted to the Retired List. Dated 9 December 1954.

Supplementary List

Lieutenant-Colonel C. R. Burns, O.B.E., M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.P. (Lond.), is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Colonel. Dated 16 December 1954.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) P. D. Duncalf, B.D.S., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 10 December 1954.

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE EMERGENCY FORCE

Captain (Acting Major) M. Munro, R.N.Z.A., and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, with the rank of Major. Dated 24 October 1954.

Captain P. J. Duncan, LL.B., R.N.Z.A.C., and is transferred from the 1st Armoured Car Regiment (Now New Zealand Scottish), R.N.Z.A.C., to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 14 December 1954.

Captain M. Tebbutt, R.N.Z. Inf., and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force. Dated 17 December 1954.

Lieutenant G. A. Hitchings, R.N.Z.A., and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force. Dated 3 December 1954.

2nd Lieutenant R. F. B. Older, R.N.Z.A., and is transferred from the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 11 December 1954.

2nd Lieutenant C. H. Stansfield, R.N.Z.A.S.C., and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 15 December 1954.

P. L. Smith, Chaplain, 3rd Class (Salvation Army), and is transferred from the Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department to the Reserve of Officers, General List, the Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department, with the rank of Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 11 December 1954.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of January 1955.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.