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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 4

N.Z. CADET CORPS

Auckland Grammar School Cadets
David Rathbone, M.A., to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.).
Dated 1 April 1955.

Dargaville Boys’ High School Cadets
2nd Lieutenant A. S. Morton to be Lieutenant. Dated 3
February 1955.

Kaitaia College Cadets
Victor David Thompson to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.).
Dated 1 April 1955.

Kati Kati District High School Cadets
Bruce Hardham Nickolls to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.).
Dated 2 May 1955.

Mount Roskill Grammar School Cadets
David Hugh Relph, M.Sc., to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.).
Dated 1 April 1955.

Tauranga College Cadets
Vernon Davis Boyce to be Hon. Lieutenant. Dated 21 March
1955.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Regimental List
1st Field Engineer Regiment, R.N.Z.E.
Major L. C. E. Malt, D.S.O., is posted to the Retired List.
Dated 18 April 1955.
Major T. Hanger is posted to the Retired List. Dated 30
April 1955.

1st Divisional Signals Regiment, R.N.Z.Sigs.
Lieutenant-Colonel D. McN. Burns is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Corps of Signals, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 3 May 1955.

The Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps
Lieutenant C. A. G. Graydon is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 1 April 1955.

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE EMERGENCY FORCE
Captain D. A. Mannering, R.N.Z.A., dated 6 April 1955, and is posted to the 2nd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A., with the rank of Captain, with seniority from 6 June 1954. Dated 7 April 1955.

Lieutenant E. P. Lucie-Smith, R.N.Z.A., and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 19 November 1953.

Lieutenant S. H. Jones, R.N.Z.A., and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 17 May 1955.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of June 1955.
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:

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force
Captain (temp. Major) R. H. Dyson, E.D., to be Major. Dated 30 May 1955.

Territorial Force
3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
2nd Lieutenant F. J. Evans is transferred to the 5th Light Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 20 April 1955.

5th Light Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
2nd Lieutenant F. J. Evans, from the 3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A., to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 25 September 1954. Dated 20 April 1955.

6th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
2nd Lieutenant M. C. Day to be Lieutenant. Dated 15 April 1955.
2nd Lieutenant P. R. Cook to be Lieutenant. Dated 15 April 1955.
2nd Lieutenant B. J. Postles to be Lieutenant. Dated 22 April 1955.

9th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Captain C. S. Atkinson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, with the rank of Captain. Dated 24 May 1955.
Grahame Douglas Brown to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18 February 1955.
Huon Murray Warman to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18 February 1955.
John Dudley Davies to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18 February 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Territorial Force
Divisional Regiment, R.N.Z.A.C.
2nd Lieutenant J. B. Thomson is transferred to the 1st Armoured Car Regiment (New Zealand Scottish), R.N.Z.A.C. Dated 9 March 1955.

1st Armoured Car Regiment (New Zealand Scottish)
R.N.Z.A.C.
Captain T. H. Rutherford is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 20 May 1955.
2nd Lieutenant J. B. Thomson, from Divisional Regiment R.N.Z.A.C., to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 14 June 1953. Dated 9 March 1955.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Territorial Force
1st Field Engineer Regiment, R.N.Z.E.
Captain A. L. King, E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Corps of Royal N.Z. Engineers, with the rank of Captain. Dated 25 February 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Territorial Force
1st Divisional Signals Regiment, R.N.Z. Sigs.
Captain J. P. Garner, E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st Divisional Signals Regiment R.N.Z. Sigs., with the rank of Captain, with seniority from 9 February 1952. Dated 10 May 1955.
Captain J. F. W. Tonge, M.B.E., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Corps of Signals, with the rank of Captain. Dated 12 May 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Regular Force
N.Z. Regiment
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) W. M. Brown is granted a further extension of his short-service commission for a period of six months as from 11 July 1955.
Captain G. W. Washbourn, E.D., to be temp. Major. Dated 30 May 1955.
2nd Lieutenant Earle Watson Yandall, from the 1st Battalion, The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), is granted a short-service commission for a period of three years as from 30 May 1955 in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 30 May 1955.

Territorial Force
The Hauraki Regiment
Colonel F. Prideaux, C.B.E., E.D., Retired List, is granted an extension of his appointment as Colonel of the Regiment to 31 December 1955.
2nd Lieutenant P. H. Anaru, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 15 April 1955.

The Northland Regiment
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) E. J. Brennan, M.M., 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 12 April 1955.
With reference to the notice published in the N.Z. Gazette, 28 April 1955, No. 31, page 709, relative to Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Garland, E.D., for “Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel” substitute “Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, The Northland Regiment, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, with seniority from 1 July 1952”.

The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment
2nd Lieutenant J. G. Russell, from the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 26 September 1954, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 10 May 1955.

The Canterbury Regiment
Major A. C. Rendall, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, The Canterbury Regiment with the rank of Major, with seniority from 1 October 1951. Dated 18 May 1955.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment
2nd Lieutenant J. G. Russell, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment. Dated 10 May 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Territorial Force
4th Company, R.N.Z.A.S.C.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) W. M. Loewenthal is confirmed.