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THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Regular Force

N.Z. Regiment

Captain C. M. H. Gibson to be Major. Dated 14 December 1955.

Captain and Quartermaster R. W. Collins, B.E.M., to be Major and Quartermaster. Dated 14 December 1955.

2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) O. E. Mann to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 15 December 1955.

2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) L. G. Williams to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 15 December 1955.

33877 W.O. I Walter Henry Francis Lee to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 9 January 1956.

35034 W.O. II Harrie Cecil Stuart to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 9 January 1956.

Territorial Force

The Hauraki Regiment

Ian McLean to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 2 October 1955.

John Michael Bailey to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 2 October 1955.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment

2nd Lieutenant M. J. MacDonald, Nelson College Cadets, to be Lieutenant. Dated 14 April 1955.

The Otago and Southland Regiment

Captain R. N. Barton, 1st Battalion, to be temp. Major. Dated 1 October 1955.

Captain M. D. Hogan, 1st Battalion, to be temp. Major. Dated 1 October 1955.

Lieutenant D. J. Horn, 1st Battalion, to be temp. Captain. Dated 17 October 1955.

2nd Lieutenant A. M. Begg, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 17 October 1955.

2nd Lieutenant H. M. Barrowclough to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 1 October 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Territorial Force

2nd Company, R.N.Z.A.S.C.

2nd Lieutenant David Ian Bailey Balfour (late British Army) to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 December 1955.

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

Captain (temp. Major) A. McI. Crawford, E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, with the rank of Major. Dated 12 December 1955.

Captain D. R. Orange, E.D., to be temp. Major. Dated 12 December 1955.

6th Company, R.N.Z.A.S.C.

Lieutenant C. B. P. Hendrey, E.D., to be temp. Captain. Dated 30 September 1955.

Charles Sydney Osborn Shepherd to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2 October 1955.

Desmond Harold Williams to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2 October 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Territorial Force

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

Lieutenant H. Thomas, M.B., Ch.B., resigns his commission. Dated 18 November 1955.

1st Field Dressing Station, R.N.Z.A.M.C.

The entry in the Gazette, Volume III of 1955, page 1984, relative to Robert Leslie Shannon, M.B., Ch.B., is hereby cancelled.

3rd Field Dressing Station, R.N.Z.A.M.C.

Robert Leslie Shannon, M.B., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant (provisionally registered). Dated 1 April 1955.

1st General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C.

Lieutenant N. T. Potter, M.B., Ch.B., ceases to be posted to the 1st General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C., and is appointed R.M.O., 9th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 1 October 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Regular Force

31617 W.O. I Ray Henry Colwill to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 9 January 1956.

31253 W.O. II William John McCluggage to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 9 January 1956.

32171 Staff Sergeant George Witherman McCullough to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 9 January 1956.

31244 W.O. I William John Stanley Tavendale to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 9 January 1956.

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

Regular Force

31572 W.O. I George Abey Head to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 9 January 1956.

Territorial Force

3rd Infantry Workshop (Composite), R.N.Z.E.M.E.

Lieutenant R. E. Coote to be temp. Captain. Dated 20 August 1955.

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THE ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS

Regular Force

Captain R. M. Collins, B.D.S., is transferred to the Territorial Force on termination of his short-service commission. Dated 30 January 1956.

Lieutenant B. M. Elder, B.D.S., to be Captain. Dated 20 January 1956.

Lieutenant C. J. Woodhouse, B.D.S., to be Captain. Dated 20 January 1956.

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

Captain R. M. Collins, B.D.S., from the N.Z. Regular Force, to be Captain, with seniority from 17 January 1954. Dated 31 January 1956.

Geoffrey Thomas Candy, B.D.S., to be Lieutenant. Dated 12 December 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT

Territorial Force

The Rev. J. M. H. Highet, Chaplain, 4th Class (Presbyterian), Area 11, ceases to be posted for duty to the 1st Battalion, The Otago and Southland Regiment, The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps. Dated 5 January 1956.

The Rev. D. McG. Steedman, Chaplain, 4th Class (Presbyterian), Area 11, is posted for duty with the 1st Battalion, The Otago and Southland Regiment, The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps. Dated 6 January 1956.

N.Z. ARMY EDUCATION CORPS

Regular Force

John Desmond Rainey, B.A., is granted a short-service commission for a period of three years in the rank of Lieutenant with seniority from 12 June 1954.

THE ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS

Regular Force

Sister (temp. Charge Sister) M. J. Groome is granted an extension of her short-service commission for a period of six months as from 19 January 1956.

Sister K. M. W. Amon is granted a further extension of her short-service commission for a period of six months as from 26 January 1956.

Sister K. M. W. Amon to be temp. Charge Sister. Dated 8 February 1956.

N.Z. CADET CORPS

Avondale College Cadets

2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) O. L. Gilmore is transferred to the Kelston High School (No. 72 School Unit, A.T.C.). Dated 10 November 1955.

Maurice Vaughan Mountfort to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 22 November 1955.

Kelston High School (No. 72 School Unit, A.T.C.)

2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) O. L. Gilmore, from the Avondale College Cadets, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), with seniority from 7 June 1946, and is seconded to the Air Training Corps. Dated 10 November 1955.

Nelson College Cadets

2nd Lieutenant M. J. MacDonald, attached to the 1st Battalion, The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment, to be Lieutenant. Dated 14 April 1955.

Whangarei Boys' High School Cadets

Wilfred Reginald Lester to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 1 November 1955.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Regimental List

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

Lieutenant A. W. Cook is posted to the Retired List. Dated 10 November 1955.

The Otago and Southland Regiment

Major A. C. Marett, M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, with the rank of Major. Dated 20 December 1955.

General List

The Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps

Lieutenant Maurice Kenneth Allen (late British Army) to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 January 1956.

RESERVE LIST

The Royal N.Z. Nursing Corps

With reference to the notice in the Gazette, 19 January 1956, page 36, No. 3, relative to Sister D. R. A. Shepherd, for "Sister D. R. A. Shepherd", substitute "Sister D. R. A. Aitken (née Shepherd)".

OFFICER STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE EMERGENCY FORCE

Lieutenant (acting Captain) L. T. Crapp, R.N.Z.A., and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, with the rank of Captain. Dated 17 January 1956.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of February 1956.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.