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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 23

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:

GENERALS' LIST

Regular Force
Major-General W. G. Gentry, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 19 March 1956.

HEADQUARTERS, 3RD INFANTRY BRIGADE

Captain N. S. Murchison, LL.B., 3rd Armoured Regiment, to be temp. Major. Dated 1 October 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force
Captain (temp. Major) A. J. Holland to be Major. Dated 26 January 1956.
Captain P. W. F. Joplin to be temp. Major. Dated 27 February 1956.
Lieutenant G. E. Sutherland to be Captain. Dated 4 March 1956.

Supernumerary List

Captain F. R. Bartley is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, with the rank of Major. Dated 2 April 1956.

Territorial Force

1st Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. W. F. Davey is transferred to the N.Z. Cadet Corps. Dated 1 November 1955.
2nd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) K. W. Rhodes ceases to be attached to the Hastings High School Cadets. Dated 1 February 1956.

3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

2nd Lieutenant G. K. McIndoe resigns his commission. Dated 24 January 1956.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:
Robert Holmes Steele
Verdon John Chettleburgh
Dated 11 September 1955.
Robert Inder Long
Edwin Reginald Sadd
Donald John Cunningham Lill
Philip Richard Warrington Ellis
Brian Howard James
John Simon Beaven
Derek Gibson Robertson
Dated 24 September 1955.

4th Medium Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Captain L. A. Boswell ceases to be seconded to the Pio Pio District High School Cadets, and is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 8 November 1955.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. W. F. Davey, Huntly District High School Cadets, is attached as a Category "A" Officer. Dated 1 November 1955.

6th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Captain K. R. Huband, LL.B., is transferred to Headquarters, R.A., N.Z. Division. Dated 5 October 1955.

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

George Webster Macfarlane to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 24 September 1955.

151st Anti-aircraft Battery, R.N.Z.A.

Lieutenant H. A. L. Laing, from the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1 March 1948. Dated 18 April 1955.

Headquarters, R.A., N.Z. Division

Captain K. R. Huband, LL.B., ceases to be seconded, and is transferred from the 6th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A., with the rank of Captain, with seniority from 1 September 1953, remaining seconded to Headquarters, Northern Military District, as Legal Staff Officer. Dated 5 October 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMoured CORPS

Regular Force

Major C. C. Jordan to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel while holding appointment of Chief of Staff, Fiji Military Forces. Dated 15 December 1955.

Supernumerary List

Captain (temp. Major) and Quartermaster M. G. Fowler, M.B.E., is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Major and Quartermaster. Dated 18 March 1956.

Territorial Force

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

Captain (temp. Major) C. W. Green, E.D., is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Major. Dated 13 December 1955.
Captain W. J. Sisam, M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 6 December 1955.

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

Lieutenant J. L. Schaab was posted to the Retired List. Dated 3 August 1951.
Lieutenant A. C. Sherson resigns his commission. Dated 6 December 1955.

Divisional Regiment, R.N.Z.A.C.

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) W. J. Rainbow to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 5 November 1955.
Garth McMillan Cassidy to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 29 July 1955.
James Peregrine Dearden to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2 October 1955.
John McNiven Hunter to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2 October 1955.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Territorial Force
1st Field Engineer Regiment, R.N.Z.E.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) D. L. Sullivan lapses. Dated 22 February 1956.

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

Ian Walter Gunn to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 24 September 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Regular Force

Captain (temp. Major) John Wallace Bateman, M.M., from the 1st Divisional Signals Regiment, R.N.Z. Sigs., is granted a short-service commission, with the rank of Major, for an initial period of eighteen months, and is appointed a Military Observer with the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan. Dated 23 February 1956.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) P. B. Penlington relinquishes the temp. rank of Captain. Dated 25 March 1956.

Territorial Force

1st Divisional Signals Regiment, R.N.Z. Sigs.
Captain (temp. Major) J. W. Bateman, M.M., is transferred to the N.Z. Regular Force. Dated 23 February 1956.
Captain D. J. H. Meredith, M.B., CH.B., R.N.Z.A.M.C., relinquishes the appointment of R.M.O., 1st Divisional Signals Regiment, R.N.Z. Sigs., and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 31 October 1955.
Lieutenant R. T. Aldridge, M.B., CH.B., R.N.Z.A.M.C., is appointed R.M.O., 1st Divisional Signals Regiment, R.N.Z. Sigs., with his present rank and seniority. Dated 1 November 1955.

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Regular Force

N.Z. Regiment
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) H. J. G. Low, D.S.O., M.C., relinquishes the temp. rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on ceasing to be seconded to the Fiji Military Forces. Dated 12 February 1956.
Lieutenant P. R. Hockley to be Captain. Dated 6 December 1955.
Lieutenant A. V. Bayliss to be temp. Captain. Dated 6 December 1955.
Lieutenant R. I. Launder ceases to be seconded to the Fiji Military Forces. Dated 10 February 1956.

Territorial Force

The Northland Regiment
Lieutenant J. B. McDougall, B.AGR.SC., from the Hauraki Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1 February 1955, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 19 January 1956.
2nd Lieutenant T. F. Linnell, 1st Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 28 November 1955.

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own)

Lieutenant W. K. Brown, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, with the rank of Captain. Dated 16 January 1956.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) I. L. Duder, 1st Battalion, is confirmed.

The Hauraki Regiment

Lieutenant H. W. Grant, M.M., 1st Battalion, to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 January 1956.
Lieutenant J. B. McDougall, B.AGR.SC., 1st Battalion, ceases to be attached to the Tauranga College Cadets and is transferred to the Northland Regiment. Dated 19 January 1956.
2nd Lieutenant B. G. Perry, from the Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own), to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 29 July 1955, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 20 December 1955.