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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and
Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Army

THE ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS
Regular Force
N.Z. Regiment
Captain (temp. Major) E. R. Firth, M.B.E., B.E.M., to be
Major. Dated 14 December 1955.
Captain (temp. Major) B. Boyd, M.B.E., to be Major
Dated 14 December 1955.
Captain and Quartermaster D. M. Sweeney to be Major and
Quartermaster. Dated 19 December 1955.
N.Z. Regiment (Supernumerary List)
The engagement of Captain and Quartermaster L. R. Bai-
gent, M.B.E., is extended for a further year as from 22
November 1955.
Territorial Force
The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own)
The notice published in the Gazette, 10 November 1955,
page 1732, No. 69, relative to Major E. T. Pleasants, E.D., is
hereby cancelled and the following substituted:
Major E. T. Pleasants, E.D., 1st Battalion, relinquishes the
appointment of Legal Staff Officer, Headquarters, Northern
Military District, ceases to be seconded, and is posted to the
Retired List. Dated 1 October 1955.
Lieutenant M. E. Buchanan, 1st Battalion, resigned his
commission. Dated 4 January 1953.
Donald Herbert McNally to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted
to the 1st Battalion. Dated 29 July 1955.
John William Shanks to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to
the 1st Battalion. Dated 29 July 1955.
Stewart Alexander Matthews to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is
posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 29 July 1955.
Geoffrey Ross Goulding to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted
to the 1st Battalion. Dated 29 July 1955.
The notice published in the Gazette, 10 November 1955,
page 1732, No. 69, relative to 2nd Lieutenant T. B. Wynyard
is hereby cancelled.
The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own)
Alistair Colin Deans to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to
the 1st Battalion. Dated 29 July 1955.
Donald William Herbert MacDonald to be 2nd Lieutenant,
and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 29 July 1955.
Alan Kevin McKenzie to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted
to the 1st Battalion. Dated 29 July 1955.
Donald George McLaren to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted
to the 1st Battalion. Dated 29 July 1955.
Bruce Gordon Perry to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted
to the 1st Battalion. Dated 29 July 1955.
Brian Burnell Wesney to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted
to the 1st Battalion. Dated 29 July 1955.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) R. D. Har-
risson, 1st Battalion, lapses. Dated 1 October 1955.
The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment
John McDonald Coleman to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 11
September 1955.
The Otago and Southland Regiment
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) A. R. Fraser,
1st Battalion, is confirmed.
2nd Lieutenant A. R. Fraser, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenant.
Dated 11 September 1955.
THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Regular Force
Captain (temp. Major) S. R. Lewis to be Major. Dated 14
December 1955.
Captain and Quartermaster E. Parsons is granted a further
extension of his short-service commission for a period of one
year as from 2 November 1955.
Territorial Force
5th Company, R.N.Z.A.S.C.
2nd Lieutenant H. J. Ross to be Lieutenant. Dated 11
October 1955.
THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
Territorial Force
1st Field Ambulance, R.N.Z.A.M.C.
Captain J. J. Sullivan, M.B., Ch.B., to be Acting Major.
Dated 1 November 1955.
3rd Field Ambulance, R.N.Z.A.M.C.
Malcolm Sleeman Robertson, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P., to be Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 10 October
1955.
1st Field Dressing Station, R.N.Z.A.M.C.
John McKenzie Ross, M.B., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant (on
prob.). Dated 21 June 1955.
3rd Field Dressing Station, R.N.Z.A.M.C.
Lieutenant A. E. Dugdale, M.B., Ch.B., was seconded to
the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 1 February 1955.
1st General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C.
Lieutenant-Colonel R. R. Talbot, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S.,
F.R.A.C.S., M.R.C.O.G., to be temp. Colonel, and is appointed
Commanding Officer. Dated 7 July 1955.
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
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) E. L. Taverner, M.B.E.,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 November 1955.
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) J. Burns, D.S.O., M.B.E.,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 November 1955.
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) R. McK. Paterson,
D.S.O., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 November 1955.
Captain (temp. Major) J. F. Spring to be Major. Dated
14 December 1955.
Captain (temp. Major) R. J. Moor, E.D., to be Major.
Dated 14 December 1955.
Captain (temp. Major) E. J. Manders, M.C., to be Major.
Dated 14 December 1955.
Captain (temp. Major) L. W. Wright to be Major. Dated
14 December 1955.
Territorial Force
1st Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant R. W. Shaw lapses.
Dated 1 August 1955.
2nd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Lieutenant (on prob.) S. A. Fitzgerald, M.B., Ch.B., from
the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st General Hospital,
The Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, to be Lieutenant (on
prob.) with seniority from 31 March 1953, and is appointed
R.M.O. Dated 1 January 1955.
2nd Lieutenant F. B. Sanders is transferred to the 5th Light
Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Dated 25 October 1955.
3rd Field Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
With reference to the notice published in the Gazette, 24
November 1955, page 1806, No. 72, relative to Lieutenant
(temp. Captain) F. S. E. Neate, E.D., for "Dated 12 Septem-
ber 1955", substitute "Dated 9 October 1954".
5th Light Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
2nd Lieutenant F. B. Sanders from the 2nd Field Regiment,
R.N.Z.A., to be 2nd Lieutenant with seniority from 28 August
1954. Dated 25 October 1955.
6th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) D. W. Robinson to be Captain
(temp. Major). Dated 1 October 1955.
13th Composite Anti-aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
With reference to the notice published in the Gazette, 10
November 1955, page 1732, No. 69, relative to Peter Richard
Norie Horne, for "to be Lieutenant," substitute "to be 2nd
Lieutenant".
14th Composite Anti-aircraft Regiment, R.N.Z.A.
Charles Guy Powles to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1 October
1955.
Ian William Burrell to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1 October
1955.
THE ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS
Regular Force
Captain (temp. Major) C. C. Jordan to be Major. Dated
14 December 1955.
2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) T. Couzens to be 2nd Lieutenant
with seniority from 25 September 1954. Dated 5 November
1955.
Territorial Force
2nd Armoured Regiment, R.N.Z.A.C.
2nd Lieutenant I. L. Forrest to be Lieutenant. Dated 18
October 1955.
1st Armoured Car Regiment (New Zealand Scottish),
R.N.Z.A.C.
John Groves Daniell to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1 October
1955.
THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS
Regular Force
2nd Lieutenant (Acting Lieutenant) A. L. Ling to be Lieu-
tenant. Dated 8 December 1955.
THE ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS
Regular Force
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) G. T. Haines to be
Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 November 1955.