Military Appointments and Promotions




20 FEBRUARY

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Territorial Force

1st Battalion, The Hawke's Bay Regiment, R.N.Z. Inf.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) D. H. McLeod to be Captain. Dated 5 October 1957.
Lieutenant J. A. Stone to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 January 1958.
Lieutenant E. H. White to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 January 1958.
Lieutenant R. V. Kirby to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 January 1958.
Lieutenant J. V. Stovell to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 January 1958.
Lieutenant R. C. Naldrett-Jays to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 January 1958.

1st. Battalion, The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment, R.N.Z. Inf.

Richard George Isaac Cairney to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 28 September 1957.

1st Battalion, The Canterbury Regiment, R.N.Z. Inf.

Colin George Wood to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 13 October 1957.

1st Battalion, The Otago and Southland Regiment, R.N.Z. Inf.

Captain P. Skelley to be temp. Major. Dated 30 December 1957.
Lieutenant J. F. Hargest to be temp. Captain. Dated 30 December 1957.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Regular Force

Captain D. S. Smith to be temp. Major. Dated 10 December 1957.

Territorial Force

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

Lieutenant Brian Arthur Loversuch, from the British Regular Army Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant, and is appointed Divisional Catering Adviser, H.Q., C.R.A.S.C. Dated 1 December 1957.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Regular Force

Captain K. E. Ussher, M.B., CH.B., to be temp. Major. Dated 24 October 1957.

Territorial Force

1st Casualty Clearing Station, R.N.Z.A.M.C.

Robin Macfarlane Crisp, M.B., CH.B., to be Lieutenant. Dated 21 December 1957.
Graham Beale, M.B., CH.B., to be Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 21 December 1957.

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

Lieutenant (provisionally registered) P. M. Meffan, M.B., CH.B., having been granted full registration on 28 December 1955, is confirmed in his present rank and seniority.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Regular Force

Captain R. G. P. O'Connor to be Major, with seniority from 2 July 1957. Dated 26 February 1958.

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

Territorial Force

3rd Infantry Workshops, R.N.Z.E.M.E.

With reference to the notice published in the Gazette, Volume I, page 309, relating to the appointment of Robert Thomas Tudhope, for “Tudhope,” substitute “Tudehope.”

2nd Lieutenant R. T. Tudehope to be Lieutenant. Dated 2 October 1957.

ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS

Regular Force

Lieutenant J. P. Allan, B.D.S., to be Captain. Dated 20 January 1958.

Territorial Force

1st Mobile Dental Unit, R.N.Z.D.C.

Lieutenant P. S. Nelson, B.D.S., to be Captain. Dated 5 October 1957.

ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS

Regular Force

Charge Sister K. M. W. Amon is re-engaged for a term of one year, as from 26 January 1958.
Sister E. M. Larnder to be Charge Sister. Dated 20 November 1957.
Sister Joan May Vesey Fitzgerald is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Nursing Corps, in the rank of Sister. Dated 16 December 1957.
Ngaere Harty is granted a short-service Regular commission, for a term of two years, in the rank of Sister with seniority from 1 January 1957. Dated 6 January 1958.

Territorial Force

Sister Doreen Elizabeth Selwood Newling ceased to be posted to “W” Coy, 2nd General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C., and resigned her commission. Dated 13 October 1956.
The appointment of Sister (on prob.) B. A. Calder, 1st Casualty Clearing Station, R.N.Z.A.M.C., lapses. Dated 9 January 1958.

N.Z. CADET CORPS

Coromandel District High School Cadets

Desmond Whishaw O'Brien (late Lieutenant, R.N.Z.N.), to be Lieutenant. Dated 15 January 1958.

Dannevirke High School Cadets

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) W. R. Moore lapses. Dated 25 November 1957.

Gisborne Boys' High School Cadets

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) A. Whaanga, B.A., lapses. Dated 2 August 1957.

Okato District High School Cadets

Lieutenant Clifford Arthur Crossman is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Cadet Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 26 August 1957.

Selwyn College Cadets

Captain J. D. N. McDonald, E.D., to be Major. Dated 13 March 1957.

Southland Technical College Cadets

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) R. R. Preston, B.A., lapses. Dated 4 November 1957.

Central Military District Cadet Officers “X” List

2nd Lieutenant C. A. Bradstock resigns his commission. Dated 18 December 1957.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Regimental List

9th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Brownlow Horrocks, M.C., E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Artillery, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 20 December 1957.

Captain Basil Aubrey Penk is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Artillery, in the rank of Captain. Dated 9 December 1957.
Lieutenant John Reginald Godwin Johnson is posted to the Retired List in the rank of Captain. Dated 19 December 1957.

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

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) A. McL. Grant, S.D.O., N.Z. (optometrist), lapses. Dated 17 December 1957.

General List

Colonels’ List

Brigadier Ian Lambert Bonifant, D.S.O., E.D., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1 February 1958.

Royal N.Z. Artillery

With reference to the notice published in the Gazette, 16 January 1958, No. 3, page 45, relating to the retirement of Major Ronald Wilson Sharp, E.D., after the words “Retired List”, add “in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel”.

Captain Samuel James Gardner is posted to the Retired List. Dated 5 December 1957.
Captain Henry James Radford is posted to the Retired List. Dated 17 January 1958.
Captain Gordon Trevor Rapley is posted to the Retired List. Dated 23 January 1958.

The Corps of Royal N.Z. Engineers

Major J. R. Hussey relinquishes his commission. Dated 1 February 1958.

Captain John Thomson Gilkison, B.E., A.M.I.C.E., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1 January 1958.
Captain Edward Hazledine-Barber is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1 January 1958.

Royal N.Z. Corps of Signals

Captain John Lawrence Joseph Gettins is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1 February 1957.

Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps

Major Terence Henry Agmen-Smith is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1 January 1958.
Major Arthur Campbell Pryde is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1 January 1958.
Major Peter Barrington Smythe is posted to the Retired List. Dated 24 January 1958.
Captain James Hugh Ensor is posted to the Retired List. Dated 29 January 1958.
Captain Frederick Douglas Gillespie is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1 February 1958.

Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps

Major Hamish Grant Bremner, M.B., CH.B., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1 January 1958.
Major James Lendrum Nicol, M.C., M.B., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 25 January 1958.

N.Z. Army Pay Corps

Major Ian Hamilton Galbraith is posted to the Retired List in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 January 1958.

Supplementary List

With reference to the notice published in the Gazette, Volume I of 1957, page 542, relating to the retirement of Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) D. G. Wallace, O.B.E., M.B., CH.B., for “in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel” substitute “in the rank of Colonel”.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of February 1958.

PHILLIP G. CONNOLLY, Minister of Defence.



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🛡️ Territorial Force: 1st Battalion, The Hawke's Bay Regiment, R.N.Z. Inf. Appointments

🛡️ Defence & Military
5 October 1957
Territorial Force, Army, Promotions, Hawke's Bay Regiment
6 names identified
  • D. H. McLeod (Lieutenant), promoted to Captain
  • J. A. Stone (Lieutenant), promoted to temp. Captain
  • E. H. White (Lieutenant), promoted to temp. Captain
  • R. V. Kirby (Lieutenant), promoted to temp. Captain
  • J. V. Stovell (Lieutenant), promoted to temp. Captain
  • R. C. Naldrett-Jays (Lieutenant), promoted to temp. Captain

🛡️ Territorial Force: 1st Battalion, The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment, R.N.Z. Inf. Appointment

🛡️ Defence & Military
28 September 1957
Territorial Force, Army, Appointment, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast Regiment
  • Richard George Isaac Cairney, appointed 2nd Lieutenant

🛡️ Territorial Force: 1st Battalion, The Canterbury Regiment, R.N.Z. Inf. Appointment

🛡️ Defence & Military
13 October 1957
Territorial Force, Army, Appointment, Canterbury Regiment
  • Colin George Wood, appointed 2nd Lieutenant

🛡️ Territorial Force: 1st Battalion, The Otago and Southland Regiment, R.N.Z. Inf. Promotions

🛡️ Defence & Military
30 December 1957
Territorial Force, Army, Promotions, Otago and Southland Regiment
  • P. Skelley (Captain), promoted to temp. Major
  • J. F. Hargest (Lieutenant), promoted to temp. Captain

🛡️ Regular Force: ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS Promotion

🛡️ Defence & Military
10 December 1957
Regular Force, Army Service Corps, Promotion
  • D. S. Smith (Captain), promoted to temp. Major

🛡️ Territorial Force: Headquarters, C.R.A.S.C., N.Z. Division Appointment

🛡️ Defence & Military
1 December 1957
Territorial Force, Army Service Corps, Appointment, Divisional Catering Adviser
  • Brian Arthur Loversuch (Lieutenant), appointed Lieutenant and Divisional Catering Adviser

🛡️ Regular Force: ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS Promotion

🛡️ Defence & Military
24 October 1957
Regular Force, Army Medical Corps, Promotion
  • K. E. Ussher (Captain), promoted to temp. Major

🛡️ Territorial Force: 1st Casualty Clearing Station, R.N.Z.A.M.C. Appointments

🛡️ Defence & Military
21 December 1957
Territorial Force, Army Medical Corps, Appointments, Casualty Clearing Station
  • Robin Macfarlane Crisp (M.B., CH.B.), appointed Lieutenant
  • Graham Beale (M.B., CH.B.), appointed Lieutenant (on prob.)

🛡️ Territorial Force: 2nd General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C. Confirmation of Rank

🛡️ Defence & Military
28 December 1955
Territorial Force, Army Medical Corps, Confirmation of Rank, General Hospital
  • P. M. Meffan (Lieutenant), confirmed in present rank and seniority

🛡️ Regular Force: ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS Promotion

🛡️ Defence & Military
26 February 1958
Regular Force, Army Ordnance Corps, Promotion
  • R. G. P. O'Connor (Captain), promoted to Major

🛡️ Territorial Force: 3rd Infantry Workshops, R.N.Z.E.M.E. Correction and Promotion

🛡️ Defence & Military
2 October 1957
Territorial Force, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Correction, Promotion
  • R. T. Tudehope (2nd Lieutenant), promoted to Lieutenant

🛡️ Regular Force: ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS Promotion

🛡️ Defence & Military
20 January 1958
Regular Force, Dental Corps, Promotion
  • J. P. Allan (Lieutenant), promoted to Captain

🛡️ Territorial Force: 1st Mobile Dental Unit, R.N.Z.D.C. Promotion

🛡️ Defence & Military
5 October 1957
Territorial Force, Dental Corps, Promotion, Mobile Dental Unit
  • P. S. Nelson (Lieutenant), promoted to Captain

🛡️ Regular Force: ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS Re-engagement and Promotion

🛡️ Defence & Military
26 January 1958
Regular Force, Nursing Corps, Re-engagement, Promotion
  • K. M. W. Amon (Charge Sister), re-engaged for a term of one year
  • E. M. Larnder (Sister), promoted to Charge Sister

🛡️ Regular Force: ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS Transfer to Reserve

🛡️ Defence & Military
16 December 1957
Regular Force, Nursing Corps, Transfer to Reserve
  • Joan May Vesey Fitzgerald (Sister), transferred to the Reserve of Officers

🛡️ Regular Force: ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS Short-service Commission

🛡️ Defence & Military
6 January 1958
Regular Force, Nursing Corps, Short-service Commission
  • Ngaere Harty, granted short-service Regular commission

🛡️ Territorial Force: ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS Resignation

🛡️ Defence & Military
13 October 1956
Territorial Force, Nursing Corps, Resignation
  • Doreen Elizabeth Selwood Newling (Sister), resigned her commission

🛡️ Territorial Force: 1st Casualty Clearing Station, R.N.Z.A.M.C. Appointment Lapses

🛡️ Defence & Military
9 January 1958
Territorial Force, Army Medical Corps, Appointment Lapses
  • B. A. Calder (Sister (on prob.)), appointment lapses

🛡️ N.Z. CADET CORPS: Coromandel District High School Cadets Appointment

🛡️ Defence & Military
15 January 1958
Cadet Corps, Appointment
  • Desmond Whishaw O'Brien (Lieutenant), appointed Lieutenant

🛡️ N.Z. CADET CORPS: Dannevirke High School Cadets Appointment Lapses

🛡️ Defence & Military
25 November 1957
Cadet Corps, Appointment Lapses
  • W. R. Moore (2nd Lieutenant (on prob.)), appointment lapses

🛡️ N.Z. CADET CORPS: Gisborne Boys' High School Cadets Appointment Lapses

🛡️ Defence & Military
2 August 1957
Cadet Corps, Appointment Lapses
  • A. Whaanga (2nd Lieutenant (on prob.)), appointment lapses

🛡️ N.Z. CADET CORPS: Okato District High School Cadets Transfer to Reserve

🛡️ Defence & Military
26 August 1957
Cadet Corps, Transfer to Reserve
  • Clifford Arthur Crossman (Lieutenant), transferred to the Reserve of Officers

🛡️ N.Z. CADET CORPS: Selwyn College Cadets Promotion

🛡️ Defence & Military
13 March 1957
Cadet Corps, Promotion
  • J. D. N. McDonald (Captain, E.D.), promoted to Major

🛡️ N.Z. CADET CORPS: Southland Technical College Cadets Appointment Lapses

🛡️ Defence & Military
4 November 1957
Cadet Corps, Appointment Lapses
  • R. R. Preston (2nd Lieutenant (on prob.)), appointment lapses

🛡️ Central Military District Cadet Officers “X” List Resignation

🛡️ Defence & Military
18 December 1957
Cadet Officers, Resignation
  • C. A. Bradstock (2nd Lieutenant), resigns his commission

🛡️ RESERVE OF OFFICERS: 9th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Transfer to Reserve

🛡️ Defence & Military
20 December 1957
Reserve of Officers, Artillery, Transfer to Reserve
  • John Brownlow Horrocks (Lieutenant-Colonel, M.C., E.D.), transferred to the Reserve of Officers

🛡️ RESERVE OF OFFICERS: 9th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Transfer to Reserve

🛡️ Defence & Military
9 December 1957
Reserve of Officers, Artillery, Transfer to Reserve
  • Basil Aubrey Penk (Captain), transferred to the Reserve of Officers

🛡️ RESERVE OF OFFICERS: 9th Coast Regiment, R.N.Z.A. Posting to Retired List

🛡️ Defence & Military
19 December 1957
Reserve of Officers, Artillery, Retired List
  • John Reginald Godwin Johnson (Lieutenant), posted to the Retired List

🛡️ RESERVE OF OFFICERS: 2nd General Hospital, R.N.Z.A.M.C. Appointment Lapses

🛡️ Defence & Military
17 December 1957
Reserve of Officers, Army Medical Corps, Appointment Lapses
  • A. McL. Grant (2nd Lieutenant (on prob.)), appointment lapses

🛡️ RESERVE OF OFFICERS: Colonels’ List Posting to Retired List

🛡️ Defence & Military
1 February 1958
Reserve of Officers, Retired List
  • Ian Lambert Bonifant (Brigadier, D.S.O., E.D.), posted to the Retired List

🛡️ RESERVE OF OFFICERS: Royal N.Z. Artillery Correction and Posting to Retired List

🛡️ Defence & Military
16 January 1958
Reserve of Officers, Artillery, Retired List, Correction
  • Ronald Wilson Sharp (Major, E.D.), retired in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel

🛡️ RESERVE OF OFFICERS: Royal N.Z. Artillery Posting to Retired List

🛡️ Defence & Military
5 December 1957
Reserve of Officers, Artillery, Retired List
  • Samuel James Gardner (Captain), posted to the Retired List

🛡️ RESERVE OF OFFICERS: Royal N.Z. Artillery Posting to Retired List

🛡️ Defence & Military
17 January 1958
Reserve of Officers, Artillery, Retired List
  • Henry James Radford (Captain), posted to the Retired List

🛡️ RESERVE OF OFFICERS: Royal N.Z. Artillery Posting to Retired List

🛡️ Defence & Military
23 January 1958
Reserve of Officers, Artillery, Retired List
  • Gordon Trevor Rapley (Captain), posted to the Retired List

🛡️ RESERVE OF OFFICERS: The Corps of Royal N.Z. Engineers Relinquishes Commission

🛡️ Defence & Military
1 February 1958
Reserve of Officers, Engineers, Relinquishes Commission
  • J. R. Hussey (Major), relinquishes his commission

🛡️ RESERVE OF OFFICERS: The Corps of Royal N.Z. Engineers Posting to Retired List

🛡️ Defence & Military
1 January 1958
Reserve of Officers, Engineers, Retired List
  • John Thomson Gilkison (Captain, B.E., A.M.I.C.E.), posted to the Retired List
  • Edward Hazledine-Barber (Captain), posted to the Retired List

🛡️ RESERVE OF OFFICERS: Royal N.Z. Corps of Signals Posting to Retired List

🛡️ Defence & Military
1 February 1957
Reserve of Officers, Signals, Retired List
  • John Lawrence Joseph Gettins (Captain), posted to the Retired List

🛡️ RESERVE OF OFFICERS: Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps Posting to Retired List

🛡️ Defence & Military
1 January 1958
Reserve of Officers, Infantry, Retired List
  • Terence Henry Agmen-Smith (Major), posted to the Retired List
  • Arthur Campbell Pryde (Major), posted to the Retired List
  • Peter Barrington Smythe (Major), posted to the Retired List
  • James Hugh Ensor (Captain), posted to the Retired List
  • Frederick Douglas Gillespie (Captain), posted to the Retired List

🛡️ RESERVE OF OFFICERS: Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps Posting to Retired List

🛡️ Defence & Military
1 January 1958
Reserve of Officers, Army Medical Corps, Retired List
  • Hamish Grant Bremner (Major, M.B., CH.B.), posted to the Retired List
  • James Lendrum Nicol (Major, M.C., M.B.), posted to the Retired List

🛡️ RESERVE OF OFFICERS: N.Z. Army Pay Corps Posting to Retired List

🛡️ Defence & Military
1 January 1958
Reserve of Officers, Army Pay Corps, Retired List
  • Ian Hamilton Galbraith (Major), posted to the Retired List

🛡️ RESERVE OF OFFICERS: Supplementary List Correction

🛡️ Defence & Military
Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, Correction
  • D. G. Wallace (Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel), O.B.E., M.B., CH.B.), retirement correction

🏛️ Ministerial Appointment

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
14 February 1958
Ministerial Appointment, Defence
  • PHILLIP G. CONNOLLY, Minister of Defence.