Military Appointments and Transfers




Territorial Force

The appointment of Sister (on prob.) R. K. J. Petley, “A” Coy., 2nd General Hospital, RNZAMC, is confirmed.

Sister R. K. J. Petley ceases to be posted to “A” Coy., 2nd General Hospital, RNZAMC, and is transferred to the Regular Force. Dated 9 July 1958.

The appointments of the under-mentioned Sisters (on prob.) are confirmed:

1st Casualty Clearing Station, RNZAMC

E. M. Kee.

“A” Coy., 2nd General Hospital, RNZAMC

J. M. Montague.
V. C. Woods.

“W” Coy., 2nd General Hospital, RNZAMC

P. J. Batkin.
J. N. Gillespie.
A. E. Hastings.
M. M. Knight.
F. W. Reilly.

“C” Coy., 2nd General Hospital, RNZAMC

B. D. McLeod, M.N.Z.S.P.

N.Z. CADET CORPS

With reference to the notice published in the Gazette, 21 August 1958, No. 52, page 1105:
“The appointments of the under-mentioned 2nd Lieutenants are confirmed etc.” for “R. M. B. Bean” substitute “R. M. R. Bean.”

Foxton District High School Cadets

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) K. A. Milne to be Captain. Dated 1 March 1958.

Hamilton Boys’ High School Cadets

Major Patrick John Kane, M.M., E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Cadet Corps, in the rank of Major. Dated 11 August 1958.

Hamilton Technical College Cadets

2nd Lieutenant N. R. Holmes resigns his commission. Dated 8 August 1958.

Henderson High School Cadets

2nd Lieutenant T. G. Barnes to be Lieutenant. Dated 12 April 1958.

Hukerenui District High School Cadets

George William Noel Kelly, M.A.(HONS.), to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 15 July 1958.

Huntly College Cadets

2nd Lieutenant I. H. Barham resigns his commission. Dated 5 August 1958.

Marist Brothers High School Cadets (Greymouth)

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) L. J. Kyne to be Captain. Dated 24 July 1958.

Matamata College Cadets

Lieutenant O. T. Boscauen, B.SC., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Cadet Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1 August 1958.

Mt. Albert Grammar School Cadets

Captain T. G. Moorcraft, from the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, to be Captain with seniority from 1 May 1946. Dated 1 March 1951.

Pukekohe High School Cadets

Nigel Gust to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 11 June 1958.

Putaruru High School Cadets

Joseph Bernard Woods to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 11 July 1958.

Rangitoto College Cadets

Lieutenant K. A. Hart to be Captain. Dated 23 May 1958.

Selwyn College Cadets

Bryan John Johnson to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 1 June 1958.

Taupo District High School Cadets

Francis Clarke Cotton to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 31 July 1958.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Regimental List

12th Heavy Anti-aircraft Regiment, RNZA

The notice published in the Gazette, 21 August 1958, No. 52, page 1105, relating to the retirement of Captain Harvey Latta is cancelled, and the following substituted:

“Captain Harvey Latta is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, in the rank of Captain. Dated 14 July 1958.”

1st Battalion, The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own), RNZ Inf

Lieutenant R. C. Savage to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 April 1958.

General List

Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery

With reference to the notice published in the Gazette, 20 February 1958, No. 13, page 201, the name of Captain Thomas Goodhue Moorcraft is hereby deleted.

Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps

2nd Lieutenant I. H. Smillie resigns his commission. Dated 1 August 1958.

Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Cuthbert Atkinson, from the British Regular Army Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 7 June 1958.

With reference to the notice published in the Gazette, 24 July 1958, No. 46, page 962, after the name of Lieutenant Stanley Winston Turnbull, M.C., add “in the rank of Captain.”

Lieutenant Ivan Augustus Martin, from the Retired List, to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 July 1958.

The under-mentioned are posted to the Retired List:

Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery

Lieutenant George Connecticut Latta.

The Corps of Royal N.Z. Engineers

Captain Norman Colin McLeod.
Captain Clarence John Maindonald, B.E., GRAD.N.Z.I.E.
Lieutenant Alfred Nixon.
Lieutenant Raymond Walter Syme.
Lieutenant Stanley Tugby Tremain.

Royal N.Z. Corps of Signals

Captain Thomas Henry Jory, E.D.
Captain John McKenzie, B.E.M.
Captain Melville Ernest Wilson, E.D.

Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps

Major Sydney Hanton, E.D.
Captain David John Bell.
Captain Walter Ross Blaikie.
Captain Albert Ernest Burd.
Captain John Anderson Carroll.
Captain Edgar Ernest Stuart Clarke.
Captain Oral Gordon Davey.
Captain Lionel Gifford Dickey, M.B.E.
Captain Lyster Curling Friend.
Captain Frederick Sidney Hallett.
Lieutenant Isaac Vinson Aroa.
Lieutenant Jeffrey Blyth Armstrong, in the rank of Captain.
Lieutenant William George Anthony Downes.

Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps

Lieutenant Kenneth Roderick David Drummond, B.E.M.
Lieutenant Howard Harvey McLaren Elliott.
Lieutenant John Bradford Grant, M.B.E.
Lieutenant Bernard Gordon Hayden.

Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps

Lieutenant-Colonel Keith Buchanan Bridge, O.B.E., M.B., CH.B.
Captain Brian Lindsay Campbell, M.B., CH.B.
Captain Gordon Melville Campbell, M.B., CH.B.
Captain Graham Lelliott Clark, M.B., CH.B.
Captain John Colin Lopdell, M.B., CH.B.
Captain Ernest Goring Loten, M.B., CH.B.
Captain Jeffrey Melville Louisson, M.B., CH.B.
Captain Douglas David Lyness, M.B., CH.B.
Captain Edwin Keith Macleod, M.B., CH.B.

Royal N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps

Captain William Arthur Pascoe.

The Corps of Royal N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Captain Bernard Graham.
Captain Frederick Joseph Webber, B.E.M.



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🛡️ Territorial Force - RNZAMC Appointments Confirmed and Transfers

🛡️ Defence & Military
9 July 1958
Territorial Force, RNZAMC, Appointments, Confirmation, Transfers, Sisters
10 names identified
  • R. K. J. Petley (Sister), Appointment confirmed and transferred
  • E. M. Kee (Sister), Appointment confirmed
  • J. M. Montague (Sister), Appointment confirmed
  • V. C. Woods (Sister), Appointment confirmed
  • P. J. Batkin (Sister), Appointment confirmed
  • J. N. Gillespie (Sister), Appointment confirmed
  • A. E. Hastings (Sister), Appointment confirmed
  • M. M. Knight (Sister), Appointment confirmed
  • F. W. Reilly (Sister), Appointment confirmed
  • B. D. McLeod (Sister), Appointment confirmed

🛡️ N.Z. Cadet Corps - Various Appointments, Transfers, and Resignations

🛡️ Defence & Military
21 August 1958
N.Z. Cadet Corps, Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, Cadets
16 names identified
  • R. M. B. Bean (2nd Lieutenant), Correction to appointment notice
  • R. M. R. Bean (2nd Lieutenant), Corrected name in appointment notice
  • K. A. Milne (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain
  • Patrick John Kane (Major), Transferred to Reserve of Officers
  • N. R. Holmes (2nd Lieutenant), Resigned commission
  • T. G. Barnes (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • George William Noel Kelly (M.A.(HONS.)), Appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.)
  • I. H. Barham (2nd Lieutenant), Resigned commission
  • L. J. Kyne (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain
  • O. T. Boscauen (Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Officers
  • T. G. Moorcraft (Captain), Appointed Captain with seniority
  • Nigel Gust, Appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.)
  • Joseph Bernard Woods, Appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.)
  • K. A. Hart (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain
  • Bryan John Johnson, Appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.)
  • Francis Clarke Cotton, Appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.)

🛡️ Reserve of Officers - Regimental and General List Notices

🛡️ Defence & Military
21 August 1958
Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, General List, Transfers, Retirements, Deletions
45 names identified
  • Harvey Latta (Captain), Retirement cancelled, transferred to Reserve
  • R. C. Savage (Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Captain
  • Thomas Goodhue Moorcraft (Captain), Name deleted from notice
  • I. H. Smillie (2nd Lieutenant), Resigned commission
  • Francis Cuthbert Atkinson (Lieutenant-Colonel), Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel
  • Stanley Winston Turnbull (Lieutenant), Rank of Captain added to notice
  • Ivan Augustus Martin (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • George Connecticut Latta (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • Norman Colin McLeod (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Clarence John Maindonald (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Alfred Nixon (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • Raymond Walter Syme (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • Stanley Tugby Tremain (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • Thomas Henry Jory (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • John McKenzie (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Melville Ernest Wilson (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Sydney Hanton (Major), Posted to Retired List
  • David John Bell (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Walter Ross Blaikie (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Albert Ernest Burd (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • John Anderson Carroll (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Edgar Ernest Stuart Clarke (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Oral Gordon Davey (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Lionel Gifford Dickey (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Lyster Curling Friend (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Frederick Sidney Hallett (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Isaac Vinson Aroa (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • Jeffrey Blyth Armstrong (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List in rank of Captain
  • William George Anthony Downes (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • Kenneth Roderick David Drummond (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • Howard Harvey McLaren Elliott (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • John Bradford Grant (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • Bernard Gordon Hayden (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • Keith Buchanan Bridge (Lieutenant-Colonel), Posted to Retired List
  • Brian Lindsay Campbell (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Gordon Melville Campbell (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Graham Lelliott Clark (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • John Colin Lopdell (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Ernest Goring Loten (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Jeffrey Melville Louisson (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Douglas David Lyness (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Edwin Keith Macleod (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • William Arthur Pascoe (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Bernard Graham (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • Frederick Joseph Webber (Captain), Posted to Retired List