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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 25

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:

HEADQUARTERS, 1ST INFANTRY BRIGADE

Captain (temp. Major) Donald Hourigan is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, in the rank of Major. Dated 31 March 1959.

HEADQUARTERS, 2ND INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier David Spence Thomson, M.C., E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, in the rank of Brigadier. Dated 1 April 1959.

HEADQUARTERS, 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE

Lieutenant-Colonel I. T. Galloway, E.D., M.A., to be Colonel. Dated 1 April 1959.

ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY

Territorial Force

4th Medium Regiment, RNZA

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) M. H. D. Meares to be Captain. Dated 26 September 1958.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Edward John Valentine to be Captain. Dated 6 December 1958.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) I. N. Thompson to be Captain. Dated 6 December 1958.

6th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, RNZA

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Robert James Greenfield, E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 April 1959.

Major G. O. Sims, E.D., to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 April 1959.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) M. D. Thom to be Lieutenant. Dated 4 February 1959.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Territorial Force

1st Armoured Car Regiment (New Zealand Scottish), RNZAC

Captain J. H. Gray to be temp. Major. Dated 3 February 1959.

Lieutenant E. S. Middlemass is transferred to the N.Z. Cadet Corps (Category “B”) for duty with the Christchurch Boys’ High School Cadets. Dated 1 September 1958.

Allan Maurice Main to be 2nd Lieutenant, next below 2nd Lieutenant J. A. Laurensen. Dated 20 February 1959.

ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Territorial Force

1st Divisional Signal Regiment, RNZ Sigs

Geoffrey Douglas Slocombe, B.SC., to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1 March 1959.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS

Regular Force

N.Z. Regiment

Lieutenant (acting Captain) A. T. A. Mataira to be Captain with seniority next above Captain R. McL. Dickie, RNZE. Dated 9 December 1958.

Territorial Force

1st Battalion, The Hauraki Regiment, RNZ Inf

Lieutenant-Colonel Raymond Francis Smith, O.B.E., E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 April 1959.

Captain (temp. Major) A. H. Balzer, E.D., to be Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel). Dated 1 April 1959.

Captain Dominic Phillip Cullen Walls, M.A., DIP.ED., from the Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Army Education Corps, to be Captain. Dated 14 November 1958.

1st Battalion, The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), RNZ Inf

The following to be 2nd Lieutenants:

James Irving Hetherington.
Malcolm Douglas McLean.
Carson Peter Bruce Shea.
Douglas Carr Thurston.

Dated 20 February 1959.

1st Battalion, The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment, RNZ Inf

Lieutenant J. D. Mahar to be Captain. Dated 15 April 1959.

1st Battalion, The Hawke’s Bay Regiment, RNZ Inf

Major N. M. Cotching, E.D., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 April 1959.

1st Battalion, The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment, RNZ Inf

Lieutenant M. J. Macdonald, also attached to the Nelson College Cadets, to be temp. Captain. Dated 30 September 1958.

1st Battalion, The Canterbury Regiment, RNZ Inf

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) John William Rolleston, M.B.E., E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 April 1959.

Major S. M. Pritchard, M.B.E., E.D., to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 April 1959.

2nd Lieutenant J. W. K. Verity to be Lieutenant with seniority next below Lieutenant P. A. H. Mullins. Dated 27 July 1958.

David Kingsley Chapple to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 20 February 1959.

Graham Douglas Gyde to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 20 February 1959.

1st Battalion, The Otago and Southland Regiment, RNZ Inf

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) P. G. Thyne, also attached to the Taieri High School Cadets, to be Captain. Dated 15 April 1959.

William Russell McLean to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 20 March 1959.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Regular Force

Lieutenant A. C. Hamilton to be temp. Captain. Dated 5 November 1958.

Lieutenant P. R. Sumner to be temp. Captain. Dated 5 December 1958.

Lieutenant and Quartermaster R. W. Jenkins to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 24 February 1959.

Territorial Force

H.Q., CRASC, N.Z. Division

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) M. Kenny to be Captain. Dated 9 March 1959.

3rd Transport Company, RNZASC

Captain F. W. Burt, E.D., from the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, to be Captain with seniority from 1 December 1954. Dated 1 April 1959.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Regular Force

Captain (temp. Major) G. J. H. Atkinson, M.B.E., to be Major. Dated 6 March 1959.

Supernumerary List

Captain and Quartermaster R. P. Kennedy, E.D., is re-engaged for a period of one year, as from 13 April 1959.

Captain and Quartermaster G. A. Perry, E.D., is re-engaged for a period of one year, as from 1 April 1959.

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

Regular Force

Lieutenant K. G. Smart to be temp. Captain. Dated 23 February 1959.

ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS

Territorial Force

2nd Mobile Dental Unit, RNZDC

Captain (temp. Major) Basil Hamilton Wilson, B.D.S., relinquishes the appointment of O.C., and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Dental Corps, in the rank of Major. Dated 8 March 1959.

3rd Mobile Dental Unit, RNZDC

Lieutenant R. B. N. Hall, B.D.S., resigns his commission. Dated 14 February 1959.

Lieutenant J. W. Ashby, B.D.S., resigns his commission. Dated 16 March 1959.

ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT

Regular Force

The Rev. J. H. McNeill, Chaplain 4th Class (Roman Catholic), is re-engaged for a term of two years, as from 4 April 1959.

N.Z. WOMEN’S ROYAL ARMY CORPS

Regular Force

2nd Lieutenant I. M. Metcalfe to be Lieutenant. Dated 27 February 1959.

N.Z. CADET CORPS

Christchurch Boys’ High School Cadets

Lieutenant E. S. Middlemass, from the 1st Armoured Car Regiment (New Zealand Scottish), RNZAC, ceases to be attached and is posted to the Christchurch Boys’ High School Cadets, on transfer to the N.Z. Cadet Corps (Category “B”), in the rank of Lieutenant with seniority from 18 October 1955. Dated 1 September 1958.