✨ Military Promotions and Appointments
22 JANUARY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
59
ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY CORPS
Regular Force
N.Z. Regiment
Major H. L. Heatley is re-engaged until retiring age for rank. Dated 1 January 1959.
Captain N. E. McLeod is seconded to the Fiji Military Forces for a period of two years. Dated 29 November 1958.
Territorial Force
1st Battalion, The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), RNZ Inf
Lieutenant R. A. Smith to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 November 1958.
Victor Leslie Thomas to be Hon. Lieutenant, and is appointed Director of Music. Dated 1 October 1958.
1st Battalion, The Hauraki Regiment, RNZ Inf
2nd Lieutenant R. E. Phipps to be Lieutenant. Dated 29 September 1958.
1st Battalion, The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment, RNZ Inf
Captain (temp. Major) G. Leighton-Jones, E.D., to be Major. Dated 30 August 1957.
Captain (temp. Major) M. C. Lester, E.D., to be Major. Dated 28 June 1958.
Lieutenant Patrick Kevin McManus is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 21 October 1958.
1st Battalion, The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment, RNZ Inf
Lieutenant M. C. Pettman to be temp. Captain. Dated 28 June 1958.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Regular Force
Captain P. L. Arcus to be temp. Major. Dated 21 November 1958.
Lieutenant C. M. Dixon to be temp. Captain. Dated 11 November 1958.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
Territorial Force
Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) A. E. Erenstrom, M.B., CH.B., M.R.A.C.P., to be Colonel. Dated 1 December 1958.
The notice published in the Gazette, Volume I of 1945, page 240, relating to the retirement of Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. G. Harper, M.B., CH.B., is cancelled and the following substituted:
“Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. G. Harper, M.B., CH.B., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 7 December 1944.”
3rd Field Ambulance, RNZAMC
Robert Frank Meginie, M.B., CH.B., to be Lieutenant with seniority from 1 October 1955. Dated 1 October 1958.
1st Casualty Clearing Station, RNZAMC
Lieutenant P. W. Tapsell, M.B., CH.B., resigns his commission. Dated 7 November 1958.
Otago University Medical Company, RNZAMC
William Ian McDonald, M.B., CH.B., B.MED.SC., to be Lieutenant (on prob.), with seniority from 3 November 1956. Dated 3 November 1958.
THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Regular Force
Lieutenant and Quartermaster A. Paton to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 15 January 1959.
ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS
Territorial Force
1st Mobile Dental Unit, RNZDC
Major J. T. Hewat, B.D.S., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st Mobile Dental Unit, RNZDC, in his present rank and seniority. Dated 28 November 1958.
Captain G. S. H. Burtenshaw, B.D.S., to be temp. Major. Dated 9 October 1958.
3rd Mobile Dental Unit, RNZDC
Lieutenant G. T. Candy, B.D.S., resigns his commission. Dated 18 November 1958.
N.Z. DEFENCE SCIENTIFIC CORPS
Regular Force
Captain W. B. McAdam, M.SC., is seconded to the Royal N.Z. Navy. Dated 1 January 1959.
B
N.Z. CADET CORPS
Auckland Grammar School Cadets
Major L. Lucena, E.D., to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel, and is appointed O.C. Dated 9 October 1958.
Captain F. Rogers, E.D., from the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 12th Heavy Anti-aircraft Regiment, RNZA, ceases to be attached, and is posted to the Auckland Grammar School Cadets, in the rank of Captain with seniority from 3 October 1953. Dated 19 October 1958.
Dargaville High School Cadets
Lieutenant F. J. Graham resigns his commission. Dated 17 March 1958.
Otahuhu College Cadets
Peter Graham Carswell, B.A., late 9th Gurkha Regiment, to be Lieutenant. Dated 15 September 1958.
Palmerston North Boys’ High School Cadets
Ian Maurice Batchelor, M.A., to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 1 April 1958.
Raglan District High School Cadets
Graham Charles Rowe, B.SC. (late N.Z. Cadet Corps), to be Lieutenant with seniority from 8 January 1956. Dated 1 September 1958.
Tauranga Boys’ College Cadets
Lieutenant Frederick Norman Keane, M.SC., from the Retired List, to be Lieutenant with seniority from 30 June 1957. Dated 29 October 1958.
Te Kao Maori District High School Cadets
Latimer Pera Matenga Riki to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 1 August 1958.
Tokoroa High School Cadets
Bruno Edward Archibald to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 1 September 1958.
Desmond Keith MacDonald, B.A., to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), next below 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) B. E. Archibald. Dated 1 September 1958.
RESERVE OF OFFICERS
Regimental List
12th Heavy Anti-aircraft Regiment, RNZA
Captain F. Rogers, E.D., attached to the Auckland Grammar School Cadets, is transferred to the N.Z. Cadet Corps. Dated 19 October 1958.
1st Field Engineer Regiment, RNZE
Captain Edwin Farnell, M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Corps of Royal N.Z. Engineers, in the rank of Captain. Dated 30 September 1958.
2nd Field Ambulance, RNZAMC
Lieutenant K. McD. Ewen, M.B., CH.B., resigns his commission. Dated 24 November 1958.
2nd General Hospital, RNZAMC
Lieutenant S. J. H. Cox, M.B., CH.B., resigns his commission. Dated 3 November 1958.
General List
Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps
With reference to the notice published in the Gazette, 20 November 1958, No. 71, page 1677, against the name of Captain Allan Arthur Yeoman, add “in the rank of Major.”
The under-mentioned are posted to the Retired List:
Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery
Major Douglas Gordon Warner Green, M.B.E.
Captain Ivor Raymond Jones.
Captain Helge Gordon Menzies.
Lieutenant Hugh Trevor Webb.
Lieutenant Ronald Arthur Yock.
2nd Lieutenant Basil Archdall Wright.
Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps
Major Harold Raines Cameron.
Major Stanley Russell Rice.
Captain Wallace King McDonald.
Lieutenant William Brittain Lowes.
Lieutenant John Selwyn Medley.
Lieutenant Noel Vincent Rix-Trott.
2nd Lieutenant Robin Alec McLaren.
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🛡️ Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps - Regular Force Appointments and Re-engagements
🛡️ Defence & Military1 January 1959
Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, Regular Force, Re-engagement
- H. L. Heatley (Major), re-engaged until retiring age
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps - Regular Force Secondment
🛡️ Defence & Military29 November 1958
Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, Regular Force, Secondment, Fiji Military Forces
- N. E. McLeod (Captain), seconded to Fiji Military Forces
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps - Territorial Force Appointment
🛡️ Defence & Military1 November 1958
Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, Territorial Force, Appointment
- R. A. Smith (Lieutenant), promoted to temp. Captain
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps - Territorial Force Appointment of Director of Music
🛡️ Defence & Military1 October 1958
Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, Territorial Force, Appointment, Director of Music
- Victor Leslie Thomas (Hon. Lieutenant), appointed Director of Music
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps - Territorial Force Promotion
🛡️ Defence & Military29 September 1958
Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, Territorial Force, Promotion
- R. E. Phipps (2nd Lieutenant), promoted to Lieutenant
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps - Territorial Force Promotion
🛡️ Defence & Military30 August 1957
Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, Territorial Force, Promotion
- G. Leighton-Jones (Captain (temp. Major) E.D.), promoted to Major
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps - Territorial Force Promotion
🛡️ Defence & Military28 June 1958
Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, Territorial Force, Promotion
- M. C. Lester (Captain (temp. Major) E.D.), promoted to Major
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps - Territorial Force Transfer to Reserve
🛡️ Defence & Military21 October 1958
Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, Territorial Force, Transfer, Reserve of Officers
- Patrick Kevin McManus (Lieutenant), transferred to Reserve of Officers
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps - Territorial Force Appointment
🛡️ Defence & Military28 June 1958
Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, Territorial Force, Appointment
- M. C. Pettman (Lieutenant), promoted to temp. Captain
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps - Regular Force Appointment
🛡️ Defence & Military21 November 1958
Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, Regular Force, Appointment
- P. L. Arcus (Captain), promoted to temp. Major
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps - Regular Force Appointment
🛡️ Defence & Military11 November 1958
Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, Regular Force, Appointment
- C. M. Dixon (Lieutenant), promoted to temp. Captain
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps - Territorial Force Promotion
🛡️ Defence & Military1 December 1958
Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, Territorial Force, Promotion
- A. E. Erenstrom (Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) M.B., CH.B., M.R.A.C.P.), promoted to Colonel
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps - Cancellation and Substitution of Retirement Notice
🛡️ Defence & Military7 December 1944
Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, Retirement, Cancellation, Substitution
- A. G. Harper (Lieutenant (temp. Captain) M.B., CH.B.), transferred to Reserve of Officers
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps - Territorial Force Appointment
🛡️ Defence & Military1 October 1958
Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, Territorial Force, Appointment
- Robert Frank Meginie (M.B., CH.B.), appointed Lieutenant
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps - Territorial Force Resignation
🛡️ Defence & Military7 November 1958
Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, Territorial Force, Resignation
- P. W. Tapsell (Lieutenant M.B., CH.B.), resigns his commission
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps - Territorial Force Appointment
🛡️ Defence & Military3 November 1958
Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, Territorial Force, Appointment
- William Ian McDonald (M.B., CH.B., B.MED.SC.), appointed Lieutenant (on prob.)
🛡️ Corps of Royal N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - Regular Force Appointment
🛡️ Defence & Military15 January 1959
Corps of Royal N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Regular Force, Appointment
- A. Paton (Lieutenant and Quartermaster), promoted to temp. Captain and Quartermaster
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Dental Corps - Territorial Force Transfer to Reserve
🛡️ Defence & Military28 November 1958
Royal N.Z. Dental Corps, Territorial Force, Transfer, Reserve of Officers
- J. T. Hewat (Major B.D.S.), transferred to Reserve of Officers
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Dental Corps - Territorial Force Appointment
🛡️ Defence & Military9 October 1958
Royal N.Z. Dental Corps, Territorial Force, Appointment
- G. S. H. Burtenshaw (Captain B.D.S.), promoted to temp. Major
🛡️ Royal N.Z. Dental Corps - Territorial Force Resignation
🛡️ Defence & Military18 November 1958
Royal N.Z. Dental Corps, Territorial Force, Resignation
- G. T. Candy (Lieutenant B.D.S.), resigns his commission
🛡️ N.Z. Defence Scientific Corps - Regular Force Secondment
🛡️ Defence & Military1 January 1959
N.Z. Defence Scientific Corps, Regular Force, Secondment, Royal N.Z. Navy
- W. B. McAdam (Captain M.SC.), seconded to Royal N.Z. Navy
🛡️ N.Z. Cadet Corps - Auckland Grammar School Cadets Appointment
🛡️ Defence & Military9 October 1958
N.Z. Cadet Corps, Auckland Grammar School, Appointment
- L. Lucena (Major E.D.), promoted to temp. Lieutenant-Colonel
🛡️ N.Z. Cadet Corps - Auckland Grammar School Cadets Posting
🛡️ Defence & Military19 October 1958
N.Z. Cadet Corps, Auckland Grammar School, Posting
- F. Rogers (Captain E.D.), posted to Auckland Grammar School Cadets
🛡️ N.Z. Cadet Corps - Dargaville High School Cadets Resignation
🛡️ Defence & Military17 March 1958
N.Z. Cadet Corps, Dargaville High School, Resignation
- F. J. Graham (Lieutenant), resigns his commission
🛡️ N.Z. Cadet Corps - Otahuhu College Cadets Appointment
🛡️ Defence & Military15 September 1958
N.Z. Cadet Corps, Otahuhu College, Appointment
- Peter Graham Carswell (B.A.), appointed Lieutenant
🛡️ N.Z. Cadet Corps - Palmerston North Boys’ High School Cadets Appointment
🛡️ Defence & Military1 April 1958
N.Z. Cadet Corps, Palmerston North Boys’ High School, Appointment
- Ian Maurice Batchelor (M.A.), appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.)
🛡️ N.Z. Cadet Corps - Raglan District High School Cadets Appointment
🛡️ Defence & Military1 September 1958
N.Z. Cadet Corps, Raglan District High School, Appointment
- Graham Charles Rowe (B.SC.), appointed Lieutenant
🛡️ N.Z. Cadet Corps - Tauranga Boys’ College Cadets Appointment
🛡️ Defence & Military29 October 1958
N.Z. Cadet Corps, Tauranga Boys’ College, Appointment
- Frederick Norman Keane (Lieutenant M.SC.), appointed Lieutenant
🛡️ N.Z. Cadet Corps - Te Kao Maori District High School Cadets Appointment
🛡️ Defence & Military1 August 1958
N.Z. Cadet Corps, Te Kao Maori District High School, Appointment
- Latimer Pera Matenga Riki, appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.)
🛡️ N.Z. Cadet Corps - Tokoroa High School Cadets Appointment
🛡️ Defence & Military1 September 1958
N.Z. Cadet Corps, Tokoroa High School, Appointment
- Bruno Edward Archibald, appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.)
🛡️ N.Z. Cadet Corps - Tokoroa High School Cadets Appointment
🛡️ Defence & Military1 September 1958
N.Z. Cadet Corps, Tokoroa High School, Appointment
- Desmond Keith MacDonald (B.A.), appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.)
🛡️ Reserve of Officers - 12th Heavy Anti-aircraft Regiment, RNZA Transfer
🛡️ Defence & Military19 October 1958
Reserve of Officers, RNZA, Transfer, N.Z. Cadet Corps
- F. Rogers (Captain E.D.), transferred to N.Z. Cadet Corps
🛡️ Reserve of Officers - 1st Field Engineer Regiment, RNZE Transfer
🛡️ Defence & Military30 September 1958
Reserve of Officers, RNZE, Transfer
- Edwin Farnell (Captain M.C.), transferred to Reserve of Officers
🛡️ Reserve of Officers - 2nd Field Ambulance, RNZAMC Resignation
🛡️ Defence & Military24 November 1958
Reserve of Officers, RNZAMC, Resignation
- K. McD. Ewen (Lieutenant M.B., CH.B.), resigns his commission
🛡️ Reserve of Officers - 2nd General Hospital, RNZAMC Resignation
🛡️ Defence & Military3 November 1958
Reserve of Officers, RNZAMC, Resignation
- S. J. H. Cox (Lieutenant M.B., CH.B.), resigns his commission
🛡️ Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps - Addition to Notice
🛡️ Defence & Military20 November 1958
Reserve of Officers, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, Addition
- Allan Arthur Yeoman (Captain), rank amended to Major
🛡️ Reserve of Officers - Posting to Retired List
🛡️ Defence & MilitaryReserve of Officers, Retired List, Artillery, Infantry
13 names identified
- Douglas Gordon Warner Green (Major M.B.E.), posted to Retired List
- Ivor Raymond Jones (Captain), posted to Retired List
- Helge Gordon Menzies (Captain), posted to Retired List
- Hugh Trevor Webb (Lieutenant), posted to Retired List
- Ronald Arthur Yock (Lieutenant), posted to Retired List
- Basil Archdall Wright (2nd Lieutenant), posted to Retired List
- Harold Raines Cameron (Major), posted to Retired List
- Stanley Russell Rice (Major), posted to Retired List
- Wallace King McDonald (Captain), posted to Retired List
- William Brittain Lowes (Lieutenant), posted to Retired List
- John Selwyn Medley (Lieutenant), posted to Retired List
- Noel Vincent Rix-Trott (Lieutenant), posted to Retired List
- Robin Alec McLaren (2nd Lieutenant), posted to Retired List