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 Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Army:

Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery

Regular Force

The engagement of Lieutenant and Quartermaster I. J. Doak, M.B.E., is extended from 19 July 1962 until 31 December 1962.

Territorial Force

2nd Field Regiment, RNZA

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. A. Burns to be Captain. Dated 25 September 1960.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) E. R. Sadd to be Captain. Dated 24 September 1961.

Lieutenant J. H. B. Worgan to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 August 1962.

Lieutenant D. H. Brown to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 August 1962.

Lieutenant M. G. Cross to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 August 1962.

Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps

Regular Force

N.Z. Regiment

Lieutenant and Quartermaster Arthur Christian Cottenham Kingsford is posted to the Retired List. Dated 17 July 1962.

Territorial Force

The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own), RNZ Inf

2nd Lieutenant V. R. Moore to be Lieutenant. Dated 20 February 1962.

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

Captain James Garth Russell is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, in the rank of Captain. Dated 24 August 1962.

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

Captain Ian Harold Ellerm, M.B., CH.B., R.N.Z.A.M.C., relinquishes the appointment of R.M.O. and resigns his commission. Dated 20 September 1962.

1st Battalion, The Canterbury Regiment, RNZ Inf

Captain E. H. Poole to be temp. Major. Dated 1 October 1962.

Lieutenant E. M. Maclennan to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 October 1962.

Lieutenant P. Yeoman to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 October 1962.

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

Lieutenant-Colonel James Seaton Brown-Rennie relinquishes the appointment of C.O. and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 October 1962.

Major R. N. Barton, M.B.E., E.D., to be Lieutenant-Colonel and is appointed C.O. Dated 1 October 1962.

Lieutenant J. B. Johnston to be temp. Captain. Dated 30 June 1962.

Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps

Territorial Force

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

Lieutenant-Colonel William Aitcheson Driscoll McComb, M.B.E., E.D., relinquishes the appointment of C.R.A.S.C., N.Z. Division, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 October 1962.

Major R. J. Walton, E.D., to be Lieutenant-Colonel and is appointed C.R.A.S.C., N.Z. Division. Dated 1 October 1962.

Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps

Territorial Force

Captain Ian Harold Ellerm, M.B., CH.B., relinquishes the appointment of R.M.O., 1st Battalion, The Hawke's Bay Regiment, RNZ Inf, and resigns his commission. Dated 20 September 1962.

Royal N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps

Regular Force

Supernumerary List

Captain and Quartermaster J. Rose is re-engaged for a period of one year as from 19 September 1962.

Royal N.Z. Dental Corps

Territorial Force

3rd Mobile Dental Unit, RNZDC

David Wallace Marshall, B.D.S., to be Lieutenant (on prob.) with seniority from 11 June 1961. Dated 11 June 1962.

Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department

Territorial Force

The Rev. Thomas Patrick Cloher, Chaplain, 4th Class (Roman Catholic), from the Retired List, to be Chaplain, 4th Class, with seniority from 30 May 1957 and is posted to Southern Military District/3rd Infantry Brigade Group Chaplains Pool. Dated 6 February 1962.

The Rev. Leo Vincent O'Connor, Chaplain, 4th Class (Roman Catholic), is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department, in the rank of Chaplain, 4th Class. Dated 9 February 1962.

The Rev. Donald Jesse Wilson to be Chaplain, 4th Class (Church of England), and is posted to Southern Military District/3rd Infantry Brigade Group Chaplains Pool. Dated 23 August 1962.

Royal N.Z. Nursing Corps

Regular Force

The notice published in the Gazette, 9 August 1962, No. 50, page 1290, relating to the re-engagement of Matron K. Bland for the period 10 June 1961 to 31 December 1962, is hereby amended to read:

“Matron K. Bland is re-engaged for the period 10 June 1962 to 31 December 1962.”

Sister P. A. Robinson ceases to be seconded to the Royal N.Z. Navy and is seconded to the Royal N.Z. Air Force for duty. Dated 1 October 1962.

Territorial Force

Sister Averil Elizabeth Hastings ceases to be posted to “W” Coy, 2nd General Hospital, RNZAMC, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 3 September 1962.

Territorial Officers Special Training Unit, Northern Military District/1st Infantry Brigade Group

Lieutenant Ronald David Patten is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 13 August 1962.

Territorial Officers Special Training Unit, Southern Military District/3rd Infantry Brigade Group

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) H. J. B. Quigley, RNZ Inf, to be Captain. Dated 24 September 1962.

The notice published in the Gazette, 7 June 1962, No. 36, page 888, relating to Lieutenant E. W. Unwin is cancelled and the following substituted:

“Lieutenant E. W. Unwin, from the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st Battalion, The Canterbury Regiment, RNZ Inf, to be Lieutenant with seniority from 17 February 1958. Dated 26 April 1962.”

N.Z. Cadet Corps

Gisborne Boys High School Cadets

Lieutenant W. K. G. Hannaford, Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Army Education Corps, is attached for duty. Dated 9 March 1962.

Kaeo District High School Cadets

2nd Lieutenant R. C. Jury to be Lieutenant. Dated 22 March 1962.

Reserve of Officers

Regimental List

3rd Field Regiment, RNZA

Captain John Stanley Nicholson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, in the rank of Captain. Dated 30 June 1962.

The New Zealand Scottish Regiment, RNZAC

Lieutenant Peter Colin Macnab is posted to the Retired List. Dated 30 June 1962.

General List

N.Z. Army Education Corps

Lieutenant W. K. G. Hannaford, from the British Army Emergency Reserve, to be Lieutenant and is attached for duty to the Gisborne Boys High School Cadets. Dated 9 March 1962.

The following are posted to the Retired List:

Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery

Major Alfred Eddington Simpson, E.D. Dated 18 September 1962.

Captain Maxwell Francis Bunker. Dated 18 September 1962.

Captain Kenneth Stych. Dated 25 September 1962.

Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps

2nd Lieutenant Russell George Signal. Dated 21 September 1962.

Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps

Captain Roy Severs, M.M. Dated 18 September 1962.

Lieutenant Alister Ross Fraser. Dated 18 September 1962.

Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps

Captain John Paterson Hunter. Dated 20 September 1962.