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Colonel Commandant

Brigadier C. L. Pleasants, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., E.D., B.A., Reserve of Officers, General List, Brigadiers’ List, is appointed Colonel Commandant, RNZAC. Dated 1 October 1966.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Regular Force

The seniority of 2nd Lieutenant D. Maclean is antedated to 20 December 1964.

Territorial Force

1st Commander Royal N.Z. Engineers (Works)

Lieutenant Ross Weatherly Davies, B.E.(CIV.), M.N.Z.I.E., from the Retired List, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 6 September 1963. Dated 6 August 1966.

ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Territorial Force

1st Infantry Brigade Group Signal Squadron, RNZ Sigs

Captain A. T. Mortiboy to be Major. Dated 25 June 1966.

3rd Infantry Brigade Group Signal Squadron, RNZ Sigs

2nd Lieutenant G. M. Pannett to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 3 August 1966.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT

Regular Force

Lieutenant-Colonel F. Rennie, M.B.E., M.C., to be acting Colonel and is seconded to the Fiji Military Forces. Dated 15 September 1966.

Major J. Brooke to be acting Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 15 August 1966.

Major (acting Lieutenant-Colonel) J. Brooke to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 22 August 1966.

Captain P. G. Hotop to be temp. Major. Dated 9 August 1966.

Lieutenant James Stuart Wilson, from the 2nd Battalion (Canterbury and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast), RNZIR, is granted a short-service commission for a period of three years in the rank of Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 5 September 1966.

2nd Lieutenant Paul Arthur Pahi resigns his commission. Dated 21 September 1966.

Territorial Force

2nd Battalion (Canterbury and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast), RNZIR

Lieutenant J. S. Wilson is transferred to the Regular Force on being granted a short-service commission. Dated 5 September 1966.

7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own) and Hawke’s Bay), RNZIR

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) W. F. G. Griffen to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 April 1966.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Regular Force

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) and Quartermaster L. G. Leonard to be Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 25 May 1965.

Territorial Force

H.Q., Commander Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, 1st Supplies and Transport Column

Captain John Earl Robbins is posted to the Retired List. Dated 31 August 1966.

10th Transport Company (General Transport), RNZASC

Terence Roderick Hogan to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1 June 1966.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Territorial Force

1st Casualty Clearing Station, RNZAMC

Captain (temp. Major) H. L. McI. Smith, M.B., CH.B., F.R.C.S., to be Major. Dated 24 September 1966.

9th Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory, RNZAMC

Lieutenant J. D. R. Morgan to be temp. Captain. Dated 29 July 1966.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Territorial Force

1st Infantry Brigade Group Ordnance Field Park, RNZAOC

Captain C. J. C. Marchant to be temp. Major. Dated 20 June 1966.

ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS

Territorial Force

Captain A. C. Smillie, B.D.S., Otago University Medical Company, RNZAMC, to be temp. Major. Dated 25 June 1966.

1st Mobile Dental Unit, RNZDC

Captain Robert Hugh Calder, B.D.S., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Dental Corps, in the rank of Captain. Dated 22 June 1966.

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Bruno Giovanni Gianni, B.D.SC., late Captain, RNZDC (Regular Force), to be Captain, with seniority from 9 August 1961. Dated 9 August 1966.

ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT

Territorial Force

The Rev. Malcolm Cranstoun Welch (Church of England), to be Chaplain 4th Class and is posted to the Central Military District Chaplains Pool. Dated 1 August 1966.

ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS

Regular Force

Charge Sister Ellen Margaret Dooney is posted to the Retired List. Dated 7 September 1966.

Sister J. R. Anson ceases to be seconded to the Royal New Zealand Air Force and is seconded to the Royal New Zealand Navy. Dated 7 September 1966.

Sister M. Torrey is seconded to the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Dated 2 September 1966.

Judith King is granted a short-service commission for a term of two years in the rank of Staff Nurse, with seniority from 1 June 1965. Dated 12 September 1966.

EXTRA REGIMENTAL EMPLOYMENT

Territorial Force

H.Q., 1st Infantry Brigade Group

Captain D. H. Williams, RNZASC, to be temp. Major. Dated 15 August 1966.

N.Z. CADET CORPS

King’s High School Cadets

Lieutenant G. J. Tofield to be Captain. Dated 1 July 1966.

New Plymouth Boys’ High School Cadets

Lieutenant Ian Stanley Jones resigns his commission. Dated 31 August 1966.

Whangarei Boys’ High School Cadets

Lieutenant Joseph Emmerson Fuge is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1 August 1966.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Regimental List

6th Battalion (Hauraki), RNZIR

Captain P. J. Cooper, from the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment, to be Lieutenant (temp. Captain), with seniority as Lieutenant from 27 July 1958. Dated 30 June 1966.

General List

The following Officers are posted to the Retired List:

Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps

Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Arthur Tinker, O.B.E., M.C., M.M. Dated 13 September 1966.

Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment

Major Alfred Carswell Marett, M.C. Dated 5 August 1966.

Lieutenant Geoffrey Ross Goulding. Dated 13 September 1966.

Lieutenant George Ranstead. Dated 5 September 1966.

Royal N.Z. Dental Corps

Major Garth Sydney Hammond Burtenshaw, B.D.S. Dated 31 August 1966.

Royal N.Z. Chaplains Department

The Rt. Rev. Peter Eves Sutton, Chaplain 4th Class (Church of England). Dated 23 August 1966.

N.Z. Cadet Corps

Lieutenant William Haslett Mabbett, M.A. Dated 9 September 1966.

Lieutenant Donald Morris Sinclair, M.A. Dated 6 September 1966.

Lieutenant Alan Frank Smith, B.A. Dated 15 September 1966.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of September 1966.

DEAN J. EYRE, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Extensions of Commissions, and Dates of Retirement, Transfers, and Termination of Commission of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

PURSUANT to section 15 of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, promotions, extensions of commissions, and dates of retirement, transfers, and termination of commission of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE

TECHNICAL BRANCH

Promotion

Engineer Division

Pilot Officer Reginald Alexander Richard Burk (78475) to be Flying Officer, with effect from 11 October 1966.