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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 29

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:

CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF

Regular Force

Brigadier R. B. Dawson, C.B.E., D.S.O., Brigadiers’ List, is appointed Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, and Senior Military Member of the Army Board, vice Major-General W. S. McKinnon, C.B., C.B.E., B.SC., in the rank of Major-General and is transferred to the Generals’ List. Dated 1 April 1967.

ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force

Captain Michael Farrell Dakin is posted to the Retired List. Dated 5 April 1967.

459680 Temp. Warrant Officer Class II Raymond Alexander Williamson to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1 July 1966 next above Lieutenant and Quartermaster K. A. Watson, RNZIR. Dated 1 March 1967.

The Regular Force commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) Andrew George Hatt lapses and he is reposted to the Territorial Force (16th Field Regiment, RNZA). Dated 19 March 1967.

Supernumerary List

Captain and Quartermaster J. J. Hanvey is re-engaged for one year as from 21 March 1967.

Territorial Force

16th Field Regiment, RNZA

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Peter Ross Kemp is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, in the rank of Captain. Dated 1 March 1967.

Lieutenant G. G. Roch to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 April 1967.

Andrew George Hatt, late 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), Regular Force, to be 2nd Lieutenant with seniority from 7 April 1966. Dated 19 March 1967.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Regular Force

Lieutenant Peter Alan Croft resigned his commission. Dated 12 November 1966.

ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Regular Force

11682 Temp. Warrant Officer Class II Barry Douglas Swan to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1 September 1965. Dated 1 March 1967.

675766 Warrant Officer Class II Terence Bernard Gillooly to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1 August 1966. Dated 1 March 1967.

Territorial Force

3rd Infantry Brigade Group Signal Squadron, RNZ Sigs

2nd Lieutenant Anthony John Lowther resigns his commission. Dated 1 March 1967.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT

Colonel of the Regiment

Brigadier J. Connolly, D.S.O., E.D., Retired List, is appointed Colonel of the Regiment, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment, vice Major-General Sir William G. Gentry, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., Retired List. Dated 1 April 1967.

Regular Force

Captain O. E. Mann to be temp. Major. Dated 20 March 1967.

Captain L. J. Lynch to be temp. Major. Dated 10 December 1966.

Territorial Force

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

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) G. R. Gardner relinquishes the temp. rank of Captain and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 2nd Battalion, (Canterbury and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast) RNZIR, in the rank of Lieutenant with seniority from 19 February 1962. Dated 1 January 1967.

3rd Battalion (Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) and Northland), RNZIR

Captain R. T. Marsden to be temp. Major. Dated 1 April 1967.

The commission of Lieutenant (on prob.) P. L. Stokes, M.B., CH.B., R.N.Z.A.M.C., R.M.O., is confirmed on his being granted full registration as a medical practitioner on 13 December 1966.

5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast and Taranaki), RNZIR

Captain R. W. Hardie to be temp. Major. Dated 1 April 1967.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Territorial Force

Colonel Douglas Peter Kennedy, E.D., M.B., CH.B., D.P.H.(LOND.), relinquishes the appointment of Honorary Consultant in Army Health and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, in the rank of Colonel. Dated 1 April 1967.

Captain (temp. Major) C. N. D. Taylor, M.B., CH.B., D.P.H.(LOND.), to be Lieutenant-Colonel and is appointed Honorary Consultant in Army Health. Dated 1 April 1967.

The commission of Lieutenant (on prob.) P. L. Stokes, M.B., CH.B., is confirmed on his being granted full registration as a medical practitioner on 13 December 1966.

9th Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory, RNZAMC

The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) G. B. Simpson, M.P.S., is confirmed.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Regular Force

Major C. L. Sanderson to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1 March 1967.

Captain and Quartermaster W. E. Smith, having reached retiring age for rank, is transferred to the Supernumerary List and re-engaged until 26 June 1967. Dated 24 April 1967.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) and Quartermaster R. W. Wilkinson to be Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 3 February 1967.

Lieutenant and Quartermaster P. G. Burns to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 25 December 1966.

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

Regular Force

Captain and Quartermaster J. D. M. Gerrie to be temp. Major and Quartermaster. Dated 23 January 1967.

ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT

Territorial Force

The Rev. Lawrence Harold Barber (Presbyterian), to be Chaplain 4th Class and is posted to the Central Military District Chaplains Pool. Dated 1 February 1967.

The Rev. John Ellis Carde (Roman Catholic), to be Chaplain 4th Class and is posted to the Central Military District Chaplains Pool. Dated 8 February 1967.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY EDUCATION CORPS

Regular Force

Captain H. Owen, B.A., is re-engaged for the period 18 April 1967 to 17 March 1970.

Supernumerary List

Captain S. Dickson is re-engaged for a period of one year as from 14 April 1967.

N.Z. CADET CORPS

Ashburton Secondary School Cadets

Captain W. T. Gibson to be Major. Dated 24 August 1966.

Captain Alexander William Thomson, from the Retired List, to be Captain with seniority from 4 July 1966. Dated 1 February 1967.

2nd Lieutenant R. L. Beardsley to be Lieutenant. Dated 9 April 1965.

2nd Lieutenant A. J. Moore to be Lieutenant. Dated 4 November 1966.

Central Military District Cadet Officers ‘X’ List

Lieutenant William Allen Turner is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Cadet Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 3 February 1967.

2nd Lieutenant Rodney Seymour Greensill resigns his commission. Dated 1 March 1967.

King’s High School Cadets

Lieutenant Ian William Page, M.A., resigns his commission. Dated 10 March 1967.

Mount Maunganui College Cadets

Major Glenn Hall, B.A., relinquishes the appointment of O.C. and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Cadet Corps, in the rank of Major. Dated 1 February 1967.

Captain John Fairburn Buckland is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Cadet Corps, in the rank of Captain. Dated 1 February 1967.

Captain Kenneth Stuart Richmond, M.SC., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Cadet Corps, in the rank of Captain. Dated 1 February 1967.

Captain Warwick Richard Kingston-Smith, M.A., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Cadet Corps, in the rank of Captain. Dated 1 February 1967.

Lieutenant Kenneth Richard Stevenson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Cadet Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1 February 1967.

Lieutenant Arthur Leonard Osborne is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Cadet Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1 February 1967.