950 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 31

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:

ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY

Regular Force

Major G. A. Hitchings to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel.
Dated 8 April 1969.

Captain Anthony James Wales is posted to the Retired List.
Dated 6 April 1969.

Territorial Force

16th Field Regiment, RNZA

The seniority of 2nd Lieutenant J. R. Bradey is antedated to
1 September 1967.

James Sydney Heard to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.).
Dated 15 April 1969.

3rd Field Regiment, RNZA

Lieutenant James William Walton, B.SC., is transferred to
the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal Regiment of N.Z.
Artillery, in the rank of Lieutenant, until 16 January 1972.
Dated 6 March 1969.

The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) R. H. Black
is confirmed.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Regular Force

Lieutenant and Quartermaster N. P. O'Dwyer to be temp.
Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 3 March 1969.

Territorial Force

1st Armoured Squadron (Queen Alexandra’s), RNZAC

Montgomery George Morrison to be 2nd Lieutenant (on
prob.). Dated 15 April 1969.

1st Reconnaissance Squadron (N.Z. Scottish), RNZAC

Linton McCulloch Gray to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.).
Dated 25 February 1969.

2nd Armoured Squadron (Waikato), RNZAC

Captain (temp. Major) R. S. Fox to be Major. Dated 1 April
1969.

Peter James Spooner to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated
15 April 1969.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

Regular Force

Captain D. J. O'Brien, B.E.(CIV.), to be temp. Major. Dated
13 January 1969.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) and Quartermaster P. Crowther,
B.E.M., to be Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 1 August 1968.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT

Regular Force

Major Norman Elliott McLeod is transferred to the Terri-
torial Force in his current appointment as C.O., 3rd Battalion
(Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) and Northland),
RNZIR. Dated 1 April 1969.

Captain and Quartermaster W. R. Henderson to be temp.
Major and Quartermaster. Dated 25 January 1969.

Lieutenant J. Sayle to be temp. Captain. Dated 1 March
1969.

Lieutenant John Huia Bennett is transferred to the Reserve
of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment, in the
rank of Lieutenant. Dated 19 April 1969.

Supernumerary List

Captain and Quartermaster C. G. McShane is re-engaged
from 10 April 1969 to 15 May 1970.

Territorial Force

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

Major Harold Thomas Dean, E.D., is posted to the Retired
List. Dated 1 April 1969.

Major E. H. Poole, from the Reserve of Officers, Regimental
List, 2nd Battalion (Canterbury Nelson Marlborough West
Coast), RNZIR, to be Major, with seniority from 11 October
1968. Dated 1 December 1968.

2nd Lieutenant R. E. Hart to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 May
1969.

2nd Lieutenant W. R. Just to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 May
1969.

2nd Lieutenant H. L. A. Morley, DIP.V.F.M.(LINCOLN), to be
Lieutenant. Dated 1 May 1969.

2nd Lieutenant B. G. de Thier to be Lieutenant. Dated 1
May 1969.

2nd Lieutenant T. E. Robson to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 May
1969.

2nd Lieutenant C. A. Marshall to be Lieutenant. Dated 1
May 1969.

Neil Reid to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 1 March
1969.

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

Major Norman Elliott McLeod, from the Regular Force, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, retaining his current appointment as
C.O. Dated 1 April 1969.

Major R. T. Marsden is transferred to the Reserve of
Officers, Regimental List, 3rd Battalion (Auckland (Countess
of Ranfurly’s Own) and Northland), RNZIR, in his present
rank and seniority. Dated 31 March 1969.

David McGregor to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated
25 February 1969.

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

Robert Bruce McClymont to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.).
Dated 15th April 1969.

6th Battalion (Hauraki), RNZIR

Major A. P. Coster, from the Reserve of Officers, Regimental
List, 6th Battalion (Hauraki), RNZIR, to be Major, with
seniority from 6 December 1963. Dated 1 April 1969.

Major J. E. S. Allen, E.D., is transferred to the Reserve of
Officers, Regimental List, 6th Battalion (Hauraki), RNZIR, in
his present rank and seniority. Dated 1 April 1969.

2nd Lieutenant C. L. Whitaker to be Lieutenant. Dated 1
April 1969.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Regular Force

Captain C. D. F. Green to be temp. Major. Dated 6 January
1969.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) W. R. K. Wilson to be Captain.
Dated 20 December 1968.

Territorial Force

1st Transport Company (General Transport), RNZASC

2nd Lieutenant R. B. Haworth to be Lieutenant. Dated 5
December 1967.

3rd Transport Company (General Transport), RNZASC

Lieutenant W. E. Davis, from the Reserve of Officers, Regi-
mental List, 3rd Transport Company (General Transport),
RNZASC, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 19 December
1964. Dated 1 May 1968.

2nd Lieutenant J. B. Mackintosh, LL.B., to be Lieutenant.
Dated 7 April 1968.

5th Transport Company, RNZASC

2nd Lieutenant R. M. Pryce to be Lieutenant. Dated 7 April
1969.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Regular Force

Lieutenant-Colonel William Dickson Meldrum, M.B., CH.B.,
F.F.A.R.C.S., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General
List, Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, in the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 18 April 1969.

The commission of Major Evan Robert McKenzie, M.B.,
CH.B., F.R.C.S., lapses on completion of his engagement. Dated
18 April 1969.

Territorial Force

3rd Field Ambulance, RNZAMC

2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) S. Allan to be Lieutenant, with
seniority from 5 December 1967, on his having graduated M.B.,
CH.B. Dated 5 December 1968.

1st Casualty Clearing Station, RNZAMC

Warren Max Paykel, M.B., CH.B., to be Lieutenant, with
seniority from 5 December 1967. Dated 5 December 1968.