✨ Military Appointments and Retirements
9 NOVEMBER
Captain B. Hill to be Acting Major with effect from 3 August 1972, until 16 August 1972.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) E. J. R. Slater to be Captain with seniority and effect from 1 October 1972.
Lieutenant R. L. Scott to be temp. Captain with effect from 1 August 1972.
Lieutenant and Quartermaster G. J. Brighouse, M.B.E., to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster with effect from 10 July 1972.
Lieutenant R. B. Haworth is re-engaged until retiring age for rank with effect from 14 September 1972.
2nd Lieutenant B. M. Young is re-engaged until 8 June 1979, with effect from 25 July 1972.
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) Wayne Richard Baker is cancelled with effect from 20 September 1972.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
Captain and Quartermaster Leonard George Shepherd is posted to the Retired List with effect from 22 September 1972.
THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
2nd Lieutenant R. W. Strugnell is re-engaged until 27 March 1979.
ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS’ DEPARTMENT
Chaplain 3rd Class Sydney Michael Cuneen is posted to the Retired List with effect from 26 August 1972.
Chaplain 4th Class Desmond Leicester Thompson is posted to the Retired List with effect from 8 September 1972.
ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS
Charge Sister (temp. Matron) H. J. Macann, DIP.N., to be Matron with seniority and effect from 2 October 1972.
Sister (temp. Charge Sister) L. G. Paterson to be Charge Sister with seniority and effect from 31 July 1972, and is re-engaged until 30 November 1973, with effect from 12 September 1972.
Sister Susan Elizabeth McKinnon resigns her commission with effect from 8 September 1972.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMY EDUCATION CORPS
Captain Denis Joseph McCarthy, B.A., is posted to the Retired List with effect from 8 September 1972.
TERRITORIAL FORCE
ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY
3rd Field Regiment, RNZA
Lieutenant John Russell Glackin is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, in the rank of Lieutenant, with effect from 22 August 1972.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS
Queen Alexandra’s (Waikato/Wellington East Coast) Squadron, RNZAC
2nd Lieutenant Trevor Warner Pedler resigns his commission with effect from 22 August 1972.
1st Squadron, New Zealand Scottish, RNZAC
2nd Lieutenant Stephen John Brazier, B.COM., resigns his commission with effect from 22 August 1972.
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) P. J. Juriss is confirmed with effect from 14 April 1970.
2nd Lieutenant P. J. Juriss to be Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 14 April 1972.
ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS
1st Communications Zone Signal Squadron, RNZ Sigs
2nd Lieutenant Glenn Desmond Goodhue resigns his commission with effect from 22 August 1972.
ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT
2nd Battalion (Canterbury Nelson Marlborough West Coast), RNZIR
Honorary Lieutenant William John Samuel: The notice published in the Gazette, 7 September 1972, No. 72, p. 1902, is cancelled and the following substituted:
“Honorary Lieutenant William John Samuel Eddy is posted to the Retired List with effect from 18 June 1972.”
2nd Lieutenant Robert Alan Kinaston resigns his commission with effect from 22 August 1972.
3rd Battalion (Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) and Northland), RNZIR
Lieutenant Ian Gordon Stewart is posted to the Retired List with effect from 22 August 1972.
4th Battalion (Otago and Southland), RNZIR
2nd Lieutenant David Tohurangi Ellison resigns his commission with effect from 22 August 1972.
5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast and Taranaki), RNZIR
Major Bruce Gordon Perry is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment, in the rank of Major with effect from 31 August 1972.
Lieutenant Peter Lamason Cook is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast and Taranaki), RNZIR, in his present rank and seniority, with effect from 1 August 1972.
2nd Lieutenant R. N. Gebert to be Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 25 June 1972.
6th Battalion (Hauraki), RNZIR
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) V. A. Hartevelt, B.COM., is confirmed with effect from 22 February 1971.
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) G. Walford is confirmed with effect from 6 April 1971.
7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own) and Hawke’s Bay), RNZIR
Lieutenant John Wayne Stephenson resigns his commission with effect from 22 August 1972.
2nd Lieutenant Garry Bramwell Snowsill resigns his commission with effect from 22 August 1972.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS
1st Transport Company, RNZASC
2nd Lieutenant Roland Garth McIntyre resigns his commission with effect from 22 August 1972.
2nd Lieutenant G. S. Maxwell, M.SC., DIP.TCHG., is attached to the N.Z. Cadet Forces for duty with King’s College Cadet Unit, with effect from 20 September 1972.
10th Transport Company (General Transport), RNZASC
Lieutenant Terence Roderick Hogan is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant, with effect from 1 September 1972.
2nd Lieutenant Hugh Christopher Lynch, LL.B., resigns his commission with effect from 22 August 1972.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
Otago University Medical Company, RNZAMC
Lieutenant Robert John Barton resigns his commission with effect from 1 September 1972.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
1st Infantry Brigade Group Ordnance Field Park, RNZAOC
Lieutenant David Bruce Ryan is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant, with effect from 9 April 1972.
THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
1st Infantry Workshop, RNZEME
2nd Lieutenant Brian Anthony Compton resigns his commission with effect from 1 July 1972.
ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS’ DEPARTMENT
Chaplain 4th Class G. T. Marks (Baptist) to be Chaplain 3rd Class with effect from 12 May 1972.
ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS
Charge Sister Dawn Bruton is posted to the Retired List with effect from 10 October 1972.
EXTRA REGIMENTAL EMPLOYMENT
2nd Lieutenant Graham Arthur Rusher, B.SC.(HONS.), RNZIR, resigns his commission with effect from 22 August 1972.
RESERVE OF OFFICERS
General List
Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery
Captain Walter Steward resigned his commission with effect from 24 April 1972 on being appointed to a special short-service commission in the Army Air Corps of the British Army.
Lieutenant James William Walton is posted to the Retired List with effect from 16 January 1972.
Royal N.Z. Armoured Corps
2nd Lieutenant Joseph Robert Lionel Pledger is posted to the Retired List with effect from 24 August 1972.
Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment
Lieutenant Bruce James Burnett is posted to the Retired List with effect from 30 April 1972.
2nd Lieutenant John Rex Kenny is posted to the Retired List with effect from 31 March 1972.
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NZ Gazette 1972, No 92
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NZ Gazette 1972, No 92
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🛡️ New Zealand Army: Appointments, Promotions, Extensions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements
🛡️ Defence & MilitaryNew Zealand Army, Officers, Promotions, Retirements, Commissions, Territorial Force
47 names identified
- B. Hill (Captain), Acting Major appointment
- E. J. R. Slater (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain
- R. L. Scott (Lieutenant), Temporary Captain appointment
- G. J. Brighouse (Lieutenant and Quartermaster, M.B.E.), Temporary Captain and Quartermaster appointment
- R. B. Haworth (Lieutenant), Re-engaged until retiring age
- B. M. Young (2nd Lieutenant), Re-engaged until 1979
- Wayne Richard Baker (2nd Lieutenant (on prob.)), Commission cancelled
- Leonard George Shepherd (Captain and Quartermaster), Posted to Retired List
- R. W. Strugnell (2nd Lieutenant), Re-engaged until 1979
- Sydney Michael Cuneen (Chaplain 3rd Class), Posted to Retired List
- Desmond Leicester Thompson (Chaplain 4th Class), Posted to Retired List
- H. J. Macann (Charge Sister (temp. Matron), DIP.N.), Promoted to Matron
- L. G. Paterson (Sister), Promoted to Charge Sister and re-engaged
- Susan Elizabeth McKinnon (Sister), Resigns commission
- Denis Joseph McCarthy (Captain, B.A.), Posted to Retired List
- John Russell Glackin (Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Officers
- Trevor Warner Pedler (2nd Lieutenant), Resigns commission
- Stephen John Brazier (2nd Lieutenant, B.COM.), Resigns commission
- P. J. Juriss (2nd Lieutenant (on prob.)), Commission confirmed
- P. J. Juriss (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
- Glenn Desmond Goodhue (2nd Lieutenant), Resigns commission
- William John Samuel Eddy (Honorary Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List (notice cancelled)
- Robert Alan Kinaston (2nd Lieutenant), Resigns commission
- Ian Gordon Stewart (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
- David Tohurangi Ellison (2nd Lieutenant), Resigns commission
- Bruce Gordon Perry (Major), Transferred to Reserve of Officers
- Peter Lamason Cook (Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Officers
- R. N. Gebert (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
- V. A. Hartevelt (2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), B.COM.), Commission confirmed
- G. Walford (2nd Lieutenant (on prob.)), Commission confirmed
- John Wayne Stephenson (Lieutenant), Resigns commission
- Garry Bramwell Snowsill (2nd Lieutenant), Resigns commission
- Roland Garth McIntyre (2nd Lieutenant), Resigns commission
- G. S. Maxwell (2nd Lieutenant, M.SC., DIP.TCHG.), Attached to Cadet Forces
- Terence Roderick Hogan (Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Officers
- Hugh Christopher Lynch (2nd Lieutenant, LL.B.), Resigns commission
- Robert John Barton (Lieutenant), Resigns commission
- David Bruce Ryan (Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Officers
- Brian Anthony Compton (2nd Lieutenant), Resigns commission
- G. T. Marks (Chaplain 4th Class (Baptist)), Promoted to Chaplain 3rd Class
- Dawn Bruton (Charge Sister), Posted to Retired List
- Graham Arthur Rusher (2nd Lieutenant, B.SC.(HONS.), RNZIR), Resigns commission
- Walter Steward (Captain), Resigned commission, appointed to British Army
- James William Walton (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
- Joseph Robert Lionel Pledger (2nd Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
- Bruce James Burnett (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
- John Rex Kenny (2nd Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List