8 NOVEMBER

N.Z. WOMEN'S ROYAL ARMY CORPS
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) P. K. Bent to be Captain with seniority and effect from 6 July 1973.
2nd Lieutenant J. M. M. Gunn to be Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 29 August 1973.

TERRITORIAL FORCE
ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY
3rd Field Regiment, RNZA
Captain (acting Major) F. R. Goodall to be temp. Major with effect from 3 September 1973.
David Neil McDougall is appointed to a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) with effect from 2 August 1973, next below 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) F. B. Head, RNZA.
Owen Robert Dance is appointed to a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) with effect from 2 August 1973, next below 2nd Lieutenant D. N. McDougall, RNZA.

ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS
3rd Infantry Brigade Group Signal Squadron, RNZ Sigs
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) I. R. Whillans to be Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 11 August 1973.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) C. J. Lochhead to be Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 22 October 1972.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT
3rd Battalion (Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) and Northland), RNZIR
Major N. D. Johnston—The notice published in the Gazette, 9 August 1973, No. 74, p. 1510, is cancelled and the following substituted:
"Major Noel David Johnston, E.D., is posted to the Retired List with effect from 1 June 1973."
4th Battalion (Otago and Southland), RNZIR
Lieutenant William Ross Wilson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 4th Battalion (Otago and Southland), RNZIR, in his present rank and seniority, with effect from 11 August 1973.
5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast and Taranaki), RNZIR
Lieutenant Murray Thomas Brown is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment, in the rank of Lieutenant, with effect from 1 August 1973.
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) J. W. Phillips, N.Z.C.E., is confirmed with effect from 14 June 1972.
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) A. E. O’Sullivan is confirmed, with effect from 11 July 1972.
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) G. S. Lewis is confirmed with effect from 26 July 1972.
6th Battalion (Hauraki), RNZIR
Lieutenant Ronald Charles Morgan is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 6th Battalion (Hauraki), RNZIR, in his present rank and seniority, with effect from 1 August 1973.
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) B. P. Gordon is confirmed with effect from 2 December 1971.
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) C. W. Campbell is confirmed with effect from 26 July 1972.
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) L. J. Parrant is confirmed with effect from 26 July 1972.
7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own) and Hawke’s Bay), RNZIR
Lieutenant A. D. Rush to be Captain with seniority and effect from 24 August 1973.
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) R. G. Fraser is confirmed with effect from 26 July 1972.
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) J. A. Foster is confirmed with effect from 26 July 1972.

N.Z. SPECIAL AIR SERVICE
1st Ranger Squadron, NZSAS
Captain Robert Leslie Berry is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, N.Z. Special Air Service, in the rank of Captain with effect from 1 September 1973.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
1st Casualty Clearing Station, RNZAMC
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) P. M. Charlesworth, B.SC., is confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority and effect from 1 January 1973.
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) P. A. Ockleford, B.SC., is confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 1 January 1973.

2nd General Hospital, RNZAMC
2nd Lieutenant John Conroy Henderson resigns his commission with effect from 1 September 1973.

3rd Field Ambulance, RNZAMC
Lieutenant David John Murchison, M.B., CH.B., resigns his commission with effect from 1 August 1973.

5th Convalescent Depot Training Section, RNZAMC
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) M. A. Oram is confirmed with effect from 1 January 1972.

9th Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory, RNZAMC
Captain (temp. Major) J. D. R. Morgan to be Major with seniority and effect from 29 July 1973.

Otago University Medical Company, RNZAMC
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) A. C. Smillie, B.D.S., R.N.Z.D.C., is appointed C.O., with effect from 1 April 1973, vice Lieutenant-Colonel R. O. H. Irvine, M.D., CH.B., F.R.C.P. (LOND.), M.R.A.C.P., RNZAMC, on his transfer to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, Otago University Medical Company, RNZAMC.
Captain (temp. Major) Douglas Bruce Drysdale, M.B., CH.B., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps, in the rank of Major with effect from 1 August 1973.
Lieutenant Ian Robert Lange, M.B. CH.B., is transferred to the Reserve of Air Force Officers (Medical Branch), in the rank of Flying Officer, with effect from 20 August 1973.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
1st Composite Ordnance Company, RNZAOC
Captain David Leonard Wootton is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps, in the rank of Captain, with effect from 15 August 1973.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
3rd Infantry Workshop, RNZEME
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) P. H. May is confirmed with effect from 26 July 1972.

ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS
1st Mobile Dental Unit, RNZDC
Lieutenant Alistair Hartley Blackie, B.D.S., resigns his commission with effect from 1 January 1973.

ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS’ DEPARTMENT
Chaplain 3rd Class Percy Perrott Rushton (Methodist) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Chaplains’ Department, in the rank of Chaplain 3rd Class, with effect from 1 August 1973.
Chaplain 4th Class K. J. Taylor (Methodist) to be Chaplain 3rd Class with effect from 3 July 1973.

EXTRA REGIMENTAL EMPLOYMENT
Headquarters, Field Force Command
Lieutenant-Colonel George Joseph MacLeod, E.D., is posted to the Retired List with effect from 15 June 1973.
Captain P. R. Butcher, LL.M., from the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 3rd Battalion (Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) and Northland), RNZIR, is appointed L.S.O., Headquarters, Field Force Command, in the rank of Captain with seniority from 1 April 1961 and effect from 1 May 1973.

Headquarters, 1st Infantry Brigade Group
Captain B. Hitchon to be temp. Major with effect from 1 August 1973.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS
Regimental List

Otago University Medical Company, RNZAMC
Lieutenant Kevin Bernard Scally, B.D.S. is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Dental Corps, in the rank of Lieutenant, with effect from 13 August 1973.

3rd Battalion (Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) and Northland), RNZIR
Captain P. R. Butcher, LL.M., is reposted to the Territorial Force in the rank of Captain with seniority from 1 April 1961, and effect from 1 May 1973.

General List
The following Officers are retired with effect from the dates shown: