6 MARCH

ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS
Captain (temp. Major) T. J. McComish to be Major with seniority and effect from 9 December 1974.
Captain G. F. Pearce to be acting Major for the periods 2 December 1974 until 5 December 1974 and 29 December 1974 until 5 February 1975.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS
Captain (temp. Major) J. M. Kiff to be Major with seniority and effect from 20 December 1974.
Captain Duncan Maclean is posted to the Retired List with effect from 23 January 1975.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) K. J. Woods is re-engaged until 21 April 1979.

ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS
Major T. D. Macfarlane to be acting Lieutenant-Colonel with effect from 7 January 1975.

Supernumerary List
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) and Quartermaster Richard John Tyler is posted to the Retired List in the rank of Captain and Quartermaster with effect from 14 January 1975.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT
Lieutenant-Colonel Stanley Redvers McKeon is posted to the Retired List with effect from 23 January 1975.
Captain (temp. Major) J. S. Harman to be Major with seniority and effect from 9 December 1974.
Captain (temp. Major) J. G. H. Wilson to be Major with seniority and effect from 9 December 1974.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. D. Rush is re-posted to the Territorial Force, 7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own) and Hawke’s Bay), RNZIR, in the rank of Captain with seniority from 24 August 1973 and effect from 26 November 1974.
The following to be Lieutenants with seniority and effect from 20 December 1974:
C. A. Cocker.
G. M. Hart.
D. M. Laird.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Colonel Commandant
Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. Walton, O.B.E., E.D., Retired List, is appointed Colonel Commandant, RNZASC, vice Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. D. McComb, M.B.E., E.D., Retired List, whose term has expired, with effect from 10 January 1975.
Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. McIntyre is re-engaged until 17 May 1979.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
Captain and Quartermaster Ronald Arthur Ayling is posted to the Retired List with effect from 6 January 1975.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
Supernumerary List
Captain (temp. Major) and Quartermaster George Edward Butler is posted to the Retired List in the rank of Major with effect from 6 February 1975.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Major and Quartermaster J. Ford is transferred to the Supernumerary List on reaching retiring age for rank, with effect from 26 January 1975.

ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS
Lieutenant Barry Knox Robertson, B.D.S., is transferred from the Territorial Force in the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 13 December 1974 and effect from 13 January 1975, on a Special Dental Engagement.
Lieutenant Donald Craig Macalister, B.D.S., is transferred from the Territorial Force in the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 13 December 1974, and effect from 13 January 1975, on a Special Dental Engagement.

ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS’ DEPARTMENT
Chaplain 3rd Class G. S. Smith (Salvation Army) is transferred to the Territorial Force with effect from 10 January 1975.

NEW ZEALAND ARMY PAY CORPS
Lieutenant A. S. Day to be temp. Captain with effect from 7 December 1974.

ROYAL N.Z. PROVOST CORPS
Lieutenant G. P. Schollum to be temp. Captain with effect from 13 January 1975.

ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS
Charge Sister T. M. Kennedy is re-engaged until 12 December 1977.
Charge Sister Margaret Ann Wilson is posted to the Retired List with effect from 6 December 1974.
Sister Janet Gray is posted to the Retired List with effect from 6 January 1975.
Mavis June Carswell is appointed to a Commission in the rank of Charge Sister with seniority from 12 August 1973 and effect from 6 January 1975, for duty with the 2nd General Hospital, RNZAMC.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY EDUCATION CORPS
Captain C. K. Adams to be Major with seniority and effect from 9 December 1974.
Captain R. J. Hartnell is re-engaged until 7 January 1977.
Captain Linton McCulloch Gray, B.A., is posted to the Retired List with effect from 6 January 1975.
David Leonard Brown, M.Sc., DIP.TCHG., is appointed to a commission for an initial period of 3 years in the rank of Captain, with seniority from 9 January 1973 and effect from 9 January 1975.
Patrick George Cattermole, B.A., from the 7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own) and Hawke’s Bay) RNZIR, is appointed to a Regular Commission on an initial engagement of 3 years, in the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 9 December 1972 and effect from 9 December 1974.
Jeffrey Edward Woodcock, B.A., is appointed to a Regular Commission on an initial engagement of 3 years in the rank of Lieutenant with seniority from 9 January 1972 and effect from 9 January 1975.

N.Z. WOMEN’S ROYAL ARMY CORPS
Captain M. J. Black is re-engaged until 16 January 1976.

TERRITORIAL FORCE
ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY
3rd Field Regiment, RNZA
Keith William Dickison is appointed to a commission in the rank of Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 23 November 1974.
Warren Douglas Sapsford is appointed to a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) with effect from 6 November 1974.
Francis Robert Twiss is appointed to a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) with effect from 6 November 1974.

4th (G) Medium Battery, RNZA
Lieutenant G. J. Simms to be temp. Captain with effect from 21 October 1974.

16th Field Regiment, RNZA
Lieutenant J. E. Thompson to be Captain with seniority and effect from 29 November 1974.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS
Queen Alexandra’s (Waikato/Wellington East Coast) Squadron, RNZAC
Jellee Leopold Elzinga is appointed to a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) with seniority and effect from 6 November 1974.

ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS
1st Infantry Brigade Group Signal Squadron, RNZ Sigs.
2nd Lieutenant G. J. Phillips to be Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 2 December 1973.

1st Communication Zone Signal Squadron, RNZ Sigs.
Captain E. J. Howard to be Major with seniority and effect from 11 December 1974.

2nd Communication Zone Signal Squadron, RNZ Sigs.
Ronald Hutcheon Gall is appointed to a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) with effect from 6 November 1974.

3rd Infantry Brigade Group Signal Squadron, RNZ Sigs.
2nd Lieutenant N. D. Cooper, B.Sc., to be Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 6 September 1974.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT
2nd Battalion (Canterbury Nelson Marlborough West Coast), RNZIR
2nd Lieutenant M. J. Dolden to be Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 18 October 1974.
Hassell Paul Dale is appointed to a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) with effect from 7 November 1974.