25 NOVEMBER

7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and
Hawke’s Bay), RNZIR
Major Turoa Kinawe Royal is posted to the Retired List,
with effect from 22 September 1976.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS
3rd Transport Company (General Transport), RNZASC
John William Highman is appointed to a commission in
the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), with effect from 11
October 1976.
ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
1st Casualty Clearing Station, RNZAMC
Lieutenant David Arthur Jacks, M.B., CH.B., is transferred
to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Army
Medical Corps in the rank of Lieutenant, with effect from
26 August 1976.
1st Field Hospital, RNZAMC
John Michael Foster is appointed to a commission in the
rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), with effect from 1 October
1976.
1st (GH) Field Hospital, RNZAMC
The commission of Captain Robert Stuart Simons, M.B.,
CH.B., F.F.A.R.A.C.S., is cancelled, with effect from 18 May
1976.
2nd (GH) Field Hospital, RNZAMC
The following officers to be Captain with seniority and
effect from the dates shown:
Lieutenant M. F. Matangi, M.B., CH.B., 24 November 1975.
Lieutenant R. M. Reynolds, M.B., CH.B., 6 December 1975.
2nd Lieutenant I. S. Loan to be Lieutenant, with seniority
and effect from 6 December 1975.
ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS’ DEPARTMENT
Chaplain 3rd Class George Terence Creagh (Anglican) is
transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal
N.Z. Chaplains’ Department, in the rank of Chaplain 3rd
Class, with effect from 27 November 1975.
ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS
Philippa Christine Hepburn is appointed to a Commission
in the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 1 June 1974
and effect from 4 October 1976, for duly with 1st Field
Hospital, RNZAMC.
Mary Anne Thompson Wilson is appointed to a commission
in the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 1 June
1976 and effect from 23 August 1976, for duty with 2nd
(GH) Field Hospital, RNZAMC.
RESERVE OF OFFICERS
Regimental List
6th Battalion (Hauraki), RNZIR
Captain Peter Roderick Mackay is transferred to the Reserve
of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment in
the rank of Captain, with effect from 22 September 1976.
Lieutenant Ronald Charles Morgan is transferred to the
Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment, in the rank of Lieutenant, with effect from 22 September
1976.
7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and
Hawke’s Bay), RNZIR
The following officers are posted to the Retired List with
effect from 17 September 1976:
Lieutenant Wayne Francis Gerald Griffen.
Lieutenant Barry Charley Broughton.
Lieutenant Alan John McKay.
Lieutenant Robert Bruce McClymont.
2nd (GH) Field Hospital, RNZAMC
Captain Graham Rewell Kearney, B.SC., S.D.O.N.Z., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z.
Army Medical Corps in the rank of Captain with effect from
6 October 1976.
General List
Brigadiers' List
Brigadier Stanley Frederick Catchpole, C.B.E., M.C., E.D., is
posted to the Retired List, with effect from 12 April 1976.
Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery
Lieutenant John Richard Cuthbert is posted to the Retired
List, with effect from 3 April 1974.
Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment
Lieutenant John Alfred Frank Vinson is posted to the
Retired List, with effect from 19 September 1976..

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Royal N.Z. Army Service Corps
Lieutenant Raymond James Haycock is posted to the Retired
List, with effect from 31 May 1976.
Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps
Major William Edward Dervan, M.B., CH.B., B.SC., is posted
to the Retired List, with effect from 14 February 1976.
Lieutenant Terence Charles Anthony Doyle, M.B., CH.B., is
posted to the Retired List, with effect from 6 September 1976.
Royal N.Z. Chaplains’ Department
Chaplain 4th Class Thomas MacKenzie Corkill, M.A., B.D.,
(Presbyterian) is posted to the Retired List, with effect from
26 September 1976.
Royal N.Z. Provost Corps
Lieutenant Gary Grantham Good is posted to the Retired
List, with effect from 18 October 1976.
Dated at Wellington this 14th day of November 1976.
ALLAN MCCREADY, Minister of Defence.
Appointments, Promotions, Extensions, Transfers, Resignations,
and Retirements of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air
Force
PURSUANT to section 35 of the Defence Act 1971, His
Excellency the Governor-General has approved the following
appointments, promotions, extensions, transfers, resignations,
and retirements of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air
Force:
REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Chief of Defence Staff
Air Vice-Marshal R. B. Bolt, C.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C., to be
acting Air Marshal, with effect from 14 October 1976, and
Air Marshal, with effect from 16 October 1976, on assuming
the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff vice Lieutenant-
General Sir Richard James Holden Webb, K.B.E., C.B.
Chief of Air Staff
Air Commodore C. L. Siegert, M.V.O., D.F.C., A.F.C., A.D.C., to
be acting Air Vice Marshal for the periods 30 August 1976 to
19 September 1976, and 29 September 1976 to 15 October
1976, and Air Vice Marshal, with effect from 16 October
1976, on assuming the appointment of Chief of Air Staff
for a period of two years, vice Air Marshal R. B. Bolt,
C.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C.
Appointments
Flight Lieutenant I. G. Brunton is appointed to a permanent
commission, with effect from 12 August 1976.
Flight Lieutenant D. J. Forrest is appointed to a permanent
commission, with effect from 9 September 1976.
Promotions
Flying Officer L. J. Jenkins to be Flight Lieutenant, with
seniority and effect from 22 September 1976.
Flying Officer G. R. Scott to be Flight Lieutenant, with
seniority and effect from 22 September 1976.
Flying Officer D. M. Peters to be Flight Lieutenant, with
seniority and effect from 22 September 1976.
Flying Officer C. A. H. Millen to be Flight Lieutenant,
with seniority and effect from 22 September 1976.
Acting Pilot Officer D. K. Michael to be Pilot Officer,
with seniority and effect from 17 September 1976.
Cancellation of Commission
The commission of Acting Pilot Officer (on prob.) Peter
Drew Blake is cancelled, with effect from 11 October 1976.
Transfer to Reserve
Squadron Leader Cecil Crook, M.B.E., is transferred to the
Reserve of Air Force Officers until 29 August 1980, with
effect from 30 August 1976.
Flight Lieutenant Garfield Andrew Ritchie is transferred to
the Reserve of Air Force Officers until 1 September 1980,
with effect from 2 September 1976.
Flight Lieutenant D. D. Gawne; with reference to the
notice published in the Gazette, No. 1, 11 January 1973, p. 6,
for the date “14 November 1976”, substitute “14 September
1976”.
Flight Lieutenant Barrie Robyn Mandival Moran is transferred to the Reserve of Air Force Officers until 3 September
1980, with effect from 4 September 1976.
Flight Lieutenant Brian James Burt is transferred to the
Reserve of Air Force Officers until 1 September 1980, with
effect from 2 September 1976.