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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 45

Lieutenant J. R. Campbell to be Captain, with seniority and effect from 16 April 1978.

Lieutenant (W) (temp. Captain (W)) J. H. Danks to be Captain (W), with seniority and effect from 5 May 1978.

The following Lieutenants to be temp. Captain with effect from the dates shown:

B. L. Fraher, B.A.(MIL.), 15 May 1978.

G. T. Vercoe, 3 May 1978.

S. D. Gray, 15 May 1978.

The seniority of 2nd Lieutenant J. D. G. Haddleton is post-dated to 20 December 1976.

2nd Lieutenant (W) C. F. Scott to be Lieutenant (W), with seniority and effect from 1 May 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Colonel Commandant

The appointment of Lieutenant Colonel R. J. Walton, O.B.E., E.D., as Colonel Commandant, RNZASC, is extended for a further period of 3 years, with effect from 9 January 1978.

Captain J. M. George to be temp. Major, with effect from 15 May 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) and Quartermaster T. T. Hiini to be Captain and Quartermaster, with seniority and effect from 13 May 1978.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

Captain G. R. Bingham, A.I.I.E., to be temp. Major, with effect from 5 May 1978.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain (W)) S. M. Hand to be Captain (W), with seniority and effect from 5 May 1978.

Lieutenant and Quartermaster M. J. Crabbe to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster, with effect from 3 May 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS’ DEPARTMENT

The following officers are re-engaged until the dates shown:

Chaplain 3rd Class J. M. Harford (Anglican), 31 December 1981.

Chaplain 4th Class (acting Chaplain 3rd Class) R. N. Pipe (Roman Catholic), 19 June 1981.

N.Z. ARMY LEGAL SERVICE

Lieutenant R. L. Howard to be temp. Captain, with effect from 28 March 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY EDUCATION CORPS

Captain G. D. Charles, M.A.(HONS.), A.T.C.L., L.T.C.L., to be temp. Major, with effect from 27 January 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS

Lieutenant (W) H. M. Batchelor to be Captain (W), with seniority and effect from 15 May 1978.

Marilyn Mary Graham is appointed to a commission on a fixed term engagement in the rank of Lieutenant (W), with seniority from 10 April 1976 and effect from 10 April 1978.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY

16th Field Regiment, RNZA

Captain G. G. Roch, E.D., whose seniority is ante-dated to 12 January 1976, to be temp. Major, with effect from 12 January 1978.

The following are appointed to commissions in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), with effect from 20 February 1978:

David Raymond Courtney.

Colleen Shannon (W).

ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

2nd Squadron, New Zealand Scottish, RNZAC

Captain D. E. C. McKechnie to be temp. Major with effect from 1 April 1978.

Thomas Adrian Kool is appointed to a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), with effect from 20 February 1978.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

The following are appointed to commissions in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), with effect from 20 February 1978:

1st Field Squadron, RNZE

John Gilbert Ecroyd.

2nd Field Squadron, RNZE

Gifford James Goldsmith.

3rd Field Squadron, RNZE

Vincent Abel Van Den Dorpe.

6th Field Squadron, RNZE

Gordon Alexander Reid.

Rosemary Ethel Thompson (W).

ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

1st Infantry Brigade Group Signal Squadron, RNZ Sigs

Lieutenant David Bland Squires resigns his commission, with effect from 7 March 1977.

3rd Infantry Brigade Group Signal Squadron, RNZ Sigs

Major Edwin Brian Hamilton Dick, E.D., B.D.S., is posted to the Retired List, with effect from 1 April 1978.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) N. D. Cooper, B.SC., DIP.TCHG., to be Captain, with seniority from 16 February 1978 and effect from 1 April 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT

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

Captain B. M. Stevenson is transferred from the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment, in his present rank with seniority from 1 February 1972 and effect from 21 November 1977.

2nd Lieutenant D. R. Grueber to be temp. Lieutenant, with effect from 19 February 1978.

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

Dane Brett is appointed to a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), with effect from 1 March 1978.

6th Battalion (Hauraki) RNZIR

2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) E. P. Dean, whose commission is confirmed with effect from 8 September 1975, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 8 September 1975, to be 7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own) and Hawke’s Bay) RNZIR

The following Captains (temp. Major) to be Major, with seniority and effect from dates shown:

R. G. Clouston, 10 March 1978.

B. R. Dodson, L.L.B., 5 April 1978.

The following 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenant, with seniority and effect from dates shown:

P. G. McNabb, 10 February 1978.

J. C. Austin, 10 February 1978.

B. J. Mortimer, 14 February 1978.

B. J. Tinsley, 14 February 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

1st Field Ambulance, RNZAMC

The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) C. T. C. Kenny, B.SC., M.B., CH.B., is confirmed, with effect from 10 December 1976.

The commission of 2nd Lieutenant Peter Arthur Taylor is cancelled, with effect from 3 July 1976.

2nd Lieutenant I. D. Archibald to be Lieutenant, with seniority and effect from 25 November 1977.

2nd (GH) Field Hospital, RNZAMC

Christopher Michael Holcaway is appointed to be a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), with effect from 7 January 1977.

University Medical Unit

2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) D. S. Allen whose commission is confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority and effect from 12 December 1976, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, in the rank of Lieutenant, with effect from 13 December 1976.

ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS’ DEPARTMENT

Chaplain 3rd Class Desmond William McCarthy (Roman Catholic), is posted to the Retired List, with effect from 23 February 1978.

Chaplain 3rd Class Ivan Charles Smith (Anglican), resigns his commission, with effect from 2 February 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS

2nd Lieutenant (W) (on prob.) W. A. Payne, whose commission is confirmed, with seniority from 1 September 1975 and effect from 8 November 1977, to be Lieutenant (W), with seniority from 1 March 1977 and effect from 8 March 1978.

EXTRA REGIMENTAL EMPLOYMENT

Headquarters 1st Infantry Brigade Group

Captain John Richard Bradey, RNZIR, is posted to the Retired List, with effect from 22 February 1978.