11 APRIL
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1083

ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS
Lieutenant Colonel Trent Alexander Harker is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, with effect from 6 March 1979.
Captain and Quartermaster Grant Bennett Howard is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, in the rank of Captain and Quartermaster, with effect from 2 March 1979.
Lieutenant (W) (temp. Captain (W)) T. A. Gray to be Captain (W), with seniority and effect from 14 December 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT
Captain Noel Albert Philp (RNZASC retired) is reappointed to a Regular Commission in the rank of Captain, with seniority from 7 February 1977 and effect from 7 February 1979.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Russell Sumner is posted to the Retired List, with effect from 13 March 1979.
Major Waru Rakau Kaimoana Wilson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, in the rank of Major, with effect from 2 March 1979.
Captain R. A. Wharton to be acting Major, with effect from 19 March 1979.
Captain D. M. Campbell to be temp. Major, with effect from 5 March 1979.
Captain Thomas William Parsons, DIP.TCHG., DIP.ED., B.ED., is transferred from the Territorial Force on an engagement to retiring age for rank, in his present rank, with seniority and effect from 7 February 1979.
The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 105, 7 December 1978, p. 3348, relating to Lieutenant (temp. Captain) and Quartermaster B. L. Crafts is cancelled under this Corps heading and re-entered under the Royal N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps heading.
Lieutenant (W) (temp. Captain (W)) P. M. Hamill is re-engaged until 14 September 1994.
Lieutenant and Quartermaster I. B. Watson to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster, with effect from 12 March 1979.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
Lieutenant Colonel B. T. McMahon, M.B., CH.B.(UNZ), D.OBST.(U.OTAGO), M.R.C.G.P., D.T.M. AND H., D.P.H., R.C.P. (LOND), and R.C.S.(ENG)., DIP.VEN.(U.LPOOL), is re-engaged until 1 December 1982.
John Arthur Lenton, M.B., CH.B., is appointed to a commission on a Special Medical Engagement in the rank of Captain, with seniority from 8 December 1976 and effect from 8 December 1978.

Supernumerary List
Major E. H. Cluer, M.R.C.S.(ENG), L.R.C.P.(LOND), M.R.C.G.P., to be temp. Lieutenant Colonel, with effect from 19 February 1977 and Lieutenant Colonel, with seniority and effect from 11 March 1979.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
Lieutenant P. A. Streeter to be temp. Captain, with effect from 20 December 1978.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Captain and Quartermaster H. H. Tobias is transferred to the Supernumerary List on reaching retiring age for rank, with effect from 31 January 1979, and his engagement is extended until 31 December 1979.
Major David Franklyn Hayward, B.SC.(ENG), of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, is appointed to a commission on an engagement to retiring age for rank, in the rank of Major, with seniority and effect from 2 February 1979.

ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS
Warrant Officer Class I Wayne Thomas Caldwell, Royal N.Z. Dental Corps is appointed to a commission in the rank of Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority and effect from 19 December 1978.
Christopher Lewis Keall is appointed to a commission on a Special Dental Engagement in the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 9 December 1977 and effect from 12 January 1979.

ROYAL N.Z. PROVOST CORPS
Captain and Quartermaster J. R. Symes is re-engaged until 31 August 1981.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY EDUCATION CORPS
The following are appointed to commissions on fixed term engagements of 3 years in the rank of Lieutenant:
Michael Andrew Thompson, B.A., with seniority from 11 January 1978 and effect from 11 January 1979.
David Noke, B.A. DIP.TCHG., with seniority from 12 February 1978 and effect from 12 February 1979.

ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS
Captain (W) (temp. Major (W)) M. J. Carswell, DIP.N., relinquishes the temp. rank of Major (W) with effect from 13 March 1979.
Mary Jean Gilbert is appointed to a commission, on a fixed term engagement of 3 years in the rank of Lieutenant (W) with seniority from 12 July 1975 and effect from 12 January 1979, for duty with RNZAF Base Hospital, Whenuapai.

TERRITORIAL FORCE
ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY
4th (G) Medium Battery, RNZA
Captain (temp. Major) G. W. H. Vercoe, E.D., to be Major with seniority and effect 19 February 1979.
16th Field Regiment, RNZA
2nd Lieutenant Martyn Athol Bishop is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 16th Field Regiment, RNZA, in his present rank and seniority, with effect from 1 February 1979.
2nd Lieutenant N. J. Rea to be Lieutenant, with seniority and effect from 19 November 1978.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS
1st Field Squadron, RNZE
Captain Richard Alexander Sampson, M.E.(CIV) CIV.ENG., M.N.Z.I.E., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st Field Squadron, RNZE, in his present rank and seniority, with effect from 12 February 1979.

ROYAL N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS
2nd Communication Zone Signal Squadron, RNZ Sigs
The commissions of the following 2nd Lieutenants (W) (on prob.) are confirmed with effect from 20 February 1978:
A. T. Main.
A. M. Young.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT
2nd Battalion (Canterbury and Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast), RNZIR
The following are appointed to commissions in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) with effect from 21 February 1979:
Paul Christopher Clark.
John Stuart Walker.
4th Battalion (Otago and Southland), RNZIR
Lieutenant A. L. Davies is transferred from the Reserve of Officers General List, Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment in his present rank, with seniority from 1 November 1974 and effect from 1 November 1978.
2nd Lieutenant G. R. Bowie to be Lieutenant, with seniority and effect from 23 December 1978.
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) M. B. Barber is confirmed, with effect from 14 January 1978.
5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast and Taranaki), RNZIR
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) E. M. Noble is confirmed, with effect from 14 November 1977.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS
1st Army Air Supply Organisation, RNZASC
Captain T. W. Parsons, DIP.TCHG., DIP.ED., B.ED., is transferred to the Regular Force, with effect from 7 February 1979.
The following are appointed to commissions in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), with effect from 21 February 1979:
Bruce George Stuart Jack.
Peter Gilbert Campbell Mackay.
1st Transport Company, RNZASC
2nd Lieutenant (W) T. K. Randall to be Lieutenant (W), with seniority and effect from 1 February 1979.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
1st Field Ambulance, RNZAMC
2nd Lieutenant J. G. Eastwood, M.B., to be Lieutenant, with seniority and effect from 29 November 1978.