1 FEBRUARY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Chaplain 4th Class (acting 3rd Class) B. S. Cox, L.Th., (Anglican), to be Chaplain 3rd Class, with seniority and effect from 19 August 1978.

N.Z. ARMY LEGAL SERVICE

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. L. Howard to be Captain, with seniority and effect from 13 December 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. PROVOST CORPS

Supernumerary List

Captain and Quartermaster Ellis Albert Burton is posted to the Retired List, with effect from 17 November 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY EDUCATION CORPS

Lieutenant Colonel Philip Robert Raue, M.A., DIP.TCHG., is transferred to the Supernumerary List on reaching retiring age for rank, with effect from 29 September 1978, and his engagement is extended until 28 September 1979.

Captain (temp. Major) T. B. Powell, M.A., DIP.TCHG., to be Major, with seniority and effect from 15 December 1978.

Captain M. L. Preece, B.SC., to be temp. Major, with effect from 16 November 1978.

Supernumerary List

Major H. Duncan, DIP.TCHG., to be acting Lieutenant Colonel, with effect from 4 December 1978, and temp. Lieutenant Colonel, with effect from 11 December 1978, his engagement is extended to 11 February 1981.

ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS

Captain (temp. Major) B. Yarwood, DIP.N., to be Major, with seniority and effect from 8 December 1978.

Captain (W) Susan Joan Jackson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List in the rank of Captain (W), with effect from 16 December 1978.

Captain (W) Heather Mary Batchelor is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List in the rank of Captain (W), with effect from 15 November 1978.

Denis Noel Keith Gribbon is appointed to a commission on a fixed term engagement of 3 years in the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 13 November 1975 and effect from 13 November 1978, for duty with Burnham Camp Hospital.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY

16th Field Regiment, RNZA

The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) David Raymond Courtney lapses, with effect from 11 October 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT

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

2nd Lieutenant Alexander Ian Clark resigns his commission, with effect from 23 September 1978.

The following are appointed to commissions in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), with effect from 30 October 1978:

Bruce Graeme Isbister

Peter Morton King

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

Christopher Edward Blomfield is appointed to a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), with effect from 20 November 1978.

7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own) and Hawkes Bay), RNZIR

Major C. J. Hodson, E.D., to be Lieutenant Colonel, with seniority and effect from 6 November 1978.

Captain David Murray Thomas is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own) and Hawkes Bay), RNZIR, in his present rank and seniority, with effect from 19 September 1978.

N.Z. SPECIAL AIR SERVICE

1st NZSAS Squadron, NZSAS

Captain John Stevenson Hayes is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st NZSAS Squadron, NZSAS, in his present rank and seniority, with effect from 19 October 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

1st Transport Company, RNZASC

David John Turner is appointed to a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), with effect from 30 October 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

1st Field Ambulance, RNZAMC

Bryan Richard Melville Frost, M.B., CH.B., B.SC., DIP.OBST., M.N.Z.C.G.P., is appointed to a commission in the rank of Captain, with seniority from 15 November 1974 and effect from 15 November 1978.

1st Field Hospital, RNZAMC

Captain Robert Kennedy Smith, M.B., CH.B., is posted to the Retired List, with effect from 29 March 1978.

The following resign their commissions with effect from the dates shown:

Captain Scott Duncan MacFarlane, M.B., CH.B., 11 October 1978.

Lieutenant Ian Drummond Archibald, 9 October 1978.

7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own) and Hawkes Bay), RNZIR

Lieutenant P. W. Gendall to be temp. Captain, with effect from 30 November 1977.

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

1st Infantry Workshop, RNZEME

Lieutenant Grant Robert Faber, B.E. (MECH), is posted to the Retired List, with effect from 10 May 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. DENTAL CORPS

1st Mobile Dental Unit, RNZDC

Lieutenant B. A. O’Dea, B.D.S., to be Captain with seniority and effect from 6 December 1977.

The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) Howard John Paterson lapses, with effect from 30 October 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS’ DEPARTMENT

Chaplain 3rd Class John Samuel Hosking, M.A., DIP.MUS., (Methodist), is posted to the Retired List, with effect from 10 July 1978.

Chaplain 4th Class S. C. Grant to be temp. Chaplain 3rd Class, with effect from 24 September 1977.

ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS

Captain (W) Yvonne Ruth Woodward is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st Field Hospital, RNZAMC, in her present rank and seniority, with effect from 12 October 1978.

EXTRA REGIMENTAL EMPLOYMENT

Headquarters, Field Force Command

Major R. A. Laybourn, E.D., is transferred from the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 3rd Field Squadron, RNZE, in his present rank and seniority, with effect from 24 September 1978.

Headquarters, Home Command

Lieutenant (W) Heather McGregor Rankine is transferred from the Regular Force (RNZIR) in her present rank and seniority, with effect from 1 November 1978; her seniority is ante-dated to 14 December 1975, with effect from 10 November 1978.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of January 1979.

FRANK GILL, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Extensions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Navy

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 New Zealand Naval Forces.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY

Commander William Glenn Leach: with reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 28, 10 March 1977, p. 556, for “21 December 1980” substitute “21 December 1978”.

The appointments of the following are extended to the dates shown: