✨ Military Promotions and Transfers




328 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 18

Supernumerary List

Temporary Major Edmund Bright, M.M., is posted to the Retired List in the rank of Major, with effect from 1 December 1992.

Captain and Quartermaster G.R. Edwards to be temporary Major and Quartermaster with effect from 24 September 1992.

The N.Z. Special Air Service

Warrant Officer Class II Lynn David Keys is appointed to commission in the rank of Lieutenant and Quartermaster, with seniority from 16 September 1990, effect from 18 September 1992, and is re-engaged until 10 December 1998.

Royal N.Z. Corps of Transport

Major I.J.M. Gordon to be temporary Lieutenant Colonel with effect from 1 January 1993.

Temporary Captain G.P. Davies to be Captain with seniority from 20 December 1991 and effect from 31 July 1992.

Lieutenant Fiona June Pirie, B.A., is posted to the Retired List in the rank of Captain, with effect from 28 November 1992.

The engagement of Lieutenant Richard James Bonar is terminated with effect from 25 September 1992.

The following Lieutenants are transferred to the Army Reserve, General List of Officers, with effect from the date shown:

Lesley Anne Bonisch, 11 December 1992
Philip George Nevell, 6 November 1992

2nd Lieutenant G.S. Morscip to be Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 20 December 1992.

Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps

Lieutenant Colonel Neil Leonard Gardiner is posted to the Retired List with effect from 8 December 1992.

Major J.A. Leighton, M.B., Ch.B.(U.MANC.), to be temporary Lieutenant Colonel with effect from 9 November 1992.

Malcolm Tony Rees is appointed to commission on a fixed engagement of 3 years in the rank of Captain, with seniority from 30 November 1985 and effect from 30 November 1992.

Supernumerary List

Major S.E. Wilson, M.B., Ch.B., to be temporary Lieutenant Colonel with effect from 1 November 1992.

Major and Quartermaster J.B. Hutton is transferred to the Territorial Force with effect from 25 September 1992.

Royal N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps

Captain C.A. Ngatai to be temporary Major with effect from 1 July 1992.

Acting Major K.I. Johnson relinquishes his acting rank with effect from 18 November 1991; to be acting Major with effect from 3 November 1992.

The following are transferred to the Army Reserve, General List of Officers, with effect from the date shown:

Temporary Captain Scott William Bruce, 27 October 1992
Lieutenant Anthony Leonard Boyd, 14 August 1992

Supernumerary List

The engagements of the following are extended until the date shown:

Lieutenant Colonel G.M. Corkin, 5 March 1994
Temporary Lieutenant Colonel W.B. Squires, 20 December 1993

The Corps of Royal N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Major J.R. Bryant, B.Sc., N.Z.C.E., to be acting Lieutenant Colonel with effect from 5 October 1992, and temporary Lieutenant Colonel with effect from 15 November 1992.

Captain Robert Lenihan, N.Z.C.E., is transferred to the Army Reserve, General List of Officers, with effect from 14 November 1992.

Temporary Captain A.E. Coe, N.Z.C.E., to be Captain with seniority from 19 July 1991 and effect from 13 August 1992.

Temporary Captain K.B. Pettigrew to be Captain with seniority from 20 December 1991 and effect from 31 July 1992.

Temporary Captain Paul Thomas Faid, B.Sc., is transferred to the Army Reserve, General List of Officers, with effect from 15 August 1992.

Temporary Captain and Quartermaster G.D. Manley to be Captain and Quartermaster with seniority and effect from 15 August 1992.

The following are transferred to the Army Reserve, General List of Officers, with effect from the date shown:

Lieutenant Wiremu Kieren Maunsell, 9 September 1992
2nd Lieutenant Nicholas Geoffrey Speight, 28 November 1992

Royal N.Z. Dental Corps

Colonel John Thomas Gilhooly, M.Sc.(LOND.), B.D.S., DIP.DENT.HEALTH, is transferred to the Army Reserve, General List of Officers, with effect from 1 December 1992.

Acting Lieutenant Colonel M.J. Bain, M.Sc.(LOND.), B.D.S., F.D.S.R.C.S.(GLASG.), to be Lieutenant Colonel with seniority and effect from 22 July 1991; to be temporary Colonel with effect from 21 November 1992.

The following are re-engaged until the date shown:

Major J.T. Papaconstantinou, M.Sc.(LOND.), B.D.S., 27 February 1996
Major S.A.J. Holdgate, M.Sc.(LOND.), B.D.S., 27 August 1999
Lieutenant G.M. Tibby, 8 July 1996

Royal N.Z. Chaplains' Department

Chaplain Class IV D.P. Gruschow, B.Sc., B.Th., DIP.ED., DIP.TCHG., is re-engaged until 2 December 1995.

Sandra May Warner, B.A., B.Th., (Presbyterian) is appointed to commission on a fixed engagement of 4 years in the rank of Chaplain Class IV, with seniority from 14 September 1987 and effect from 14 September 1992.

Supernumerary List

Chaplain Class III Ronald Kenneth Bert Cotton, L.Th., (Anglican) is transferred to the Army Reserve, General List of Officers, with effect from 19 September 1992.

N.Z. Army Legal Service

Temporary Colonel D.R.F. Gardiner, LL.B., to be Colonel with seniority and effect from 1 September 1992.

Emma Mary Kyle, LL.B., is appointed to commission on a fixed engagement of 4 years in the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 19 October 1990 and effect from 20 October 1992.

Royal N.Z. Military Police

Major Anthony John Kevin George is transferred to the Army Reserve, General List of Officers, with effect from 29 September 1992.

The engagement of 2nd Lieutenant Michael Murray is terminated with effect from 19 November 1992.



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πŸ›‘οΈ Appointments, Promotions, Extensions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Army (continued from previous page)

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Military, Army, Appointments, Promotions, Extensions, Transfers, Resignations, Retirements
41 names identified
  • Edmund Bright (Major), Posted to the Retired List
  • G.R. Edwards (Captain and Quartermaster), Promoted to temporary Major and Quartermaster
  • Lynn David Keys (Warrant Officer Class II), Appointed to commission as Lieutenant and Quartermaster
  • I.J.M. Gordon (Major), Promoted to temporary Lieutenant Colonel
  • G.P. Davies (Temporary Captain), Promoted to Captain
  • Fiona June Pirie (Lieutenant), Posted to the Retired List as Captain
  • Richard James Bonar (Lieutenant), Engagement terminated
  • Lesley Anne Bonisch (Lieutenant), Transferred to Army Reserve
  • Philip George Nevell (Lieutenant), Transferred to Army Reserve
  • G.S. Morscip (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • Neil Leonard Gardiner (Lieutenant Colonel), Posted to the Retired List
  • J.A. Leighton (Major), Promoted to temporary Lieutenant Colonel
  • Malcolm Tony Rees, Appointed to commission as Captain
  • S.E. Wilson (Major), Promoted to temporary Lieutenant Colonel
  • J.B. Hutton (Major and Quartermaster), Transferred to Territorial Force
  • C.A. Ngatai (Captain), Promoted to temporary Major
  • K.I. Johnson (Acting Major), Relinquished acting rank and reappointed
  • Scott William Bruce (Temporary Captain), Transferred to Army Reserve
  • Anthony Leonard Boyd (Lieutenant), Transferred to Army Reserve
  • G.M. Corkin (Lieutenant Colonel), Engagement extended
  • W.B. Squires (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel), Engagement extended
  • J.R. Bryant (Major), Promoted to acting and temporary Lieutenant Colonel
  • Robert Lenihan (Captain), Transferred to Army Reserve
  • A.E. Coe (Temporary Captain), Promoted to Captain
  • K.B. Pettigrew (Temporary Captain), Promoted to Captain
  • Paul Thomas Faid (Temporary Captain), Transferred to Army Reserve
  • G.D. Manley (Temporary Captain and Quartermaster), Promoted to Captain and Quartermaster
  • Wiremu Kieren Maunsell (Lieutenant), Transferred to Army Reserve
  • Nicholas Geoffrey Speight (2nd Lieutenant), Transferred to Army Reserve
  • John Thomas Gilhooly (Colonel), Transferred to Army Reserve
  • M.J. Bain (Acting Lieutenant Colonel), Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and temporary Colonel
  • J.T. Papaconstantinou (Major), Re-engaged
  • S.A.J. Holdgate (Major), Re-engaged
  • G.M. Tibby (Lieutenant), Re-engaged
  • D.P. Gruschow (Chaplain Class IV), Re-engaged
  • Sandra May Warner (Chaplain Class IV), Appointed to commission
  • Ronald Kenneth Bert Cotton (Chaplain Class III), Transferred to Army Reserve
  • D.R.F. Gardiner (Temporary Colonel), Promoted to Colonel
  • Emma Mary Kyle (Lieutenant), Appointed to commission
  • Anthony John Kevin George (Major), Transferred to Army Reserve
  • Michael Murray (2nd Lieutenant), Engagement terminated