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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

Militia Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, in the New Zealand Militia, of officers who are serving or who have served with New Zealand contingents in South Africa, with effect from the dates shown :—

First Contingent.

Edwin Bartlett to be Lieutenant.
George Robert Johnston to be Lieutenant.
Michael Egan Lindsay to be Lieutenant.
D’Arcy Chaytor to be Lieutenant.
William Scott Canavan to be Lieutenant.
Arthur Cormack Neave to be Lieutenant.
Thomas Burns, M.B., to be Surgeon-Captain.

The above commissions to date from 21st October, 1899.

Second Contingent.

John Turnbull Murray Hayhurst to be Captain.
Alfred Hutson to be Captain.
George Crawshaw to be Lieutenant.
John Eglington Montgomerie to be Lieutenant.
Charles Leslie Sommerville to be Lieutenant.
John Findlay to be Lieutenant.
Harry Cecil Banks to be Lieutenant.
Arthur Burgoyne Heather to be Lieutenant.
Thomas John Marr Todd to be Lieutenant.
Surgeon Percival Clennell Fenwick to be Surgeon-Captain.

The above commissions to date from 20th January, 1900.

Third Contingent.

Thomas Jowsey to be Major.
Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor to be Captain.
Herbert Louis Bourn to be Lieutenant.
Frederick George Tucker to be Lieutenant.
Henry Bradburne to be Lieutenant.
Kindersley Camillo Montagu Lewin to be Lieutenant.
William John Berry to be Lieutenant.
Norman Fitzherbert to be Lieutenant.
John Cameron to be Lieutenant.
Surgeon Sidney Charles Godfray to be Surgeon-Captain.

The above commissions to date from 17th February, 1900.

Fourth Contingent, Nos. 9 and 10 Companies.

Frederick Wyatt Francis to be Major.
John Allen Harvey to be Captain.
Edwin Davy to be Captain.
Richard John Spotswood Seddon to be Lieutenant.
John Henry Keddel to be Lieutenant.
John Russell MacDonald to be Lieutenant.
James Millar Nicholson to be Lieutenant.
James Henry Ross to be Lieutenant.
Arthur Bauchop to be Lieutenant.
Robert George Tubman to be Lieutenant.
Surgeon James Hardie Neil to be Surgeon-Captain.

The above commissions to date from 24th March, 1900.

Fourth Contingent, Nos. 7 and 8 Companies.

Joe Reginald Sommerville, V.D., to be Major.
John Pringle to be Captain.
George Henry Walker to be Captain.
Malcolm Balfour Elder to be Lieutenant.
Robert Walter Collins to be Lieutenant.
William James Frederick Ross to be Lieutenant.
William John Alexander Thomson to be Lieutenant.
Guy Featherston Johnston to be Lieutenant.
Beckham Arthur to be Lieutenant.
Surgeon J. Watt to be Surgeon-Captain.

The above commissions to date from 31st March, 1900.

Fifth Contingent.

Charles Thomas Major to be Captain.
Frederick William Abbott to be Captain.
Thomas Erington Tanner to be Captain.
Samuel Decimus Currie to be Captain.
Henry Drummond Jackson to be Captain.
John Thomas Bosworth to be Lieutenant.
Harry Rowland Potter to be Lieutenant.
B. McMillan to be Lieutenant.
Harry Phelps Tuckey to be Lieutenant.
Donald Polson to be Lieutenant.
Arthur Robert Johnstone Dewar to be Lieutenant.
John Garencières Rose to be Lieutenant.
Charles Simson to be Lieutenant.
John Lane Haselden to be Lieutenant.
Geoffrey Bailey to be Lieutenant.
James Binny Whyte to be Lieutenant.
Alexander McLellan to be Lieutenant.
William Marshall to be Lieutenant.
Surgeon C. E. Thomas to be Surgeon-Captain.
Surgeon A. C. De Renzie to be Surgeon-Captain.

The above commissions to date from 31st March, 1900.

Sixth Contingent.

Nigel Ivan Markham to be Captain.
David Cosgrove to be Captain and Quartermaster.
Francis Bernard Sykes to be Lieutenant.
Alfred Barnes Rose to be Lieutenant.
Charles Blenkhorn to be Lieutenant.
Ferdinand August Wood to be Lieutenant.
Reginald McDowell Williams to be Lieutenant.
James Mitchell to be Lieutenant.
Mostyn Humphrey Innis Jones to be Lieutenant.
John McDonald to be Lieutenant.
William Fletcher Wallis to be Lieutenant.
William Cameron Morrison to be Lieutenant.
Surgeon Sidney Skerman to be Surgeon-Major.
Surgeon John Smith Purdy to be Surgeon-Captain.
Surgeon Eugene Joseph O’Neil to be Surgeon-Captain.

The above commissions to date from 30th January, 1901.

Seventh Contingent.

George Robert Johnston to be Captain and Adjutant.
Henry Donald Coutts to be Captain and Quartermaster.
Edwin Harrowell to be Captain.
Percy Charles Rutherford to be Captain.
Arnold Douglas Aitken-Connell to be Lieutenant.
Samuel Alexander Grant to be Lieutenant.
Harry McKellar Whyte Richardson to be Lieutenant.
James Drury to be Lieutenant.
William George Forsythe to be Lieutenant.
Percy Tivy Emerson to be Lieutenant.
Charles Edward Browne to be Lieutenant.
William Eugene Whiteley to be Lieutenant.
Peter Williamson Tait to be Lieutenant.
Selwyn Joyce to be Lieutenant.
Harold Lissaman Dickenson to be Lieutenant.
James Nathaniel Hamer to be Lieutenant.
William Horace Wilson to be Lieutenant.
Percy John Overton to be Lieutenant.
Dan Stewart to be Lieutenant.
Gilbert Henry Gane to be Lieutenant.
Rogers William Wilkinson to be Lieutenant.
Richard Henry Trotter to be Lieutenant.
Stapylton Cotton Coulton to be Lieutenant
James Alexander College to be Lieutenant.
Surgeon Charles McBride Dawson to be Surgeon-Captain.
Surgeon George Gabites to be Surgeon-Captain.

The above commissions to date from 6th April, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Promotions and Appointments of Officers in the New Zealand Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following promotions and appointments of officers in the New Zealand Militia who are serving or who have served with New Zealand contingents in South Africa :—

Major Richard Hutton Davis to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Date of commission, 28th October, 1900.
Captain George Crawshaw to be Major. Date of commission, 20th March, 1901.
Lieutenant Richard John Spotswood Seddon to be Captain. Date of commission, 20th March, 1901.
Lieutenant Harry P. Tuckey to be Captain. Date of commission, 12th March, 1901.
Lieutenant Herbert Louis Bourn to be Captain. Date of commission, 24th March, 1900.
Lieutenant Donald Polson to be Captain. Date of commission, 1st June, 1900.
Lieutenant Edwin Bartlett to be Captain. Date of commission, 1st July, 1900.
Lieutenant James Millar Nicholson to be Captain. Date of commission, 16th August, 1900.
Lieutenant Arthur Bauchop to be Captain. Date of commission, 28th October, 1900.
Lieutenant Arthur Robert Johnston Dewar to be Adjutant. Commission to date from 12th March, 1901.
Lieutenant Robert Saxtin Matthews to be Adjutant. Commission to date from 1st February, 1901.
Lieutenant and Adjutant Robert Saxtin Matthews to be Captain. Commission to date from 1st February, 1901.
Civil-Surgeon George Craig to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 13th May, 1900.
Robert Stevenson to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 11th January, 1901.
Edmond Harper to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 11th January, 1901.
Sergeant-Major C. G. Eyre to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 12th March, 1901.