New Zealand Gazette – 1912 – No. 40

Page 1495

✨ Military and Postal Appointments



MAY 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1495

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

Captain Frank Herbert Salter is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 29th March, 1912.

Sergeant Felix Ballard Brown to be 2nd Lieutenant, to complete establishment. Dated 15th April, 1912.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 15th April, 1912:—

Sergeant Harry Herbert Ffitch.

Colour-sergeant Robert Fitzroy Holderness.

Sergeant Raymond Alexander Reid Lawry.

„ Macpherson Allister Ewen.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 3rd April, 1912:—

James Blyth Macfarlane.

Reginald Henry Macdonald.

Reginald Cheyne Berkeley.

14th Regiment (South Otago Rifles).

Corporal William Alexander Hislop to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 15th April, 1912.

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 3rd April, 1912:—

Archibald Lyon Denniston.

John Henry Bartlett.

Norman Hugh Hanna.

Alexander Main.

Edward Puttick.

David Brigham, to complete establishment.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 15th April, 1912:—

The Reverend Watson Thomson Hercus.

„ John MacInnes, M.A.

„ George McDonald.

„ Samuel Robertson Orr.

„ George Brown Inglis.

„ Herbert Osmond Townshend Hanby.

Unattached List (b).

(Senior Cadets.)

The undermentioned officers resign their commissions:—

Captain Fred Waite. Dated 1st July, 1911.

Lieutenant Frederick Robert Hughes Sutherland. Dated 7th March, 1912.

Lieutenant Marcus Thomas Jackman, from the 12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles, to be Lieutenant.

William Henry Daniel Gazzard, Esq., to be Lieutenant. Dated 15th April, 1912.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to

Colonel JAMES ALLEN, New Zealand Garrison Artillery, he having a total commissioned service to the 20th March, 1912, entitling him thereto of twenty years three hundred and thirty days.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 191, Private WILLIAM HAIGH, late Kaiapoi Rifles, he having a total service to 28th February, 1911, entitling him thereto of twenty years and thirty-four days.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister of Defence.

Officers appointed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 25th April, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Post and Telegraph Department.

H. G. ELL,
Postmaster-General.

PERMANENT.

Name. Position. Office. Date.
Anderson, James Telegraph Message-boy Tauranga 1 Nov., 1911.
Bottrell, Harry Clement „ Blenheim 1 „ „
Cody, Wellington Thomas Gordon „ Ohakune .. 1 „ „
Collett, Leslie Clifford „ Gore 23 Oct., „
Cooper, Herbert Stanley.. „ Nelson 1 Nov., 1910.*
Cramer, James Louis „ Stratford.. 2 „ 1911.
Curry, Edith Cadette, Telephone Exchange Masterton 25 Oct., „
Dale, Margaret Robina „ Invercargill 20 Sept., „
Dunbar, Stuart Campbell Lineman Wellington 4 Nov., „
Duncan, William Storeman Christchurch 1 Sept., „
Fabian, Arthur Douglas Telegraph Message-boy „ 20 Nov., „
Facer, John Henry „ Port Chalmers 17 Oct., „
Galbraith, Dorothy Jeannie Cadette, Telephone Exchange Wellington 24 „ „
Geddes, Abram Rowley Greta Telegraph Message-boy Millerton.. 16 „ „
Gibb, Thomas Lineman Eketahuna 22 „ „
Hannay, Maud Cadette, Telephone Exchange Christchurch 3 „ „
Herivel, Richard St. George Telegraph Message-boy Gisborne .. 19 Dec., 1910.*
Hird, James Charles „ Wairoa .. 1 Nov., 1911.
Hoffeins, Charles James „ Masterton 6 „ „
Igoe, Edward James „ Pahiatua 11 „ „
Jury, Leslie „ Thames 20 May, „
Kiernan, Lilian Irene Cadette, Telephone Exchange Balclutha 7 Nov., „
King, Ella Irene „ Wellington 2 Oct., „
  • Amending entry in the New Zealand Gazette No. 49, of 15th June, 1911.

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🛡️ Territorial Force Officer Appointments and Transfers

🛡️ Defence & Military
29 March 1912
Military, Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Reserve of Officers, Chaplains
26 names identified
  • Frank Herbert Salter (Captain), transferred to the Reserve of Officers
  • Felix Ballard Brown (Sergeant), promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Harry Herbert Ffitch (Sergeant), appointed 2nd Lieutenant
  • Robert Fitzroy Holderness (Colour-sergeant), appointed 2nd Lieutenant
  • Raymond Alexander Reid Lawry (Sergeant), appointed 2nd Lieutenant
  • Macpherson Allister Ewen (Sergeant), appointed 2nd Lieutenant
  • James Blyth Macfarlane, promoted to Lieutenant
  • Reginald Henry Macdonald, promoted to Lieutenant
  • Reginald Cheyne Berkeley, promoted to Lieutenant
  • William Alexander Hislop (Corporal), promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Archibald Lyon Denniston, promoted to Lieutenant
  • John Henry Bartlett, promoted to Lieutenant
  • Norman Hugh Hanna, promoted to Lieutenant
  • Alexander Main, promoted to Lieutenant
  • Edward Puttick, promoted to Lieutenant
  • David Brigham, promoted to Lieutenant
  • Watson Thomson Hercus (Reverend), appointed Chaplain to the Forces
  • John MacInnes (Reverend M.A.), appointed Chaplain to the Forces
  • George McDonald (Reverend), appointed Chaplain to the Forces
  • Samuel Robertson Orr (Reverend), appointed Chaplain to the Forces
  • George Brown Inglis (Reverend), appointed Chaplain to the Forces
  • Herbert Osmond Townshend Hanby (Reverend), appointed Chaplain to the Forces
  • Fred Waite (Captain), resigned commission
  • Frederick Robert Hughes Sutherland (Lieutenant), resigned commission
  • Marcus Thomas Jackman (Lieutenant), transferred to Lieutenant
  • William Henry Daniel Gazzard (Esquire), appointed Lieutenant

  • ARTHUR M. MYERS, Minister of Defence

🛡️ Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration

🛡️ Defence & Military
20 March 1912
Military Decoration, Long Service, Officers' Decoration
  • James Allen (Colonel), awarded Officers' Decoration

  • ARTHUR M. MYERS, Minister of Defence

🛡️ Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal

🛡️ Defence & Military
28 February 1911
Military Medal, Long Service, Private
  • William Haigh (Private), awarded Long-service Medal

  • ARTHUR M. MYERS, Minister of Defence

🚂 Appointments in Post and Telegraph Department

🚂 Transport & Communications
25 April 1912
Postal Service, Telegraph, Appointments, Message-boy, Cadette, Lineman, Storeman
23 names identified
  • James Anderson, appointed Telegraph Message-boy
  • Harry Clement Bottrell, appointed Telegraph Message-boy
  • Wellington Thomas Gordon Cody, appointed Telegraph Message-boy
  • Leslie Clifford Collett, appointed Telegraph Message-boy
  • Herbert Stanley Cooper, appointed Telegraph Message-boy
  • James Louis Cramer, appointed Telegraph Message-boy
  • Edith Curry, appointed Cadette, Telephone Exchange
  • Margaret Robina Dale, appointed Cadette, Telephone Exchange
  • Stuart Campbell Dunbar, appointed Lineman
  • William Duncan, appointed Storeman
  • Arthur Douglas Fabian, appointed Telegraph Message-boy
  • John Henry Facer, appointed Telegraph Message-boy
  • Dorothy Jeannie Galbraith, appointed Cadette, Telephone Exchange
  • Abram Rowley Greta Geddes, appointed Telegraph Message-boy
  • Thomas Gibb, appointed Lineman
  • Maud Hannay, appointed Cadette, Telephone Exchange
  • Richard St. George Herivel, appointed Telegraph Message-boy
  • James Charles Hird, appointed Telegraph Message-boy
  • Charles James Hoffeins, appointed Telegraph Message-boy
  • Edward James Igoe, appointed Telegraph Message-boy
  • Leslie Jury, appointed Telegraph Message-boy
  • Lilian Irene Kiernan, appointed Cadette, Telephone Exchange
  • Ella Irene King, appointed Cadette, Telephone Exchange

  • H. G. ELL, Postmaster-General