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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.

James Penniket to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 19th August, 1912.

8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles.

The commission of 2nd Lieutenant Albert Trevor Sinclair is cancelled. Dated 10th June, 1912.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant John Cameron Macfarlane resigns his commission. Dated 10th August, 1912.

10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant George Cuthbert Mayne to be Captain, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 27th August, 1912.

11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned supernumerary 2nd Lieutenants are absorbed into the establishment:—

Wynyard George Davis, vice Hoskin, promoted.
James Sydney Paton, vice McCarroll, promoted.
Frederick Patience, vice Mackesy, promoted.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 19th August, 1912:—

Quartermaster-Sergeant Charles Frederick Smedley, to complete establishment.
Sergeant Alexander Cameron Monteith Finlayson, supernumerary to the establishment.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

Lieutenant Allan John Moody resigns his commission. Dated 15th August, 1912.

Quartermaster-Sergeant Eric Hector Goodfellow to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 19th August, 1912.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Sergeant James Meade Ferguson to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 5th August, 1912.

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

Corporal Geoffrey De Bohun Devereux to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 19th August, 1912.

4th Regiment (Otago Rifles).

(Coast Defence Detachment.)

Major William James Strong, v.d., from the Unattached List (a), to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 2nd August, 1912.

Major John Archibald Paul Fredric, from the Unattached List (a), to be Major. Dated 2nd August, 1912.

Lieutenant David White, from the Unattached List (a), to be Lieutenant. Dated 2nd August, 1912.

Lieutenant Richard Jones, from the Unattached List (b), to be Lieutenant. Dated 2nd August, 1912.

6th (Hauraki) Regiment.

The undermentioned officers resign their commissions. Dated 1st May, 1912:—

Lieutenant William Gardiner.
2nd Lieutenant Archibald Douglas Reid.
" Ellis James Watts.

The undermentioned supernumerary 2nd Lieutenants are absorbed into the establishment:—

Robert Nichol Morpeth, vice Reid, resigned.
Frederick Hugh Dodson, vice Watts, resigned.

2nd Lieutenant Edwin Edwards, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant, to complete establishment. Dated 19th August, 1912.

Francis Symes Budd, to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 19th August, 1912.

7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast Rifles).

Herman Stuart Baddeley, to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 19th August, 1912.

8th Regiment (Southland Rifles).

Major John Sarsfield Murphy is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 12th July, 1912.

9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast Rifles).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants (1st Battalion). Dated 19th August, 1912:—

Leslie Somers McLernon.
John Snodgrass.
Fergus Cumming.
Ernest Sirdefield Harston.
Eric Morgan, to complete establishment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (2nd Battalion), supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 19th August, 1912:—

2nd Lieutenant Bernard Russell Lankshear, from the Unattached List (b).

Hugh Roland Biss.
Ivan Hirschberg.

16th (Waikato) Regiment.

The date of the promotion of Lieutenant Alfred Ernest McDonald is 26th February, 1912, and not 22nd March, 1912, as shown in New Zealand Gazette of 25th April, 1912.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Reverend Charles Jordan, Chaplain, 4th Class, to be Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 31st July, 1912.

Unattached List (a).

The undermentioned officers are transferred to the 4th Regiment (Otago Rifles), Coast Defence Detachment. Dated 2nd August, 1912:—

Major William James Strong, v.d.
" John Archibald Paul Fredric.
Lieutenant David White.

Unattached List (b).

(Senior Cadets.)

Major Thomas Richard Cresswell is transferred from No. 1 Battalion, Canterbury Defence Cadets, on its disbandment, for service with the Senior Cadets, under the provisions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911. Dated 19th August, 1912.

The undermentioned are appointed for service with the Senior Cadets under the provisions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911, with the rank as specified. Dated 19th August, 1912:—

Major David Murray.
Lieutenant William Hoar.
2nd Lieutenant Reginald Henry Dodson.
" Thomas Goldesbrough Stockwell.
" Robert John Thompson.
" Ronald Macmillan Algie.
" Frederick Egmont Mason.
" Montague Ongley.
" John Raymond Cuthbert.
" Ernest Hubert Bastion.
" Henry Cornes.
" William Edward Burley.
" James Metson.
" Mervyn Ranken Reed.
" William Henry Stevens.
" George Loftus Hawley Drew.
" George Eastwood Inglesant Pickard.
" George John Goldsman.

Lieutenant Alfred George Thomas Bryan resigns his commission. Dated 27th August, 1912.

Lieutenant Richard Jones is transferred to the 4th Regiment (Otago Rifles), Coast Defence Detachment. Dated 2nd August, 1912.

2nd Lieutenant Edwin Edwards is transferred to the 6th (Hauraki) Regiment. Dated 19th August, 1912.

2nd Lieutenant Bernard Russell Lankshear is transferred to the 9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast Rifles), 2nd Battalion. Dated 19th August, 1912.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Meritorious-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 6th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 12, Appendix IX, General Regulations of the Military Forces of New Zealand, 1911, of the award of a Meritorious-service Medal to

Staff Sergeant-Major DAVID WILLIAM HEALY,
New Zealand Permanent Staff.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.