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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of New Zealand Staff and Territorial Force Officers.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 20th March, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of the undermentioned Staff and Territorial Force Officers :—

New Zealand Staff Corps.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 1st April, 1913 :—
Sergeant-major Henry Peacock (W.O.), New Zealand Permanent Staff.
Sergeant-major Henry Redmond (W.O.), New Zealand Permanent Staff.
Sergeant-major William Moody Bell, New Zealand Permanent Staff.
Sergeant-major Michael McDonnell (W.O.), New Zealand Permanent Staff.
Sergeant-major George Walker (W.O.), New Zealand Permanent Staff.

3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned officers are transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 25th February, 1913 :—
Captain John Henry Herrold.
Lieutenant Richard Walter Johns.

4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.

Supernumerary 2nd Lieutenant James Penniket is absorbed into the establishment, vice Simpson, promoted.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 24th February, 1913 :—
Sergeant Percy Ellis.
Corporal George Walter Horn.

5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars).

2nd Lieutenant John Grant resigns his commission. Dated 13th February, 1913.

7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—
Edgar Seymour Perry. Dated 15th December, 1911.
Kenneth Seymour Cox. Dated 10th April, 1912.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 20th February, 1913 :—
Harold Noel Kebbell.
Harry Stuart Parnell McLernon.
Montgomery Owen Grainger.
Norman Donald Cameron, to complete establishment.

The undermentioned Supernumerary 2nd Lieutenants are absorbed into the establishment :—
Noel Gordon Grant, vice Kebbell, promoted.
William Leslie Coleman, vice McLernon, promoted.
Corran Masters Perry, vice Grainger, promoted.

8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant Roy Thomas Bruce to be Lieutenant. Dated 4th January, 1913.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

Lieutenant Walter Edward Kiddey is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 17th August, 1912.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

Captain and Quartermaster Harry Stacpoole Batchelor is granted the honorary rank of Major. Dated 5th March, 1913.

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

Supernumerary 2nd Lieutenant Geoffrey De Bohun Devereux is absorbed into the establishment, vice Horrocks, transferred to Coast Defence Detachment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), supernumerary to the establishment :—
Wilfred James Cox. Dated 24th February, 1913.
Harold Gordon Allen. Dated 10th March, 1913.

7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment.

Captain Robert McMurray is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 1st February, 1913.

8th (Southland) Regiment.

Supernumerary 2nd Lieutenant Oswald Victor Stead is absorbed into the establishment, vice Mackenzie, transferred to 10th (North Otago) Regiment.
Ezra Augustus Dobbie to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 24th February, 1913.

10th (North Otago) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant William Ivan Steenson resigns his commission. Dated 12th February, 1913.

11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).

Lieutenant Harry Willis resigns his commission. Dated 9th October, 1912.
2nd Lieutenant George Washington Tayler, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 5th March, 1913.

14th (South Otago) Regiment.

George Mitchell to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), supernumerary to the establishment Dated 18th February, 1913.

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.

Arthur Louis Winter to be Quartermaster, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 24th February, 1913.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 24th February, 1913 :—
Charles Henry Howard Irvine.
James Joseph Butler.
William Alfred Bowring.
Nairn Tasman Victor Le Petit.

16th (Waikato) Regiment.

Lieutenant John Wyndham resigns his commission. Dated 27th January, 1913

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 26th February, 1913.
Lawrence Henry Gillett.
John William Peake.
Herbert Horatio Spencer Westmacott.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Ernest Millington Livesay, M.B., to be Lieutenant. Dated 7th March, 1913.

Field Ambulances.

Ferdinand Waldemar Flyger to be Quartermaster No. 4 (Wellington), with the honorary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 27th February, 1913.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces, 4th Class :—
The Reverend Charles Strand. Dated 19th February, 1913.
The Reverend Ernest William Walker. Dated 24th February, 1913.
The Reverend Matthew Bernard Doolaghty. Dated 12th March, 1913.

Unattached List (b).

Senior Cadets.

The undermentioned officers resign their commissions :—
Lieutenant William Roger Kells. Dated 24th January, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant Frank Felix Reid. Dated 13th January, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant George Washington Tayler is transferred to the 11th Regiment (Taranaki) Rifles. Dated 5th March, 1913.

The undermentioned are appointed for service with the Senior Cadets under the provisions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911 :—
Lawrence Clervaux Chaytor to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 11th March, 1912.
Alfred Thomas White to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 20th February, 1913.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Acting Minister of Defence.