New Zealand Gazette – 1914 – No. 121

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✨ Military Appointments and Transfers

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 121

Unattached List (b).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—
William Henry Stark. Dated 1st March, 1911.
Allan Henry Wright. Dated 5th May, 1913.
Albert Edward Mills Jones. Dated 9th September, 1914.
Henry Daniel Williams. Dated 28th October, 1914.

Lieutenant Hector Campbell Mackenzie is transferred to the 8th (Southland) Regiment. Dated 8th October, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant John Christopher Holland is transferred to the New Zealand Army Service Corps. Dated 5th August, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Mervyn Ranken Reed is transferred to the 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles. Dated 6th August, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Alexander Elder Forsyth is transferred to the 12th (Nelson) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant John Peter Shea is transferred to the New Zealand Garrison Artillery. Dated 15th September, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Kenneth Dudley Henderson resigns his commission. Dated 28th September, 1914.

William Bramwell Rule to be Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 17th October, 1914.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:—
William Henry Stark. Dated 1st March, 1909.
Sergeant Humphrey Goring Dyer. Dated 15th October, 1914.
Sergeant Valentine Freke Maxwell. Dated 15th October, 1914.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation):—
William David Heyward. Dated 25th July, 1914.
Frederick Stanley Ramson. Dated 3rd August, 1914.
Sergeant Arthur Stanley Tonkin. Dated 6th August, 1914.
Company Sergeant-major Jack Lovell Harvey. Dated 7th August, 1914.
Gordon McIntosh. Dated 8th August, 1914.
Corporal Milton Rowley Aldridge. Dated 9th August, 1914.
George Raymond Sherratt. Dated 10th August, 1914.
Harry Bertram Leaper. Dated 12th September, 1914.
Sidney William Richardson. Dated 14th October, 1914.
Reginald Crago Clark. Dated 20th October, 1914.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed:—
Frederick Rowe Logan.
Ralph Edward Fulton Barnett.

New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve of Officers.

Major (Lieutenant-Colonel) William Nathaniel Carlon Bond is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles. Dated 15th October, 1914.

Memorandum.

The notice published in New Zealand Gazette dated 12th October, 1911, relative to the retirement of Quartermaster and Honorary Captain Thomas John Gardiner from the Reserve of Officers (General List), is cancelled. Dated 28th October, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments and Transfers of Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 7th November, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointments and transfers of officers of the Territorial Force:—

1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).

Major John Findlay, from the Reserve of Officers, 7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles, to be Major. Dated 1st September, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Thomas Lomax Gibbs, from the Corps of New Zealand Engineers, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), supernumerary to establishment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles.

Quartermaster and Honorary Captain Alexander Herbert Wilkie, from the Reserve of Officers (General List), to be Quartermaster and Honorary Captain, to complete establishment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Lieutenant William James Hardham, V.C., from the Reserve of Officers, New Zealand Garrison Artillery, to be Lieutenant, supernumerary to establishment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

Harold Ward Smith, to Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant, supernumerary to establishment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant Thomas Lawrence Ranstead, from the Unattached List (a), to be Lieutenant, supernumerary to establishment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars).

Captain Henry Scott Orbell, from the Retired List, to be Captain, supernumerary to establishment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), supernumerary to establishment. Dated 1st September, 1914:—
Robert Morgan Watson.
Leonard Millard.

7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles.

Major John Finlay (Reserve of Officers) is transferred to the 1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry). Dated 1st September, 1914.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), to complete establishment. Dated 1st September, 1914:—
James Hargest.
Peter McKay.
Ernest Stuart McIntyre.

Alfred Fitchet Grenfell to be Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant, to complete establishment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant Percy Tivey Emerson, from the Reserve of Officers (General List), to be Lieutenant, to complete establishment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles.

David Willis Talbot to be Captain (on probation), to complete establishment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant George Noel Taylor, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to establishment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles.

Samuel Barr Paterson to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), to complete establishment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Lieutenant William James Hardham, V.C., is transferred from the Reserve of Officers to the Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

Lieutenant Frank Hadfield Statham (No. 2 Field Company) is transferred to the 10th (North Otago) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Mounted Signal Troops and Divisional Signal Companies.

Captain Thomas Henry Dawson is transferred to the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own). Dated 1st September, 1914.

Lieutenant George Hepburn Ferguson is transferred to the 4th (Otago) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Lieutenant Edwin James Hulbert, from the Reserve of Officers, 5th (Wellington) Regiment, to be Lieutenant, supernumerary to establishment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Thomas Lomax Gibbs is transferred to the 1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry). Dated 1st September, 1914.

New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.

Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant Dugald Macdonald Robinson is transferred to the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

Lieutenant Felix Ballard Brown is transferred to the 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Lieutenant John Llewellyn Saunders is transferred to the 4th (Otago) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Lieutenant Rymond Alexander Reid Lawry is transferred to the 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1914, No 121

NZLII — NZ Gazette 1914, No 121

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🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Resignations of Officers of the Territorial Force (continued from previous page)

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated7 November 1914
KeywordsMilitary Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, Territorial Force
👱🏽 Names

53 names identified

William Henry Stark, Promoted to Lieutenant
Allan Henry Wright, Promoted to Lieutenant
Albert Edward Mills Jones, Promoted to Lieutenant
Henry Daniel Williams, Promoted to Lieutenant
Hector Campbell Mackenzie (Lieutenant), Transferred to 8th (Southland) Regiment
John Christopher Holland (2nd Lieutenant), Transferred to New Zealand Army Service Corps
Mervyn Ranken Reed (2nd Lieutenant), Transferred to 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles
Alexander Elder Forsyth (2nd Lieutenant), Transferred to 12th (Nelson) Regiment
John Peter Shea (2nd Lieutenant), Transferred to New Zealand Garrison Artillery
Kenneth Dudley Henderson (2nd Lieutenant), Resigned commission
William Bramwell Rule, Promoted to Lieutenant (on probation)
William Henry Stark, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
Humfrey Goring Dyer (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
Valentine Freke Maxwell (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
William David Heyward, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
Frederick Stanley Ramson, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
Arthur Stanley Tonkin (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
Jack Lovell Harvey (Company Sergeant-Major), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
Gordon McIntosh, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
Milton Rowley Aldridge (Corporal), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
George Raymond Sherratt, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
Harry Bertram Leaper, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
Sidney William Richardson, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
Reginald Crago Clark, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
Frederick Rowe Logan (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
Ralph Edward Fulton Barnett (2nd Lieutenant), Appointment confirmed
William Nathaniel Carlon Bond (Major (Lieutenant-Colonel)), Transferred to Reserve of Officers
Thomas John Gardiner (Quartermaster and Honorary Captain), Retirement notice cancelled
John Findlay (Major), Transferred to 1st Mounted Rifles
Thomas Lomax Gibbs (2nd Lieutenant (on probation)), Transferred to 1st Mounted Rifles
Alexander Herbert Wilkie (Quartermaster and Honorary Captain), Transferred to Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles
William James Hardham (Lieutenant), Transferred to Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles
Harold Ward Smith, Promoted to Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant
Thomas Lawrence Ranstead (Lieutenant), Transferred to 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles
Henry Scott Orbell (Captain), Transferred to 5th Mounted Rifles
Robert Morgan Watson, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
Leonard Millard, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
James Hargest, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
Peter McKay, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
Ernest Stuart McIntyre, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
Alfred Fitchet Grenfell, Promoted to Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant
Percy Tivey Emerson (Lieutenant), Transferred to 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles
David Willis Talbot, Promoted to Captain (on probation)
George Noel Taylor (2nd Lieutenant), Transferred to 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles
Samuel Barr Paterson, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
Frank Hadfield Statham (Lieutenant), Transferred to 10th (North Otago) Regiment
Thomas Henry Dawson (Captain), Transferred to 3rd (Auckland) Regiment
George Hepburn Ferguson (Lieutenant), Transferred to 4th (Otago) Regiment
Edwin James Hulbert (Lieutenant), Transferred to 5th (Wellington) Regiment
Dugald Macdonald Robinson (Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant), Transferred to 1st (Canterbury) Regiment
Felix Ballard Brown (Lieutenant), Transferred to 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment
John Llewellyn Saunders (Lieutenant), Transferred to 4th (Otago) Regiment
Rymond Alexander Reid Lawry (Lieutenant), Transferred to 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment

👩‍💼 Officials

J. Allen, Minister of Defence

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