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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 121

New Zealand Army Service Corps.
2nd Lieutenant John Christopher Holland, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant (No. 1 Company, Auckland). Dated 5th August, 1914.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 1st September, 1914:—
Harry Hewett (No. 2 Company, Auckland).
Montague Wynyard Higginson (No. 3 Company, Wellington).

New Zealand Medical Corps.
Lieutenant Colonel Walter Ralf Pearless, v.d., from the Retired List, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Honorary Major Charles Ernest Thomas, v.d., from the Retired List, is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while employed as Medical Officer with the Expeditionary Force. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Ferdinand Campion Batchelor to be Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel while employed with the Expeditionary Force. Dated 1st September, 1914.

The undermentioned to be Captains. Dated 1st September, 1914:—
Henry Meredith Buchanan.
Frederick Cameron.
Alexander Meiklejohn Trotter.
James Alexander Terras Bell.
Charles Ernest Hercus.
Robert Lanktree Withers.
Cyril Victor Attmore Baigent.
Hugh Short.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 5th August, 1914:—
Wilfred Irwin Ward.
David Nathan Isaacs.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 1st September, 1914:—
William Aitken.
John Connor.
Donald Stuart Milne.
Kenneth McCormack.
Philip John Iory.
Thomas Russell Ritchie.
William Gladstone Scannell.
George Stanley Sharp.
Ernest John Herbert Webb.
Bertram Sibbald Finn.
William Mackenzie.
William Hobbs.
Arthur Luman Logan.
Ernest Herbert Rawson.
Raymund Alfred Dearsley
Francis Pownall Tymons.
Donald Benjamin Green.
John Hallan Don.

Field Ambulances.
William Hunter Will to be Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant (No. 2, Dunedin), supernumerary to establishment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

New Zealand Veterinary Corps.
The undermentioned to be Captains. Dated 1st September, 1914:—
Ernest Lloyd Siddall.
Edmund Carlisle Howard.
George Noel Waugh.
Thomas Arnold Blake.
Alexander Taylor.
William Gee Taylor.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.
The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces (4th Class). Dated 1st September, 1914:—
Reverend Guy Thornton.
„ Percy Wise Clarkson.
„ Charles James Hamilton Dobson.
„ John Ross.
„ James Joseph McMenamin.
„ Patrick Dore.
Adjutant Alfred Green (Salvation Army).

New Zealand Army Nursing Service Reserve.
The undermentioned to be Sisters. Dated 5th August, 1914:—
Miss Fanny Wilson.
„ Evelyn Gertrude Brooks.
„ Louise Brandon.
„ Grace Nurse.
„ Veda Mary Katie MacLean
„ Louie Alexa McNie,

Unattached List (a).
Lieutenant Thomas Lawrence Ranstead is transferred to the 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Unattached List (b).
Captain George Ernest Simeon is transferred to the 5th (Wellington) Regiment. Dated 5th August, 1914.

Captain Alexander James McIntosh Cross is transferred to the 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Captain Wilfred Courtnay Sinel is transferred to the 6th (Hauraki) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Lieutenant Francis Dennison Maurice is transferred to the 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Lieutenant Charles Thomas Woodfield is transferred to the 4th (Otago) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Lieutenant Lawrence William Albert Hugo is transferred to the 17th (Ruahine) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Alan Innes Walker is transferred to the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”). Dated 5th August, 1914.

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

2nd Lieutenant George Noel Taylor is transferred to the 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles. Dated 1st September, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Harry Morgan is transferred to the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”). Dated 1st September, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Morrison Swan Cameron is transferred to the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”). Dated 1st September, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Noel Steadman is transferred to the 15th (North Auckland) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Owen Herbert Mead is transferred to the 12th (Nelson) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

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

2nd Lieutenant William Godfray Skelton is transferred to the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Hugh Edgar McKinnon is transferred to the 17th (Ruahine) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Richard Ewan Egglestone is transferred to the 4th (Otago) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Valentine Joseph Egglestone is transferred to the 4th (Otago) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Allan Duncan Stitt is transferred to the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Resignation from and Appointment to the Command of a Military District.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 11th November, 1914.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the appointment of a Territorial officer from the command of a military district, and to approve of the temporary appointment thereto of an officer of the Royal New Zealand Artillery:—

Commands.
Colonel Charles Thomas Major, D.S.O., resigns his appointment as Officer Commanding the Auckland Military District. Dated 9th November, 1914.

Major John Edward Hume, Royal New Zealand Artillery, to command the Auckland Military District, vice Major, resigned, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while so employed. Dated 9th November, 1914.

Royal New Zealand Artillery.
The notice published in New Zealand Gazette, dated 4th September, 1914, relative to the additional temporary duties to be performed by Major John Edward Hume as Inspector of Artillery and Engineers, is cancelled. Dated 9th November, 1914.

Major John Edward Hume to temporarily command the Auckland District. Dated 9th November, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.