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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 57
New Zealand Garrison Artillery.
Sergeant-major George Finlay to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 15th April, 1914.
Corps of New Zealand Engineers.
Lieutenant Jack Chapple resigns his commission. Dated 16th April, 1914.
Mounted Signal Troops and Divisional Signal Companies.
Sergeant-major Ralph Ranstead to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), Auckland Mounted Signal Troop. Dated 15th April, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant Philip Brunskill Cooke, from Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant (No. 1 Company, Wellington Divisional Signal Company). Dated 11th March, 1914.
New Zealand Railway Battalions.
(North Island.)
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Henry Charles Nelson resigns his appointment. Dated 18th December, 1913.
Isaac William Turner to be Captain (on probation). Dated 2nd May, 1914.
William John Pritchard Guinness to be Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 8th May, 1914.
(South Island.)
2nd Lieutenant Harold Augustus Trewern, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 9th March, 1914.
1st (Canterbury) Regiment.
(Coast Defence Detachment.)
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) resign their appointments:—
Roland Wallace Guy. Dated 17th April, 1914.
Lewis Herbert Williams. Dated 21st April, 1914.
2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant Brian Cyril Aspinall resigns his commission. Dated 28th November, 1913.
3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).
(Coast Defence Detachment.)
Lieutenant William Edwin Cairn to be Captain. Dated 19th August, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant Alfred James Powley to be Lieutenant. Dated 26th August, 1913.
5th (Wellington) Regiment.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation):—
Sergeant Ernest Hollis. Dated 9th April, 1914.
Lance-Corporal Cyril Lindesay Andrews. Dated 9th April, 1914.
Ernest Grenville Edwards. Dated 9th April, 1914.
Sergeant Daniel Cornelius Bowler. Dated 15th April, 1914.
Sergeant John Bosley Bennett. Dated 15th April, 1914.
Sergeant Stanley Barnard. Dated 15th April, 1914.
Sergeant-major Albert Barton Ginger. Dated 16th April, 1914.
6th (Hauraki) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant Jeremiah William Melville resigns his commission. Dated 2nd August, 1914.
Colour-Sergeant Robert Henry Daldy to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 18th April, 1914.
8th (Southland) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant George Myers, from the Unattached List (b), to be Lieutenant. Dated 30th March, 1914.
9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment.
The undermentioned officers are transferred to the Reserve of Officers:—
Major Thomas Hazlett Ringland. Dated 21st April, 1914.
Captain John Daly. Dated 30th March, 1914.
Captain William Henry Jones. Dated 16th April, 1914.
10th (North Otago) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant Norman Guthrie Chalmers Dunsford, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 30th March, 1914.
13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.
Lieutenant Charles William Edward Cribb to be Captain. Dated 3rd January, 1914.
Lieutenant Richard Sotheran is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 2nd April, 1914.
14th (South Otago) Regiment.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Bell McClymont is granted an extension of his period of command till 30th October, 1915.
15th (North Auckland) Regiment.
Lieutenant Samuel Wilfrid Turley to be Captain. Dated 19th August, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Gerald Norman Screaton to be Lieutenant. Dated 28th August, 1913.
Colour-Sergeant Phillip Felton McRae to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 31st March, 1914.
16th (Waikato) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant John Henry Willenbrock resigns his commission. Dated 7th January, 1914.
New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.
Captain Henry Joseph Pearse is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 20th May, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant John MacGregor Craig to be Lieutenant. Dated 17th January, 1914.
New Zealand Medical Corps.
Colonel James Robert Purdy is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 4th June, 1914.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Johnston Will, M.B., v.d., to be Director of Medical Services. Dated 5th June, 1914.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Johnston Will, M.B., v.d., Director of Medical Services, to be Colonel. Dated 5th June, 1914.
Captain John Somerville, M.B., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 2nd April, 1912.
The undermentioned to be Lieutenants:—
Victor Field Usher, M.D. Dated 1st April, 1914.
Walter Stapley, M.D. Dated 20th April, 1914.
The notice published in New Zealand Gazette dated 23rd November, 1911, relative to the retirement of Major Edward Jennings is cancelled.
Major Edward Jennings retires under the provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 30th October, 1911.
New Zealand Chaplains Department.
The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces (4th Class):—
The Reverend Edward Joseph Bergin. Dated 5th May, 1914.
The Reverend William Henry Walton. Dated 8th May, 1914.
The Reverend Edward Lynch. Dated 6th April, 1914
The Reverend James Foley. Dated 6th April, 1914.
The Reverend Michael Howard. Dated 8th April, 1914.
The Reverend Henry Norman Woods. Dated 8th April, 1914.
The Reverend Nicholas Bartholomew Moloney. Dated 9th April, 1914.
Unattached List (b).
The undermentioned officers resign their commissions:—
Lieutenant Thomas Morton. Dated 22nd April, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant Allan Lisle Jones. Dated 8th April, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant John Hilton Murdoch. Dated 9th April, 1914.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—
James Rudolph Anderson. Dated 17th November, 1910.
Henry Newell Waymouth. Dated 25th March, 1914.
Hugh Spencer Tremewan. Dated 22nd April, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant Harold Augustus Trewern is transferred to the Corps of New Zealand Engineers. Dated 9th March, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant Philip Brunskill Cooke, is transferred to the Corps of New Zealand Engineers. Dated 11th March, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant Norman Guthrie Chalmers Dunsford is transferred to the 10th (North Otago) Regiment. Dated 30th March, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant George Myers is transferred to the 8th (Southland) Regiment. Dated 2nd May, 1914.
Sergeant Edward John Cronin to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 3rd April, 1914.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation):—
Sergeant Alexander John Mackay Manson. Dated 23rd February, 1914.
Colour-Sergeant Charles Warman. Dated 3rd April, 1914.
William Alfred Perry. Dated 3rd April, 1914.
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63 names identified
- George Finlay (Sergeant-major), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
- Jack Chapple (Lieutenant), Resigned commission
- Ralph Ranstead (Sergeant-major), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
- Philip Brunskill Cooke (2nd Lieutenant), Transferred to Wellington Divisional Signal Company
- Henry Charles Nelson (2nd Lieutenant (on probation)), Resigned appointment
- Isaac William Turner, Promoted to Captain (on probation)
- William John Pritchard Guinness, Promoted to Lieutenant (on probation)
- Harold Augustus Trewern (2nd Lieutenant), Transferred from Unattached List (b)
- Roland Wallace Guy (2nd Lieutenant (on probation)), Resigned appointment
- Lewis Herbert Williams (2nd Lieutenant (on probation)), Resigned appointment
- Brian Cyril Aspinall (2nd Lieutenant), Resigned commission
- William Edwin Cairn (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain
- Alfred James Powley (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
- Ernest Hollis (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
- Cyril Lindesay Andrews (Lance-Corporal), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
- Ernest Grenville Edwards, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
- Daniel Cornelius Bowler (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
- John Bosley Bennett (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
- Stanley Barnard (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
- Albert Barton Ginger (Sergeant-major), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
- Jeremiah William Melville (2nd Lieutenant), Resigned commission
- Robert Henry Daldy (Colour-Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
- George Myers (2nd Lieutenant), Transferred to 8th (Southland) Regiment
- Thomas Hazlett Ringland (Major), Transferred to Reserve of Officers
- John Daly (Captain), Transferred to Reserve of Officers
- William Henry Jones (Captain), Transferred to Reserve of Officers
- Norman Guthrie Chalmers Dunsford (2nd Lieutenant), Transferred to 10th (North Otago) Regiment
- Charles William Edward Cribb (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain
- Richard Sotheran (Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Officers
- John Bell McClymont (Lieutenant-Colonel), Extension of command period
- Samuel Wilfrid Turley (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain
- Thomas Gerald Norman Screaton (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
- Phillip Felton McRae (Colour-Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
- John Henry Willenbrock (2nd Lieutenant), Resigned commission
- Henry Joseph Pearse (Captain), Transferred to Reserve of Officers
- John MacGregor Craig (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
- James Robert Purdy (Colonel), Transferred to Reserve of Officers
- William Johnston Will (Lieutenant-Colonel), Promoted to Director of Medical Services and Colonel
- John Somerville (Captain), Transferred to Reserve of Officers
- Victor Field Usher (M.D.), Promoted to Lieutenant
- Walter Stapley (M.D.), Promoted to Lieutenant
- Edward Jennings (Major), Retirement notice cancelled and retired
- Edward Joseph Bergin (Reverend), Appointed Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class)
- William Henry Walton (Reverend), Appointed Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class)
- Edward Lynch (Reverend), Appointed Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class)
- James Foley (Reverend), Appointed Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class)
- Michael Howard (Reverend), Appointed Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class)
- Henry Norman Woods (Reverend), Appointed Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class)
- Nicholas Bartholomew Moloney (Reverend), Appointed Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class)
- Thomas Morton (Lieutenant), Resigned commission
- Allan Lisle Jones (2nd Lieutenant), Resigned commission
- John Hilton Murdoch (2nd Lieutenant), Resigned commission
- James Rudolph Anderson (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
- Henry Newell Waymouth (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
- Hugh Spencer Tremewan (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
- Harold Augustus Trewern (2nd Lieutenant), Transferred to Corps of New Zealand Engineers
- Philip Brunskill Cooke (2nd Lieutenant), Transferred to Corps of New Zealand Engineers
- Norman Guthrie Chalmers Dunsford (2nd Lieutenant), Transferred to 10th (North Otago) Regiment
- George Myers (2nd Lieutenant), Transferred to 8th (Southland) Regiment
- Edward John Cronin (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
- Alexander John Mackay Manson (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
- Charles Warman (Colour-Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
- William Alfred Perry, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)