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New Zealand Gazette – 1914 – No. 90

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✨ Military Appointments and Promotions

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 90

Appointment of an Officer to the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 17th August, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment :—

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

(New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.)

Frederick Valentine Waters, Esq., to be Acting Director of Post and Telegraph Services, with the temporary rank of Colonel, during the absence on leave of Colonel William Russell Morris, Director of Post and Telegraph Services.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers of Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th August, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor is respectfully advised to approve of the following appointments, promotions, and transfers of Officers of the Territorial Force and the New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve of Officers :—

Unattached List (a).

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Walter Woolton Averill, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant.

Ian McPherson Macdonald to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation).

Unattached List (b).

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Walter Woolton Averill is transferred to the Unattached List (a).

New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve of Officers.

William Beauchamp-Platts to be Captain.

Captain William Beauchamp-Platts to be Staff Officer.

(Canterbury Section.)

Captain Norton Francis to be Major.

John Anderson to be Lieutenant.

(Wellington Section.)

William Harold Lambert to be Captain.

Dudley Kettle to be Lieutenant.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Territorial Officers to temporarily Command a Regiment.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 20th August, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointment of an officer of the Territorial Force :—

5th (Wellington) Regiment.

Major Alfred de Bathe Brandon, New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve of Officers, to be Major, to complete establishment, and to command the 1st Battalion temporarily during the period of employment of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Harcourt Turner with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Major Alfred de Bathe Brandon is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while commanding a battalion.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.

Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1914, No 90

NZLII — NZ Gazette 1914, No 90

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🛡️ Appointment of an Officer to the Territorial Force

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated17 August 1914
KeywordsAppointment, Territorial Force, New Zealand Engineers, Post and Telegraph Services
👱🏽 Names

Frederick Valentine Waters (Esquire), Appointed Acting Director of Post and Telegraph Services
William Russell Morris (Colonel), Director of Post and Telegraph Services on leave

👩‍💼 Officials

J. Allen, Minister of Defence

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

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated19 August 1914
KeywordsAppointments, Promotions, Transfers, Territorial Force, Unattached List
👱🏽 Names

Walter Woolton Averill (2nd Lieutenant), Transferred from Unattached List (b) to Unattached List (a)
Ian McPherson Macdonald, Appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)

👩‍💼 Officials

J. Allen, Minister of Defence

🛡️ New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve of Officers Appointments

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated19 August 1914
KeywordsAppointments, New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve, Canterbury Section, Wellington Section
👱🏽 Names

William Beauchamp-Platts (Captain), Appointed Staff Officer
Norton Francis (Captain), Promoted to Major
John Anderson, Appointed Lieutenant
William Harold Lambert, Appointed Captain
Dudley Kettle, Appointed Lieutenant

👩‍💼 Officials

J. Allen, Minister of Defence

🛡️ Territorial Officers to temporarily Command a Regiment

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated20 August 1914
KeywordsAppointment, Territorial Force, 5th (Wellington) Regiment, Temporary Command
👱🏽 Names

Alfred de Bathe Brandon (Major), Appointed to command 1st Battalion temporarily
Charles Harcourt Turner (Lieutenant-Colonel), Employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force

👩‍💼 Officials

J. Allen, Minister of Defence

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