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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 10

Appointments to the Staff, New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Samoa), 1914.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 21st January, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments to the Staff, New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Samoa), 1914, and with effect from 1st January, 1915 :—

STAFF.

Captain Hubert Havard Wright, Army Service Corps, to be General Staff Officer, vice Major William Richard Pinwill, Imperial General Staff.

Captain Joseph Garrett Roache, 5th (Wellington) Regiment, to be Assistant Quartermaster-General, vice Captain Hubert Havard Wright.

PERSONAL APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenant Henry Cumberland Cotton, Corps of New Zealand Engineers, to be Aide-de-Camp to the Acting Administrator, Samoa, vice Captain Thomas Ralph Eastwood, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own).

Lieutenant Henry Cumberland Cotton, A.D.C., Corps of New Zealand Engineers, to be Orderly Officer to the Acting Administrator, Samoa, vice Lieutenant William Henry Dillon Bell.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of an Officer to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2nd Reinforcements) cancelled, and another Officer substituted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 21st January, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 133, of the 10th December, 1914, appointing Lieutenant Frank Stanley Robinson, Auckland Garrison Artillery, to the Field Artillery Brigade, New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2nd Reinforcements), be cancelled; and, further, that the name of Lieutenant Norman Edward Lee, New Zealand Field Artillery, be substituted in lieu, and with effect from 24th November, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Resignations of Officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps, Royal New Zealand Artillery and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 21st January, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers, and resignations of the undermentioned Officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps, Royal New Zealand Artillery, and Territorial Force :—

• New Zealand Staff Corps.

Major Harry Rowland Potter is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while employed as Commandant of the Reinforcement Camp. Dated 16th December, 1914.

Captain (temporary Major) Daniel Aloysius Hickey, D.S.O., to be Major. Dated 1st January, 1915.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors. Dated 1st January, 1915 :—

Robert Oswald Chesney.

John Evelyn Duigan.

Captain Percy William Skelley to be Assistant Adjutant-General. Dated 26th November, 1914.

The undermentioned Lieutenants (temporary) are attached, while employed with the New Zealand Military Forces. Dated 21st December, 1914 :—

Phillip Newman Petty, Army Service Corps.

Francis Edward Ostler, Army Service Corps.

The Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors. Dated 1st January, 1915 :—

Frank Symon.

George Edward Benson Mickle.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 103, dated 24th September, 1914, relative to the appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), is cancelled :—

Frederick Malcolm Turner.

Alfred Ernest Horwood.

Thomas Farr.

The undermentioned are granted the temporary rank of 2nd Lieutenants while employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 1st September, 1914 :—

Sergeant Frederick Malcolm Turner.

Battery Sergeant-major Alfred Ernest Horwood.

Battery Sergeant-major Thomas Farr.

Permanent Staff.

The undermentioned Staff Sergeants-major are granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant, and attached to the New Zealand Staff Corps, while employed with the New Zealand Military Forces. Dated 21st December, 1914 :—

Phillip Newman Petty (W.O.).

Francis Edward Ostler.

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

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants :—

Sergeant Patrick John O’Dowd. Dated 1st December, 1914.

Sergeant William Richard Foley. Dated 1st December, 1914.

Sergeant Claude Albert Marchant. Dated 18th December, 1914.

4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 2nd December, 1914 :—

David Bruce.

John Bayntun Starky.

6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation):—

Quartermaster-Sergeant John Ralph Taylor. Dated 23rd October, 1914.

Reuben James Bird. Dated 23rd October, 1914.

George Frank Ranby. Dated 28th October, 1914.

7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant James Tweedie Wilson, from Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant. Dated 28th November, 1914.

8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors. Dated 9th July, 1914 :—

George Searight Hardy.

John Kennedy.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 9th July, 1914 :—

John Studholme Barker, vice Hardy, promoted.

Roy Thomas Bruce, vice Kennedy, promoted.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.

Richard Erroll Wardell Riddiford to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 7th December, 1914.

10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant Edward Andamas Maude resigns his commission. Dated 1st December, 1914.

12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles.

Major William Scott Pennycook, from Reserve of Officers, to be Major. Dated 30th October, 1914.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), supernumerary to establishment. Dated 26th November, 1914 (A Battery) :—

Sergeant-major Clyde Ormiston West.

Quartermaster-Sergeant Leslie Edward Bull.

Sergeant Harry Hector Doughty.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—

Richard Allan Hogan. Dated 17th January, 1914.

William Esmonde Lennox Napier. Dated 28th October, 1914.

Robert Gracie Milligan. Dated 28th October, 1914.

Silston Cory-Wright to be Lieutenant. Dated 16th November, 1914.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

The notice published in New Zealand Gazette dated 25th June, 1914, relative to the retirement of Lieutenant Robert Davidson Veitch, Reserve of Officers, under paragraph 127 General Regulations, 1913, is cancelled.

Captain Alfred Digby Smith, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain. Dated 30th October, 1914.