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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 143

New Zealand Field Artillery.
2nd Lieutenant Stanley William Morton to be Lieutenant. Dated 11th November, 1915.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :—
Leslie Edward Bull.
William Ellis Earnshaw.
Oliver Robert Farrer.
Clyde Ormiston West.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.—Divisional Signal Companies.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Alan Aldrich Dignan is confirmed.

New Zealand Railway Battalions.
The appointments of the undermentioned Captains (on probation) are confirmed :—
Charles Matravers Benzoni.
Albert Ernest Firman.
John Graham.
Charles Horsnell.
Arthur Wood Mouat.
James Philip Matheson.
John Broad Mitchell.
Charles Philip Ryan.
Isaac William Turner.
Hamlin Tuly Thomas.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Peter Robertson Gardner is confirmed.

Coast Defence Detachments.
The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :—
Donald Millar.
Frank Wilfred Gribble.
Archibald Ray Hoyte Turner.
Henry Francis Cotter.

12th (Nelson) Regiment.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) William Norris Masefield is confirmed.

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.
The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :—
Stephen Henry Airey.
Charles Henry Howard Irvine.

16th (Waikato) Regiment.
The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :—
William Walter Dove.
Arthur Walter Smith.
Everard Maunsell Stace.

17th (Ruahine) Regiment.
The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :—
James Cartwright.
Bruce McLeod.

New Zealand Medical Corps.
Major Alfred George Talbot to be Lieutenant-Colonel while acting as Principal Medical Officer of the Auckland Military District. Dated 1st October, 1915.

Major James Sands Elliott to be Lieutenant-Colonel while acting as Principal Medical Officer of the Wellington Military District. Dated 1st October, 1915.

Major Philip Oswald Andrew, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Major. Dated 1st November, 1915.

Major Philip Oswald Andrew to be Lieutenant-Colonel and Principal Medical Officer, Trentham Camp. Dated 1st November, 1915.

Surgeon-General Sydney Skerman, V.D., Reserve of Officers, to be actively employed as a Camp Medical Officer with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 13th November, 1915.

Captain Louis E. Barnett, R.A.M.C., is attached for duty with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, and is granted the rank of Major while so employed. Dated 8th October, 1915.

Captain Garnet Wilson Harty from the Reserve of Officers, New Zealand Medical Corps, to be Captain. Dated 21st September, 1915.

Captain Garnet Wilson Harty is granted the temporary rank of Major while acting as Officer Commanding “A” Section No. 4, Field Ambulance.

Captain Rhoderick Mackenzie Gunn, is granted the rank of Major while employed as a Camp Medical Officer. Dated 1st October, 1915.

Captain Bernard John Dudley, M.R.C.S., Eng., attached to No. 1 Field Ambulances, is granted the temporary rank of Major during the absence of Lieutenant-Colonel Tracy Russell Inglis, seconded for duty with the Expeditionary Force. Dated 7th November, 1915.

Captain George Lapraik, M.B.C.M., is granted the temporary rank of Major while employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 24th November, 1915.

Arthur Stanley Herbert to be Captain during the period of the war. Dated 19th November, 1915.

Captain Henry Percy Pickerill is transferred to the New Zealand Dental Service Corps. Dated 7th November, 1915.

New Zealand Dental Services Corps.
Thomas Alexander Hunter to be Director, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 7th November, 1915.

Captain Henry Percy Pickerill from the New Zealand Medical Corps, to be Assistant Director, with the rank of Major. Dated 7th November, 1915.

Norman John Rishworth to be an Executive Officer with the rank of Major. Dated 7th November, 1915.

New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps.
To be Matrons :—
Jessie Bicknell.
Francis Keith Payne.
Jessie Orr.
Mabel Thurston.
Margaret Myles.

To be Sister :—
Alexandra Keddie.

To be Nurses :—
Letitia Miller.
Florence Sugden.
Margaret Shuker.
Doris Arrowsmith.
Kathleen Adelaide Woodward.
Annie Rose.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.
The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces (4th Class) :—
The Reverend Charles Addenbrooke. Dated 20th October, 1915.

The Reverend William Wallace. Dated 5th November, 1915.

The Reverend Charles Herbert Isaacson. Dated 5th November, 1915.

The Reverend Harry Alexander Johnson. Dated 16th November, 1915.

Unattached List (b).
2nd Lieutenant Edmund Colin Nigel Robinson to be Lieutenant. Dated 30th March, 1915.

George Milne Spence to be Lieutenant (on probation), General List. Dated 11th October, 1915.

Lieutenant (on probation) George Milne Spence to be Adjutant and Quartermaster, No. 2 Hospital Ship, and is granted the rank of Lieutenant while so employed. Dated 11th October, 1915.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :—
William Mervyn Dawn.
Hugh Alexander Forrest.
Maurice Anthony Hunter Fell.
Thomas William Hosking.
Howard Nicholson Hilliard.
Keith Inwood.
Roy Liddelow.
Guy Norman Morris.
Arthur Gilbert Quartley.
Frederick John Shaw.
Arthur Stanley Tonkin.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) :—
Henry Alfred Millard. Dated 29th March, 1915.

Mervyn Wells. Dated 14th September, 1915.

Ferdinand John Coe. Dated 1st November, 1915.

Colour-Sergeant Frank Deacon Holt. Dated 9th November, 1915.

Charles George Morton Boyce. Dated 16th November, 1915.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.