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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 33

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th February, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers, and resignations of the undermentioned officers of the Territorial Force :—

4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant James Henderson to be Captain. Dated 1st September, 1914.

5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars).

2nd Lieutenant Amos McKegg to be Lieutenant. Dated 18th March, 1913.

11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

Harry Campbell Hemphill to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), to complete establishment. Dated 11th February, 1915.

Sergeant-major William Robert Lang, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), supernumerary to establishment. Dated 11th February, 1915.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

Captain Noel Percy Adams, in addition to his duties as Commanding Officer, “H” Battery, to be Permanent Camp Adjutant while employed with the Reinforcement Camp, Trentham. Dated 29th January, 1915.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Lieutenant Ernest Claude Rawnsley (Reserve of Officers) is granted the temporary rank of Captain while acting as Staff Officer to the Coast Defence Commander (Canterbury). Dated 2nd November, 1914.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), supernumerary to establishment. Dated 30th January, 1915 :—

George Herbert Malis Moir (Wellington Division).
Robert Westley Bothamley (Wellington Division).

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

(New Zealand Railway Battalions.)

Captain (on probation) James MacDonald to be Major (on probation), North Island Battalion. Dated 14th December, 1914.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Andrew Douglas Wilkie, from the Unattached List (b) to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 16th January, 1915.

4th (Otago) Regiment (Coast Defence Detachment).

Lieutenant Richard Jones to be Captain. Dated 16th February, 1915.

9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 19th August, 1913 :—

Leslie Somers McLernon.
Ernest Sirdefield Harston.

2nd Lieutenant Allan Stanley Muir, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to establishment. Dated 14th December, 1914.

11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles),

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 12th February, 1915 :—

William James Shepherd.
William Eugene Stafford Furby.

2nd Lieutenant Kenneth Munro to be Lieutenant, to complete establishment. Dated 12th February, 1915.

12th (Nelson) Regiment.

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

William David Stoney Johnston. Dated 9th February, 1915.
Eric Stubbs. Dated 9th February, 1915.
Everard Maunsell Stace, to complete establishment. Dated 9th February, 1915.
Cypril Malcolm Rout to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), supernumerary to establishment. Dated 16th February, 1915.

14th (South Otago) Regiment.

The appointment granted 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) George Mitchell, is cancelled, in accordance with section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 10th February, 1915.

New Zealand Army Service Corps.

Lieutenant William Charles Page is granted the rank of Captain while acting as Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport during the absence of Captain Hubert Havard Wright, Army Service Corps, employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 12th February, 1915.

Lieutenant Thomas Goldsborough Stockwell, from the Unattached List (b), to be Lieutenant (on probation), No. 4 Company. Dated 27th January, 1915.

Quartermaster-Sergeant Angus Gordon Macdonald to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), No. 5 Company. Dated 27th January, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Cecil Francis Jellie, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), No. 4 Company. Dated 1st February, 1915.

Dick Radcliffe to be Lieutenant (on probation), No. 7 Company. Dated 9th February, 1915.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Gavin Watson Hill to be Captain. Dated 5th February, 1915.

Unattached List (b).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—

Joseph Fleming Keith Hunter. Dated 11th November, 1913.

Geoffrey Clifford Wilson Armstrong. Dated 30th September, 1914.

Lieutenant Thomas Goldsborough Stockwell is transferred to the New Zealand Army Service Corps. Dated 27th January, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant Allan Stanley Muir is transferred to the 9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment. Dated 14th December, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Andrew Douglas Wilkie is transferred to the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 16th January, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Cecil Francis Jellie is transferred to the New Zealand Army Service Corps. Dated 1st February, 1915.

The undermentioned officers resign their commissions :—

Lieutenant Walter Henry Olsen. Dated 3rd November, 1913.

Lieutenant Duncan Stewart. Dated 20th July, 1914.

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

Eric Francis Joseph Reeves. Dated 30th January, 1915.

Lance-Corporal Howard Nicholson Hilliard. Dated 9th February, 1915.

Henry William Hubert Coates. Dated 12th February, 1915.

Wilfred Roy Vercoe. Dated 15th February, 1915.

Arthur Herbert Miles. Dated 15th February, 1915.

Frederick William Parson. Dated 15th February, 1915.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette dated 26th November, 1914, relative to the cancellation of the commission granted 2nd Lieutenant Fred. Thomas is cancelled.

New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve of Officers.

(Canterbury Section.)

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants :—

George Gould. Dated 5th February, 1915.

Robert Bertram Walker. Dated 5th February, 1915.

(Otago Section.)

Richard Sydney Barber Clarke. Dated 16th February, 1915.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of an Officer to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Samoa, 1914.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 25th February, 1915.

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

New Zealand Army Service Corps.

Sergeant Forbes Herbert Anderson to be 2nd Lieutenant, and to command the Mounted Troops while he is employed with the Samoan Expeditionary Force. Dated 9th November, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.