✨ Military Appointments
APRIL 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1207
New Zealand Expeditionary Force (4th Reinforcements).
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th April, 1915.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the following appointments of officers to the New
Zealand Expeditionary Force (4th Reinforcements) with the
ranks specified, and with effect from the 16th January,
1915 :-
STAFF.
Commander : Captain (temporary Major) Redmond Barry
Neill, Reserve of Officers, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish
Fusiliers).
Staff Officer : Captain Samuel Alexander Grant, New Zealand Staff Corps.
MOUNTED RIFLES.
Major Robert Ross Bowie, 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted
Rifles.
Captain Charles Ernest Clifton, Reserve of Officers, 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.
Lieutenant Percy John Richmond Fordham, Reserve of
Officers, 4th (Otago) Regiment.
Lieutenant Murray Wodehouse Puiaki Blathwayt, Unattached List (b), Otago District.
2nd Lieutenant Guy Spencer Cheeseman, Unattached List (b),
Auckland District.
2nd Lieutenant Douglas Gifford Moore, 6th (Manawatu)
Mounted Rifles.
2nd Lieutenant Donald Alexander Finlayson, 11th (North
Auckland) Mounted Rifles.
2nd Lieutenant Gerald Cawte, 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.
2nd Lieutenant Francis Benjamin Hart Guiness, 8th (South
Canterbury) Mounted Rifles.
2nd Lieutenant George Gordon Denniston, Unattached List (b),
General List.
2nd Lieutenant Desmond Fosbery Kettle, Unattached List (b),
General List.
2nd Lieutenant Ferdinand Von Tempsky Kettle, Unattached
List (b), General List.
NEW ZEALAND ARTILLERY.
Field Artillery Brigade (Reinforcements).
2nd Lieutenant Charles Newey Mitchell, D Battery, N.Z.
Field Artillery.
Howitzer Battery.
2nd Lieutenant Henry Purse Warnock, J Battery, N.Z. Field
Artillery.
No. 5.-18-pounder Battery.
Major Gilbert James Beattie, E Battery, N.Z. Field Artillery.
Lieutenant Henry Gordon Wilding, N.Z. Garrison Artillery.
Lieutenant Frank Stanley Robinson, N.Z. Garrison Artillery.
Lieutenant Otira Opie, Royal New Zealand Artillery.
Lieutenant William George Stevens, Royal New Zealand
Artillery.
FIELD COMPANY ENGINEERS.
Major George Barclay, v.d., N.Z. Railway Battalion.
Captain Antonie Beekman, N.Z. Railway Battalion.
Lieutenant Bertie Leonard Redding Reeve, N.Z. Railway
Battalion.
2nd Lieutenant Frank Clifford Wilson, N.Z. Railway Battalion.
2nd Lieutenant Henry Harrison Fisher, No. 1 Company N.Z.
Engineers.
2nd Lieutenant William Stevens McCrorie, No. 2 Company N.Z.
Engineers.
INFANTRY.
Major Arthur Grenville Hume, N.Z. Garrison Artillery.
Captain Ernest Arthur George Holdgate, 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.
Captain Rogers William Wilkinson, 5th (Wellington) Regiment.
Lieutenant John Sinclair Bain, 7th (Wellington) West Coast
Regiment.
Lieutenant Harry Marshall Wright, 1st (Canterbury) Regiment,
Coast Defence Detachment.
Lieutenant George Ebington Waite, Unattached List (b),
Otago District.
Lieutenant Jack Horneman, Unattached List (b), Auckland
District.
Lieutenant Arthur George Aldridge, N.Z. Railway Battalion.
Lieutenant Arthur Hugh Carrington, New Zealand Staff
Corps.
Lieutenant Kenneth Munro, 11th Regiment (Taranaki) Rifles.
2nd Lieutenant John Franklin Tonkin, Unattached List (b),
Canterbury District.
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Stuart Varnham, 7th (Wellington
West Coast) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant William John Stone, Unattached List (b),
Canterbury District.
2nd Lieutenant Oswald Victor Stead, 8th (Southland) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant Cedric Leonard Knight, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own).
2nd Lieutenant Ewart Linley Wells, Unattached List (b),
Wellington District.
2nd Lieutenant James Edward Hedley Mewett, 15th (North
Auckland) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant Alfred Richard Merrington, 3rd (Auckland)
Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own).
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Gillman, 4th (Otago) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant Charles Cockburn Miles, 5th (Wellington)
Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant Garth Gallaway, Unattached List (b), General
List.
2nd Lieutenant John Elliott Cuthill, Unattached List (b),
General List.
NEW ZEALAND ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
No. 4 Company, Divisional Train.
Major Annesley Craven Robinson, Army Service Corps.
Lieutenant Dick Radcliffe (late Lieutenant Queen's Westminster Volunteer Rifles).
2nd Lieutenant Alan McClune Woodward.
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Reginald Bushell.
2nd Lieutenant John Temple.
NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.
Captain William Kington Fyffe, New Zealand Medical Corps,
and is granted the temporary rank of Major while employed
with the 4th Reinforcements.
Captain William McAra, New Zealand Medical Corps.
Captain Dougals Wilson, New Zealand Medical Corps.
NEW ZEALAND VETERINARY CORPS.
Captain Thomas Gordon Lilico, M.R.C.V.S., Eng.
ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT.
Honorary Lieutenant George Gordon Priest, Unattached
List (b), General List.
J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.
New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Samoan Relief).
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th April, 1915.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the following appointments of officers to the New
Zealand Expeditionary Force (Samoan Relief) with the rank
specified against their respective names, and with effect from
11th February, 1915:-
Major.
George Walter Cockroft, 9th (Hawke's Bay) Regiment.
Captains.
John Alexander Algie, Unattached List (b).
Charles Henry Matthews, New Zealand Garrison Artillery.
Robert Charles Smith, Unattached List (b), General List.
Lieutenants.
Herbert Walter Martyn-Roberts, New Zealand Garrison
Artillery.
Robert Joseph Carter, Reserve of Officers, 11th Regiment
(Taranaki Rifles).
Archibald Stevens, Unattached List (b), General List.
Albert Lawrence Gee, Reserve of Officers, 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.
Charles Mackie, New Zealand Army Service Corps (No. 3 Company).
Albert Francis Miller, Unattached List (b), General List.
James Bulckley Watkis, Unattached List (b), General List.
NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.
Captains.
Henry George Hawkins Monk, New Zealand Medical Corps.
Arnold William Izard, New Zealand Medical Corps.
NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend George Wells-Smailes, Chaplain to the Forces,
4th Class.
J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.
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🛡️ Appointments to New Zealand Expeditionary Force (4th Reinforcements)
🛡️ Defence & Military14 April 1915
Military Appointments, Officers, 4th Reinforcements, Staff, Mounted Rifles, Artillery, Engineers, Infantry, Army Service Corps, Medical Corps, Veterinary Corps, Army Pay Department
59 names identified
- Redmond Barry Neill (Captain (temporary Major)), Appointed Commander
- Samuel Alexander Grant (Captain), Appointed Staff Officer
- Robert Ross Bowie (Major), Appointed to Mounted Rifles
- Charles Ernest Clifton (Captain), Appointed to Mounted Rifles
- Percy John Richmond Fordham (Lieutenant), Appointed to Mounted Rifles
- Murray Wodehouse Puiaki Blathwayt (Lieutenant), Appointed to Mounted Rifles
- Guy Spencer Cheeseman (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Mounted Rifles
- Douglas Gifford Moore (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Mounted Rifles
- Donald Alexander Finlayson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Mounted Rifles
- Gerald Cawte (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Mounted Rifles
- Francis Benjamin Hart Guiness (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Mounted Rifles
- George Gordon Denniston (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Mounted Rifles
- Desmond Fosbery Kettle (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Mounted Rifles
- Ferdinand Von Tempsky Kettle (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Mounted Rifles
- Charles Newey Mitchell (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Field Artillery Brigade
- Henry Purse Warnock (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Howitzer Battery
- Gilbert James Beattie (Major), Appointed to No. 5.-18-pounder Battery
- Henry Gordon Wilding (Lieutenant), Appointed to No. 5.-18-pounder Battery
- Frank Stanley Robinson (Lieutenant), Appointed to No. 5.-18-pounder Battery
- Otira Opie (Lieutenant), Appointed to No. 5.-18-pounder Battery
- William George Stevens (Lieutenant), Appointed to No. 5.-18-pounder Battery
- George Barclay (Major), Appointed to Field Company Engineers
- Antonie Beekman (Captain), Appointed to Field Company Engineers
- Bertie Leonard Redding Reeve (Lieutenant), Appointed to Field Company Engineers
- Frank Clifford Wilson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Field Company Engineers
- Henry Harrison Fisher (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Field Company Engineers
- William Stevens McCrorie (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Field Company Engineers
- Arthur Grenville Hume (Major), Appointed to Infantry
- Ernest Arthur George Holdgate (Captain), Appointed to Infantry
- Rogers William Wilkinson (Captain), Appointed to Infantry
- John Sinclair Bain (Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- Harry Marshall Wright (Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- George Ebington Waite (Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- Jack Horneman (Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- Arthur George Aldridge (Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- Arthur Hugh Carrington (Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- Kenneth Munro (Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- John Franklin Tonkin (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- Frederick Stuart Varnham (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- William John Stone (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- Oswald Victor Stead (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- Cedric Leonard Knight (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- Ewart Linley Wells (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- James Edward Hedley Mewett (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- Alfred Richard Merrington (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- Thomas Gillman (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- Charles Cockburn Miles (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- Garth Gallaway (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- John Elliott Cuthill (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Infantry
- Annesley Craven Robinson (Major), Appointed to Army Service Corps
- Dick Radcliffe (Lieutenant), Appointed to Army Service Corps
- Alan McClune Woodward (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Army Service Corps
- Arthur Reginald Bushell (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Army Service Corps
- John Temple (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Army Service Corps
- William Kington Fyffe (Captain), Appointed to Medical Corps
- William McAra (Captain), Appointed to Medical Corps
- Dougals Wilson (Captain), Appointed to Medical Corps
- Thomas Gordon Lilico (Captain), Appointed to Veterinary Corps
- George Gordon Priest (Honorary Lieutenant), Appointed to Army Pay Department
- J. Allen, Minister of Defence
🛡️ Appointments to New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Samoan Relief)
🛡️ Defence & Military16 April 1915
Military Appointments, Officers, Samoan Relief, Major, Captains, Lieutenants, Medical Corps, Chaplains Department
14 names identified
- George Walter Cockroft (Major), Appointed to Samoan Relief
- John Alexander Algie (Captain), Appointed to Samoan Relief
- Charles Henry Matthews (Captain), Appointed to Samoan Relief
- Robert Charles Smith (Captain), Appointed to Samoan Relief
- Herbert Walter Martyn-Roberts (Lieutenant), Appointed to Samoan Relief
- Robert Joseph Carter (Lieutenant), Appointed to Samoan Relief
- Archibald Stevens (Lieutenant), Appointed to Samoan Relief
- Albert Lawrence Gee (Lieutenant), Appointed to Samoan Relief
- Charles Mackie (Lieutenant), Appointed to Samoan Relief
- Albert Francis Miller (Lieutenant), Appointed to Samoan Relief
- James Bulckley Watkis (Lieutenant), Appointed to Samoan Relief
- Henry George Hawkins Monk (Captain), Appointed to Medical Corps
- Arnold William Izard (Captain), Appointed to Medical Corps
- George Wells-Smailes (Reverend), Appointed to Chaplains Department
- J. Allen, Minister of Defence