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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

Lieutenant Donald Thomson to be Captain, vice Toms, transferred to 14th (South Otago) Regiment. Dated 8th December, 1914.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) William Hugh Stanley Widdowson is confirmed.

11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :—

Clarence Cecil Gilbert.

John Cruickshank Morrison.

13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.

Corporal Francis Henry Merrie to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 22nd April, 1915.

14th (South Otago) Regiment.

Lieutenant William Toms, from the 10th (North Otago) Regiment, to be Lieutenant. Dated 8th December, 1914.

17th (Ruahine) Regiment.

Major Jabez Alfred Cowles (late attached for duty with the Samoan Expeditionary Force) is absorbed into the establishment. Dated 10th May, 1915.

New Zealand Army Service Corps.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) resign their appointments :—

Alexander Hamilton Kean. Dated 9th February, 1914.

Walter Alexander McLean. Dated 16th April, 1915.

Rupert Reginald Rigg. Dated 16th April, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant Alan Godfrey McGregor, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant (No. 1 Company). Dated 4th February, 1915.

Corporal James Donald Swan to be 2nd Lieutenant (No. 4 Company). Dated 3rd September, 1914.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 4th March, 1915, relative to the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Angus Gordon Macdonald, is cancelled.

Quartermaster-Sergeant Angus Gordon Macdonald to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) (No. 2 Company). Dated 24th November, 1914.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Major (temporary Lieutenant - Colonel) Donald Johnstone McGavin, M.D., F.R.C.S., Eng., resigns his appointment as Principal Medical Officer, Wellington Military District. Dated 19th April, 1915.

Major (temporary Lieutenant - Colonel) Donald Johnstone McGavin, M.D., F.R.C.S., Eng., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 19th April, 1915.

Captain (temporary Major) James Sands Elliott to be Major. Dated 19th April, 1915.

Major James Sands Elliott to be Principal Medical Officer, Wellington Military District (temporarily), vice McGavin, employed with No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital. Dated 19th April, 1915.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors :—

David Storer Wylie, F.R.C.S. Eng. Dated 19th April, 1915.

Hugh Thomas Dyke Acland, F.R.C.S. Eng. Dated 19th April, 1915.

The undermentioned to be Captains :—

William Bruce, M.B. Dated 8th April, 1915.

Ernest Albert William Henley, M.D. Dated 9th April, 1915.

Selwyn Longstaff Haslett. Dated 10th April, 1915.

Alexander Molesworth Tolhurst. Dated 10th April, 1915.

Frederick Noel Johns, M.B. Dated 12th April, 1915.

Francis Lidderdale Scott. Dated 20th April, 1915.

William Hamilton Simpson. Dated 21st April, 1915.

James Vine Pearce, M.B. Dated 10th May, 1915.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces, 4th Class :—

The Reverend Charles James Hamilton Dobson. Dated 16th October, 1914.

The Reverend William Herbert Emanuel Abbey. Dated 26th April, 1915.

The Reverend Walter Lambert. Dated 27th April, 1915.

The Reverend John Lawrence Greer. Dated 27th April, 1915.

The Reverend James Thomas McWilliam. Dated 27th April, 1915.

The Reverend Cecil Alfred Mallett. Dated 27th April, 1915.

The Reverend George Craig Cruickshank. Dated 27th April, 1915.

The Reverend Clarence Bourchier Wilmot Seton. Dated 27th April, 1915.

Unattached List (a).

Lieutenant Henry James Gillmore, from the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), to be Lieutenant. Dated 4th February, 1915.

Unattached List (b).

Captain Thomas John Hussey is transferred to the 4th (Otago) Regiment. Dated 15th March, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant Alan Godfrey McGregor is transferred to the New Zealand Army Service Corps. Dated 4th February, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant Ernest Henry Lovell Bernau is transferred to the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 8th March, 1915.

Lieutenant John Bartholomew Callan is transferred to the 4th (Otago) Regiment. Dated 15th March, 1915.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants resign their commissions :—

Charles James Hamilton Dobson. Dated 16th October, 1914.

William Edward Moxhay Jacobson. Dated 25th March, 1915.

The commission of 2nd Lieutenant Ernest Spencer Willott is cancelled in accordance with paragraph 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 12th April, 1915.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—

John Herd Ansell. Dated 13th May, 1914.

Hylton Colin Meikle. Dated 30th September, 1914.

Joseph Aloysius Duffy. Dated 17th February, 1915.

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

Roy Liddelow. Dated 20th April, 1915.

Arthur McKee. Dated 20th April, 1915.

Victor Lionel Powell. Dated 20th April, 1915.

Francis Dalziell Waller. Dated 20th April, 1915.

Arthur Gilbert Quartley. Dated 21st April, 1915.

Frederick Henry Cowper Smith. Dated 24th April, 1915.

Patrick Smyth. Dated 26th April, 1915.

Maurice Anthony Hunter Fell. Dated 30th April, 1915.

Allan Millar. Dated 3rd May, 1915.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :—

Rewi Melville Stephenson Jones.

Milton Rowley Aldridge.

James Patrick Joseph Hanratty.

George Thomas Kellaway.

Vincent John Baird Hall.

New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve of Officers.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

Arthur Ernest Moore to be Lieutenant. Dated 11th March, 1915.

CANTERBURY SECTION.

Arthur Winter Evans to be Captain. Dated 10th March, 1915.

OTAGO SECTION.

James Moye McMeekin to be Lieutenant. Dated 22nd April, 1915.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 4th June, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of the

GLADSTONE DEFENCE RIFLE CLUB,

with headquarters at Gladstone (Wellington Military District). Date of acceptance 3rd June, 1915.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Expeditionary Force (5th Reinforcements).

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 9th June, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments of officers to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (5th Reinforcements) with the ranks specified, and with effect from 15th March, 1915.

Staff.

Commander: Major George Hepburn Stewart, 12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles.

Adjutant: Lieutenant Reginald Francis Gambrill, 9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment.