✨ Military Appointments and Government Notices
2884 • THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 96
New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Europe),
(6th Reinforcements).
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 11th August, 1915.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the following appointments of officers to the New
Zealand Expeditionary Force (6th Reinforcements), with the
ranks specified, and with effect from 18th May, 1915:—
STAFF.
Commander: Major Albert Moeller Samuel, 6th (Manawatu)
Mounted Rifles.
Staff Officer: Captain (temporary Major) William Cameron
Morrison, New Zealand Staff Corps. (To revert to Captain
on joining the Main Body.)
MOUNTED RIFLES.
Major John Studholme, Reserve of Officers, 8th (South
Canterbury) Mounted Rifles.
Captain William Scott Pennycook, 12th (Otago Mounted
Rifles).
Captain Robert Macquorn Gairdner, 7th (Southland) Mounted
Rifles.
Captain Arthur James Millard, 7th (Southland) Mounted
Rifles.
Captain William George Wray, Reserve of Officers, 5th (Wel-
lington) Regiment.
Captain Adam George Mahan, Reserve of Officers, 10th
(North Otago) Regiment.
Captain Conrad Gordon Saxby, Reserve of Officers (General
List).
Lieutenant John Orlando Scott, 9th (Wellington East Coast)
Mounted Rifles.
Lieutenant Vernon Crawshaw, Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wel-
lington West Coast) Mounted Rifles.
Lieutenant James Short, New Zealand Railway Battalions.
Lieutenant Stanley Carr, New Zealand Motor Service Corps.
Lieutenant Ernest John William Freeth, Reserve of Officers,
10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles.
2nd Lieutenant Henry Allan Bowron, 8th (South Canter-
bury) Mounted Rifles.
2nd Lieutenant Arthur John Ware Birdling, 1st Mounted
Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).
2nd Lieutenant Richard Fuller Chapman, Unattached List (b),
Auckland District.
2nd Lieutenant Gerald Mathias, 8th (South Canterbury)
Mounted Rifles.
2nd Lieutenant Percy James North, Queen Alexandra’s 2nd
(Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles.
2nd Lieutenant Reuben James Bird, 6th (Manawatu) Mounted
Rifles.
2nd Lieutenant William John Melville, Unattached List (b),
Canterbury District.
2nd Lieutenant James Evans, Unattached List (b), General
List.
2nd Lieutenant Henry Logan Wade, Unattached List (b),
General List.
2nd Lieutenant Horace Wilson, Unattached List (b), General
List.
2nd Lieutenant Edwin Royden Wells, Unattached List (b),
General List.
2nd Lieutenant Henry Thorne Morton, Unattached List (b),
General List.
2nd Lieutenant John Rutherford Paterson, Unattached
List (b), General List.
2nd Lieutenant Baron De Castro, Unattached List (b),
General List.
2nd Lieutenant John Forbes Menzies Fleming, Unattached
List (b), General List.
INFANTRY.
Major Stephen Shepherd Allen, 6th (Hauraki) Regiment.
Captain Claude Horace Weston, Reserve of Officers, 11th
Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).
Captain Alfred Frank Boys, 2nd (South Canterbury) Regi-
ment.
Lieutenant Arthur James Webber, Unattached List (a),
Wellington District.
Lieutenant Hugh Spencer Tremewan, Unattached List (b),
Wellington District.
Lieutenant Herbert John Moore-Jones, Unattached List (b),
Auckland District.
Lieutenant John McKnight, 13th (North Canterbury and
Westland) Regiment.
Lieutenant Lancelot Shadwell Jennings, Unattached List (b),
Otago District.
Lieutenant George Hansbrow Hume, New Zealand Staff
Corps.
Lieutenant Thomas Christopher, Unattached List (b), Canter-
bury District.
Lieutenant Robert Francis Coghill Scott, N.Z. Post and Tele-
graph Corps.
Lieutenant Ernest Salmon, Unattached List (b), Otago Dis-
trict.
2nd Lieutenant Wynne Peyton Gray, 6th (Hauraki) Regi-
ment.
2nd Lieutenant Malcolm McPherson Watt, Unattached
List (b), Otago District.
2nd Lieutenant John Campbell Collins, Unattached List (b),
Canterbury District.
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Rathborne Foster, 15th (North
Auckland) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant Allan Stanley Muir, 9th (Hawke’s Bay)
Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant John George Johnston, 14th (South Otago)
Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant Herbert Campbell, Unattached List (b),
Canterbury District.
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Henry Watson, 3rd (Auckland)
Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).
2nd Lieutenant Robert Bruce Caws, Unattached List (b),
Otago District.
2nd Lieutenant Norman Hall, Unattached List (b), General
List, Otago District.
2nd Lieutenant Leonard Hugh Marshall, Unattached List (b),
General List, Wellington District.
2nd Lieutenant William Watson, Unattached List (b), General
List, Auckland District.
2nd Lieutenant Valentine Blake, Unattached List (b), General
List, Wellington District.
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Keirley McArthur, Unattached List (b),
General List.
NEW ZEALAND ARTILLERY.
No. 6, Howitzer Battery.
Lieutenant Frederick William Reed, D Battery, N.Z. Field
Artillery.
2nd Lieutenant Leonard William Tomlin, N.Z. Garrison
Artillery, Wellington Division.
NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.
No. 1 Field Company (Egypt).
Captain Alexander Alan McNab, Corps of New Zealand
Engineers.
NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.
Captain James Garfield Mitchell, M.B.
Captain Robert Lanktree Withers, M.D.
Captain Thomas Harrison, M.B.
Captain William Bertram Ochiltree Ferguson, M.B.
Captain Irwin Eric Faris, M.B.
Captain Thomas McKibbin, M.B.
NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend Mackenzie Gibson.
The Reverend Herbert William Burridge.
J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.
By-laws of the Wellington City Council confirmed under the
By-laws Act, 1910.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th August, 1915.
THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed
copy of by-laws made by the Wellington City Council
on the 27th day of May, 1915.
F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.
In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm
the within-written by-laws, and declare that the same came
into force on the 1st day of July, 1915.
Dated this 4th day of August, 1915.
F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
Authorizing the Laying-off of Shipherd Avenue, in the Town
of Tui Extension No. 29, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1915.
IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby
authorize the laying-off of Shipherd Avenue, in the Town
of Tui Extension No. 29, Auckland Land District, of a
width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.
F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.
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🛡️ Appointments to New Zealand Expeditionary Force (6th Reinforcements)
🛡️ Defence & Military11 August 1915
Appointments, Officers, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Staff, Mounted Rifles, Infantry, Artillery, Engineers, Medical Corps, Chaplains
66 names identified
- Albert Moeller Samuel (Major), Appointed Commander
- William Cameron Morrison (Captain (temporary Major)), Appointed Staff Officer
- John Studholme (Major), Appointed to 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles
- William Scott Pennycook (Captain), Appointed to 12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles
- Robert Macquorn Gairdner (Captain), Appointed to 7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles
- Arthur James Millard (Captain), Appointed to 7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles
- William George Wray (Captain), Appointed to 5th (Wellington) Regiment
- Adam George Mahan (Captain), Appointed to 10th (North Otago) Regiment
- Conrad Gordon Saxby (Captain), Appointed to Reserve of Officers (General List)
- John Orlando Scott (Lieutenant), Appointed to 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles
- Vernon Crawshaw (Lieutenant), Appointed to Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles
- James Short (Lieutenant), Appointed to New Zealand Railway Battalions
- Stanley Carr (Lieutenant), Appointed to New Zealand Motor Service Corps
- Ernest John William Freeth (Lieutenant), Appointed to Reserve of Officers, 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles
- Henry Allan Bowron (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles
- Arthur John Ware Birdling (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry)
- Richard Fuller Chapman (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), Auckland District
- Gerald Mathias (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles
- Percy James North (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles
- Reuben James Bird (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles
- William John Melville (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), Canterbury District
- James Evans (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), General List
- Henry Logan Wade (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), General List
- Horace Wilson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), General List
- Edwin Royden Wells (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), General List
- Henry Thorne Morton (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), General List
- John Rutherford Paterson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), General List
- Baron De Castro (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), General List
- John Forbes Menzies Fleming (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), General List
- Stephen Shepherd Allen (Major), Appointed to 6th (Hauraki) Regiment
- Claude Horace Weston (Captain), Appointed to Reserve of Officers, 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles)
- Alfred Frank Boys (Captain), Appointed to 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment
- Arthur James Webber (Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (a), Wellington District
- Hugh Spencer Tremewan (Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), Wellington District
- Herbert John Moore-Jones (Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), Auckland District
- John McKnight (Lieutenant), Appointed to 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment
- Lancelot Shadwell Jennings (Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), Otago District
- George Hansbrow Hume (Lieutenant), Appointed to New Zealand Staff Corps
- Thomas Christopher (Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), Canterbury District
- Robert Francis Coghill Scott (Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. Post and Telegraph Corps
- Ernest Salmon (Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), Otago District
- Wynne Peyton Gray (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 6th (Hauraki) Regiment
- Malcolm McPherson Watt (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), Otago District
- John Campbell Collins (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), Canterbury District
- Frederick Rathborne Foster (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 15th (North Auckland) Regiment
- Allan Stanley Muir (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment
- John George Johnston (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 14th (South Otago) Regiment
- Herbert Campbell (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), Canterbury District
- Thomas Henry Watson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own)
- Robert Bruce Caws (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), Otago District
- Norman Hall (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), General List, Otago District
- Leonard Hugh Marshall (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), General List, Wellington District
- William Watson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), General List, Auckland District
- Valentine Blake (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), General List, Wellington District
- Arthur Keirley McArthur (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to Unattached List (b), General List
- Frederick William Reed (Lieutenant), Appointed to No. 6, Howitzer Battery
- Leonard William Tomlin (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. Garrison Artillery, Wellington Division
- Alexander Alan McNab (Captain), Appointed to No. 1 Field Company (Egypt)
- James Garfield Mitchell (Captain), Appointed to New Zealand Medical Corps
- Robert Lanktree Withers (Captain), Appointed to New Zealand Medical Corps
- Thomas Harrison (Captain), Appointed to New Zealand Medical Corps
- William Bertram Ochiltree Ferguson (Captain), Appointed to New Zealand Medical Corps
- Irwin Eric Faris (Captain), Appointed to New Zealand Medical Corps
- Thomas McKibbin (Captain), Appointed to New Zealand Medical Corps
- Mackenzie Gibson (Reverend), Appointed to New Zealand Chaplains Department
- Herbert William Burridge (Reverend), Appointed to New Zealand Chaplains Department
- J. Allen, Minister of Defence
🏘️ Confirmation of Wellington City Council By-laws
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government4 August 1915
By-laws, Confirmation, Wellington City Council, By-laws Act, 1910
- F. H. D. Bell, Minister of Internal Affairs
🗺️ Authorization for Laying-off of Shipherd Avenue
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey2 August 1915
Laying-off, Shipherd Avenue, Tui Extension No. 29, Land Act, 1908, Auckland Land District
- F. H. D. Bell, For Minister of Lands