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port (temp.), Otago Military District, with headquarters at Dunedin.

Major (temp. Lieut.-Colonel) Alex. Robertson Falconer, N.Z.M.C., to be Assistant Director of Medical Services and Sanitary Officer (temp.), Otago Military District, with headquarters at Dunedin.

Lieutenant-Colonel William Dempster Snowball, N.Z.V.C., to be Assistant Director of Veterinary Services, Otago Military District, with headquarters at Dunedin.

Honorary Lieutenant Douglas Gordon Hunter, attached N.Z.S.C., to be Command Paymaster, Otago Military District, with headquarters at Dunedin.

Honorary Captain Owen Paul McGuigan, attached N.Z.S.C., to be Assistant Director of Equipment and Ordnance Stores, Otago Military District, with headquarters at Dunedin.

Regimental Sergeant-major (Warrant Officer) Henry James Meade, R.N.Z.A., to be Staff Officer to the Commander, Otago Coast Defence Troops, and Adjutant (temp.), Otago Field Artillery Brigade, with headquarters at Dunedin, and is granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant whilst holding this appointment.

Major Odin Henry Moller, 4th (Otago) Regiment, to be Commander (temp.), No. 13 (Dunedin) Group, and No. 13 (Dunedin) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Dunedin.

Staff Sergeant-major (Warrant Officer) David W. Healy, N.Z.P.S., to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Mosgiel.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) William Stevens McCrorie, N.Z.E., to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Dunedin.

Lieutenant Frank Leslie Hunt, Unattached List (b), to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Port Chalmers.

Major Walter Crowther, 8th (Southland) Regiment, to be Commander (temp.), No. 14 (Southland) Group and No. 14 (Southland) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Invercargill.

2nd Lieutenant Harold Vernon Tregear, 4th (Otago) Regiment, to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Otatau.

Staff Sergeant-major (Warrant Officer) George S. Bishop, N.Z.P.S., to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Gore.

Staff Sergeant-major (Warrant Officer) Jeremiah Cummings, N.Z.P.S., to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Invercargill.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Henry Redmond, N.Z.S.C., to be Commander, No. 15 (North Otago) Group and No. 15 (North Otago) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Oamaru.

Lieutenant Alexander Bracks, Unattached List (b), to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Ranfurly.

Staff Sergeant-major (Warrant Officer) Frederick William Kibblewhite, N.Z.P.S., to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Oamaru.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Arthur Charles Cornwallis Stevens, N.Z.S.C., to be Commander, No. 16 (Clutha) Group and No. 16 (Clutha) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Milton.

Lieutenant David Bell, Unattached List (b), to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Balclutha.

2nd Lieutenant Claude St. Clair Hamilton, 10th (North Otago) Regiment, to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Milton.

J. ALLEN
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Officers proceeding on Active Service, New Zealand Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th September, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments of the undermentioned officers proceeding on active service, New Zealand Military Forces, with the ranks specified, with effect from 23rd September, 1916 :—

Staff.

Captain (temporary Major) Hubert Havard Wright, Army Service Corps, to be temporary Major whilst employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force Reinforcements.

Captain George William Braddell, New Zealand Staff Corps.

Mounted Rifles.

Captain John Bird Hine, Reserve of Officers, Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant Roy Wilfred Colbeck, 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant Samuel Jewell Gooding, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Henry Murray Rorke, Unattached List (b), General List.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

2nd Lieutenant Sydney George Holland, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant James Wilson, Unattached List (b), General List.

Infantry.

Captain Francis Evenson Beamish, New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.

Captain David Sutherland Columb, Reserve of Officers, 5th (Wellington) Regiment.

Lieutenant John Candlish Allen, New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps.

Lieutenant Spencer Cannon Smith, Unattached List (b).

Lieutenant Stirling Edward Keith Marshall, Unattached List (b), General List.

Lieutenant Edward Victor Freed, Unattached List (b), General List.

Lieutenant Cyril Henry Molloy, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant John Douglas Andrews, Unattached List (b).

2nd Lieutenant Eric Guy Stubbs, 12th (Nelson) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant William George Wood, 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant Hector Leo Jack Redmond, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Ralph William Warren, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant George Ackhurst, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Cuthbert Hargreaves Taylor, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Cecil William Jones, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Victor Herbert Park, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Arthur Henry Holliday Lewis, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Henry Digby-Smith, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Edward Crago Smith, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant James Hill, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Hubert Henderson, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Alfred Andrews, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Eric Wyndham Mereweather, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Albert Victor Young, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Frederick William Gruar, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant John Clarence Carter, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Ewen George Pilling, Unattached List (b), General List.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Major Henry Ferdinand Bernau, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

Captain Albert John Orchard (Reserve of Officers), M.B., B.S., Edin.

Captain Theodore Grant Gray, M.B., B.S., Aberd.

Captain Frederick William Lumsden, M.B., B.S., Aberd.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Rev. William Walker, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class.

The Rev. Basil Davey Aschroft, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class.

The Rev. William Skinner, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class.

The Rev. Henry Norman Roberts, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class.

New Zealand Rifles.

Lieutenant George Thomas McIlroy, Unattached List (b).

Lieutenant Cyril William Birch, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Geoffrey Lionel Rogers, 12th (Nelson) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Theodore Delaware Barker, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Alfred Orr, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant John Thomas Jubb, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Ernest Arthur Rupert Jones, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Harold Walter Reed, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Charles James Melton Veale Clark, Unattached List (b), General List.