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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers—New Zealand Railway
Battalions (South Island).

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on proba-
tion) :—
Sergeant John McGregor. Dated 9th October, 1915.
Sergeant-Major Alfred Stanley Sherratt. Dated 13th
January, 1916.
Sergeant George Hugh McLean. Dated 13th January,
1916.

11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).

Captain John Wallace Brunt to be Major under provisions
of Paragraph III, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 8th
August, 1915.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.) during
the absence of officers with the New Zealand Expeditionary
Force :—
Alexander Howat Johnstone, vice Lieutenant Buxton.
Dated 3rd December, 1915.
Victor Caddy Davies, vice Captain Hartnell. Dated 3rd
December, 1915.
Robert Bruce Reid, vice Lieutenant Munro. Dated 8th
December, 1915.

13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Sydney William Richardson, from the Un-
attached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 10th
December, 1915.

16th Waikato Regiment.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains under
provisions of paragraph III, General Regulations, 1913.
Dated 21st December, 1915.
Lawrence Henry Gillett.
John William Peake.

New Zealand Army Service Corps.

2nd Lieutenant Frederick Augustus Macdonald to be Lieu-
tenant. Dated 28th August, 1915.

New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps.

Captain William Beauchamp-Platts relinquishes his appoint-
ment as Staff Officer to the Officer Commanding New Zea-
land Forces Motor Service Corps. Dated 9th December,
1915.
Lieutenant Percy Ashton Elworthy resigns his commission.
Dated 5th January, 1916.
William Melville Kirkcaldy to be Honorary Lieutenant
(temporary) during the period of the war. Dated 19th
November, 1915.
The notice published in Gazette No. 89, dated 22nd July,
1915, relative to Edward Newman to be 2nd Lieutenant
(on probation), is hereby cancelled.
Edward Newman, M.P., to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) during
the period of the war. Dated 25th June, 1915.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Major Charles McBeath Dawson, from the Reserve of Officers,
to be Major. Dated 13th January, 1916.
Major Charles McBeath Dawson is granted the temporary
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while doing duty at Samoa.
Dated 13th January, 1916.
Captain Arthur Stanley Herbert, M.D., B.S. Lond., M.R.C.S.,
L.R.C.P. Eng., to be temporary Major during the period
of the war. Dated 3rd January, 1916.

The undermentioned to be Captains :—
Joseph McNaughton Christie, M.D., F.R.C.S., Edin. Dated
20th December, 1915.
Michael Herbert Watt. Dated 24th December, 1915.
Kenneth Ross, M.B. Ch.B., D.P.H. Dated 5th January,
1916.
Captain Joseph McNaughton Christie, M.D., F.R.C.S., Edin.,
to be temporary Major. Dated 20th December, 1915.
Captain John Carmichael Smith, L.R.C.P., from the Reserve
of Officers, to be Captain. Dated 11th January, 1916.
Francis Arnott Bett, M.B., to be temporary Captain. Dated
20th December, 1915.
William John Barclay, M.D., F.R.C.S., D.P.H., to be tem-
porary Captain. Dated 20th December, 1915.
Roderick Campbell McDiarmid, M.B., is granted the rank of
temporary Captain while employed in a Military Camp in
New Zealand. Dated 17th January, 1916.
Lieutenant Philip Blakland Benham from the Unattached
List (b) to be Lieutenant. Dated 7th September, 1915.
William Matthews to be Lieutenant. Dated 25th November,
1915.

New Zealand Dental Service Corps.

Ernest Charles Wykes to be an Executive Officer with the
rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1st December, 1915.

Unattached List (b).

Lieutenant Philip Blakland Benham is transferred to the
New Zealand Medical Corps. Dated 7th September, 1915.
2nd Lieutenant Sydney William Richardson is transferred
to the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.
Dated 10th December, 1915.

The undermentioned to be Captains (temp.) during the
period of the war :—
Walter Askin Tate. Dated 18th November, 1915.
George Edward Bailey. Dated 1st December, 1915.
Arthur Douglas Stubbs. Dated 2nd December, 1915.
Sergeant William Henry Blimman Bull to be 2nd Lieu-
tenant. Dated 13th December, 1915.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on proba-
tion) :—
John Edgar Wade. Dated 5th January, 1916.
Robert Dale Kieley. Dated 11th January, 1916.
Reginald Gillon Christophers. Dated 13th January, 1916.
Sergeant Mervyn Wilmot Horton. Dated 15th January,
1916.
Charles Isbister. Dated 19th January, 1916.
John Henry Stapylton Bree. Dated 8th November, 1915.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.) :—
Frederick Charles Brockett. Dated 8th November, 1915.
John Harvey. Dated 8th November, 1915.
Alfred Hugh Maguire. Dated 8th November, 1915.
Francis Divens Oxley. Dated 8th November, 1915.
Frank Ernest Parker. Dated 8th November, 1915.
Francis James Vernon Wilson. Dated 8th November,
1915.
William Edinburgh Chamberlain. Dated 22nd Novem-
ber, 1915.
Richmond Vernon Hooper. Dated 8th December, 1915.
Sydney Hugh John Bevan Eaton. Dated 8th January,
1916.
Albert Edward Urwin. Dated 8th January, 1916.
George Clisham Keeble. Dated 10th January, 1916.

New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Lieutenant Horace Robert Martineau, V.C., attached to 14th
(South Otago) Regiment, is struck off the strength of the
N.Z. Expeditionary Force, under the provisions of para-
graph 11 (1), Expeditionary Force Act, 1915, with effect
from 1st January, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Officers to the New Zealand Rifle Brigade
(The Earl of Liverpool’s Own), 3rd and 4th Battalions,
New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th February, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the following appointments of officers to the
New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool’s Own),
3rd and 4th Battalions, New Zealand Expeditionary Force,
with the ranks set against their respective names, and in
cases in which an officer holds in the New Zealand Staff Corps
or permanent unit of the Territorial Force a rank different
from the rank here set against his name, to approve that he
shall hold such latter rank temporarily during the period of
his employment with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The
Earl of Liverpool’s Own), New Zealand Expeditionary Force,
and with effect from 1st February, 1916 :—

Colonel.

Vere Stainton Smyth, A.D.C. (Reserve of Officers, Royal
Warwickshire Regiment), New Zealand Staff Corps.

Majors.

(3) Jabez Alfred Cowles, 17th (Ruahine) Regiment.
(4) Albert Edward Wolstenholme, 4th (Otago) Regiment.
(4) Alfred Winter-Evans, New Zealand Motor Service Corps.

Captains.

(3) John Sarsfield Murphy, Reserve of Officers, 8th (South-
land) Regiment.
(4) Harry Stuart Norton Robinson, New Zealand Staff Corps.
(3) Henry McKellar White Richardson, New Zealand Staff
Corps.
(3) William Colenso Drummond, Unattached List (b), Wel-
ington District.
(3) John Robert Cade, 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment.
(3) Charles Horsnell (Quartermaster), New Zealand Railway
Battalion (North Island).
(4) Lionel Brough Stansell, New Zealand Railway Battalion
(South Island).
(3) Christopher Robert Alexander Magnay, formerly Lieu-
tenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.