Military Promotions and Appointments




1624
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

ESTABLISHMENTS.—MOUNTED TROOPS.

Auckland Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 21st October, 1915:—
No. 13/631. Regimental Sergeant-Major Douglas Manners.
No. 13/264. Staff Sergeant-major Frank Allsopp.
No. 13/404. Staff Sergeant-major Alexander Martin.
No. 13/301. Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant Vernon Clifton Bigg-Withers.
No. 13/991. Staff Sergeant-major William Henry Coates.
No. 13/70. Sergeant Arthur Charles Hinman.

Wellington Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant John Burnett Davis to be temporary Captain. Dated 22nd October, 1915.

Canterbury Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant Cuthbert William Free to be temporary Captain. Dated 21st October, 1915.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 21st October, 1915:—
No. 7/109, Sergeant A. E. T. Rhodes.
No. 7/612, Regimental Sergeant-major Gerald Lomax Stedman.
No. 7/92, Sergeant William Barnet Menzies.
No. 7/735, Sergeant Duncan Bain Murchuson.
No. 7/103, Sergeant Roy Simpson Priest.
No. 7/149, Staff Sergeant-major John Leslie Wilson.
No. 517, Sergeant Robert Paul Harper.
No. 7/516, Sergeant C. G. Harper.
No. 7/157, Quartermaster-Sergeant A. Anderson, and to be temporary Quartermaster.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

Major Ivon Tatham Stanlish to be temporary Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 3rd February, 1916.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 5th December, 1915:—
Frederick Malcolm Turner.
Stanley William Morton.
Norman Harry Purdy.
Walter Lancelot Moore.
James Gordon Jeffery.
Henry Purse Warnock.
William John Baxter.
Henry Macdougall.
Philip John Ellis.
Victor George Jones.
James Girdwood McKenzie.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains:—
Charles Darwin Cooke. Dated 17th November, 1915.
Edward James Hulbert. Dated 18th November, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant Henry Masterton Clark to be temporary Lieutenant. Dated 23rd January, 1915.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be temporary Lieutenants:—
Ralph John Black. Dated 15th November, 1915.
C. W. Salmon. Dated 15th November, 1915.
Horace William Newman. Dated 15th November, 1915.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:—
No. 4/881, Staff Sergeant-major (temporary Second Lieutenant) Thomas Dollimore. Dated 21st October, 1915.
No. 4/115A, Sergeant (temporary Second Lieutenant) Horace William Newman. Dated 21st October, 1915.
No. 4/501, Sergeant Wilfred Fosberry Stilwell. Dated 9th November, 1915.

NEW ZEALAND INFANTRY.

Staff.

Major Robert Oswald Chesney to be Brigade Major. Dated 10th November, 1915.
Captain Francis Henry Lampden to be a Staff Captain. Dated 11th November, 1915.
2nd Lieutenant Alexander Smith Falconer to be Orderly Officer. Dated 9th August, 1915.

Auckland Regiment.

Captain Charles Eric Andrews to be temporary Major whilst in command of a company. Dated 18th November, 1915.

Wellington Regiment.

Lieutenant William Eugene Stafford Furby to be Captain. Dated 22nd September, 1915.

Lieutenant Frank Kingdon Turnbull to be temporary Captain. Dated 21st October, 1915.
2nd Lieutenant Percy James North to be temporary Quartermaster. Dated 11th October, 1915.
No. 11/102, Sergeant Ewen MacIntyre to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is temporarily appointed Adjutant. Dated 21st October, 1915.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 21st October, 1915:—
No. 10/281, Sergeant-major C. C. Brinsley.
No. 10/990, Sergeant S. G. Guthrie.
No. 10/132, Sergeant C. A. Bicknell.
No. 11/1400, Sergeant D. E. Batchelor.
No. 11/1398, Corporal E. G. Williams.
No. 11/74, Sergeant Caro James Pierce.
No. 11/489, Sergeant Cecil Howard Melbon Allison.
No. 11/1395, Corporal A. L. O. Hewitt.
No. 11/31, Sergeant Ian Barton Cruickshank.
No. 11/736A, Sergeant Edward Stewart Fossett.
No. 11/1247, Sergeant W. G. Lyons.
No. 11/179, Sergeant C. B. Easther.
No. 15/47, Sapper Abraham Hall.
No. 10/162, Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant James Type Dallinger.
No. 11/74, Sergeant-major Edward Levien.

Canterbury Regiment.

Major Robert Amos Row to be temporary Lieutenant-Colonel whilst in command. Dated 3rd November, 1915.
Major Robert Amos Row relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 20th November, 1915.
Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Robert Young to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 20th November, 1915.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors:—
Peter Bain Henderson. Dated 11th August, 1915.
Arthur Cunliffe Bernard Critchley-Salmonson (Adjutant). Dated 25th September, 1915, and to remain seconded.
Nathan William Benjamin Butler Thoms. Dated 25th September, 1915, and to remain seconded.
Felix Ballard Brown. Dated 25th September, 1915.
Captain Hugh Stewart to be temporary Major. Dated 21st October, 1915.
Lieutenant Albert Edward Conway to be Captain. Dated 25th September, 1915.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 21st October, 1915:—
No. 6/718. Company Quartermaster Sergeant T. W. L. Rutherford.
No. 6/838. Company Sergeant-major J. W. Langridge.

Otago Regiment.

The undermentioned Captains to be temporary Majors Dated 21st October, 1915:—
Duncan Colquhoun.
David White.
Lieutenant Louis Geldart Wilson to be temporary Captain. Dated 21st October, 1915.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be temporary Lieutenants. Dated 21st October, 1915:—
Alexander Smith Falconer.
Henry Robert Ker.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 21st October, 1915:—
No. 9/571. Regimental Sergeant-major Sydney Wood.
No. 11/1623. Sergeant James Edward Biggar.
No. 9/688. Quartermaster-Sergeant Albert Arthur Chapman.
No. 9/573. Sergeant Phillip Dorham Russell.
No. 9/783. Sergeant Ernest Richard Black.
No. 8/626. Quartermaster-Sergeant Augustus Phillip McCormac.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Mackie Begg, to be temporary Colonel whilst employed as Assistant Director of Medical Services. Dated 12th November, 1915.
Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Colonel) Charles Mackie Begg relinquishes his temporary rank and appointment as Assistant Director of Medical Services. Dated 5th January, 1916.
Lieutenant-Colonel Eugene Joseph O’Neill to be temporary Assistant Director of Medical Services. Dated 5th January, 1916.
Lieutenant-Colonel Percival Clennell Fenwick to be Senior Medical Officer. Dated 1st August, 1915.
Major Mathew Holmes to be Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services. Dated 12th November, 1915.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Perkes, M.D., to be temporary Colonel whilst employed as Deputy Director of Medical Services. Dated 1st January, 1915.



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🛡️ Appointments in New Zealand Military Forces (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
Military Appointments, Promotions, Mounted Troops, Infantry, Medical Corps
89 names identified
  • Douglas Manners, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Frank Allsopp, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Alexander Martin, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Vernon Clifton Bigg-Withers, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • William Henry Coates, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Arthur Charles Hinman, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • John Burnett Davis (Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Captain
  • Cuthbert William Free (Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Captain
  • A. E. T. Rhodes (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Gerald Lomax Stedman (Regimental Sergeant-major), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • William Barnet Menzies (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Duncan Bain Murchuson (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Roy Simpson Priest (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • John Leslie Wilson (Staff Sergeant-major), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Robert Paul Harper (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • C. G. Harper (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • A. Anderson (Quartermaster-Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant and temporary Quartermaster
  • Ivon Tatham Stanlish (Major), Promoted to temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
  • Frederick Malcolm Turner (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • Stanley William Morton (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • Norman Harry Purdy (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • Walter Lancelot Moore (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • James Gordon Jeffery (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • Henry Purse Warnock (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • William John Baxter (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • Henry Macdougall (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • Philip John Ellis (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • Victor George Jones (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • James Girdwood McKenzie (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • Charles Darwin Cooke (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain
  • Edward James Hulbert (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain
  • Henry Masterton Clark (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • Ralph John Black (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • C. W. Salmon (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • Horace William Newman (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • Thomas Dollimore (Staff Sergeant-major), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Horace William Newman (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Wilfred Fosberry Stilwell (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Robert Oswald Chesney (Major), Appointed Brigade Major
  • Francis Henry Lampden (Captain), Appointed Staff Captain
  • Alexander Smith Falconer (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed Orderly Officer
  • Charles Eric Andrews (Captain), Promoted to temporary Major
  • William Eugene Stafford Furby (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain
  • Frank Kingdon Turnbull (Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Captain
  • Percy James North (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed temporary Quartermaster
  • Ewen MacIntyre (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant and appointed Adjutant
  • C. C. Brinsley (Sergeant-major), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • S. G. Guthrie (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • C. A. Bicknell (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • D. E. Batchelor (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • E. G. Williams (Corporal), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Caro James Pierce (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Cecil Howard Melbon Allison (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • A. L. O. Hewitt (Corporal), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Ian Barton Cruickshank (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Edward Stewart Fossett (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • W. G. Lyons (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • C. B. Easther (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Abraham Hall (Sapper), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • James Type Dallinger (Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Edward Levien (Sergeant-major), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Robert Amos Row (Major), Promoted to temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
  • Robert Amos Row (Major), Relinquished temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
  • Robert Young (Major), Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel
  • Peter Bain Henderson (Captain), Promoted to Major
  • Arthur Cunliffe Bernard Critchley-Salmonson (Captain), Promoted to Major
  • Nathan William Benjamin Butler Thoms (Captain), Promoted to Major
  • Felix Ballard Brown (Captain), Promoted to Major
  • Hugh Stewart (Captain), Promoted to temporary Major
  • Albert Edward Conway (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain
  • T. W. L. Rutherford (Company Quartermaster Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • J. W. Langridge (Company Sergeant-major), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Duncan Colquhoun (Captain), Promoted to temporary Major
  • David White (Captain), Promoted to temporary Major
  • Louis Geldart Wilson (Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Captain
  • Alexander Smith Falconer (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • Henry Robert Ker (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • Sydney Wood (Regimental Sergeant-major), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • James Edward Biggar (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Albert Arthur Chapman (Quartermaster-Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Phillip Dorham Russell (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Ernest Richard Black (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Augustus Phillip McCormac (Quartermaster-Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Charles Mackie Begg (Lieutenant-Colonel), Promoted to temporary Colonel
  • Charles Mackie Begg (Lieutenant-Colonel), Relinquished temporary rank and appointment
  • Eugene Joseph O’Neill (Lieutenant-Colonel), Appointed temporary Assistant Director of Medical Services
  • Percival Clennell Fenwick (Lieutenant-Colonel), Appointed Senior Medical Officer
  • Mathew Holmes (Major), Appointed Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services
  • William Henry Perkes (Lieutenant-Colonel), Promoted to temporary Colonel