JAN. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 201

Sergeant Howard Moore Glazebrook to be 2nd Lieutenant (supernumerary to establishment). Dated 8th November, 1915.

Joseph Ward Sturton to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporarily), vice Lieutenant Grainger, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 4th December, 1915.

New Zealand Artillery.

(New Zealand Field Artillery.)

2nd Lieutenant Oliver Robert Farrer to be Lieutenant. Dated 21st August, 1915.

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

John Elliot Lindsay Gardner.

Edward James Phillips.

(New Zealand Garrison Artillery.)

Captain Charles Willis Coles to be Major. Dated 13th December, 1915.

Lieutenant Frederick William Vosseler to be Captain. Dated 17th August, 1915.

Corporal Arthur Roger Carre Claridge to be 2nd Lieutenant (supernumerary to establishment), Auckland Garrison Artillery Division.

Robert Young Walls to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporarily), Wellington Garrison Artillery Division, vice Lieutenant Johnson, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 17th December, 1915.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

(No. 2 Field Company.)

John Thomas Hungerford to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporarily), vice 2nd Lieutenant McCrorie, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 29th November, 1915.

Divisional Signal Companies.

2nd Lieutenant Alan Aldrich Dignan to be Lieutenant. Dated 21st August, 1915.

Sergeant Gerald Oliphant to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporarily), Divisional Signal Company, Otago, vice Lieutenant Lamb, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 20th December, 1915.

1st Canterbury Regiment.

(Coast Defence Detachment.)

Sergeant Geoffrey James Conolly to be 2nd Lieutenant (supernumerary to establishment). Dated 11th December, 1915.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).

(Coast Defence Detachment.)

2nd Lieutenant Donald Millar to be Lieutenant. Dated 8th August, 1914.

4th (Otago) Regiment.

(Coast Defence Detachment.)

Lieutenant Patrick James Keligher to be Captain. Dated 17th August, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant Morrell Gordon McInnes is transferred to the Unattached List (b). Dated 9th December, 1915.

5th (Wellington) Regiment.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Henry Francis Cotter is confirmed.

9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment.

Lieutenant Allan Grindell Gardiner resigns his commission. Dated 9th August, 1915.

Lieutenant Vincent Herbert Trask, from the 12th (Nelson) Regiment, to be Lieutenant. Dated 22nd November, 1915.

11th Regiment (Taranaki) Rifles.

Captain Edward Percy Cox to be Major, under the provisions of paragraph III, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 8th August, 1915.

Lieutenant Godfrey Wells to be Captain, under the provisions of paragraph III, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 30th November, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant Murray Urquhart to be Lieutenant, under the provisions of paragraph III, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 2nd October, 1915.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Leonard George Mercer is confirmed.

12th (Nelson) Regiment.

Lieutenant Vincent Herbert Trask is transferred to the 9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment. Dated 22nd November, 1915.

16th (Waikato) Regiment.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors, under the provisions of paragraph III, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 21st December, 1915:—

William Henderson Gibb.

Athol Graham Bissell Price.

2nd Lieutenant Herman Stuart Baddeley to be Lieutenant, under the provisions of paragraph III, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 21st August, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant Arthur Walter Smith to be Lieutenant. Dated 21st August, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant Walter William Dove to be Lieutenant, under the provisions of paragraph III, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 22nd December, 1915.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Robert Duffus McFarland is confirmed, under the provisions of paragraph III, General Regulations, 1913.

17th (Ruahine) Regiment.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Sydney Elliot Beattie is confirmed.

New Zealand Army Service Corps.

Robert Nicholas Todd to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), No. 6 Company. Dated 17th December, 1915.

Arthur Russell Standish to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporarily), No. 4 Company, vice Lieutenant Swan, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 18th December, 1915.

Lieutenant Charles Mackie is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 13th December, 1915.

New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps (Motor-car Section).

(Wellington Section.)

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

Gerald Gascoyne Beard. Dated 17th November, 1915.

James Whitson Jack. Dated 24th November, 1915.

Major Robert Valpy Fulton, M.D., is transferred to the New Zealand Medical Corps. Dated 9th December, 1915.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Honorary Captain Bernard Myers, New Zealand Expeditionary Force (British Section), to be temporary Lieut.-Colonel during the period of the war. Dated 25th November, 1915.

Major James Hardie Neil is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while employed as Officer Commanding Medical Camp at Awapuni. Dated 1st October, 1915.

Major Robert Valpy Fulton, M.D., from the New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps, to be Major. Dated 9th December, 1915.

Captain Peter Alexander Lindsay, M.B., to be Major. Dated 30th December, 1915.

Herbert Chesson, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H., is granted the honorary rank of Major during the period of the war. Dated 13th November, 1915.

Captain John Craig, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain. Dated 20th October, 1915.

Captain John Craig is granted the rank of Major while employed as a Camp Medical Officer. Dated 20th October, 1915.

The undermentioned to be Captains:—

Alan Douglas Anderson. Dated 7th December, 1915.

Philip Timothy Putnam, M.D. Dated 16th December, 1915.

Arthur Stanley Moody, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 23rd December, 1915.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Reverend Edward Charles Wooldrige Powell, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, to be 3rd Class. Dated 23rd November, 1915.

The Reverend Frederick Rands to be Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 7th December, 1915.

Donald Macaulay to be Salvation Army Chaplain. Dated 7th December, 1915.

Unattached List (b).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—

Marcus David Smith. Dated 4th July, 1914.

James Metson. Dated 28th January, 1915.

Alfred Thomas White. Dated 21st February, 1915.

Arthur Augustus Potter. Dated 16th September, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant Kossuth Skoglund to be Lieutenant under, the provisions of paragraph III, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 7th December, 1915.