JUNE 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2007

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th June, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of

The Aurora Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Aurora, Wellington Military District. Date of acceptance, 15th June, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Disbandment of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 20th June, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment, under section 43 (1) and (2) and section 44 of the Defence Act, 1909, of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club:—

The Addison’s Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Addison’s, Canterbury Military District. Date of disbandment, 20th June, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Dismissal from the New Zealand Defence Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th June, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under section 6 (b) of the Defence Act, 1909, of the dismissal of

No. 33/4038, Quartermaster-Sergeant JOHN SINCLAIR MUSCHAMP, 1st (Canterbury) Regiment,

from the New Zealand Defence Forces, he having been convicted by the Civil power. Dated the 26th January, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Officers to New Zealand Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointments of officers to the New Zealand Military Forces for service in the field, with the ranks specified, and with effect from the 24th June, 1916 :—

Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant William Leonard Harrison, 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant Sidney Isaac Dixon, Unattached List (b), General List.

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

2nd Lieutenant Ronald Francis Mackenzie, Unattached List (b), General List.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

Lieutenant Henry Stanley Morran, Reserve of Officers, New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Lieutenant Ivan Victor Sharp, New Zealand Army Service Corps.

2nd Lieutenant Heathcote Everard Farr, Unattached List (b), General List.

New Zealand Engineers.

Lieutenant Ernest Marsden, 5th (Wellington) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Frederick King Broadgate, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Percy Roy Angus, Unattached List (b), General List.

Infantry.

Captain Arthur Charles Hubbard, Reserve of Officers, 6th (Hauraki) Regiment.

Captain Alfred Francis Tunks, Reserve of Officers, 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.

Captain William Harry Hawkins (late Pahiatua Rifle Volunteers).

Lieutenant Dudley Sedman Chisholm, Unattached List (b), Otago District.

Lieutenant Joseph Atwill, Unattached List (b), Otago District,

Lieutenant Louis Wilfred Metcalfe, Unattached List (b), Auckland District.

Lieutenant Charles Le France Young, Unattached List (b), General List.

Lieutenant Philip Arthur Keddell, Retired List.

2nd Lieutenant Allan Gibb, Unattached List (b), Otago District.

2nd Lieutenant Eric Brockman Fraser, 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Sidney King, Unattached List (b), Wellington District.

2nd Lieutenant George Gilbert Hancox, Unattached List (b), Canterbury District.

2nd Lieutenant Joseph Leslie Scoullar, Unattached List (b), Otago District.

2nd Lieutenant Harold Thomas Fathers, Unattached List (b), Wellington District.

2nd Lieutenant Eric Claude Spedding, 4th (Otago) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant George Edgar Garden, 4th (Otago) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Eric Guest Ancell, Unattached List (b), General List.

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

2nd Lieutenant Arthur Henry Sedgwick Harper, Unattached List (b), General List.

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

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

2nd Lieutenant Frederick Ashley Hosking, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Charles Ernest Howard Naylor, Unattached List (b), General List.

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

New Zealand Army Services Corps.

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

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Major (temp.) William Little, M.S., M.D., D.P.H.

Captain (temp.) William Howard Unwin, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S.

Captain (temp.) Walter Sneddon Robertson, M.B., B.S.

Captain (temp.) Eric Melvyn Wylie, M.B., B.S.

New Zealand Veterinary Corps.

The date of the appointment of Captain (temporary Major) Harry Avery Reid, M.R.C.V.S., to the Eleventh Reinforcements, is 1st April, 1916, and not 27th May, 1916, as stated in New Zealand Gazette dated 25th May, 1916.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Reverend James Duncan McLennan Wilson, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class.

The Reverend Neil Oliver White, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class.

(Note.—This officer proceeded with the Eleventh Reinforcements. Dated 1st April, 1916.)

New Zealand Rifles.

Captain Alexander Morris MacDiarmid, Reserve of Officers, 5th (Wellington) Regiment.

Lieutenant Aubrey Jackson, 17th (Ruahine) Regiment.

Lieutenant Samuel Arnold Atkinson, 5th (Wellington) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant David Cornelius Bowler, 5th (Wellington) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Ernest Belton Tustin, 5th (Wellington) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Albert David Smith, 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Bertram Joseph Jacobs, Unattached List (b), Wellington District.

2nd Lieutenant William Ferguson Hogg, Unattached List (b), Wellington District.

2nd Lieutenant Norman Hugh Hogg, Unattached List (b), Wellington District.

2nd Lieutenant John Douglas Vernon, Unattached List (b), Wellington District.

2nd Lieutenant John Basil Parker, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Ernest Edward Madden, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant David John Shaw, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Oscar Magnusson, Unattached List (b), General List.