JULY 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2311

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers on the Staff and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 29th June, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the Staff and Territorial Force:—

Staff.

Temporary Sergeant-Instructor Albert Arthur Luckham (King’s Dragoon Guards) is granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant during the period of the war. Dated 16th June, 1916.

4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.

Major William Robert Cooper Walker to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 23rd March, 1916.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Lieutenant William Howard Johnson to be Captain, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 15th February, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Benjamin John Ager to be Lieutenant. Dated 30th March, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Frank Chambers Harris is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 19th June, 1916.

Frank Finch to be Lieutenant (temp.), Auckland Garrison Artillery Division, vice Lieutenant H. G. Wilding, on active service. Dated 24th May, 1916.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Robert Westley Bothamley is confirmed.

Corporal Horace Peile Challen Clark to be 2nd Lieutenant, Auckland Garrison Artillery Division (supernumerary to establishment). Dated 9th June, 1916.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Henry Chynoweth Cook is confirmed.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

2nd Lieutenant William Stivens McCrorie is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and is absorbed into the establishment. Dated 19th May, 1916.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

Lieutenant Eric William Cuddon to be Captain. Dated 7th June, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Henry Scarvell Barns resigns his appointment. Dated 27th May, 1916.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).—Coast Defence Detachment.

George McWhirter Webster to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), vice 2nd Lieutenant Turner, on active service. Dated 12th June, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Alfred Richard Merrington is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and absorbed into the establishment. Dated 25th June, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Alfred Richard Merrington is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 25th June, 1916.

10th (North Otago) Regiment.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Ralph Malcolm is confirmed.

New Zealand Army Service Corps.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Arthur Russell Standish resigns his appointment. Dated 26th May, 1916.

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

Herbert Charles Stoddart to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 10th May, 1916.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Walter Sneddon Robertson, M.B., B.S., to be Captain while employed as Medical Officer on a transport. Dated 10th June, 1916.

Eric Melvyn Wyllie to be Lieutenant (temp.) while employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 29th April, 1916.

Lieutenant (temp.) Eric Melvyn Wyllie to be Captain (temp.) while employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 14th June, 1916.

New Zealand Dental Corps.

Charles Cecil Moffett to be Lieutenant. Dated 30th May, 1916.

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New Zealand Veterinary Corps.

Honorary Captain William Proudfoot Begg, M.R.C.V.S., is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and is absorbed into the establishment. Dated 17th June, 1916.

Captain John Danskin is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and is absorbed into the establishment. Dated 17th June, 1916.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Reverend John Thomas Brennan, Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class), is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and is absorbed. Dated 25th June, 1916.

The Reverend John Thomas Brennan, Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class), is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 25th June, 1916.

The Reverend Samuel Fowler Hunter to be Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class). Dated 5th June, 1916.

Unattached List (b).

Captain Charles George Curtis, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain. Dated 20th June, 1916.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—

William Henry Jones. Dated 20th May, 1914.

Joseph Bibby Mawson. Dated 31st March, 1916.

Percy Stacpoole to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 7th June, 1916.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), vice officers on active service:—

James Patterson. Dated 31st May, 1916.

Hugh Wentworth Crawford, vice Lieutenant Thomas. Dated 6th June, 1916.

John James Adams Howie, vice Lieutenant Bongard. Dated 6th June, 1916.

George John Morrall, vice 2nd Lieutenant Tonkin. Dated 16th June, 1916.

Frederick Samuel Cave, vice 2nd Lieutenant Sterndale. Dated 16th June, 1916.

Frank Douglas Hereward Scott, vice 2nd Lieutenant Vercoe. Dated 16th June, 1916.

Alfred Charles Martin, vice 2nd Lieutenant Maben. Dated 16th June, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Alexander Charles Clayton, having been granted a commission in the Royal Sussex Regiment, relinquishes his appointment. Dated 3rd December, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Percy Wallace Sampson relinquishes his appointment as Supply Officer, Wellington Docks, and is temporarily retained on the strength. Dated 6th June, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

[ERRATUM.—The notice published in New Zealand Gazette No. 58, of 11th May, 1916, relative to the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (temporary) Norman Graham Armstrong, 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment, dated 17th February, 1916, for 2nd Lieutenant (temporary) read Lieutenant (temporary), dated 25th November, 1915.]

Award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th June, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to

Honorary Major (Quartermaster) HARRY STACPOOLE BATCHELOR, 1st (Canterbury) Regiment,

he having a total rank and commissioned service to the 17th May, 1916, entitling him thereto of twenty years and one hundred days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th June, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments and promotions of officers serving in the field:—

ESTABLISHMENTS.—MOUNTED TROOPS.

Auckland Mounted Rifles.

Captain (temp. Major) William Cameron Morrison, New Zealand Staff Corps, to be Major. Dated 19th September, 1915.