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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 75

The date of the promotion of Captain George Augustus King, New Zealand Staff Corps, to the rank of Major is 19th September, 1915, and not 9th August, 1915, as published in New Zealand Gazette. Dated 16th December, 1915.
Captain Ferdinand August Wood, New Zealand Staff Corps, to be Major. Dated 19th September, 1915.
Captain Ralph Wyman to be Major. Dated 25th September, 1915.
2nd Lieutenant Walter Haeata to be Lieutenant. Dated 30th December, 1915.
13/298, Sergeant Thomas McCarroll to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 29th August, 1915.

Canterbury Mounted Rifles.
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Cooper Jebson to be Lieutenant. Dated 14th February, 1916.

Otago Mounted Rifles.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—
2nd Lieutenant Richard James Ernest Smith. Dated 9th July, 1915.
2nd Lieutenant Allan Cross Finlayson. Dated 12th July, 1915.

NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY.
Major Norris Stephen Falla to be temporary Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1st March, 1916.
The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 1st March, 1916 :—
Lieutenant Clarence Nathaniel Newman.
Lieutenant Duncan Eric Gardner.
Lieutenant Frederick Cooke.
Honorary Lieutenant Herbert Henry Whyte to be Honorary Captain. Dated 1st March, 1916.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 1st March, 1916 :—
2nd Lieutenant Douglas McPherson Cuthbertson.
2nd Lieutenant Frank Sturmer Wilding.
2nd Lieutenant Harry Hector Doughty.
2nd Lieutenant Alan Bernard Williams.
2nd Lieutenant Michael Joseph Lyons.
2nd Lieutenant Alexander Smith Milne.
2nd Lieutenant Spencer Boscawen.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 1st March, 1916 :—
2/1151, Sergeant-major John Mortimer Trevor Downey.
2/593, Battery Sergeant-major Arthur Jones.
2/1700, Battery Sergeant-major Edward Russ Winkler.
2/1021, Battery Sergeant-major Walter Ibbotson.
2/154, Sergeant-major Frederick Charles Sear.
2/636, Sergeant-major Henry Tasman Jones.
2/834, Sergeant James Joseph Kyne.
2/597, Sergeant-major William John Hicks.
2/557, Sergeant William Pollard.
2/1401, Sergeant Robert Ernest Holbern.
2/1878, Sergeant Maxwell Stanley.
2/444, Sergeant Charles Joseph Knight Edwards.
2/227, Gunner William Lucre.
2/1542, Regimental Sergeant-major Daniel Myers Eckhoff.
2/1325, Regimental Sergeant-major Benjamin Dennitts Smith.
2/10, Battery Sergeant-major Leonard Stuart Carmichael.
2/15, Battery Sergeant-major Leonard Smith.
2/88, Battery Sergeant-major Robert Fortser Veal.
2/263, Farrier-Sergeant Charles Theodore Gillespie.
2/353, Sergeant Ronald Grenville Vernon.
2/758, Sergeant William Ernest Roland Warren.
2/1140, Sergeant Charles Boswell.
2/121, Bombardier (Acting Sergeant) William Fairbairn.
2/805, Corporal Valentine Stocker.
2/624, Corporal Leonard Sydney Davis.
2/1116, Gunner Kenneth R. Watson.

CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—
4/688, Sergeant (temp. Sergeant-major) William Stewart Rae. Dated 15th February, 1916.
4/385, Quartermaster-sergeant Charles Wynne Chilcott. Dated 15th February, 1916.
4/74A, Quartermaster-sergeant Alfred Onslow Glasse. Dated 1st March, 1916.
4/356, Sergeant-major Robert Thomas George Patrick. Dated 8th March, 1916.

INFANTRY.
Auckland Regiment.
Major Walter William Alderman to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 27th February, 1916,

Wellington Regiment.
Major William Henry Cunningham to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 27th February, 1916.
Captain (temp. Major) Charles William Melvill, New Zealand Staff Corps, to be Major. Dated 1st February, 1916.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) John Burnett Davis to be Captain. Dated 1st March, 1916.
10/1353, Sergeant-major (W.O.) Ralph James Lander Thompson to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st February, 1916.
10/796, Staff Sergeant-major Arthur Albert Browne to be Quartermaster and 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st March, 1916.

Canterbury Regiment.
Captain (temp. Major) Hugh Stewart to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 27th February, 1916.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Cuthbert William Free to be Captain. Dated 1st March, 1916.

Machine-gun Units.
Lieutenant Dudley Kettle to be temporary Captain. Dated 1st November, 1915.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Frederick Richard Rohloff. Dated 16th July, 1915.
2nd Lieutenant Henry Robert Ker. Dated 21st May, 1915.
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Stuart Varnham. Dated 16th July, 1915.
2nd Lieutenant Raymond Lee. Dated 6th December, 1915.
2nd Lieutenant Chilton Goodenough Hayter. Dated 15th September, 1915.
2nd Lieutenant Noel Gordon Grant. Dated 15th September, 1915.
2nd Lieutenant Mervyn Ranken Reed. Dated 15th September, 1915.
2nd Lieutenant Henry Allan Bowron. Dated 18th November, 1915.
10/892, Bandmaster (W.O.) William Ernest McLeod to be Honorary Lieutenant. Dated 26th January, 1916.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 1st March, 1916 :—
12/1015, Sergeant William John Reid.
10/464, Sergeant Bryan Palmes.
12/102, Sergeant Andrew Bruce Fordyce.
6/197, Sergeant William Benzies.

New Zealand Rifles.
Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) William Garnett Braithwaite, D.S.O., Royal Welsh Fusiliers, is granted the temporary rank of Brigadier-General. Dated 21st December, 1915.

Pioneer Units.
Major George Augustus King, New Zealand Staff Corps, to be temporary Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1st March, 1916.
Captain Peter Henry Buck to be Major. Dated 1st March, 1916.
Lieutenant Francis Twistleton to be Captain. Dated 1st March, 1916.

New Zealand Army Service Corps.
Captain Leopold George Dykes Acland, Army Service Corps, to be Major. Dated 1st March, 1916.
The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 1st March, 1916 :—
Lieutenant Mawson Swan Cameron.
Lieutenant Ivan Hirschberg.
Lieutenant George Eliot Elliott (Quartermaster Hornchurch Depot), and to remain seconded.
Lieutenant Robert Martin Quinn to be temporary Captain. Dated 1st March, 1916.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 1st March, 1916 :—
2nd Lieutenant James Donald Swan.
2nd Lieutenant John Temple.
2nd Lieutenant Hugh Townshend Boscawen.
2nd Lieutenant Philip Hamilton Harper.
2nd Lieutenant Harold Richards.
2nd Lieutenant L. B. Todd.
14/40, Sergeant Joseph Augustus Haydon to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 14th February, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Donald Norman Watson Murray to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1st March, 1916.
Captain (temp. Major) Robert Henry Walton to be Major. Dated 1st March, 1916.