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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81

Appointments and Promotions of Officers serving at the Front.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th July, 1916.

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

HEAD QUARTERS.

Major Charles Guy Powles, New Zealand Staff Corps, to be
temporary Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 20th March, 1916.

ESTABLISHMENT.

MOUNTED TROOPS.

Auckland Mounted Rifles.

Honorary Captain (Quartermaster) Harold Ward Smith to be
Honorary Major. Dated 23rd March, 1916.

Lieutenant Thomas Lawrence Ranstead to be Captain.
Dated 18th April, 1916.

Lieutenant Walter Ernest Carter to be Captain. Dated
18th April, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Gerald Cawte to be Lieutenant. Dated 18th
February, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant James Evans to be temporary Lieutenant
whilst acting as Adjutant. Dated 29th March, 1916.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 13th
May, 1916:—

13/329, Lance-Corporal Wilfred Bryan Fitchett.
13/439, Trooper Alfred James Swayne.

Wellington Mounted Rifles.

Honorary Captain (Quartermaster) Alexander Herbert Wilkie
to be Honorary Major. Dated 23rd March, 1916.

Lieutenant William Janson to be Captain. Dated 6th April,
1916.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants.
Dated 1st April, 1916:—

2nd Lieutenant Ferdinand Von Tempsky Kettle.
2nd Lieutenant Percy James North.
2nd Lieutenant Reuben James Bird.
2nd Lieutenant Richard Fuller Chapman.
2nd Lieutenant Ralph Fitz-Roger Beetham.
2nd Lieutenant Edward Tingey.
2nd Lieutenant William Leslie Coleman.

Canterbury Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant (now Captain) Roy Thomas Bruce to be temporary
Captain for the period 4th December, 1915, to 5th January,
1916.

2nd Lieutenant Robert Paul Harper to be temporary Captain.
Dated 11th March, 1916.

Otago Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants.
Dated 5th February, 1916:—

2nd Lieutenant James Hargest.
2nd Lieutenant Leonard Millard (since killed in action).

NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY.

Major Murray Menzies Gardner, Royal New Zealand Artillery,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 28th March, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant E. G. Norman to be temporary Lieutenant.
Dated 1st March, 1916.

CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.

Captain Henry Molesworth (Royal Engineers) to be Major.
Dated 8th November, 1915.

Lieutenant Norman Annabell to be temporary Captain.
Dated 22nd March, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) Ralph John Black to be
Lieutenant. Dated 28th March, 1916.

4/354, Sergeant-major J. L. Braithwaite to be 2nd Lieutenant.
Dated 11th May, 1916.

INFANTRY.

Auckland Regiment.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors. Dated
1st March, 1916:—

Captain Athol Graham Bissell Price.
Captain James Taylor Watson.
Captain Eric Hamilton Orr.
Honorary Captain John Thomas Graham to be Honorary
Major. Dated 23rd March, 1916.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated
1st March, 1916:—

Lieutenant Charles Harold McClelland, New Zealand
Staff Corps.
Lieutenant James Blyth McFarlane.
Lieutenant (Adjutant) George Harry Woolley.
Lieutenant Geoffrey de Bohun Devereux.
Lieutenant Robert Nicoll Morpeth.
Lieutenant Joseph Fleming Keith Hunter.

Lieutenant Herbert John Moore-Jones.
Lieutenant Ernest Charles Parry.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Montgomery Owen Grainger.
Lieutenant Geoffrey Clifford Wilson Armstrong.
Lieutenant Claude Spencer White.
Lieutenant James Grierson Hatrick.
Lieutenant Norman Alexander Duthie.
Lieutenant James Dalton Dinneen.
2nd Lieutenant George Henry Holland.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants.
Dated 1st March, 1916:—

2nd Lieutenant James Robert Bodley.
2nd Lieutenant Cedric Leonard Knight.
2nd Lieutenant James Edward Hedley Mewett.
2nd Lieutenant Alfred Richard Merrington.
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Joseph Herring Ellisdon.
2nd Lieutenant Oliver Sydney Ellis.
2nd Lieutenant Richard Frederick Ward.
2nd Lieutenant Wynne Peyton Gray.
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Rathbone Foster.
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Henry Watson.
2nd Lieutenant Kossuth Skoglund.
2nd Lieutenant William Watson.
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Keirley McArthur.
2nd Lieutenant Clarence Taylor Coburne.
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Codd.
2nd Lieutenant George Dittmer.
2nd Lieutenant Leslie Champion.
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Topham.
2nd Lieutenant J. Mackenzie.
2nd Lieutenant George Davies Page to be temporary
Lieutenant whilst acting as Adjutant. Dated 29th
March, 1916.

The undermentioned non-commissioned officers to be
2nd Lieutenants. Dated 1st March, 1916:—

12/17, Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Augustus George
Baddeley.
12/59, Quartermaster Sergeant Randolph Edward Oswald
Coates.
8/481, Regimental Sergeant-major Albert Robert Cyril
Smart.
12/553, Company Sergeant-major Joseph George Gasparich.
8/-, Regimental Sergeant-major David Thomas.
12/321, Company Sergeant-major Claude Allan.
12/277, Company Sergeant-major Norman Eric Walker.
12/472, Sergeant Robert Tilsley.
10/35, Company Sergeant-major John Wesley Cobb.
12/1005, Sergeant Samuel Thomas Seddon.

Wellington Regiment.

Major Edwin Heat Saunders to be temporary Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 1st April, 1916.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors. Dated 1st
March, 1916:—

Captain Michael McDonnell, New Zealand Staff Corps.
Captain James Aeneas Cameron.
Captain Charles Frederick Denman Cook.
Captain Daniel Willis Talbot.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated
1st March, 1916:—

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) William Francis Narbey.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Dudley Kettle.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Arthur Hugh Carrington,
New Zealand Staff Corps.
Lieutenant (Adjutant) Alexander Bastin McColl (since
killed in action).
Lieutenant Aline Vernon Wayte.
Lieutenant Arthur Sidney Todd Butler.
Lieutenant John Sydney Mackay.
Lieutenant Reginald Francis Gambrill.
Lieutenant Arthur James Webber.
Lieutenant Hugh Spencer Tremewan.
Lieutenant (Adjutant) George Hansbrow Hume, New
Zealand Staff Corps.
Lieutenant Robert Francis Coghill Scott.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Murray Urquhart.
Lieutenant Richard William Wrightson.
Lieutenant Victor Roche Bond.
Lieutenant Frederick Arthur Ruck.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants.
Dated 1st March, 1916:—

2nd Lieutenant Bruce Haultain Morrison.
2nd Lieutenant George Wyndham Henderson.
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Charles Atkinson Hislop.
2nd Lieutenant Allan Stanley Muir.
2nd Lieutenant Edward Henry Turner Kibblewhite.
2nd Lieutenant Lionel Heber Bailey.
2nd Lieutenant Cecil Bertrand Lockyer.