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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 117

Appointment of Agent of the Public Trustee at Balclutha.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1917.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

Mr. JOHN FRANCIS WALSH

has been appointed Agent for the Public Trustee at Balclutha, as from the 16th instant, vice Mr. J. E. Stewart, resigned.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

Appointments of Officers proceeding on Active Service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th July, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments of the undermentioned officers proceeding on active service, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, with the ranks stated against their names, with effect from 12th June, 1917, unless otherwise specified.

STAFF.

Lieutenant Leonard George Goss, New Zealand Staff Corps.

NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant Graham Beresford Parkinson, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

Lieutenant James Byrt Jordan, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

INFANTRY.

Captain Kenneth John Dellow, Unattached List (b).

Lieutenant Hawtyn Stanley Harrison, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).

Lieutenant Alexander Milliken, 6th (Hauraki) Regiment.

Lieutenant Douglas Leighton Kesteven, 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.

Lieutenant Arthur Oakey, Unattached List (b), General List.

Lieutenant Stephen Granville Cowles, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Allen James Farnell, Unattached List (b).

2nd Lieutenant Robert Witherford, Unattached List (b).

2nd Lieutenant Leslie James Maule, 5th (Wellington) Regiment.

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

2nd Lieutenant Fraser McIntosh, 7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant Allan Douglas Williams, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Hobart Bother Tennent, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant William Thompson Churchward, 12th (Nelson) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Frederick Roper O’Gorman, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Patrick Augustine Ongley, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Henry Baxter Speight, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Garnet Westwood Moore, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Louis James Mark, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Ernest George Aicken, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Alfred Barnes Gibbons, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Llewellyn William Pearce Reeve, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Henry Gordon Johnston, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Roland Percival Towle, Unattached List (b), General List.

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE BRIGADE.

2nd Lieutenant Oliver James Begg, Unattached List (b).

2nd Lieutenant Denniston Cuthbertson, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (T.).

2nd Lieutenant Draycott De La Garde Birkett, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (T.).

2nd Lieutenant William Ross, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (T.).

2nd Lieutenant William Barrie Hutton, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (T.).

2nd Lieutenant Henry Lawrence Cook, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (T.).

2nd Lieutenant Richard Philson Abraham, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (T.).

2nd Lieutenant Jasper Wills Mackisack, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (T.).

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Francis Warren, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (T.).

2nd Lieutenant Hubert Leigh King, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (T.).

2nd Lieutenant William John Spratt, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (T.).

2nd Lieutenant Herbert Stewart Hamilton, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (T.).

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain Kenneth Mackenzie, M.D. B.S. Edin., F.R.C.S. Edin.

NEW ZEALAND DENTAL CORPS.

Captain George Kilgour Ingelow Stocker.

Captain Torrance Parkinson Cuddie.

PIONEER UNIT.

Lieutenant James Paumea Ferris, Unattached List (b), General List, returns to duty with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, with seniority as from 22nd November, 1914 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 19, of the 11th February, 1915).

2nd Lieutenant Joseph Rawhira Paku, Unattached List (b), General List.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the New Zealand Permanent Staff and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th July, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the New Zealand Permanent Staff and Territorial Force.

NEW ZEALAND PERMANENT STAFF.

Staff Sergeant-major John William Fletcher is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant while employed as District Musketry Instructor, Auckland Military District. Dated 27th June, 1917.

Honorary Lieutenant Alfred Richard Hatt relinquishes the rank of Honorary Lieutenant on ceasing to act as District Musketry Instructor, Auckland Military District. Dated 27th June, 1917.

9TH (WELLINGTON EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain John Charles McKillop, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain, with seniority next below Captain Harold Noel Kebbell. Dated 17th March, 1915.

NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY.

E Battery.

Major Charles Victor Leeming, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, and absorbed into the Establishment with his original rank and seniority—viz., Captain, as from 29th September, 1913 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 28, of the 26th March, 1913); to date from 4th August, 1917.

F Battery.

Lieutenant Edwin James Phillips to be Captain. Dated 23rd June, 1917.

CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.

New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps (North Island).

Lieutenant Charles Edward Reid, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, and absorbed into the Establishment with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., Lieutenant, as from 19th March, 1915 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 89, of the 22nd July, 1915); to date from 6th August, 1917.

3RD (AUCKLAND) REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY’S OWN).

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) James Halifax Stewart to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 28th June, 1917.

Sergeant Wilfred Henry Fortune to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2nd July, 1917.

7TH (WELLINGTON) WEST COAST REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Harold George Lewis, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant. Dated 29th May, 1917.

13TH (NORTH CANTERBURY AND WESTLAND) REGIMENT.

Captain Albert Edward Conway, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, and absorbed into the Establishment.