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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 150

Sergeant-major Charles Edward Collins Morgan.
Company Sergeant-major Robert Kenneth Nicol.
Company Sergeant-major Frank Farrington.
Company Sergeant-major John Walker.
Sergeant Frederick Stewart.
Sergeant-major Robert Lemuale Wilson.
Sergeant-major William Moyse Hocking.
Sergeant-major James Meffen Barton.
Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Ernest Thorwall Stout.
Regimental Quartermaster - Sergeant Frederick Coates Pascoe.
Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Samuel Joseph Gilman.
Sergeant George Swan.
Sergeant Cyril Douglas Gabites.
Sergeant John Alexander Gow.
Sergeant James Henry Catchpole.
Sergeant Kenneth Scott.
Sergeant David McAuley.
Sergeant William Alexander French.
Sergeant Gavin Douglas Alexander.
Staff Sergeant-major Norman Alfred Arthur. Dated 11th September, 1916.
Bombardier Bernard Campbell Jeffreys. Dated 26th September, 1916.
Regimental Sergeant-major Arthur Cyril Purves Hay. Dated 2nd October, 1916.
Sergeant - major John George Ricketon. Dated 8th October, 1916.
Sergeant Alan Herbert Vial. Dated 8th October, 1916.
Sergeant Alfred James White. Dated 15th October, 1916.
Sergeant Robert Dean Douglas. Dated 15th October, 1916.
Sergeant Jesse Rodgers. Dated 15th October, 1916.
Sergeant George Richardson. Dated 15th October, 1916.
Sergeant Andrew Hannah. Dated 15th October, 1916.
Acting Sergeant Arthur Weldon Easther. Dated 16th October, 1916.
Sergeant William Andrew Knox. Dated 16th October, 1916.
Corporal Royden Nelson. Dated 16th October, 1916.
Sergeant Alfred John Coutts. Dated 16th October, 1916.
Company Sergeant-major Frederick Comer. Dated 16th October, 1916.
Sergeant Frederick Wilson. Dated 16th October, 1916.
Sergeant Reginald William Dancey. Dated 21st October, 1916.
Sergeant Alfred Edward Esquilant. Dated 21st October, 1916.
Sergeant Charles Ronald McKenzie. Dated 22nd October, 1916.
Sergeant John Lumley. Dated 22nd October, 1916.
Regimental Sergeant - major George Henry Elstone. Dated 29th October, 1916.
Corporal Ralph Erskine Hewat. Dated 30th October, 1916.
Sergeant Frederick George McAuley. Dated 2nd November, 1916.
Sergeant - major Victor Edward Adolph. Dated 26th November, 1916.
Sergeant Horace Vincent Byrne Speight. Dated 27th November, 1916.
Sergeant James Watt Fraser. Dated 4th December, 1916.
Corporal Edgar Charles Darfield Withell. Dated 4th December, 1916.
Corporal George Patrick Hanna. Dated 4th December, 1916.
Bombardier Hubert Eric Standring. Dated 4th December, 1916.
Corporal Stanley Morton Lang. Dated 4th December, 1916.
Corporal Samuel Oliver. Dated 4th December, 1916.
Company Sergeant-major Geoffrey Albert Lodder McLean. Dated 4th December, 1916.
Private Augustus Ofa Talau Chamberlain. Dated 4th December, 1916.
Sergeant Harry Aloysius Lockington. Dated 8th December, 1916.
Quartermaster-Sergeant Victor Joseph Cornaga. Dated 13th December, 1916.
Lance - Corporal Arthur Lusk. Dated 23rd December, 1916.
Corporal Malcolm Keith Draffin. Dated 23rd December, 1916.
Company Quartermaster - Sergeant Paki Hoami Mete Kingi. Dated 1st January, 1917.
Sergeant Tupa Rotoatara. Dated 1st January, 1917.
Sergeant Richard John Kemp. Dated 1st January, 1917.
Staff Sergeant-major Walter Cobb. Dated 1st January, 1917.
Regimental Sergeant - major Gordon Richard Western. Dated 12th January, 1917.
Quartermaster-Sergeant Alfred Owen Wilkinson. Dated 13th January, 1917.

Sergeant John Mayer. Dated 13th January, 1917.
Quartermaster-Sergeant William Henry Moore. Dated 15th January, 1917.
Sergeant Frederick Walter Watson. Dated 15th January, 1917.
Staff Sergeant Samuel Charles Beasley. Dated 15th January, 1917.
Sergeant Lindsay Allan. Dated 15th January, 1917.
Sergeant Albert Irving Flett. Dated 19th January, 1917.
Private John Quarton. Dated 24th January, 1917.
Conductor Charles Ingram Gossage. Dated 24th January, 1917.
Bombardier Leonard Widlake Dean. Dated 25th January, 1917.
Sergeant Edward Haywood Crawford. Dated 25th January, 1917.
Corporal Arnold Lorie. Dated 25th January, 1917.
Corporal Angus William Gordon. Dated 25th January, 1917.
Regimental Sergeant - major Francis Norman Hardy. Dated 25th January, 1917.
Quartermaster-Sergeant Keith De Maus. Dated 25th January, 1917.
Sergeant David Leeden. Dated 25th January, 1917.
Corporal Allan Rich · ond Cockerell. Dated 25th January, 1917.
Sergeant Sidney Francis Burgess. Dated 25th January, 1917.
Corporal Gordon Hamilton Roach. Dated 25th January, 1917.
Sergeant Harry Arthur Foote. Dated 27th January, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant Stanley Owen Burleigh. Dated 16th February, 1917.
Company Sergeant-major W. M. Arcus. Dated 16th February, 1917.
Corporal Lionel Godfrey Michaels. Dated 16th February, 1917.
Sapper Norman Brindley. Dated 16th February, 1917.
Staff Sergeant Justin Francis Huntly McCarthy. Dated 24th February, 1917.
Sergeant Henry Benson. Dated 1st March, 1917.
Staff Sergeant-major Ernest Horton Picot. Dated 1st March, 1917.
Corporal Arnold Colquhoun de Latour. Dated 3rd March, 1917.
Gunner Francis Hastings Grace. Dated 3rd March, 1917.
Staff Sergeant-major Robert Burn. Dated 17th March, 1917.
Sergeant Donald McGregor Reid. Dated 22nd March, 1917.

To date from 27th March, 1917 :—
Company Sergeant-major Charles Martin Uttley Prime.
Quartermaster-Sergeant Frank Justin Adeane.
Quartermaster-Sergeant Frederick Allen Ellis.
Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Andrew Verner Peace.
Sergeant John Spink Hudson.
Company Sergeant-major George Greig.
Quartermaster-Sergeant Robert Erriton Burch Hopkirk.
Sergeant Max Clarke.
Corporal Thomas Glasse.
Rifleman Arthur Osborne Ponder.
Company Quartermaster-Sergeant William Russell.
Sergeant Frederick William McKay.
Sergeant George Riddell.
Regimental Sergeant-major Royden Lydiard Okey.
Sergeant James Courtney.
Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Thomas Henry Crawford.
Lance-Corporal Walter Lorne Campbell McLean.
Sergeant-major Norman Giford Parker.
Company Sergeant-major Robert Blackwood Steele.
Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Ernest Duncan McRae.
Lance-Corporal Berkeley Phelps Hopkins.
Staff Sergeant-major John Henry Sharp.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of Meritorious-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th September, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 12, Appendix IX, Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, 1913, of the award of the Meritorious-service Medal to

Staff Sergeant-major ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, New Zealand Permanent Staff.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.