Nov. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4291

The undermentioned officers of the New Zealand Dental Corps relinquish their appointments as Expert Dental Advisers to a Medical Board, and the honorary rank of Captain whilst so employed :—
Honorary Captain Knox Gilmer. Dated 7th November, 1917.
Honorary Captain James Glendining. Dated 9th November, 1917.
Honorary Captain Charles Eric Carter. Dated 10th November, 1917.
Honorary Captain Charles Grant Burdett. Dated 12th November, 1917.
Honorary Captain Alfred Charles Atkinson. Dated 30th November, 1917.
Honorary Captain Frederick William Bond. Dated 30th November, 1917.
Honorary Captain Frederick William Thompson. Dated 30th November, 1917.

Lieutenant (temp. Honorary Captain) Aaron Henry Rothenberg, New Zealand Dental Corps, relinquishes his appointment as Dental Examining Officer to a District Medical Board, and the honorary rank of Captain whilst so employed. Dated 1st November, 1917.

Lieutenant Claude Henry Thomas Skelley, Unattached List (b), is appointed Assistant Provost Marshal, Otago Military District. Dated 12th November, 1917.

Lieutenant Jack Horneman, Unattached List (b), is appointed an Attesting Officer under the Military Service Act, 1916. Dated 5th November, 1917.

Honorary Lieutenant Edward Humphrey Bracey, Unattached List (b), General List, is appointed an Attesting Officer under the Military Service Act, 1916. Dated 8th October, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TRAINING CAMPS.
The notification published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 141, of the 13th September, 1917, relating to Captain Thomas White Sommerville, Unattached List (b), General List, is cancelled, and the following substituted: Captain Thomas White Sommerville, Unattached List (b), General List, is appointed Assistant Quartermaster on the “Rationing and Messing” Staff, Featherston Camp. Dated 24th July, 1917.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) John Hunter Strauchon, New Zealand Dental Corps, performed the duties of Dental Examining Officer to a District Medical Board from the 21st September, 1917, to the 1st November, 1917, is detailed for duty at Trentham Camp, and retains the temporary rank of Captain whilst so employed. Dated 1st November, 1917.

PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS.

NEW ZEALAND GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Auckland G.A. Division.

Lieutenant William Roberts is attached for duty to the Royal N.Z. Artillery (temp.) whilst employed at Auckland Forts. Dated 27th October, 1917.

Wellington G.A. Division.

Lieutenant James Meade Ferguson is attached for duty to the Royal New Zealand Artillery (temp.) whilst employed at Wellington Forts. Dated 27th October, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) Robert Westley Bothamley relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant on ceasing to act as Ship’s Quartermaster on H.M.N.Z. transports. Dated 18th November, 1917.

1ST (CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Captain Frank Percival Osmond Smith (Reserve of Officers) is temporarily attached. Dated 19th February, 1915.

4TH (OTAGO) REGIMENT.

Coast Defence Detachment.

Lieutenant John Henry Aloysius McKeefry to be Captain, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 7th November, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant John James Kernohan to be Lieutenant, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 7th November, 1917.

13TH (NORTH CANTERBURY AND WESTLAND) REGIMENT.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp.) to be Lieutenants (temp.). Dated 13th October, 1917 :—
James Neil Irvine. John William Hannan.
Peter Mackenzie. Edward Blake Skevington.
Fred Hall, George Gregory Lockington.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain (temp. Major) Henry William Martindale Kendall relinquishes his appointment as Medical Officer with the Samoan Expeditionary Force, and the temporary rank of Major whilst so employed. Dated 29th March, 1915.

Captain Henry William Martindale Kendall is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 9th November, 1917.

Thomas George McKellar, M.S., M.B., Edin., to be Captain (temp.). Dated 4th November, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND DENTAL CORPS.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants :—
Knox Gilmer. Dated 7th November, 1917.
James Glendining. Dated 9th November, 1917.
Charles Eric Carter. Dated 10th November, 1917.
Charles Grant Burdett. Dated 12th November, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The appointment of the Reverend Delacourt Russell, Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class, is extended for a further period of two years, as from the 1st October, 1917.

With reference to the notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 52, of the 22nd March, 1917, relating to the Reverend James Joseph McMenemy, delete the word “temp.”

The Reverend James Alexander Jermyn to be Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 3rd November, 1917.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

Lieutenant Harold John Drummond Sheldon ceases to be attached to the New Zealand Garrison Artillery (Wellington G.A. Division). Dated 27th October, 1917.

Lieutenant Harold John Drummond Sheldon is attached for duty to the Royal N.Z. Artillery (temp.) whilst employed at Wellington Forts. Dated 27th October, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant Ernest Percival Fenton to be Lieutenant. Dated 27th August, 1917.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Stanley Gordon Robinson is confirmed.

2nd Lieutenant Reginald Marcus Sterndale, having permanently left the Dominion, relinquishes his rank and appointment, and is struck off the strength, with effect from 30th October, 1917.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Robert William Winter lapses under the provisions of paragraph 89, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 6th November, 1917.

UNATTACHED LIST (b), GENERAL LIST.

2nd Lieutenant Francis Leslie Chapman, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, with effect from 5th December, 1917, and is absorbed with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from the 24th July, 1916 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 150, of the 4th October, 1917).

2nd Lieutenant Frederick Allen Ellis, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, with effect from 5th December, 1917, and is absorbed with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from the 27th March, 1917 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 150, of the 4th October, 1917).

The undermentioned are granted the honorary rank of 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) whilst employed for duty with the Featherston Camp Canteen. Dated 10th November, 1917 :—
Quartermaster-Sergeant James Ernest Reid.
Sergeant James Hutcheson Fotheringham.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 17th October, 1917 :—
Frederick Stanley Gordon.
Maurice Denman Sinclair.

2nd Lieutenant Edward Sydney Peed, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 24th March, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant Edward Broadley Brown, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 4th August, 1917.

MEMORANDA.

2nd Lieutenant Edward Sydney Peed, appointed 24th March, 1917, is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 3rd December, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant Edward Broadley Brown, appointed 4th August, 1917, is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 26th October, 1917.

ERRATUM.

With reference to the notification published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 71, of the 19th April, 1917, relating to Sisters Ada Jane Ethel Lloyd, Ruth Smith, and Amy J. Metge, New Zealand Army Nursing Service, for the word “Sister” read “Staff Nurse,”

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.