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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

NEW ZEALAND FORCES MOTOR SERVICE CORPS.
Motor-car Section.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) :—
James Leinster Passmore (Otago Section). Dated 31st January, 1917.
Alfred Duthie (Wellington Section). Dated 26th February, 1917.
Stanley Powdrell (Wellington Section). Dated 26th February, 1917.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Sydney Maurice Vaughan lapses. Dated 26th February, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.

The undermentioned are appointed members of a Special District Medical Board :—
Colonel James Robert Purdy, B.M., M.S., Aberd. Dated 20th January, 1917.
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) James Sands Elliott, M.D. Edin. Dated 20th January, 1917.
Major George Pearce Baldwin, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., Edin. Dated 1st March, 1917.
Captain James Peter Speid Jamieson, M.B. Dated 20th February, 1917.

Francis Oreti MacGibbon, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., is appointed a member of a Special District Medical Board, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst so employed. Dated 19th February, 1917.

Captain John William Crawshaw, M.B., B.S., is appointed a member of a Special District Medical Board, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst so employed. Dated 19th February, 1917.

Captain William Diamond, M.B., B.S., Glasg., Retired List, is appointed a member of a Special District Medical Board, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst so employed. Dated 19th February, 1917.

William Ewart, M.B., B.S., Edin., F.R.C.S. Edin., is appointed a member of a Special District Medical Board, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst so employed. Dated 19th February, 1917.

Edward Kerr Edie, M.B., B.S., Uni. N.Z., is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst doing duty with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 19th February, 1917.

Captain William Gladstone Scannell is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and absorbed. Dated 10th March, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND DENTAL CORPS.

Lieutenant Raynor Colin Bell is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and absorbed. Dated 31st March, 1917.

Horace Edwin Suckling to be Lieutenant. Dated 23rd February, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend Neil Oliver White, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and absorbed. Dated 24th March, 1917.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

2nd Lieutenant Charles James Ashton (General List), is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and absorbed. Dated 25th March, 1917.

Lieutenant David Bell is transferred to the 12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles. Dated 13th February, 1917.

Lieutenant William Henry Cannon is transferred to the 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment. Dated 5th January, 1917.

Lieutenant John O’Donoghue is transferred to the 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment. Dated 14th December, 1916.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
Howard Nicholson Hilliard. Dated 9th February, 1917.
Harold Herbert Parkinson. Dated 15th February, 1917.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), vice officers on active service. Dated 27th February, 1917 :—
Arthur David Low.
John Valentine Gordon.

MEMORANDA.

Doctor Robert Samuel Trotter, M.D., M.S., Aberd., is appointed a member of a Special District Medical Board. Dated 1st March, 1917.

Lieutenant Alexander Mitchell Wighton, Reserve of Officers, relinquishes the appointment of Ship’s Quartermaster on the H.M.N.Z. Transport “Mokoia.” Dated 12th February, 1917.

Staff Sergeant-major (W.O.) Frederick William Kibblewhite to be Ship’s Quartermaster on H.M.N.Z. Transport “Mokoia,” and is granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant temporarily whilst employed as a Ship’s Quartermaster. Dated 12th February, 1917.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1917.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery and Territorial Force :—

REGIMENT OF ROYAL NEW ZEALAND ARTILLERY.

Honorary Lieutenant and Quartermaster Robert George Vining Parker, Artillery Store Accountant, to be Honorary Captain, with effect from 9th March, 1917.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S 2ND (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant William Richard Foley to be Lieutenant. Dated 5th March, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant Claude Albert Marchant is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and absorbed into the Establishment, with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, dated 18th December, 1914, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of 25th February, 1915. Dated 31st March, 1917.

8TH (SOUTH CANTERBURY) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Major Peter Jenkins Wain is appointed Musketry Instructor (temporarily) for the Canterbury Military District, with effect from 14th March, 1917.

9TH (WELLINGTON EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 20th November, 1916 :—
Allan Standish Wilder.
Augustine Georgetti.

Lieutenant William Leslie Coleman is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and absorbed into the Establishment, with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., Lieutenant, dated 24th March, 1916, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 78, of 20th July, 1916. Dated 31st March, 1917.

10TH (NELSON) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain James David Barnett is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and absorbed into the Establishment, with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., Captain, dated 1st June, 1910, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 107, of 15th December, 1910. Dated 31st March, 1917.

Lieutenant Ernest John William Freeth is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and absorbed into the Reserve of Officers, with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., Lieutenant, dated 1st May, 1913, vide New Zealand Gazette of 17th July, 1913. Dated 31st March, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Irvine Watson Cowie relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain on being posted to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 6th March, 1917.

CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.

Mounted Signal Troops (Canterbury).

John Charles Guinness to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), vice 2nd Lieutenant E. R. Guinness, on active service. Dated 1st March, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS.

North Island Battalion.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Ernest James Smith is terminated. Dated 8th March, 1917.

4TH (OTAGO) REGIMENT.

The commission granted Lieutenant Albert Charles Crimp is cancelled, under the provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 1st March, 1917,