New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 71

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✨ Military Appointments and Promotions



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 71

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE BRIGADE.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, supernumerary to Establishment ; to date 25th January, 1917 :—
23/971, Corporal R. M. Doughty.
24/519, Riflemen J. K. Moloney.
24/344, Riflemen H. G. Bell.
23/230, Riflemen N. C. McLean.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants, under provisions of N.Z.E.F. Regulation 13 ; from dates shown :—
2nd Lieutenant D. C. Bowler ; 11th January, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant D. G. Napier ; 15th January, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND PIONEER BATTALION.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, to complete Establishment ; to date 1st January, 1917 :—
16/403, Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Paki Hoami Metekingi.
16/457, Sergeant Kipa Rotoatara.
10/1149, Sergeant Richard John Kemp.

Lieutenant A. A. Chapman to be Quartermaster, vice Lieutenant J. H. Hall ; to date 1st January, 1917.

Lieutenant E. Tingey to be Captain, vice Captain R. I. Dansey, placed on “ N.Z. Roll ” ; to date 19th December, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND MACHINE-GUN CORPS.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants, supernumerary to Establishment ; from dates shown :—
6/4200, Staff-Sergeant Samuel Charles Beasley ; 15th January, 1917.
8/3, Sergeant Lindsay Allan ; 15th January, 1917.
6/868, Quartermaster-Sergeant W. H. Mansfield ; 25th January, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) F. H. Anderson to be Adjutant, N.Z. Divisional Train, vice Captain J. G. Stewart, M.C., and relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain ; to date 19th January, 1917.

Captain F. W. Parker to be Major, vice Major H. E. Avery, D.S.O., N.Z.S.C., appointed D.A.Q.M.G., N.Z. Division ; to date 1st January, 1917.

Lieutenant R. M. Quinn to be Captain, vice Captain F. W. Parker, promoted ; to date 1st January, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant G. R. Hutchinson to be Lieutenant, vice Lieutenant R. M. Quinn, promoted ; to date 1st January, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant A. Craig to be Lieutenant, under provisions of N.Z.E.F. Regulation 13 ; to date 18th January, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain G. W. Gower, M.B., F.R.C.S., is taken on the strength of the N.Z.E.F. ; to date 13th January, 1917.

Captain F. Cameron, M.B., to be Major, to complete Establishment, and to command a section of a Field Ambulance ; to date 31st January, 1917.

Captain P. T. Putnam, M.D., his contract having expired, is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force ; to date 3rd January, 1917.

Captain H. H. Christie, M.B., his contract having expired, is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force ; to date 31st January, 1917.

Major M. Holmes, M.B., F.R.C.S., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and to command No. 1 Field Ambulance, vice Lieutenant-Colonel E. J. O’Neill, D.S.O., M.B., F.R.C.S., appointed O.C. N.Z. Stationary Hospital ; to date 31st October, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Right Rev. Bishop H. W. Cleary, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, having relinquished his commission, is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force ; to date 29th January, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

No. 22/98, Staff Nurse W. E. Anstey is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force at her own request ; to date 31st January, 1917.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 56, of 17th March, 1917, relative to Sister C. Anderson, to be Matron New Zealand Army Nursing Service, dated 20th December, 1916, is cancelled ; vide N.Z.E.F. Order No. 35.

Matron F. Wilson, from Matron N.Z. Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, to be Matron No. 2 N.Z. General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, vice Matron M. Thurston, Matron-in-Chief, N.Z.E.F. ; to date 27th January, 1917.

Sister V. M. K. McLean, from Charge Sister, Forest Park Section, No. 1 N.Z. General Hospital, Brockenhurst, to be Matron, N.Z. Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, vice Matron F. Wilson, appointed Matron, No. 2 N.Z. General Hospital ; to date 25th January, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

Wireless Troops.

W. J. A. McKeown to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st November, 1916.

J. W. Melville to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st November, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 11th April, 1917.

His Excellency the Governor 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 5th April, 1917, unless otherwise specified.

STAFF.

Major William Charles Finnis, New Zealand Staff Corps.

Captain Robert Nicholas Johnston Fraser, New Zealand Staff Corps.

MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant Charles Joseph Harris, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Edward Aroha Boscowan, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Francis Gordon Treweek, Unattached List (b), General List.

NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant Reginald Paterson, New Zealand Field Artillery (Otago Brigade Ammunition Column).

Lieutenant Cyril Ivan Brown, New Zealand Garrison Artillery (Wellington Garrison Artillery Division).

INFANTRY.

Major James Murphy, 1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

Captain Francis Potter, attached New Zealand Garrison Artillery (Auckland Garrison Artillery Division).

Lieutenant Osmond Henry, 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant Frederick Thomas Hayman, Unattached List (b).

Lieutenant Joseph Aloysius Duffy, Unattached List (b).

Lieutenant Douglas Swanston Kidd, Unattached List (b).

Lieutenant Claude McCarthy, Unattached List (b).

Lieutenant George William Morice, Unattached List (b).

Lieutenant Ralph Ranstead, Corps of New Zealand Engineers, Mounted Signal Corps.

2nd Lieutenant James Alfred Aitcheson, New Zealand Army Service Corps.

2nd Lieutenant William Ralph Burge, Unattached List (b).

2nd Lieutenant John Munro Gillies, Unattached List (b), General List. Dated 14th November, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Gilmore John Hawkins, Unattached List (b), General List. Dated 19th December, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Richard Dallington Fitch, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant George Raymond Buttle, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Harold Curtis Smith, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Ralph Palliser Worley, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Edward Arthur Craig, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant George Burnett Brunton, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Norman Russell Wethiel Thomas, Unattached List (b), General List.

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

2nd Lieutenant Walter Douglas Cleland, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Ralph Edgar Taylor, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Edwin George Ellis, Unattached List (b), General List.

2nd Lieutenant Hugh Graeme Carruth, 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE BRIGADE.

Lieutenant William Henry Stark, Unattached List (b).

Lieutenant Charles Joseph Walton Lockie, Corps of New Zealand Engineers, New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.

Lieutenant Douglas Leslie Robertson, Unattached List (b).

2nd Lieutenant George Marmaduke Vavasour, 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles.



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🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers of Officers on Active Service (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
11 April 1917
Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
73 names identified
  • R. M. Doughty (Corporal), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • J. K. Moloney (Riflemen), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • H. G. Bell (Riflemen), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • N. C. McLean (Riflemen), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • D. C. Bowler (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • D. G. Napier (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • Paki Hoami Metekingi (Company Quartermaster-Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Kipa Rotoatara (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Richard John Kemp (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • A. A. Chapman (Lieutenant), Appointed Quartermaster
  • J. H. Hall (Lieutenant), Replaced as Quartermaster
  • E. Tingey (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain
  • R. I. Dansey (Captain), Placed on N.Z. Roll
  • Samuel Charles Beasley (Staff-Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • Lindsay Allan (Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • W. H. Mansfield (Quartermaster-Sergeant), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
  • F. H. Anderson (Lieutenant (temp. Captain)), Appointed Adjutant
  • J. G. Stewart (Captain), Replaced as Adjutant
  • F. W. Parker (Captain), Promoted to Major
  • H. E. Avery (Major), Appointed D.A.Q.M.G.
  • R. M. Quinn (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain
  • G. R. Hutchinson (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • A. Craig (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • G. W. Gower (Captain), Taken on strength of N.Z.E.F.
  • F. Cameron (Captain), Promoted to Major
  • P. T. Putnam (Captain), Struck off strength of N.Z.E.F.
  • H. H. Christie (Captain), Struck off strength of N.Z.E.F.
  • M. Holmes (Major), Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel
  • E. J. O’Neill (Lieutenant-Colonel), Appointed O.C. N.Z. Stationary Hospital
  • H. W. Cleary (Bishop), Struck off strength of N.Z.E.F.
  • W. E. Anstey (Staff Nurse), Struck off strength of N.Z.E.F.
  • C. Anderson (Sister), Appointment as Matron cancelled
  • F. Wilson (Matron), Appointed Matron No. 2 N.Z. General Hospital
  • M. Thurston (Matron), Replaced as Matron No. 2 N.Z. General Hospital
  • V. M. K. McLean (Sister), Appointed Matron N.Z. Convalescent Hospital
  • W. J. A. McKeown, Appointed 2nd Lieutenant
  • J. W. Melville, Appointed 2nd Lieutenant
  • William Charles Finnis (Major), Appointed to active service
  • Robert Nicholas Johnston Fraser (Captain), Appointed to active service
  • Charles Joseph Harris (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Edward Aroha Boscowan (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Francis Gordon Treweek (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Reginald Paterson (Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Cyril Ivan Brown (Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • James Murphy (Major), Appointed to active service
  • Francis Potter (Captain), Appointed to active service
  • Osmond Henry (Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Frederick Thomas Hayman (Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Joseph Aloysius Duffy (Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Douglas Swanston Kidd (Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Claude McCarthy (Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • George William Morice (Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Ralph Ranstead (Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • James Alfred Aitcheson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • William Ralph Burge (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • John Munro Gillies (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Gilmore John Hawkins (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Richard Dallington Fitch (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • George Raymond Buttle (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Harold Curtis Smith (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Ralph Palliser Worley (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Edward Arthur Craig (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • George Burnett Brunton (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Norman Russell Wethiel Thomas (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • James Armstead (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Walter Douglas Cleland (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Ralph Edgar Taylor (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Edwin George Ellis (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Hugh Graeme Carruth (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • William Henry Stark (Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Charles Joseph Walton Lockie (Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • Douglas Leslie Robertson (Lieutenant), Appointed to active service
  • George Marmaduke Vavasour (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to active service

  • J. ALLEN, Minister of Defence