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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 98

Lieutenant A. R. Bushell to be Captain, to date 23rd February, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) A. W. Nisbet relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant on ceasing to act as Officer in Charge Supply and Transport, N.Z. Infantry Reserve Group, to date 22nd March, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain K. E. Tapper, M.B., attested in England, is taken on the strength, with seniority from 16th March, 1917.

Major H. J. McLean, M.D., F.R.C.S., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and to command No. 4 N.Z. Field Ambulance, to date 31st March, 1917.

Captain H. Short, M.B., to be Major, to date 31st March, 1917.

Captain A. V. Short to be Major, to date 31st March, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND ARMY PAY CORPS.

Lieutenant F. Prideaux to be Captain, to date 18th February, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

Staff Nurse A. Whiteman, discharged in England, is struck off the strength of the N.Z.E.F., to date 19th March, 1917.

22/12, Sister C. B. Anderson, from Sister in Charge, Morant War Hospital, to be Matron, N.Z. Convalescent Hospital, vice Matron V. M. K. MacLean (appointed Matron No. 1, N.Z. General Hospital), to date 1st April, 1917.

The undermentioned to be Sisters, to complete Establishment, from dates shown:—

22/87, Staff Nurse P. M. Reynolds, 15th June, 1916.
22/76, Staff Nurse E. Hodges, 28th June, 1916.
22/28, Staff Nurse M. Fricker, 1st July, 1916.
22/15, Staff Nurse L. M. Bird, 1st July, 1916.
22/17, Staff Nurse T. Butler, 1st July, 1916.
22/13, Staff Nurse K. J. Barnitt, 1st July, 1916.
22/18, Staff Nurse G. I. Calder, 1st July, 1916.
22/68, Staff Nurse M. L. Christmas, 1st July, 1916.
22/21, Staff Nurse I. Cormack, 1st July, 1916.
22/24, Staff Nurse K. Davies, 1st July, 1916.
22/29, Staff Nurse C. Gibbon, 1st July, 1916.
22/75, Staff Nurse M. Grigor, 1st July, 1916.
22/158, Staff Nurse E. Popplewell, 1st July, 1916.
22/139, Staff Nurse A. L. Longman, 1st July, 1916.
22/42, Staff Nurse A. C. Searell, 1st July, 1916.
22/47, Staff Nurse E. W. Taylor, 1st July, 1916.
22/50, Staff Nurse C. Young, 1st July, 1916.
22/34, Staff Nurse E. M. Livesey, 3rd July, 1916.
22/147, Staff Nurse G. M. Metherell, 10th July, 1916.
22/38, Staff Nurse M. Mitchell, 10th July, 1916.
22/91, Staff Nurse E. L. Wilkin, 21st July, 1916.
22/14, Staff Nurse I. L. Bennett, 30th July, 1916.
22/88, Staff Nurse J. Sinclair, 30th July, 1916.
22/46, Staff Nurse M. Sutherland, 31st July, 1916.
22/80, Staff Nurse E. McLeod, 31st July, 1916.
22/102, Staff Nurse M. B. Beswick, 1st August, 1916.
22/70, Staff Nurse C. R. Clark, 1st August, 1916.
22/92, Staff Nurse M. Wright, 1st August, 1916.
22/93, Staff Nurse E. B. Young, 1st August, 1916.
22/72, Staff Nurse L. Eddy, 15th August, 1916.
22/148, Staff Nurse C. M. Morris, 1st September, 1916.
22/110, Staff Nurse A. D. Campbell, 1st September, 1916.
22/142, Staff Nurse A. J. Mackay, 1st September, 1916.
22/86, Staff Nurse M. O’Conner, 1st September, 1916.
22/43, Staff Nurse F. E. Siddells, 1st September, 1916.
22/126, Staff Nurse M. E. Hobbs, 3rd September, 1916.
22/196, Staff Nurse E. E. Crispin, 1st October, 1916.
22/166, Staff Nurse M. S. Tucker, 1st November, 1916.
22/122, Staff Nurse M. W. Haste, 1st January, 1917.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 7th June, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force:—

NEW ZEALAND STAFF CORPS.

Major Daniel Aloysius Hickey, D.S.O., is appointed Assistant Quartermaster-General, Otago Military District. Dated 19th February, 1917.

3RD (AUCKLAND) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Major Samuel Charles Schofield, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength and absorbed into the Establishment, with his original rank and seniority—viz., Major, as from 1st September, 1914 (vide New Zealand Gazette No. 5, of 20th January, 1916; to date from 26th June, 1917.

9TH (WELLINGTON EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

John Joseph Mead to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), vice Lieutenant Poynter, on active service. Dated 18th May, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant Harry Hector Doughty, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength and absorbed into the Establishment, with his original rank of 2nd Lieutenant, as from 26th November, 1914 (vide New Zealand Gazette No. 10, of 28th January, 1915); to date from 23rd June, 1917.

CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.

No. 4 Field Company.

William Meek Page to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 18th May, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS.

Lieutenant Bertie Hedgland Parker to be Captain, supernumerary to Establishment. Dated 24th April, 1917.

4TH (OTAGO) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant George Edgar Henderson Garden, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength and absorbed into the Establishment, with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 16th July, 1915 (vide New Zealand Gazette No. 107, of 9th September, 1915); to date from 25th June, 1917.

7TH (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) REGIMENT.

The notification published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 64, of 1st June, 1916, relating to Lieutenant William Peachey Aldridge, should read “28th February, 1916,” and not “10th February, 1916,” as therein stated.

With reference to the notification in the New Zealand Gazette No. 39, of 1st March, 1917, relating to 2nd Lieutenant Alan Arnold Barton to be Lieutenant, delete the words “9th February, 1917,” and substitute “20th February, 1916.”

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE BRIGADE (TERRITORIAL).

2nd Lieutenant William Wallace McClelland, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength and absorbed, with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 1st April, 1916 (vide New Zealand Gazette No. 139, of 14th December, 1916); to date from 16th June, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND FORCES MOTOR SERVICE CORPS.

Motor-car Section, Wellington.

Rangi Kerchoma to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 15th March, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.

William Arthur Wheeler, M.D., B.S., to be Captain (on probation). Dated 2nd June, 1917.

Gilbert Haywood Mirams, M.B., B.S., to be Captain. Dated 29th April, 1917.

Charles Benjamin Rossiter is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst doing duty with the N.Z. Expeditionary Force. Dated 6th May, 1917.

The notification in the New Zealand Gazette No. 98, of 19th August, 1915, relating to William Crawford Macknight to be Captain, dated 9th July, 1915, is cancelled, and the following substituted: “Captain William Crawford Macknight resumes his original seniority, as from the 9th October, 1901.”

NEW ZEALAND DENTAL CORPS.

Charles Vivian Bedford to be Lieutenant. Dated 3rd May, 1917.

With reference to the notification in the New Zealand Gazette No. 81, of 10th May, 1917, relating to the undermentioned officers, delete the words “19th April, 1917,” and substitute the following:—

Eric Spencer Bayley. Dated 2nd March, 1917.
Edmund Louis Renton. Dated 23rd March, 1917.
Harry Wilfred Swinburn. Dated 23rd March, 1917.
Thomas Bryan Riordan. Dated 3rd April, 1917.
Percy Frank Phillips. Dated 13th March, 1917.
William Robert Reyburn. Dated 13th March, 1917.