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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

Lieutenant Malcolm Burns Forgie is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 8th March, 1918, and absorbed with his original rank and seniority—viz., Lieutenant, as from 21st August, 1915, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 135, of the 25th November, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant Arthur McKee is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 12th March, 1918, and is absorbed with his original rank and seniority—viz., Lieutenant, as from 20th April, 1917, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 139, of the 6th September, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant Wilfred Roy Vercoe is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 1st February, 1918, and is absorbed with his original rank and seniority—viz., Lieutenant, as from 15th February, 1917, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 129, of the 16th August, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant William Tailby is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 15th March, 1918, and is absorbed with his original rank and seniority—viz., Lieutenant, as from 28th October, 1916, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 139, of the 14th December, 1916.

UNATTACHED LIST (b), GENERAL LIST.

Captain James Girdwood McKenzie is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain under the provisions of paragraph 35 (e) N.Z. Expeditionary Force Regulations, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 42, of the 8th March, 1917. Dated 11th March, 1918.

Alfred Joseph Clareburt to be Bandmaster with the honorary rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Honorary Lieutenant and Bandmaster Alfred Joseph Clareburt is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 15th March, 1918, and is absorbed with his original rank and seniority—viz., Honorary 2nd Lieutenant and Bandmaster, as from 1st September, 1914.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (GENERAL LIST).

Captain William Pitt is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 17th February, 1916, and is absorbed with his original rank—viz., Lieutenant, as from 20th September, 1910.

Lieutenant Dudley Alexander Byrne is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 26th March, 1917, and is absorbed with his original rank—viz., Lieutenant, as from 20th September, 1910.

CORRIGENDUM.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 60, of the 5th April, 1917, relating to Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant Charles Frederick Bishop, after the word “Lieutenant” add “in the Unattached List (b), General List.”

Also in the New Zealand Gazette No. 165, of the 8th November, 1917, for the words “N.Z. Army Service Corps,” read “Unattached List (b), General List.”

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 6th March, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the Territorial Force.

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain Alexander Hendry, M.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, is appointed a member of a Special District Medical Board. Dated 25th February, 1918.

Captain Gordon Napier MacDiarmid, M.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, is appointed a member of a Special District Medical Board. Dated 20th February, 1918.

Captain Arthur Humphrey Curtis, M.R.C.S., Eng., N.Z. Medical Corps, is appointed a member of a Special District Medical Board. Dated 20th February, 1918.

PROMOTIONS, RESIGNATIONS, TRANSFERS, ETC.

NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY.

A Battery.

2nd Lieutenant Clyde Ormiston West to be Lieutenant. Dated 9th November, 1917.

2ND (SOUTH CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant William Robert Purdom is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 26th February, 1918.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Harcourt Turner, D., is dismissed the Service by sentence of a Court-martial. Dated 20th February, 1918.

6TH (HAURAKI) REGIMENT.

Reserve of Officers.

Lieutenant William Martin Hayes Diamond, from the 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment (Reserve of Officers) to be Lieutenant, and is temporarily attached for duty with the Regiment. Dated 29th January, 1918.

7TH (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) REGIMENT.

Reserve of Officers.

Lieutenant William Martin Hayes Diamond is transferred to the 6th (Hauraki) Regiment, Reserve of Officers. Dated 29th January, 1918.

12TH (NELSON AND MARLBOROUGH) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Griffith Lewis, Reserve of Officers, was temporarily attached for duty from 1st September, 1914, to 10th September, 1915.

17TH (RUAHINE) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Ivon Vernon Wilson resigns his commission. Dated 13th February, 1918.

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE BRIGADE (EARL OF LIVERPOOL’S OWN) TERRITORIAL.

Sergeant Percy Alfred Smith, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 11th June, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant Percy Alfred Smith is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force with effect from 15th March, 1918, and is absorbed into the Regiment with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 11th June, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND FORCES MOTOR SERVICE CORPS.

Motor-car Section, Canterbury.

Cecil George McKellar to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 16th February, 1918.

Robert William Morrow to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 16th February, 1918.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) William Kington Fyfe, M.D., is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from 20th October, 1916, and absorbed with his original rank and seniority—viz., Captain, as from 8th September, 1914, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of the 25th February, 1916, and retains the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel until further notice.

The undermentioned members of the Otago University Officers Training Corps (Medical), having duly qualified, are appointed Lieutenants (on probation) under the provisions of paragraph 13, Regulations for Officers Training Corps (Medical), vide New Zealand Gazette, No. 81, of the 27th July, 1916. Dated 8th November, 1917:—

Sergeant-Major David Alfred Bathgate.
Staff-Sergeant Alexander Smith Morton.
Staff-Sergeant Douglas Leonard Muir.
Sergeant Colin Campbell Anderson.
Sergeant Francis Clough Blundell.
Sergeant Robert Stephenson Jordan Fitzgerald.
Sergeant Arnold Gilray.
Sergeant Charles Mills Greenslade.
Sergeant William David Hart.
Sergeant David Collingwood Low.
Corporal Ivan McDonald Allen.
Corporal John William Hall.
Corporal Samuel Lawrence Ludbrook.
Corporal James Francis Cleveland Moore.
Corporal Henry Howard Eric Vivian.
Lance-Corporal Louis Amos Bennett.
Lance-Corporal Walter Watson Little.
Lance-Corporal George Edwin Waterworth.
Sergeant Victor Rylands Nicholson.
Dated 29th January, 1918.

NEW ZEALAND DENTAL CORPS.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 22, of the 14th February, 1918, relating to Lieutenant Murray Kingsley Litchfield is cancelled, and the following substituted:—

“Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Murray Kingsley Litchfield is posted for duty on H.M.N.Z. Hospital Ship ‘Marama,’ and retains the temporary rank of Captain whilst so employed. Dated 29th January, 1918.”