JAN. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 19

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants:—
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Gains Vincent. Dated 31st August, 1916.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Albert Ernest Neilson, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 29th May, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant William John Logan. Dated 17th August, 1918.
2nd Lieutenant John Douglas Vernon, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 9th November, 1917.

Lieutenant Victor Lionel Powell relinquishes his appointment as Dental Officer in N.Z. Expeditionary Force Training-camps, and ceases to be attached to the N.Z. Dental Corps. Dated 4th December, 1918.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:—
Corporal John Earle Brodie. Dated 21st May, 1918.
Sergeant Douglas Lacy Taverner. Dated 6th June, 1918.
Company Sergeant-Major William Herbert Evans. Dated 2nd December, 1918.
Quartermaster Sergeant Alexander Robert Entrican. Dated 5th December, 1918.
Sergeant James Collett Dickinson. Dated 9th December, 1918.

The appointment of Lieutenant (temp.) Daniel Jackson is terminated. Dated 2nd December, 1918.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Frank Ernest Parker resigns his appointment. Dated 26th November, 1918.
2nd Lieutenant Lawrence Willoughby Bishop, from the Unattached List (b), General List, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st November, 1918.

UNATTACHED LIST (b), GENERAL LIST.

Honorary Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Thomas Henry Jones is transferred to the N.Z. Army Pay Department. Dated 7th November, 1918.

Lieutenant (temp.) Francis Edward Browne ceases to be attached to the branch of the Director of Railways and Works, and is transferred to the branch of the Director-General of Medical Services at Headquarters, with effect from 1st November, 1918, and retains the temporary rank of Lieutenant whilst so employed.

2nd Lieutenant Wilfred Fosbery Stilwell, M.C., is transferred to the Corps of N.Z. Engineers, Divisional Signal Companies. Dated 10th December, 1918.

2nd Lieutenant Lawrence Willoughby Bishop is transferred to the Unattached List (b). Dated 1st November, 1918.

CORRIGENDA.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 162, of 5th December, 1918, under the heading “Appointments,” for the words “Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edmund Russell, M.R.C.S.,” read “Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edmund Russell Rendle, M.R.C.S., N.Z. Medical Corps.”

With reference to the notification published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 86, of 10th August, 1916, relating to Honorary Lieutenant Thomas Henry Jones, Unattached List (b), the words “Dated 31st May, 1916,” are amended to read “Dated 21st June, 1916.”

The following is substituted for the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 147, of 7th November, 1918, relating to Sergeant Instructor Clement James Blakey, N.Z. Permanent Staff:—
Sergeant Instructor Clement James Blakey, N.Z. Permanent Staff (temp.), is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant (Unattached List (b), General List) whilst holding the appointment of Officer in Charge, Sick and Wounded Records, Auckland Military District. Dated 23rd October, 1918.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 22, of the 8th February, 1917, “Appointment of Officers proceeding on Active Service, N.Z. Expeditionary Force,” for the words “2nd Lieutenant Frederick William Matthews, Unattached List (b), General List,” read “2nd Lieutenant Frederick Gwillim Matthews, Unattached List (b), General List.”

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 162, of 5th December, 1918, relating to the reposting of 2nd Lieutenant John Keith Moloney from the N.Z. Expeditionary Force to the N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool’s Own), for the words “Dated 25th January, 1918,” read “Dated 25th January, 1917.”

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 105, of 1st August, 1918, relating to the promotion of 2nd Lieutenant C. E. H. Naylor, N.Z. Machine-gun Corps, for the words “Dated 24th December, 1918,” read “Dated 24th December, 1917.”

MEMORANDA.

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Harcourt Turner (D), 5th (Wellington) Regiment (since dismissed the Service), was struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force as from 4th January, 1915.

The undermentioned are appointed for duty on H.M.N.Z. Hospital Ship “Maheno” (5th Commission) with the ranks specified against their names. Dated 11th December, 1918:—

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Edward Porritt, M.S., Edin.
Captain William Malcolm Thomson, M.B.
Captain John Charles Johnson, M.B.
Captain Kenneth Ross, M.B.
Captain John Mickle Hyde.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.

Captain Roy Garfield Crawford.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

Matron Elsie McCallum.
Sister Florence Gill.
Staff Nurse Elsie Annie Aitkenhead.
Staff Nurse Muriel Florence Goulstone.
Staff Nurse Gladys Alfreda Robinson.
Staff Nurse Rosamind Punter.
Staff Nurse Isobel Grey.
Staff Nurse Mary Selina Neal.
Staff Nurse Grace Cunningham.

N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Anderson Hunter, C.B.E., N.Z. Dental Corps, Director of Dental Services, N.Z. Military Forces, proceeds to N.Z. Expeditionary Force Headquarters for duty, and is taken on the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force. Dated 11th December, 1918.

Lieutenant William Richmond Hursthouse, N.Z. Dental Corps, is posted for duty with the rank of Major. Dated 15th December, 1918.

Honorary Lieutenant William Orton Bradley, R.N.Z.A., is posted for duty with the rank of Captain. Dated 12th November, 1918.

Lieutenant Robert Bevan Dodds, N.Z. Dental Corps, is posted for duty. Dated 15th December, 1918.

Captain James William Silcock, 6th (Hauraki) Regiment, is posted for duty. Dated 12th November, 1918.

The undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Dental Corps are appointed to the N.Z. Expeditionary Force with the rank of Captain, to date from 11th December, 1918:—
Lieutenant Edmund Louis Renton.
Lieutenant Thomas Joseph Rowley.
Lieutenant William Henry James Poole.
Lieutenant Leonard Richard Downman Benjamin.
Lieutenant John Bird.
Lieutenant John Reid Burt.

The undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Dental Corps are appointed to the N.Z. Expeditionary Force with the rank of Lieutenant, to date from 11th December, 1918:—
Lieutenant Ernest Gordon Bender.
Lieutenant Carl Rubenstein Prime.
Lieutenant Charles Arthur Small.
Lieutenant Albert Binsted.

SAMOAN GARRISON.

Major Charles McBeath Dawson, M.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, was posted for duty as Principal Medical Officer as from 12th November, 1914.

Corporal Ernest John Dingle was appointed 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 3rd September, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Lieutenant WALTER EDWARD KIDDEY, Corps of New Zealand Engineers,

he having a total service to the 10th December, 1918, entitling him thereto, of twenty years two hundred and twenty-three days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.