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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 47

The Reverend Harold Theodore Peat, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 27th December, 1918. The Reverend Charles John Bush-King, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 18th January, 1919. The Reverend Gerald Francis Neligan, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 21st January, 1919. The Reverend Eric Evans, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 26th December, 1918. The Reverend Henry Norman Roberts, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 17th January, 1919. The Reverend John Edward Lopdell, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 7th January, 1919. The Reverend Patrick James O'Neill, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 20th December, 1918. The Reverend Francis Daly Briscoe, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 3rd February, 1919. Edwin Lewin Garner (Salvation Army), Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 19th December, 1918. John Shore Bladin (Salvation Army), Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 2nd January, 1919. The Reverend John Arthur Lush, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 12th April, 1919.

OFFICERS FROM N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE REPOSTED TO TERRITORIAL FORCE.

The undermentioned, struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, are reposted to their Territorial Units :—

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Auckland G.A. Division.

Captain Richard Allan Hogan. Dated 3rd December, 1918.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Mounted Signal Troops (Canterbury).

Lieutenant (late 2nd Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) Edwin Rowland Guinness. Dated 26th March, 1919.

13TH (NORTH CANTERBURY AND WESTLAND) REGIMENT.

Captain (late Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) Nicholas Lawn. Dated 29th March, 1919.

17TH (RUAHINE) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant Leonard Rudolph Nicholas. Dated 12th April, 1919.

N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE.—EARL OF LIVERPOOL'S OWN (TERRITORIAL).

The undermentioned (late 2nd Lieutenants, N.Z.E.F.) to be 2nd Lieutenants :— Athol William Merrill Ohlson, D.C.M. Dated 26th March, 1918. Frederick Newman Reeve Downard. Dated 12th December, 1918.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Colonel William Edward Collins, C.M.G., M.B. (D). Dated 12th April, 1919. Captain Thomas Newlands Watt, M.R.C.S., Eng. Dated 11th February, 1919.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.

The undermentioned (late Lieutenants, N.Z.E.F.) to be Lieutenants :— John Alfred Nilsson. Dated 31st August, 1918. Roderick Stuart Fraser Craig. Dated 31st August, 1918.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend John Arthur Lush, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 12th April, 1919.

UNATTACHED LIST (b), GENERAL LIST.

2nd Lieutenant Hugh Hanna. Dated 1st April, 1919. 2nd Lieutenant Eric Frank Barrington Waters. Dated 11th April, 1919. 2nd Lieutenant Roland Percival Towle. Dated 11th April, 1919. 2nd Lieutenant Hobart Cother Tennent. Dated 11th April, 1919.

The undermentioned (late 2nd Lieutenants, N.Z.E.F.) to be 2nd Lieutenants :— John Tait McHaffie. Dated 30th April, 1918. Roy Henry Page. Dated 6th June, 1918. Henry Walter Dixon. Dated 7th October, 1918 Maurice Crawford. Dated 26th February, 1918. Crawford Strang. Dated 12th December, 1918. James Alexander Cameron. Dated 26th March, 1918.

William Tom Bird. Dated 7th October, 1918. Henry Moodie Hopper, M.M. Dated 10th September, 1918. John Robin Harris Cooksey. Dated 7th May, 1918. William Theodore McCaw, M.M. Dated 29th January, 1918. Dudley Hampton Evans. Dated 29th June, 1918. Hugh Ritchie. Dated 12th June, 1918. Roy Gordon Murdoch. Dated 7th October, 1918.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (TEMPORARY).

The undermentioned are struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and posted to the Reserve of Officers (temp.) :—

Lieutenant-Colonel Hildebrand Holderness. Dated 11th April, 1919. Captain Kendall Reginald James Saxon. Dated 19th February, 1919. Captain John Bosley Bennett. Dated 3rd January, 1919. Captain Henry Ray Vercoe, D.S.O. Dated 19th December, 1918. Captain Walter Lancelot Moore. Dated 2nd April, 1919. Captain Harold Watkinson. Dated 11th April, 1919. Captain Joseph Leo McAlister, M.C. Dated 11th April, 1919. Captain Arthur James Papps. Dated 11th March, 1919. Captain Eric Wanklyn McLean. Dated 12th April, 1919. Captain John Mortimer Trevor Downey. Dated 11th April, 1919. Lieutenant Andrew Martin. Dated 11th April, 1919. Lieutenant Leo John Poff, M.M. Dated 29th March, 1919. Lieutenant Leonard Sydney Davis. Dated 12th April, 1919. Lieutenant Harold Thomas Malcolm Fathers. Dated 11th April, 1919. Lieutenant Garth Reginald Jackson. Dated 11th April, 1919. Lieutenant Archibald Hugh Bogle. Dated 11th April, 1919. Lieutenant Ernest Charles Clifton. Dated 12th April, 1919. Lieutenant Thomas James Morrow. Dated 26th March, 1919. Lieutenant James Sydney Millner. Dated 12th April, 1919. Lieutenant James Gibson Gow. Dated 11th April, 1919. Lieutenant Llewellyn O'Bryen Fitzmaurice. Dated 12th April, 1919.

MEMORANDA.

Lieutenant Maurice Archibald Stedman is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and absorbed in the N.Z. Permanent Staff with his original rank and seniority, to date from 24th March, 1919 ; and is appointed Area Officer, Group No. 12, Nelson, and Adjutant to the 12th (Nelson and Marlborough) Regiment, with the temporary rank of Lieutenant whilst so employed. Dated 25th March, 1919. 2nd Lieutenant Frederick William Thomas Bradshaw is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and is absorbed into the Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery with his original rank and seniority, to date 22nd March, 1919 ; and is appointed Area Officer, Canterbury Military District, with the temporary rank of 2nd Lieutenant whilst so employed. Dated 23rd March, 1919. Lieutenant William Ernest Rowland Warren is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and is absorbed in the Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery with his original rank and seniority, to date 18th April, 1919 ; and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 19th April, 1919. Captain (temp. Major) Frank Lawton Hindley, O.B.E., Reserve of Officers (temp.), relinquishes the temporary rank of Major on being struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force. Dated 3rd March, 1919.

ERRATA.

With reference to the notification published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 37, of 27th March, 1919, relating to Lieutenant-Colonel Percival Robert Cook, M.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, for the words "Dated 29th March, 1919," read "Dated 31st March, 1919." The notices published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 135, of 3rd October, 1918, relating to 2nd Lieutenants Norman George Sutherland and Henry Baxter Speight, Unattached List (b), General List, are deleted. The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of 20th February, 1919, relating to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Edward James Shearne, should read "2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Edward James Shearne."