Feb. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 545

TRANSFERS.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.
Captain George Bertram Banks, O.B.E., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, with the rank of Major. Dated 31st March, 1920.

THE REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Lieutenant (on probation) Joseph Richard Sutcliffe is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2nd February, 1920.

5TH MOUNTED RIFLES (OTAGO HUSSARS).
Lieutenant Robert Law is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 28th January, 1920.

9TH (WELLINGTON EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.
Major Claude John Hamilton is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 21st January, 1920.
Lieutenant John Robert Thomas Slipper, from the Unattached List (b), to be Lieutenant. Dated 31st January, 1920.

12TH (OTAGO) MOUNTED RIFLES.
Lieutenant Charles Fitzroy Overton is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 16th January, 1920.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.
Auckland G.A. Division.
With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1, of 8th January, 1920, relating to Major Robert Gardner, for the words “Dated 24th November, 1919,” read “Dated 31st January, 1920.”

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
Lieutenant Gerald Bland Oliphant is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 13th January, 1920.

N.Z. RAILWAY BATTALIONS (NORTH ISLAND).
Lieutenant Reginald Henry Charles Mardon is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 14th January, 1919.

N.Z. POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS (NORTH ISLAND BATTALION).
Major Walter Ernest Carter is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 15th January, 1920.

4TH (OTAGO) REGIMENT.
Major Lindsay Mackie Scott, M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 22nd January, 1920.

13TH (NORTH CANTERBURY AND WESTLAND) REGIMENT.
Lieutenant Arthur Valentine Williams is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 10th January, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).
Lieutenant Robert John Thompson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List. Dated 25th January, 1920.
Lieutenant John Robert Thomas Slipper is transferred to the 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles. Dated 31st January, 1920.

RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS.

12TH (OTAGO) MOUNTED RIFLES.
The undermentioned resign their commissions:—
Major Alfred Squires Herbert. Dated 21st January, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) William John Keys. Dated 16th January, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) John Douglas Landels. Dated 16th January, 1920.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
No. 4 Field Company.
2nd Lieutenant William Meek Page resigns his commission. Dated 27th January, 1920.

4TH (OTAGO) REGIMENT.
Coast Defence Detachment.
Lieutenant David Cooke is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraphs 126 and 127, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 16th January, 1920.
The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant Frederick Stuart North is cancelled, under the provisions of paragraph 133 (1), General Regulations, 1913. Dated 23rd January, 1920.

8TH (SOUTHLAND) REGIMENT.
Honorary Lieutenant and Bandmaster Thomas Lithgow resigns his commission. Dated 13th January, 1920.

N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE.
Earl of Liverpool’s Own (Territorial).
2nd Lieutenant William Frank Whitehorn relinquishes his commission. Dated 14th January, 1920.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 69, of 22nd June, 1916, relating to Captain (temp. Major) Alexander Cameron McKillop, M.B., being posted to the Retired List, is cancelled, and the following substituted:—
Captain (temp. Major) Alexander Cameron McKillop, M.B., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 25th April, 1916.
Honorary Lieutenant and Quartermaster Claude Herbert Haigh resigns his commission. Dated 31st January, 1920.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend Thomas Arthur Williams, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, is struck off the strength of the Department, under the provisions of paragraph 133 (1), General Regulations, 1913. Dated 21st January, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) George Victor Rogers resigns his commission. Dated 15th January, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST, GENERAL LIST.
Honorary Lieutenant Edward Humphrey Bracey relinquishes the appointment of Record Officer, Featherston Camp Records, and the honorary rank of Lieutenant, dated 4th November, 1919, and is demobilized. Dated 2nd December, 1919.

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

The undermentioned are struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from the dates mentioned:—

Temporary Colonel.
Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) David Storer Wylie, C.M.G., C.B.E., M.B., and relinquishes the temporary rank of Colonel. Dated 29th January, 1920.

Lieutenant-Colonels.
Herbert Edward Pilkington, g. Dated 22nd January, 1920.
John Bell McClymont. Dated 24th January, 1920.
Captain (temp. Major) Herbert Horatio Spencer Westmacott, O.B.E., and relinquishes the temporary rank of Major. Dated 16th December, 1919.

Captains.
James Henry Crawshaw, M.R.C.S. Eng. Dated 1st February, 1920.
James Ferguson Duncan, M.B. Dated 1st February, 1920.
Louis Norman Guy Noakes. Dated 10th February, 1920.
Ernest Gordon Bender. Dated 22nd January, 1920.
James William Silcock. Dated 28th January, 1920.
Thomas Trench Thompson, M.B. Dated 2nd December, 1919.
Roy Waldo Fry Wood. Dated 22nd January, 1920.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Valentine Freke Maxwell, and relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 1st January, 1920.

Lieutenants.
Herman Frederick Augustus Wollerman. Dated 24th December, 1919.
Charles Joseph Walton Lockie. Dated 10th January, 1920.
Arthur Oakey. Dated 22nd January, 1920.
Cyril Edwin Bell. Dated 24th January, 1920.
Owen Ferquhar Baker. Dated 16th December, 1919.
John Ralph Taylor. Dated 14th December, 1919.

2nd Lieutenants.
Herbert Edward Winter. Dated 16th December, 1919.
Lancelot Richard Austin. Dated 16th December, 1919.
Wilfred McClure. Dated 5th January, 1920.
Allan Fletcher. Dated 10th January, 1920.
Leonard Morton Hartley Cheriton. Dated 14th December, 1919.
Leo Alphonsus Kyle, M.M. Dated 25th December, 1919.
Tame Ngatai. Dated 8th January, 1920.
Stewart Dalrymple MacPherson. Dated 10th January, 1920.
James Thompson. Dated 10th January, 1920.
Joseph Frederick Cody, M.M. Dated 8th January, 1920.
Daniel Joseph Collins. Dated 16th December, 1919.
Walter Leslie Fulljames. Dated 22nd January, 1920.
Francis Henry Clearwater. Dated 24th January, 1920.
Walter Martin O’Hara. Dated 9th January, 1920.
Arthur Gilmour. Dated 22nd January, 1920.
George Bertram Baker, D.C.M., M.M. Dated 16th December, 1919.
Lawrence Dallington Foster. Dated 28th July, 1919.
John Gilray Grant, V.C. Dated 1st January, 1920.
James Stelin. Dated 22nd January, 1920.
George Charles Simiss. Dated 24th January, 1920.