892 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 28

ROUTINE ORDER No. 2, OF 1st JANUARY, 1920.
N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
Commands and Staff.
Major (temp. Lieut.-Colonel) J. Studholme, C.B.E., D.S.O., relinquishes the appointment of A.A.G., N.Z.E.F. Dated 31st November, 1919.

Discharges.
The undermentioned officers, discharged in the United Kingdom, are struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force :—
Lieutenant-Colonel T. Mill, C.M.G., C.B.E., N.Z. Medical Corps. Dated 30th November, 1919.
Lieutenant-Colonel N. Fitzherbert, C.M.G., C.B.E., Wellington Regiment. Dated 2nd December, 1919.
Captain F. A. Milroy, N.Z. Medical Corps. Dated 5th December, 1919.
Captain R. G. K. Hodgson, N.Z. Medical Corps. Dated 29th November, 1919.
Captain P. G. McEvedy, N.Z. Medical Corps. Dated 8th December, 1919.
Lieutenant J. A. W. B. Johnson, N.Z. Dental Corps. Dated 9th December, 1919.
Lieutenant W. L. Devenish-Mears, Otago Regiment. Dated 22nd December, 1919.

Promotions.
Lieutenant G. B. Menzies, Otago Regiment, is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 31st December, 1919.
Lieutenant W. H. Simmonds, N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps, is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 31st December, 1919.
With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 62, of 22nd May, 1919, relating to Lieutenant H. M. Clarke granted the temporary rank of Captain, for the words “Dated 13th February, 1919,” read “Dated 31st December, 1918.”

J. G. COATES,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, Retirements, and Transfers of Officers, N.Z. Staff Corps, N.Z. Army Pay Department, and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 17th March, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, retirements, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Army Pay Department and Territorial Force, and the reposting of officers from the N.Z. Expeditionary Force to the N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force :—

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.

N.Z. ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT.
Honorary Lieutenant (temp.) Gerald Cave Boyes is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst employed as Officer in Charge Transport Accounts. Dated 1st December, 1919.

3RD (AUCKLAND) MOUNTED RIFLES.
Lieutenant John Edward Makgill to be Captain. Dated 4th June, 1919.

10TH (NORTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Thomas R*** Robertson is confirmed.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.
The undermentioned Masseuses to be Staff Nurses. Dated 1st February, 1920 :—
Olive Rowe.
Gladys Wade-Brown.
Elizabeth Westmacott.
Helen Sutherland.
Mildred Mary Symons.
Muriel Coates.
Lena Osborne Turner.
Ethel Wardell.
Ida Mary Salter.
Agnes Wason.
Muriel Evelyn Martin.
Edith Gertrude Bourn.
Dorothy Warneford.
Dorothy Tanner.
Gertrude Wilson.
Barbara Mackay.
Fleda May Murray.
Noeline Mary Robinson.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).
Lieutenant Gordon James Rust to be Captain. Dated 20th October, 1919.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 29th January, 1920 :—
John Cairney.
Henry Charles McQueen.

2nd Lieutenant Allan Barnard Ross to be Lieutenant. Dated 31st January, 1920.
The undermentioned are appointed 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 28 of 14th July, 1919 :—
Arthur George Gurnsey. Dated 16th February, 1920.
William Hunter Alexander. Dated 20th February, 1920.
Sergeant John Russell Gray. Dated 27th February, 1920.
Company Sergeant-Major George Bicknell John Greig. Dated 27th February, 1920.
Company Sergeant-Major Wilfred Bratby Stewart. Dated 27th February, 1920.

TRANSFERS.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S 2ND (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.
Lieutenant James Robertson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 10th February, 1920.
Lieutenant William John Melville, from the Unattached List (b), to be Lieutenant. Dated 12th February, 1920.

7TH (SOUTHLAND) MOUNTED RIFLES.
2nd Lieutenant James Crichton Prain, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 11th February, 1920.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.
No. 4 Company.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 11th November, 1919 :—
Robert Desmond Iles.
Colin Brereton Marshall.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
No. 3 Field Company.
Lieutenant Robert Thomas George Patrick, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers (temporary), to be Lieutenant. Dated 7th July, 1919.

3RD (AUCKLAND) REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY’S OWN).
2nd Lieutenant Ian Battman Macken is transferred to the 15th (North Auckland) Regiment. Dated 18th February, 1920.

COAST DEFENCE DETACHMENT.
Captain Donald Millar is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 7th February, 1920.

4TH (OTAGO) REGIMENT.
2nd Lieutenant George Robert Kennedy, from the 10th (North Otago) Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 23rd February, 1920.

7TH (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) REGIMENT.
2nd Lieutenant Frank Edward Clarke is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 11th February, 1920.

8TH (SOUTHLAND) REGIMENT.
Captain George Myers is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 23rd February, 1920.

9TH (HAWKE’S BAY) REGIMENT.
Major Ernest Sirdefield Harston is transferred to the 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles). Dated 19th February, 1920.

10TH (NORTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.
2nd Lieutenant George Robert Kennedy is transferred to the 4th (Otago) Regiment. Dated 23rd February, 1920.

11TH REGIMENT (TARANAKI RIFLES).
Major Ernest Sirdefield Harston, from the 9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment, to be Major. Dated 19th February, 1920.

15TH (NORTH AUCKLAND) REGIMENT.
2nd Lieutenant Ian Battman Macken, from the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18th February, 1920.

16TH (WAIKATO) REGIMENT.
Lieutenant Edward Haywood Crawford, from the Reserve of Officers (temporary), to be Lieutenant. Dated 27th February, 1920.