Military Promotions and Transfers




UNATTACHED LIST (b).

Lieutenant (Captain, Reserve of Officers, Temporary) Joseph Leo McAlister, M.C., to be Captain. Dated 5th December, 1919.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
Arthur James Gillman. Dated 25th May, 1919.
James Walden Wilson, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 2nd July, 1919.

The undermentioned are appointed 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 28, of 14th July, 1919 :—
Gordon Mortimer Robertson. Dated 4th March, 1919.
Company Sergeant-Major William George Pratt. Dated 1st March, 1920.
Company Sergeant-Major John Ewart Connor. Dated 3rd March, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Rob Roy Macgregor. Dated 4th March, 1920.
Company Sergeant-Major Alfred Norwood. Dated 8th March, 1920.

TRANSFERS.

N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

The undermentioned, from the N.Z. Medical Corps, are temporarily taken on the strength with the ranks stated. Dated 1st February, 1920 :—
Brigadier-General (temp.) Donald Johnstone McGavin, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.D., to be Brigadier-General (temp.).

To be Colonels :—
Colonel James Robert Purdy, C.B.E., M.B., (D.).
Colonel Russell Tracy Inglis, C.B.E., M.D.
Lieutenant-Colonel Percival Clennell Fenwick, C.M.G., M.D.

To be Lieutenant-Colonels (temp. Colonels) :—
Major Henry John McLean, C.B.E., M.B.
Captain (temp. Major) Andrew Robert Dillon Carbery, C.B.E., F.R.C.S.

To be Lieutenant-Colonel :—
Lieutenant-Colonel George Edward Gabites, C.B.E., M.B.

To be Majors (temp. Lieutenant-Colonels) :—
Major Henry Percy Pickerill, M.D., from the N.Z. Dental Corps.
Lieutenant Philip John Jory, D.S.O., M.B.

To be Majors :—
Captain (temp. Major) William Norman Abbott, M.C., M.B.
Captain Hugh Short, O.B.E., M.B.
Captain Robert Stout, M.D.
Captain Wilfred Stanley Wallis, M.B.
Captain William Bruce, O.B.E., M.B.
Lieutenant William Aitken, M.C., M.B.
Major (temp.) James Renfrew White, M.B., to be Major (temp.).

To be Captains (temp. Majors) :—
Captain Frederick William Lumsden, M.C., M.B.
Captain Sydney Chalmers Allen, M.B.
Captain Walter Sneddon Robertson, M.B.
Captain William Cuthbert McCaw, M.B.
Captain Arthur Dysart Nelson, M.C., M.B.
Captain (temp.) Stanley Eric Vernon Brown, M.B.
Captain (temp.) Philip Blaxland Benham, M.C., M.B.

To be Captains :—
Captain Hugh Walter Pigeon, M.B., and is posted for duty with the Assistant Director of Medical Services, Wellington Military District. Dated 8th March, 1920.
Captain Alexander Francis Ritchie Crawford, M.B.
Captain Daniel Frank Myers, M.B.
Captain John Neil Keith, L.R.C.P.
Captain Charles Arnold Pemberton, M.R.C.S., Edin.
Captain Munro May Hockin, M.B.
Captain Robert Stephenson Jordan Fitzgerald, M.B.
Captain (temp.) Geoffrey Stuart Moore, M.R.C.S., Eng.
Captain (temp.) Arthur Kidd, M.B.
Captain (temp.) Henry Caldwell Tait, M.B.
Captain (temp.) Henry Morris Cowen, M.D.
Captain (temp.) Edward Kerr Edie, M.B.
Lieutenant George Harold Robertson, M.B.
Lieutenant James Leslie Will, M.B.
Lieutenant James Noel Edgar, M.B.
Lieutenant David Collingwood Low, M.B.
Lieutenant Robert Hector Baxter, M.C.
Lieutenant Angus McPhee Marshall, M.B.

To be Captains (temp.) :—
Captain (temp.) Louis Levy, M.B.
Captain (temp.) Thomas William Maben.

Honorary Captain and Quartermaster William Riach to be Honorary Captain and Quartermaster.

To be Lieutenant (temp.) :—
Lieutenant (temp.) Adjutant and Quartermaster Ernest Chappell.

7TH (SOUTHLAND) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain (Major, Reserve of Officers, Temporary) David Mc. Curdy, O.B.E., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers with the rank of Major. Dated 9th March, 1920.

N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY.
"A" Battery.
Lieutenant (Major, Reserve of Officers, Temporary) Robert Gracie Milligan, D.S.O., from the N.Z. Garrison Artillery, Auckland G.A. Division, to be Lieutenant. Dated 2nd March, 1920.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.
Auckland G.A. Division.
Lieutenant (Major, Reserve of Officers, Temporary) Robert Gracie Milligan, D.S.O., is transferred to the New Zealand Field Artillery. Dated 2nd March, 1920.

CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.
N.Z. Railway Battalions (North Island).
Lieutenant John Campbell Collins is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 3rd March, 1920.

12TH (NELSON AND MARLBOROUGH) REGIMENT.
Captain William Carrol Harley is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 4th March, 1920.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
The undermentioned are transferred temporarily to the N.Z. Army Medical Department. Dated 1st February, 1920 :—
Colonel James Robert Purdy, C.B.E., M.B. (D.).
Lieutenant-Colonel George Edward Gabites, C.B.E., M.B.
Captain (temp. Major) William Norman Abbott, M.C., M.B.
Captain Alexander Francis Ritchie Crawford, M.B.
Captain Munro May Hockin, M.B.
Captain (temp.) Louis Levy, M.B.
Captain (temp.) Thomas William Maben.
Honorary Captain and Quartermaster William Riach.
Lieutenant (temp.) Adjutant and Quartermaster Ernest Chappell.

Captain Hugh Walter Pigeon, M.B., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain, and is transferred to the N.Z. Army Medical Department. Dated 8th March, 1920.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.
The undermentioned Sisters are struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and posted to the Temporary Reserve List :—
May Chalmers, A.R.R.C. Dated 22nd February, 1920.
Caroline Condick. Dated 4th January, 1920.
Elizabeth Anna Porteous, A.R.R.C. Dated 4th March, 1920.
Alicia Inglis, A.R.R.C. Dated 3rd March, 1920.
Mary Ann Muir. Dated 2nd March, 1920.
Elizabeth Jane Young. Dated 6th August, 1919.
Staff Nurse Elizabeth Margaret Sim is posted to the Temporary Reserve List. Dated 29th March, 1920.

RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS.

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.
Lieutenant Walter Norman Bates resigns his commission. Dated 26th June, 1920.

7TH (SOUTHLAND) MOUNTED RIFLES.
Captain Ernest Charles Wilmot Porter is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 9th March, 1920.

The undermentioned resign their commissions. Dated 9th March, 1920 :—
2nd Lieutenant Joseph William Preston.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) John Howe Galt.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
N.Z. Railway Battalions (South Island).
The undermentioned resign their commissions :—
Captain Charles Matravers Benzoni. Dated 3rd March, 1920.
Lieutenant Frederick Thomas Antone Williams. Dated 5th March, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant Alfred Stanley Sherratt. Dated 3rd March, 1920.



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🛡️ Appointments and Promotions in N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
3 March 1920
Appointments, Promotions, N.Z. Staff Corps, N.Z. Army Ordnance Department, Territorial Force
8 names identified
  • Joseph Leo McAlister (Lieutenant (Captain, Reserve of Officers, Temporary), M.C.), Promoted to Captain
  • Arthur James Gillman, Promoted to Lieutenant
  • James Walden Wilson, Promoted to Lieutenant
  • Gordon Mortimer Robertson, Appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
  • William George Pratt (Company Sergeant-Major), Appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
  • John Ewart Connor (Company Sergeant-Major), Appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
  • Rob Roy Macgregor (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)
  • Alfred Norwood (Company Sergeant-Major), Appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on probation)

🛡️ Transfers in N.Z. Army Medical Department

🛡️ Defence & Military
1 February 1920
Transfers, N.Z. Army Medical Department, N.Z. Medical Corps
45 names identified
  • Donald Johnstone McGavin (Brigadier-General (temp.), C.M.G., D.S.O., M.D.), Temporarily taken on strength as Brigadier-General (temp.)
  • James Robert Purdy (Colonel, C.B.E., M.B., (D.)), Promoted to Colonel
  • Russell Tracy Inglis (Colonel, C.B.E., M.D.), Promoted to Colonel
  • Percival Clennell Fenwick (Lieutenant-Colonel, C.M.G., M.D.), Promoted to Colonel
  • Henry John McLean (Major, C.B.E., M.B.), Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel)
  • Andrew Robert Dillon Carbery (Captain (temp. Major), C.B.E., F.R.C.S.), Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel)
  • George Edward Gabites (Lieutenant-Colonel, C.B.E., M.B.), Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel
  • Henry Percy Pickerill (Major, M.D.), Promoted to Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel)
  • Philip John Jory (Lieutenant, D.S.O., M.B.), Promoted to Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel)
  • William Norman Abbott (Captain (temp. Major), M.C., M.B.), Promoted to Major
  • Hugh Short (Captain, O.B.E., M.B.), Promoted to Major
  • Robert Stout (Captain, M.D.), Promoted to Major
  • Wilfred Stanley Wallis (Captain, M.B.), Promoted to Major
  • William Bruce (Captain, O.B.E., M.B.), Promoted to Major
  • William Aitken (Lieutenant, M.C., M.B.), Promoted to Major
  • James Renfrew White (Major (temp.), M.B.), Promoted to Major (temp.)
  • Frederick William Lumsden (Captain, M.C., M.B.), Promoted to Captain (temp. Major)
  • Sydney Chalmers Allen (Captain, M.B.), Promoted to Captain (temp. Major)
  • Walter Sneddon Robertson (Captain, M.B.), Promoted to Captain (temp. Major)
  • William Cuthbert McCaw (Captain, M.B.), Promoted to Captain (temp. Major)
  • Arthur Dysart Nelson (Captain, M.C., M.B.), Promoted to Captain (temp. Major)
  • Stanley Eric Vernon Brown (Captain (temp.), M.B.), Promoted to Captain (temp. Major)
  • Philip Blaxland Benham (Captain (temp.), M.C., M.B.), Promoted to Captain (temp. Major)
  • Hugh Walter Pigeon (Captain, M.B.), Promoted to Captain and posted for duty with the Assistant Director of Medical Services, Wellington Military District
  • Alexander Francis Ritchie Crawford (Captain, M.B.), Promoted to Captain
  • Daniel Frank Myers (Captain, M.B.), Promoted to Captain
  • John Neil Keith (Captain, L.R.C.P.), Promoted to Captain
  • Charles Arnold Pemberton (Captain, M.R.C.S., Edin.), Promoted to Captain
  • Munro May Hockin (Captain, M.B.), Promoted to Captain
  • Robert Stephenson Jordan Fitzgerald (Captain, M.B.), Promoted to Captain
  • Geoffrey Stuart Moore (Captain (temp.), M.R.C.S., Eng.), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • Arthur Kidd (Captain (temp.), M.B.), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • Henry Caldwell Tait (Captain (temp.), M.B.), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • Henry Morris Cowen (Captain (temp.), M.D.), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • Edward Kerr Edie (Captain (temp.), M.B.), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • George Harold Robertson (Lieutenant, M.B.), Promoted to Captain
  • James Leslie Will (Lieutenant, M.B.), Promoted to Captain
  • James Noel Edgar (Lieutenant, M.B.), Promoted to Captain
  • David Collingwood Low (Lieutenant, M.B.), Promoted to Captain
  • Robert Hector Baxter (Lieutenant, M.C.), Promoted to Captain
  • Angus McPhee Marshall (Lieutenant, M.B.), Promoted to Captain
  • Louis Levy (Captain (temp.), M.B.), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • Thomas William Maben (Captain (temp.), M.B.), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • William Riach (Honorary Captain and Quartermaster), Promoted to Honorary Captain and Quartermaster
  • Ernest Chappell (Lieutenant (temp.), Adjutant and Quartermaster), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)

🛡️ Transfer in 7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles

🛡️ Defence & Military
9 March 1920
Transfer, 7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles, Reserve of Officers
  • David McCurdy (Captain (Major, Reserve of Officers, Temporary), O.B.E.), Transferred to the Reserve of Officers with the rank of Major

🛡️ Transfer in N.Z. Field Artillery

🛡️ Defence & Military
2 March 1920
Transfer, N.Z. Field Artillery, N.Z. Garrison Artillery
  • Robert Gracie Milligan (Lieutenant (Major, Reserve of Officers, Temporary), D.S.O.), Transferred to the New Zealand Field Artillery

🛡️ Transfer in N.Z. Garrison Artillery

🛡️ Defence & Military
2 March 1920
Transfer, N.Z. Garrison Artillery, Auckland G.A. Division
  • Robert Gracie Milligan (Lieutenant (Major, Reserve of Officers, Temporary), D.S.O.), Transferred to the New Zealand Field Artillery

🛡️ Transfer in Corps of New Zealand Engineers

🛡️ Defence & Military
3 March 1920
Transfer, Corps of New Zealand Engineers, N.Z. Railway Battalions (North Island)
  • John Campbell Collins (Lieutenant), Transferred to the Reserve of Officers

🛡️ Transfer in 12th (Nelson and Marlborough) Regiment

🛡️ Defence & Military
4 March 1920
Transfer, 12th (Nelson and Marlborough) Regiment, Reserve of Officers
  • William Carrol Harley (Captain), Transferred to the Reserve of Officers

🛡️ Transfers in N.Z. Medical Corps

🛡️ Defence & Military
1 February 1920
Transfers, N.Z. Medical Corps, N.Z. Army Medical Department
10 names identified
  • James Robert Purdy (Colonel, C.B.E., M.B. (D.)), Transferred temporarily to the N.Z. Army Medical Department
  • George Edward Gabites (Lieutenant-Colonel, C.B.E., M.B.), Transferred temporarily to the N.Z. Army Medical Department
  • William Norman Abbott (Captain (temp. Major), M.C., M.B.), Transferred temporarily to the N.Z. Army Medical Department
  • Alexander Francis Ritchie Crawford (Captain, M.B.), Transferred temporarily to the N.Z. Army Medical Department
  • Munro May Hockin (Captain, M.B.), Transferred temporarily to the N.Z. Army Medical Department
  • Louis Levy (Captain (temp.), M.B.), Transferred temporarily to the N.Z. Army Medical Department
  • Thomas William Maben (Captain (temp.), M.B.), Transferred temporarily to the N.Z. Army Medical Department
  • William Riach (Honorary Captain and Quartermaster), Transferred temporarily to the N.Z. Army Medical Department
  • Ernest Chappell (Lieutenant (temp.), Adjutant and Quartermaster), Transferred temporarily to the N.Z. Army Medical Department
  • Hugh Walter Pigeon (Captain, M.B.), Transferred to the N.Z. Army Medical Department

🛡️ Postings in N.Z. Army Nursing Service

🛡️ Defence & Military
Postings, N.Z. Army Nursing Service, Temporary Reserve List
7 names identified
  • May Chalmers (Sister, A.R.R.C.), Struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and posted to the Temporary Reserve List
  • Caroline Condick (Sister), Struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and posted to the Temporary Reserve List
  • Elizabeth Anna Porteous (Sister, A.R.R.C.), Struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and posted to the Temporary Reserve List
  • Alicia Inglis (Sister, A.R.R.C.), Struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and posted to the Temporary Reserve List
  • Mary Ann Muir (Sister), Struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and posted to the Temporary Reserve List
  • Elizabeth Jane Young (Sister), Struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and posted to the Temporary Reserve List
  • Elizabeth Margaret Sim (Staff Nurse), Posted to the Temporary Reserve List

🛡️ Resignations and Retirements

🛡️ Defence & Military
Resignations, Retirements, N.Z. Army Ordnance Department, 7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles, Corps of N.Z. Engineers
7 names identified
  • Walter Norman Bates (Lieutenant), Resigned commission
  • Ernest Charles Wilmot Porter (Captain), Posted to the Retired List
  • Joseph William Preston (2nd Lieutenant), Resigned commission
  • John Howe Galt (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Resigned commission
  • Charles Matravers Benzoni (Captain), Resigned commission
  • Frederick Thomas Antone Williams (Lieutenant), Resigned commission
  • Alfred Stanley Sherratt (2nd Lieutenant), Resigned commission