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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

Promotions in and Transfers from N.Z. Permanent Staff and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th January, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned promotions in and transfers from the N.Z. Permanent Staff and Territorial Force, to the N.Z. Staff Corps and Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, of the following officers:—

PROMOTIONS.

REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.

The undermentioned officers are promoted to the ranks stated for a probationary period of one year as from the 1st October, 1919:—

To be Captains (on probation):—
Captain (temp.) Thomas Farr, D.S.O., M.C.
Lieutenant (temp.) Charles Theodore Gillespie, M.C., with seniority next below Captain A. B. Williams.

To be Lieutenants (on probation):—
Lieutenant (temp.) Victor George Jones.
Captain (temp.) William Pollard.

TRANSFERS.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

The undermentioned officers from the units specified are posted to the Corps in the ranks and order of seniority stated, for a probationary period of one year as from 1st October, 1919:—

To be Majors (on probation):—
Major (Lieutenant-Colonel, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Edward Puttick, D.S.O., from the 5th (Wellington) Regiment.
Lieutenant (Lieutenant-Colonel, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Peter Harvey Bell, D.S.O., from the 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment.
Captain (Lieutenant-Colonel, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Robert Amos Row, D.S.O., from the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

To be Captains (on probation):—
Lieutenant (Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Henry Dolphus McHugh, M.C., from the Unattached List (b).
Major Albert Edward Conway, from the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.

To be Lieutenants (on probation):—
Lieutenant (temp.) Maurice Archibald Stedman, from the N.Z. Permanent Staff.
2nd Lieutenant (Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Magnus Earle Johnson, M.C., from the Unattached List, General List.
2nd Lieutenant (Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Mervyn Roy Walker, M.C., from the Unattached List, General List.
2nd Lieutenant (Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) George Dittmer, from the Unattached List, General List.
Lieutenant (Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) William Gibson Allan Bishop, M.C., from the Unattached List (b).
Captain (temp.) Douglas Stratford Manners, from the N.Z. Permanent Staff.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) William Alfred Gustafson, D.C.M., from the N.Z. Permanent Staff.
Captain (temp.) Jack Beaumont Le Mottee, from the N.Z. Permanent Staff.
Lieutenant (Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) William Walter Dove, M.C., from the 16th (Waikato) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant (Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Richard Selwyn Halliwell, M.C., from the Unattached List, General List.
Captain Robert Duffus McFarland, M.C., from the 16th (Waikato) Regiment.
Lieutenant Frank Leslie Hunt, from the Unattached List (b).
Captain George Franklyn Yerex, from the 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.
Lieutenant (Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) George Augustus Avey, M.C., from the Corps of N.Z. Engineers (N.Z. Railway Battalions).
2nd Lieutenant (Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Stewart Gordon McDonald, M.C., from the Unattached List, General List.
2nd Lieutenant (Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Arthur Bongard, M.C., from the N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool’s Own).
Lieutenant (Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Eric Francis Joseph Reeves, M.C., from the Unattached List, General List.

2nd Lieutenant (Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) John George Concannon Wales, M.C., from the N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool’s Own).
2nd Lieutenant (Reserve of Officers (temp.)) William Murphy, M.C., from the Unattached List, General List.
2nd Lieutenant (Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) William Ralph Burge, M.C., Unattached List (b).
2nd Lieutenant Kenneth John Walker, from the Unattached List, General List.
Lieutenant Hassell George de Forges Garland, M.C., A.D.C., from the 1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Stockdill, Unattached List, General List.
2nd Lieutenant Leslie Wilton Andrew, V.C., from the Unattached List, General List.
2nd Lieutenant William Symington Brown, M.C., M.M., from the Unattached List, General List.
2nd Lieutenant Edward Robert Victor Petrie, from the Reserve of Officers, General List.

REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.

The undermentioned officers from the units specified are posted to the regiment in the ranks and order of seniority stated, for a probationary period of one year as from 1st October, 1919:—

To be Captains (on probation)—
Captain (Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Clarence Nathaniel Newman, D.S.O., from the N.Z. Field Artillery, with seniority next below Captain T. Farr, D.S.O., M.C.
Lieutenant (Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Alan Bernard Williams, D.S.O., from the N.Z. Army Service Corps.

To be Lieutenants (on probation)—
2nd Lieutenant Joseph Richard Sutcliffe, from the Unattached List, with seniority next below Lieutenant W. Pollard.

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF.

The undermentioned to the N.Z. Staff Corps. Dated 1st October, 1919:—
Lieutenant (temp.) Maurice Archibald Stedman.
Captain (temp.) Douglas Stratford Manners.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) William Alfred Gustafson, D.C.M.
Captain (temp.) Jack Beaumont Le Mottee.

TERRITORIAL FORCE.

The undermentioned are transferred, with effect from 1st October, 1919:—

1ST MOUNTED RIFLES (CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY).
Lieutenant Hassell George de Forges Garland, M.C., A.D.C., to the N.Z. Staff Corps.

4TH (WAIKATO) MOUNTED RIFLES.
Captain George Franklyn Yerex, to the N.Z. Staff Corps.

N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY.
Captain (Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Clarence Nathaniel Newman, D.S.O., to the Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
(N.Z. Railway Battalions.)
Lieutenant George Augustus Avey, M.C., to the N.Z. Staff Corps.

1ST (CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.
Captain (Lieutenant-Colonel, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Robert Amos Row, D.S.O., to the N.Z. Staff Corps.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.
Major (Lieutenant-Colonel, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Edward Puttick, D.S.O., to the N.Z. Staff Corps.

7TH (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) REGIMENT.
Lieutenant (Lieutenant-Colonel, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Peter Harvey Bell, D.S.O., to the N.Z. Staff Corps.

13TH (NORTH CANTERBURY) AND WESTLAND REGIMENT.
Major Albert Edward Conway, to the N.Z. Staff Corps.

16TH (WAIKATO) REGIMENT.
The undermentioned to the N.Z. Staff Corps:—
Captain Robert Duffus McFarland.
Lieutenant (Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) William Walter Dove, M.C.

N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE (EARL OF LIVERPOOL’S OWN).
The undermentioned to the N.Z. Staff Corps:—
2nd Lieutenant (Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Arthur Bongard, M.C.
2nd Lieutenant (Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) John George Concannon Wales, M.C.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
Lieutenant (Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)) Alan Bernard Williams, D.S.O., to the Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery

UNATTACHED LIST (b.)
Lieutenant Frank Leslie Hunt to the N.Z. Staff Corps.