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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and
Retirements of Officers of the Permanent and Territorial
Force.

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

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

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.

N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

Captain Sydney Devenish Rhind, M.C., is granted the tem-
porary rank of Major. Dated 1st June, 1920.

Lieutenant (temp.) Ernest Chappell is granted the temporary
rank of Captain whilst employed as Adjutant and Quarter-
master (temp.), Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer. Dated
1st June, 1920.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

N.Z. Post and Telegraph Corps.

Richard Brabazon Morris, Esq., to be Director of Post and
Telegraph Services, with the rank of Colonel. Dated 21st
May, 1920.

1ST (CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Norman Percy Neal to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 22nd
May, 1920.

17TH (RUAHINE) REGIMENT.

Major Jabez Alfred Cowles to be Lieutenant-Colonel and to
command the regiment. Dated 22nd May, 1920.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend Frank Dunnage, Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd
Class, to be Chaplain to the Forces, 2nd Class. Dated
22nd October, 1919.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

The undermentioned Staff Nurses (Temporary Reserve
List) to be Sisters. Dated 1st April, 1920 :—
Margaret Hepple Thompson.
Violet Oppenheim.

Sister Rachael Theodosia Levien to be Charge Sister. Dated
11th May, 1920.

Sister Lucy Isabella Cumberworth (Temporary Reserve List)
is posted for duty. Dated 1st May, 1920.

Staff Nurse Jean Gray Halliburton (Temporary Reserve List)
is posted for duty. Dated 27th April, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

Captain Arthur Wilbert Short to be Major. Dated 5th April,
1920.

The undermentioned are appointed 2nd Lieutenants (on
probation), under the provisions of General Headquarters
Instructions No. 28, of 14th July, 1919 :—
Arthur Naylor. Dated 1st May, 1920.
Conrad Harry E. Strack. Dated 10th May, 1920.
Philippe Sidney de Quetteville Cabot. Dated 26th May,
1920.

TRANSFERS.

N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

Captain (temp.) Thomas William Maben is transferred to the
Reserve of Officers (Temporary). Dated 1st July, 1920.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S 2ND (WELLINGTON WEST COAST)
MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain Walter Vaughan Wilson is transferred to the Reserve
of Officers. Dated 27th May, 1920.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

N.Z. Post and Telegraph Corps (North Island).

Lieutenant George Walter Kite is transferred to the Reserve
of Officers. Dated 24th May, 1920.

1ST (CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Ferdinand John Coe, from the Unattached List (b),
to be Lieutenant. Dated 20th May, 1920.

4TH (OTAGO) REGIMENT.

Major William Ernest McLean is transferred to the Reserve
of Officers. Dated 21st May, 1920.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant Albert Charles Ernest Loadsman, from the
N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool’s Own), to be 2nd
Lieutenant. Dated 27th May, 1920.

16TH (WAIKATO) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant (late Captain, N.Z.E.F.) Richard Frederick
Ward, from the Unattached List, General List, to be Cap-
tain. Dated 6th May, 1920.

N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE.

Earl of Liverpool’s Own (Territorial).

2nd Lieutenant Albert Charles Ernest Loadsman is trans-
ferred to the 5th (Wellington) Regiment. Dated 27th May,
1920.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

Sister Mabel Crook is struck off the strength of the N.Z.
Expeditionary Force and posted to the Temporary Re-
serve List. Dated 20th April, 1920.

The undermentioned are struck off the strength of the N.Z.
Expeditionary Force and reposted to the N.Z. Army Nursing
Service. Dated 1st February, 1920 :—
Sisters—
Louise Elizabeth Brandon, A.R.R.C.
Maud Mitchell.
Mary Eleanor Gould.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Temporary Re-
serve List :—
Sisters—
Louise Elizabeth Brandon, A.R.R.C. Dated 7th June,
1920.
Maud Mitchell. Dated 6th June, 1920.
Mary Eleanor Gould. Dated 3rd June, 1920.

Sister Maud Atkinson, A.R.R.C. (temp. Reserve List), ceases
to be attached for duty at the Military Hospital, Rotorua.
Dated 8th June, 1919.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

Lieutenant Ferdinand John Coe is transferred to the 1st
(Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 20th May, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST, GENERAL LIST.

2nd Lieutenant (late Captain, N.Z.E.F.) Richard Frederick
Ward is transferred to the 16th (Waikato) Regiment.
Dated 6th May, 1920.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of
Officers, under the provisions of General Headquarters In-
structions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 1st March,
1920 :—

N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY.
“C” Battery.

2nd Lieutenant (Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers, Temporary)
Archibald James Hawke, with the rank of Lieutenant.

N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE.
(Earl of Liverpool’s Own) Territorial.

2nd Lieutenant (Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers, Temporary)
Ernest Edward Madden, with the rank of Lieutenant.

GENERAL LIST.

2nd Lieutenant (Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers, Temporary)
James Meffen Barton, M.C., with the temporary rank of
Captain.

2nd Lieutenant (Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers, Temporary)
Jack Lister Brathwaite, M.C., with the rank of Lieutenant.

2nd Lieutenant Robert Wesney Hawke, with the temporary
rank of Captain.

2nd Lieutenants—
William Davis. Bertram Charles Annand.
Frederick Duncan Boswell. Arthur Gilmour.
Edward Early.

RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS.

COMMANDS AND STAFF.

Colonel Ralph Anderson Chaffey, C.B.E., (D), A.D.C., is
posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of para-
graph 126, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to
retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated
29th November, 1919.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

N.Z. Post and Telegraph Corps.

Colonel William Russell Morris, C.M.G., I.S.O., relinquishes
the appointment of Director of Post and Telegraph Ser-
vices, and is posted to the Retired List, under the pro-
visions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913, with
permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed
uniform. Dated 20th May, 1920.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The commission granted the Reverend William Wallace,
Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, is cancelled, under the
provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated
24th May, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

The undermentioned resign their commissions :—
2nd Lieutenant Malcolm Thompson. Dated 20th May,
1920.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Edgar Frank Snell. Dated 20th
May, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) George Frederick Charles Hos-
king. Dated 26th May, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST, GENERAL LIST.

2nd Lieutenant Ralph Coningsby Bean resigns his com-
mission. Dated 3rd October, 1919.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (TEMPORARY).

Captain Douglas Goodall Cody, M.C., resigns his commission.
Dated 25th October, 1919.