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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 10th August, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to approve of the appointments,
promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of the
undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Terri-
torial Force, and the reposting of officers from the N.Z.
Expeditionary Force to the Territorial Force.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Major Henry Harwood Browne, M.B.E., 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 19th
February, 1920.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 61, of 24th June, 1920, relating to Lieutenant
(temp. Captain) George Hansbrow Hume, M.C., for the
words “Dated 4th October, 1920,” read “Dated 5th July,
1920.”

N.Z. ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT.

Captain Joseph Hadfield Westby Sheppard resigns his com-
mission. Dated 19th August, 1920.

N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

Colonel Percival Clennell Fenwick, C.M.G., M.D., relin-
quishes the appointment of Assistant Director of Medical
Services, Canterbury Military District, and is posted to the
Reserve of Officers (temp.). Dated 1st October, 1920.

Captain Angus McPhee Marshall, M.B., is granted the tem-
porary rank of Major. Dated 1st July, 1920.

N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY.

“J” Battery.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Charles Tennison Salmon resigns his
commission. Dated 27th July, 1920.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

N.Z. Railway Battalions (South Island).

Lieutenant Hector Porteous West is transferred to the Re-
serve of Officers. Dated 30th July, 1920.

N.Z. POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS.

Sergeant Harold Hubert Harding to be 2nd Lieutenant.
Dated 28th July, 1920.

2ND (SOUTH CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Reserve of Officers.

Major Major Howard Rauru Jones, M.C., is transferred to
the 5th (Wellington) Regiment. Dated 19th July, 1920.

3RD (AUCKLAND) REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY’S OWN).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—
Wilfred Henry Fortune. Dated 26th July, 1919.
Hugh Austin Wernham. Dated 14th February, 1920.

4TH (OTAGO) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Malcolm
McPherson Watt, M.C., from the Unattached List (b), to
be Captain. Dated 28th July, 1920.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.

Major Major Howard Rauru Jones, M.C., from the 2nd
(South Canterbury) Regiment (Reserve of Officers) to be
Major. Dated 19th July, 1920.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 28, of 18th March, 1920, relating to Captain
Gordon Leslie McClure, for the words “Dated 1st March,
1920,” read “Dated 27th January, 1920.”

Captain Frank Eggar Greenish, M.C., from the Unattached
List (a), to be Captain. Dated 28th January, 1920.

Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Archibald
Burnett Sievwright to be Captain. Dated 29th January,
1920.

Captain David Cecil Armstrong, M.C., from the Reserve of
Officers (General List), to be Captain, with seniority next
below Captain J. N. Rauch. Dated 30th January, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant Harry George Roy Mackay to be Lieutenant.
Dated 24th July, 1920.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of
Officers:—
Captain Guy Campion Felton. Dated 30th September,
1920.
Lieutenant Barton Albert Ginger. Dated 30th July, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)]
Leslie James Maule, with the rank of Lieutenant,
under the provisions of General Headquarters In-
structions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated
24th July, 1920.

9TH (HAWKE’S BAY) REGIMENT.

Captain Reginald James Richard Williamson to be Major.
Dated 26th July, 1920.

Lieutenant Albert Nielson to be Captain. Dated 26th July,
1920.

14TH (SOUTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant John Henry Turnbull, M.M., from the Re-
serve of Officers (General List), to be 2nd Lieutenant.
Dated 28th July, 1920.

15TH (NORTH AUCKLAND) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Robert Hugh Harris to be Captain. Dated 1st
March, 1920.

16TH (WAIKATO) REGIMENT.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 33,
of 1st April, 1920, relating to the retirement of Lieutenant-
Colonel Roy William Cumming, is cancelled, and the following
substituted:—

Lieutenant-Colonel Roy William Cumming is transferred
to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 26th February, 1920.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

Staff Nurse Eileen Mary Mehaffey is posted to the Temporary
Reserve List. Dated 26th July, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (a).

Captain Frank Eggar Greenish, M.C., is transferred to the
5th (Wellington) Regiment. Dated 28th January, 1920

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

2nd Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Malcolm
McPherson Watt, M.C., is transferred to the 4th (Otago)
Regiment. Dated 28th July, 1920.

Captain Noel Mackenzie Phillips Gibson is transferred to the
Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 29th July, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant James Gordon Burns is transferred to the
Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 28th July, 1920.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Edgar
Potter Lister lapses, under the provisions of paragraph 89,
General Regulations, 1913. Dated 29th July, 1920.

Alfred Leslie Moore to be Captain. Dated 1st July, 1920.

Sergeant William John Davidson is appointed 2nd Lieutenant
(on probation), under the provisions of General Head-
quarters Instructions No. 28, of 14th July, 1920. Dated
27th July, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (GENERAL LIST).

2nd Lieutenant David Archibald MacGibbon, M.M., is
transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), under
the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22,
of 20th February, 1920. Dated 26th July, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant William Sarsfield Clancy is posted to the
Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters
Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 27th
July, 1920.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (GENERAL LIST).

Captain David Cecil Armstrong, M.C., is transferred to the
5th (Wellington) Regiment. Dated 30th January, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant John Henry Turnbull, M.M., is transferred
to the 14th (South Otago) Regiment. Dated 28th July,
1920.

2nd Lieutenant temp. Lieutenant) Reginald Victor Albert
Knox ceases to be attached to the N.Z. Army Pay Depart-
ment (War Expenses Branch), and relinquishes the tem-
porary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 16th October, 1920.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (temp.).

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of
Officers (General List), under the provisions of General Head-
quarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920.

Lieutenant Eric Sclanders. Dated 29th July, 1920.

Lieutenant Thomas Henry Jamieson. Dated 3rd August,
1920.

Lieutenant Charles Croft Marsack is posted to the Retired List,
under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions
No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 24th July, 1920.

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

2nd Lieutenant Norman George Sutherland is struck off the
strength of the N.Z.E.F., and reposted to the Unattached
List (General List). Dated 13th January, 1920.

Lieutenant Acland Withiel Thomas is struck off the strength
of the N.Z.E.F., and posted to the Reserve of Officers.
Dated 9th February, 1920.

MEMORANDUM.

Frederick Louis Armitage (late Captain, N.Z.E.F.) is posted
to the Reserve of Officers (temp.), with the rank of Captain.
Dated 1st August, 1919.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.