May 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1129

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 10th May, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps, N.Z. Army Ordnance Department, and Territorial Force.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Captain Digby Edward Garrow Cardale is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Major. Dated 31st March, 1921.

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.

Captain Herbert Henry Whyte, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers (temp.), to be Captain. Dated 13th May, 1920.

6TH (MANAWATU) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain [Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] John Burnett Davis is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, with the rank of Major, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 26th April, 1921.

9TH (WELLINGTON EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain [Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] John Orlando Scott is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Major, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 27th April, 1921.

12TH (OTAGO) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant (temp.) William Alexander Spiers to be Lieutenant. Dated 19th April, 1921.

N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY.

“F” Battery.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Arthur Watson Bird, M.M., to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 20th April, 1921.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

No. 4 Field Company.

Major Norman Annabell, from the Unattached List (b), to be Major. Dated 15th October, 1920.

N.Z. POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS.

North Island.

The appointments of the undermentioned are confirmed:—
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) George Ernest Smith.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Leslie Vincent Fisher.

South Island.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Henry Mervyn Stephens is confirmed.
Andrew Clarke Lilburne to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 22nd April, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Thomas Williamson McMaster resigns his commission. Dated 26th April, 1921.

9TH (HAWKE’S BAY) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] James McRae is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, with the rank of Captain, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 26th April, 1921.

12TH (NELSON AND MARLBOROUGH) REGIMENT.

Captain Cyril Malcolm Rout is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 6th February, 1921.

14TH (SOUTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.

Nathan John Caldwell to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 15th April, 1921.

17TH (RUAHINE) REGIMENT.

Douglas Gerald Gordon to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 27th April, 1921.

N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE (EARL OF LIVERPOOL’S OWN).

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Harry Walter Abbott is transferred to the Unattached List (b), with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 10th April, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant Leslie Richard Hamilton is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 26th April, 1921.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 26th April, 1921:—
2nd Lieutenant Norman Felix Rigby.
2nd Lieutenant Nelson Oswald Ebbett.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 5th April, 1921:—
Captain (temp. Colonel) Joseph McNaughton Christie, C.B.E., M.D., with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Major Andrew Seymour Brewis, O.B.E., M.D.
Major Alfred George Talbot, M.B.
Major William Evans, M.R.C.S. Eng.
Captain John Alexander Doctor, M.B.
Captain Henry Thomas Dawson, M.B.
Captain William McKay, M.B.
Captain William Stephen Baird, M.B.

Lieutenant-Colonel George Gore-Gillon, M.D., is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 5th April, 1921.

Captain (temp. Major) Edwin Henry Britton Milson, M.D., relinquishes the temporary rank of Major. Dated 20th June, 1919.

Captain (temp.) [Major (temp.), Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Francis Ferdinand Aplin Ulrich, M.B., to be Captain. Dated 5th December, 1915.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

Sister Edith McLeod to be Charge Sister. Dated 23rd April, 1921.

Sister Annie Munro Rose is posted to the Temporary Reserve List. Dated 1st April, 1921.

UNATTACHED LIST (b.)

Northern Command.

Henry Horace Marshall to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 27th April, 1921.

Central Command.

Lieutenant [Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Norman Annabell is transferred to the Corps of N.Z. Engineers, No. 4 Field Company, with the rank of Major. Dated 15th October, 1920.

Lieutenant Harry Walter Abbott, from the N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool’s Own), to be Lieutenant. Dated 10th April, 1921.

Lieutenant Edmund George Cousins, from the Unattached List (General List), to be Lieutenant. Dated 10th April, 1921.

Lieutenant Frederick Stewart, from the Unattached List (General List), to be Lieutenant. Dated 10th April, 1921.

Southern Command.

Captain Sidney Alfred Clark is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 26th April, 1921.

Lieutenant William James Vesey Hamilton is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 26th April, 1921.

UNATTACHED LIST (GENERAL LIST).

Central Command.

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Frederick Stewart is transferred to the Unattached List (b), with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 10th April, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Edmund George Cousins is transferred to the Unattached List (b), with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 10th April, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Garth Reginald Jackson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 26th April, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] William Ricketts, D.C.M., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 26th April, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant Arthur Andrew Hancock is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 26th April, 1921.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 26th April, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant Samuel Oliver.
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Conway Maynard.
2nd Lieutenant William Roger Ainsworth.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (Temp.).

Captain Herbert Henry Whyte is transferred to the N.Z. Army Ordnance Department. Dated 13th May, 1920.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.