Jan. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 149

N.Z. RAILWAY BATTALIONS.
South Island.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Walter Francis White is confirmed.
2nd Lieutenant Walter Francis White is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 15th December, 1920.

4TH (OTAGO) REGIMENT.
Sergeant Maxwell Joseph Otway Taylor to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 17th December, 1920.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.
Lieutenant (temp.) [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Ernest Marsden is transferred to the N.Z. Garrison Artillery, Wellington G.A. Division. Dated 20th December, 1920.

7TH (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) REGIMENT.
Lieutenant Stanley Moxham Dixon to be Captain. Dated 16th December, 1920.
Major John Llewellyn Charles Merton, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Major. Dated 23rd December, 1920.

13TH (NORTH CANTERBURY AND WESTLAND) REGIMENT.
Lieutenant (temp.) Fred Hall resigns his commission. Dated 17th December, 1920.

N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE.—EARL OF LIVERPOOL’S OWN (TERRITORIAL).
2nd Lieutenant William Lind Mitchell relinquishes his commission, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 115/20, of the 15th July. Dated 23rd December, 1920.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
Captain (temp.) George Mackenzie Lester Lester, M.R.C.S., relinquishes his commission. Dated 9th December, 1918.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.
Matron Jessie Bicknell, A.R.R.C., appointed for duty on H.M.N.Z. Hospital Ship “Maheno” on 1st January, 1916, is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and reposted to the service. Dated 1st February, 1920.
Staff Nurse Sarah Jane Hetherington was appointed for duty with the N.Z. Expeditionary Force. Dated 4th August, 1917.

The undermentioned are struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and reposted to the service. Dated 1st February, 1920:—
Matron Evelyn Gertrude Brooke, R.R.C.

Sisters—
Rose Gertrude Fanning, A.R.R.C.
Margaret Georgina Davies, A.R.R.C.
Margaret Nixon.
Ada Jane Ethel Lloyd.
Gertrude Grace Meddins.
Catherine May Doneghue.
Jean Drysdale Mathieson.
Mai Hodges.
Bessie Maxfield.
Lottie Horan Donald.
Decima Constance Horton.
Ruth Lindsay.
Katherine Frances Kitching.
Edith McLellan.
Margaret Jean Cameron.
Maggie Isabel Aiken.
Edith Popplewell, A.R.R.C.
Christina Campbell.
Jean Curle Dodds, A.R.R.C.
Lucy Mary Lea.
Eleanor Elizabeth Crispin.
Margaret Kathleen McKenzie.
Alice Clara Searell, A.R.R.C.
Caroline Wise.
Elizabeth Annie Wilson.
Jessie Walker.
Beatrice Gubbins.
Catherine Walker.
Kathleen Welch.
Lottie Harper.
Mary Audley Eaddy.
Irene Josephine Hood.
Jessie Harriette Elsie Beer.
Alice Mildred Glynnes.
Mary Ellen Affleck.
Jane Nicholson.
Caroline Ivy Burke.
Harriette Morgan.
Margaret Boyd.
Edna Pengelly, A.R.R.C.
Annie Louisa Longman, A.R.R.C.
Evelyn Kate Wright, A.R.R.C.
Annie Johanna Mackay, A.R.R.C.
Lily Burke.
Isabel Gordon Boyd.
Theresa Butler.
Jean Neill Erwin.
Daphne Rowena Commons.
Mary Mills.
Emma Jane Harris.
Eileen Grace Hanan.
Marie Louise Christmas.
Theodora Mary D’Emden.
Catherine Rose Clark.
Christine Maria Smith.
Florence Gill.
Alice Lizzie Philpotts.
Emily Hodges, A.R.R.C.
Elizabeth Fanny Stanton.
Jessie Euphemia Lewis.
Florence Lilian Greensill.
Violet Gertrude Barker.
Marguerite Hindmarsh Guinness.
Edith McLeod.
Sarah Jane Hetherington.
Ella Myrtle Stokes.
Margaret Irene Cox.
Edith Leaf Wilken, A.R.R.C.
Mary Duirs Macnab.
Catherine I. Drummond.
Ada Maud Carver.
Annie Bessie Thornton Fabian.
Catherine Gibbon.
Violet Maud Trott, A.R.R.C.
Isabel Grey.
Margaret Hitchcock.
Florence Alford Adams.
Rhoda Georgina McRae.
Margaret Watt.
Gertrude Mary Petre.
Edith Jane Austin.
Rose Easton.
Mary Beatrice Beswick, A.R.R.C.
Susan Fanny Crompton.
Staff Nurse Elsie Annie Aitkenhead.

Sister Dora Erin Giffney. Dated 28th May, 1917.

Sister Kathleen Davies, A.R.R.C., appointed for duty on the 6th June, 1920, relinquishes appointment, and is posted to the Temporary Reserve List. Dated 20th December, 1920.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Temporary Reserve List:—
Sister Dora Erin Giffney. Dated 28th May, 1917.
Charge Sister Kathleen Welch. Dated 26th January, 1921.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).
2nd Lieutenant William Herbert Evans to be Lieutenant. Dated 2nd December, 1920.
Captain Albert Charles Buist is transferred to the 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles. Dated 14th December, 1920.
Captain Wallace Charles Ivan Sumner is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), with the temporary rank of Major, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 16th December, 1920.
Lieutenant (temp.) John Henry Stapylton Bree is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 22nd December, 1920.
Captain Frank Foote 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 16th December, 1920.
The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant Charles David Arnold is cancelled, under the provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 17th December, 1920.

The undermentioned resign their commissions:—
2nd Lieutenant Edward Arthur Sapsford. Dated 13th December, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant Herbert Edward Sturge. Dated 22nd December, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant Harry Joseph Martin. Dated 22nd December, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (GENERAL LIST).
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Allen Graham Harris relinquishes his commission, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 115/20, of the 15th July. Dated 23rd December, 1920.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 90, of the 4th November, 1920, relating to 2nd Lieutenant Basil Warner Croker, is cancelled and the following substituted:—
2nd Lieutenant Basil Warner Croker is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of the 20th February, 1920. Dated 22nd October, 1920.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments to the N.Z. Staff Corps.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th January, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments of the undermentioned graduates from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, to the N.Z. Staff Corps, with effect from 15th December, 1920, in the following order of seniority.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

To be Lieutenants:—
Alex Gladstone Scholes.
John Andrew Martin Clachan.
Charles Archie D’Arcy Blackburn.
Charles Staunton John Duff.
Francis Charles Ewen.
Alan James Levinge Whyte.
Gordon Milton McCaskill.
Douglas Todd Maxwell.
Sidney Noel Gillman.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Clubs accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th January, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Clubs, under the provisions of section 43, Defence Act, 1909:—

Flaxbourne Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Ward, Marlborough.
Kereru Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Kereru, Hawke’s Bay.

Date of acceptance, 30th December, 1920.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

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