1950
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

2nd Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Ernest Frank Selby, M.C., is transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Otago Regiment, with the rank of Captain. Dated 27th June, 1921.

GENERAL LIST.
Central Command.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 64, of 1st July, 1920, relating to 2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] David Arthur Lusk, is cancelled.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 47, of 19th May, 1921, relating to 2nd Lieutenant John Gilray Grant, V.C., is cancelled, and the following substituted :—
2nd Lieutenant John Gilray Grant, V.C., is transferred to the 1st Battalion, Wellington Regiment. Dated 22nd June, 1921.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) :—
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] David Arthur Lusk, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 22nd June, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Harold Digby-Smith, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 4th July, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Albert Arthur Marryatt, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 22nd June, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Alton James Nimmo, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 22nd June, 1921.
2nd Lieutenant Frederick John Sinclair. Dated 22nd June, 1921.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 56/21, of 30th April. Dated 4th July, 1921 :—
2nd Lieutenant Harry Wilson Heyhoe.
2nd Lieutenant Keith Melvyn Little.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (temp.).

Lieutenant William Henchcliffe Simmons is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b). Dated 22nd June, 1921.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Changes in Organization of New Zealand Defence Forces.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve, under section 6, Defence Act, 1909, of the following changes in the organization of the New Zealand Defence Forces, with effect from the 1st June, 1921 :—

NORTHERN COMMAND.
(i.) Units redesignated.

11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles to be redesignated the 9th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles, with headquarters at Whangarei.
“A” Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, to be redesignated the 1st (18-pr.) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Auckland.
“G” Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, to be redesignated the 2nd (18-pr.) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Hamilton.
Nos. 1 and 7 Companies, New Zealand Garrison Artillery, to be amalgamated and designated the 13th (Coast) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Auckland.
No. 6 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery, to be redesignated the 18th (6-in. How.) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Auckland.
No. 3 Field Company, Corps of New Zealand Engineers, to be redesignated the Northern Depot, New Zealand (Field) Engineers, with headquarters at Auckland.
3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), (including the Coast Defence Detachment), to be redesignated the 1st Battalion, Auckland Regiment, with headquarters at Auckland.
6th (Hauraki) Regiment to be redesignated the 2nd Battalion, Auckland Regiment, with headquarters at Morrinsville.
15th (North Auckland) Regiment to be redesignated the 3rd Battalion, Auckland Regiment, with headquarters at Whangarei.
16th (Waikato) Regiment to be redesignated the 4th Battalion, Auckland Regiment, with headquarters at Hamilton.
Nos. 1, 2, and 5 Companies, New Zealand Army Service Corps, to be amalgamated and designated the Northern Depot, New Zealand Army Service Corps, with headquarters at Auckland.
No. 1 Field Ambulance and No. 5 Mounted Field Ambulance to be amalgamated and designated the Northern Depot, New Zealand Medical Corps, with headquarters at Auckland.

(ii.) Additional Units.

3rd (18-pr.) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Auckland.
4th (4·5-in. How.) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Auckland.
20th (Pack) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Auckland.
Northern Depot, New Zealand Corps of Signals, with headquarters at Auckland.

CENTRAL COMMAND.
(i.) Units redesignated.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles to be redesignated the 7th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles, with headquarters at Dannevirke.
“D” (Mountain) Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, to be redesignated the 5th (18-pr.) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Wellington.
“F” Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, to be redesignated the 6th (18-pr.) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Napier.
“J” Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, to be redesignated the 8th (4·5-in. How.) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Palmerston North.
No. 3 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery, to be redesignated the 15th (Coast) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Wellington.
No. 5 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery, to be redesignated the 17th (6-in. How.) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Wellington and Lower Hutt.
No. 9 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery, to be redesignated the 19th (60-pr.) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Wellington.
No. 4 Field Company, Corps of New Zealand Engineers, to be redesignated the Central Depot, New Zealand (Field) Engineers, with headquarters at Wellington.
5th (Wellington) Regiment to be redesignated the 1st Battalion, Wellington Regiment, with headquarters at Wellington.
7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment to be redesignated the 2nd Battalion, Wellington Regiment, with headquarters at Wanganui.
9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment and 17th (Ruahine) Regiment to be amalgamated and designated the 3rd Battalion, Wellington Regiment, with headquarters at Dannevirke.
11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles) to be redesignated the 4th Battalion, Wellington Regiment, with headquarters at New Plymouth.
Nos. 3 and 4 Companies, New Zealand Army Service Corps, to be amalgamated and designated the Central Depot, New Zealand Army Service Corps, with headquarters at Wellington.
No. 4 Field Ambulance and No. 8 Mounted Field Ambulance to be amalgamated and designated the Central Depot, New Zealand Medical Corps, with headquarters at Wellington.

(ii.) Additional Units.

7th (18-pr.) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Palmerston North.
Central Depot, New Zealand Corps of Signals, with headquarters at Wellington.

SOUTHERN COMMAND.
(i.) Units redesignated.

1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry) and the 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles to be amalgamated and designated the 1st (Canterbury) Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry), with headquarters at Christchurch.
10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles to be redesignated the 8th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles, with headquarters at Blenheim.
5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars), 7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles, and the 12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles to be amalgamated and designated the 5th (Otago) Mounted Rifles, with headquarters at Dunedin.
“E” Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, to be redesignated the 9th (18-pr.) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Christchurch.
“C” Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, to be redesignated the 11th (18-pr.) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Invercargill.
“B” Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, to be redesignated the 12th (4·5-in. How.) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Dunedin.
No. 2 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery, to be redesignated the 14th (6-in. How.) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Dunedin.
No. 4 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery, to be redesignated the 16th (Pack) Battery, New Zealand Artillery, with headquarters at Lyttelton.