APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1155, 16 June 1911, Page 6

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.

MILITARY GAZETTINGS. " Last night's Gazette contains .the foV lowing'appointments and promotions in the defence forces of the Dominion:— Major George N. Johnston, of tho Royal Garrison Artillery, to be temporary Lieutenant-Colonel. ' Captain H. 0. Knox,' Array Service Corps, to be temporary major. Major William Blooinfield, 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Eiiles, to be lieutenantcolonel. Major Edward Milton,' Bth (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles, to be lieutenantcolonel. Captain Charles E. R. Mackersey, 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles, to bo major. Major Alfred Bartlett, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment, to be lieutenant-colonel. Lieutenant-Colonel James Robert Purdy, New Zealand Medical Corps, to l>o colonel. ■ . ■ H. C. Hurst to be 2nd lieutenant of the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry. James Miller •to lie 2nd lieutenant of tho. Otago Hussars. Manawatu Mounted Rifies-D. W. S. Morrison to bo 2nd lieutenant.

Wellington East Coast Mounted RiflesCyril Paul Hunter to bo 2nd lieutenant. Thomas P. Hunter to be 2nd, lieutenant.' Melville Johnstono to bq 2nd lieutenant. Canterbury Field Artillery BrigadeFrederic H. Barns to bo 2nd lieutenant. . First (Canterbury) Regiment-Hubert J. ■ Francis to bo 2nd lieutenant. Trevor W. Stringer to be 2nd lieutenant.. Waikato Regiment—John H. Luxtord to 1)0' 2nd lieutenant. . New Zealand Medical Corps—Russell G., W. Adams to Le captain. New Zealand Veterinary Corps—Joseph ' Lyons, M.E.C.V.S., England, to bo Principal Veterinary Officer for tho Auckland Military District, with the rank of major. New 'Zealand Chaplains Department— The Reverend Charles Henry Laws, B.A. (4th class). The Reverend Thomas Arthur Williams (ith class). The Reverend James Gates Chapman (4th class). The Reverend Samuel James Serpell (4th The Colonial Long-Service medal has been awarded to Hon. Captain Quartermaster W. Frascr, of. the Wellington Last Coast Rifles.