THE N.Z. ARMY

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2705, 26 February 1916, Page 3

THE N.Z. ARMY

RIFLE BRIGADE

ITS OFFICERS APPOINTED

OTHER POSITIONS

The following miliary appointments are gazetted-.— Rifllo Brigade (3rd and 4th Battalions). Colonel: Vero Stain-ton Smyth, A.D.C. (Reserve of Officers, lloyal Warwickshire Regiment), New Zealand Staff Corps. Majors: (3) Jabez All red Cowles, 17th (Ruahine) Regiment; (1) Albert Edward Wolstcnholine, Itli (Otago) Regiment; (4) Alfred Winter-Evans, New Zealand Motor Service Corps. Captains: (3) John Sarsfield Murphy, Reserve of Oliicers, Sth (Southland) Regiment; (1) Harry Stuart Norton Robinson, New Zealand Staff Corps; (3) Henry M'Kelkv White Richardson, New Zealand Staff Ccrps; (3) William Colenso Di-ummond, Unattached List (b), Wellington District; (3) John Robert Cade, 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment; ,0) Charles Horsnell (Quartermaster), New | Zealand Railway Battalion (North Island); (1) Lionel Brough Stansell, New Zealand Railway Battalion (South Island); (3) Christoplier Robert Alexander Magnay, formerly Lieutenant Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders; (3) Henry Dolphus M'Hugh, Unattached List (b), Auckland District; (3) William Carrol Ilarley, 12th (Nelson)' Regiment); (.4) Major Howard Ram Jones, 2nd (South Canterbury Regiment; (4) John Lawson Turnbull, } st (Canterbury) Regiment; (3) Alexander Thompson, Unattached List (b), Auckland District; (4) Hilton Colin Meiklc, Unattached List (b), Auckland District; (■}) Frederick Rowe Logan, "Unattached List (b), Wellington District; (3) Harn/ Iveitli Sare, Unattached List (b), Otago District; (4) Phillip Vernon Hackworth, sth (Wellington) Regiment; (3) Ernest Leonard Hammond, Unattached List (b), Wellington District; (4) Albert Ernes); Neilson, Unattached List (b), Wellington District; (3) John Hector Luxford, lGtli (Wnikato) \ Regiment. Lieutenants: (3) Temporary Captain John Bishop, New Zealand Staff Corps; (3) Frank Eggar Greenish, Unattached List (a); (4) Andrew Logan M'Dnwell, Htli (South Otago) Regiment; (3) Albert Francis 'Miller, Unattached List (l>), Wellington District; (4) William Walter Dove, Ifith (Wnikato) liegiment; (3) Stanley Diclc Rogers, Unattached List (b), Wellington District; (3) Robert Arthur Earstow, Unattached List (b),' Auckland District; (3) John Henry Cock, Unattached List (b), Wellington District; (1) John Walter Snaddon, 9tli (Hawke's Bay) Regiment; (4) Bruce M'Leod, 17th (Ruahine) Regiment; (4) Kendall Reginald Janieo Saxon, Unattached List (b), Canterbury District; (3) John Moultrie Fcrriday, New Zealand Railway Battalion (North Island); (3) Edward Burrows, New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps (South Island); (3) William Nprris Masefield, 12th (Nelson) Regiment; (4) Keneh Allan Henderson, Unattached. List (b), (General List); (4) Noel Storrier Johnson, Unattached List (b), (Geneva! List); (4) Kenneth Cameron Clayton, Unattached List (b), (General List); (4) Harry Eastgate . (Quartermaster), Reserve of Officers (General List). 2nd Lieutenants: (4) Frederick James Brooks, Unattached List (b), Canterbury District; (4) William 'Forrest Fowlds, Unattached List (b), Auckland District; (4) David Cecil Armstrong. Unattached List (b), Wellington District; (4)' Edward Alexander Winchester, 17th (Ruahine) Regiment; (3) Richard Lucien Gilbert Fleming, Ist (Canterbury) Regiment (Coast Defpnce Detachment); (3) Septimus Jaines Edgar Closey, Unattached List (b), Auckland District; (3) Spencer Gray Seoullar, Unattached List (b), Otago District; (4) Ladislas Aloysius Joseph Emery, Corps of NewZealand Engineers; (1) ItegiualU Crago Clark, Unattached List (l>), Wellington District; (3) William''Arthur Gray, Unattached List (b), General List; (3) Cyprian Evernrd Bridge, Unattached List (b), General List; (3) Charles Luke Mullaney, Unattached List (b), General List; (3) Clive Duncan Philip Topliss, Unattached List (b), General List; '3) Albert Sidney Roid, Unattached List (b), General List; (4) Harold AVallis Shacldeford, Unattached List (b), General List; (4) Frederick Robert Kennedy Waring, Unattached List (b), General List; (4) John' Gladstone Greenwood, Unattached List (h), General List; (4) Gerald llawley, Unattached List (b), General List; (4) Donald Kennedy, Unattached List (b), General List. Modical Officers: (3) Captain John Ritchie Gilinour, M.8., New Zealand Medical Corps; (4) Captain William Jamieson Reia, M.8., New Zealand Medical Corps. Chaplains: The Reverend Burgin, New Zealand Chaplain's Department (4th Class); the Reverend Owen Doyle, New Zealand Chaplain's Department (4th Class).

3rd Maori Reinforcements. Lieutenant Frank Emanuel Sutherland, Lieutenant Charles Le France Young, 2nd Lieutenant Erdigton Goodwill, 2nd Lieutenant Stanley Moore, 2nd Lieutenant Alexander George Melles, 2nd Lieutenant Ru Karauria, 2nd Lieutenant Archibald Macdonald, 2nd Lieutenant George August Froruni. The Territorial Force. Queen Alexandra's 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles, John Stevenson, formerly captain, Queen Alexandra's 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles, to bo captain (temp.), vice Captain- Munro. with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles. The undermentioned 2nd lieutenants to be lieutenants under provisions of Paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1013: —. iirni- er Bl 'ddock, Walter 'Haeata, William Tittley Palmer. New Zealand Garrison Artillery. Lieutenant "Maurice Edward Denniston, from the Reserve of Officers, to'be lieutenant; Lieutenant Maurice Edward Den, is granted tho rank of captain while employed aa adjutant and quarter, master on hospital ship Mahcno. New Zealand Engineers (Railway, South Island.) The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) Sergeant John M'Gregor, SergeantMajor Neil M'Leod Matheson, SergeantMajor Alfred Stanley Sherratt, Sergeant tiuorgo Hugh M'Lean. 31th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles). Captain John Wallace Brunt, to be Afajor. . The undermentioned to bo 2nd Lieutenants (temp.) during the absence of officers with the New Zealand Expeditionary lorce-.— Alexander Howat Johnstone, vice Lieutenant Buxton; Victor Caddy Davies, vice Captain Hartnell; Robert Bruce Reid, vice Lieutenant Munro. 13th (North Canterbury and .Westland) Regiment. Second Lieutenant Sydney William Richardson, from'the Unattached List (b), to bo 2nd Lieutenant. 16th Waikato Regiment, The undermentioned Lieutenants to be captains:— Lawrence Henry. Gillott and John William l'eako. Now Zealand Army S&fvice Cofps. Second Lieutenant Frederick Augustus Macdonald, to be Lieutenant. New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps. Captain William Beauchamp-Platts reappointment as Staff Officer to the Officer Commanding New Zealand l'orces Motor Service Corps. Licutenuut Percy Ashtou Elworthy resigns liis commission., William Melville , Kirkcaldy , to be Honorary Lieutenant (temporary) during the period of tho war. Edward Ncwuiuu, M.P., to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporary) during tho period of tlic war. Now Zealand Medical Corps. Major Charles M'Bcuth Dawson, from the Reserve of Oliicers, to be Major. Major Charles M'licath Dawson is granted the temporary rank of Lieuten-ant-Colonel wliilo doing duty at Samoa. Captain Arthur Stanley Herbert, M.D., 8.5., Loud., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Eng., tn be temporary Major during the period of tho war. The undermentioned to bo Captains:— Joseoh M'Nauehton Christie. M.D U

F.R-.C.5., Edin.; Michael Herbert Watt; Kenneth Ross, ALU., Ch.B., I).P.H. Capiuu Joseph ArNaugkton Christie, M.D., F.R.C.S., Edin., tu'\be temporary iuajoi-. , Captain. John Caniiichael Smith, L.R.C.P., from the Reserve of Oliicers, lo be Captain. Francis Araott Batt, M.8., to be temporary Captain. • William John Barclay, M.D., F.R.C.S., D.1'.1i., to be temporary Captain. Roderick Campbell M'Diamiid, M.8., is granted the rank of temporary Captain while employed in a military camp in New Zealand. Lieutenant Philip Blakland Benliain, from the Unattached List (b), to be Lieutenant. William Matthews, to be Lieutenant. New Zealand Dental .Service Corps. Ernest Charles Wykes, to be an executive officer, with the rank of Lieutenant. Unattached List. Lieutenant Philip -Blakland Benhani is transferred to the Now Zealand Medical Corps. Second Lieutenant Sydney William Richardson is transferred to the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment. The undermentioned to l>e Captains (temporary) during the period of the war:—Walter Askin 'J.'ate, George Edward Bailey, Arthur . Douglas Stubbs. Sergeant William ll'enry Blinman Bull, to be 2nd Lieutenant.

The undermentioned to be -2nd Lieutenants (on probation):—John Edgar Wade, Robert Dale Kieley, Reginald Gillon Christophers, Sergeant Mervyn Wilmot ltorton, Charles Isbister, John Henry Stapylton Bree. ■ . The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants' (temporary) Frederick Charles Brockctt, John Harvey, Alfred Hugh Jlaguire, Francis Divens Oxley, Frank Ernest Parker, Francis Jauies Vernon Wilson, William Edinborough Chamberlain, Richmond Vernon Hooper, Sydney Hugh John Bovan Eaton, Albert Edward 111-win, George Clishani KeeMe,