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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 152, 16 March 1918, Page 7

The following temporary appointments have been approved by the Camp Commandant at Trentham:—Sgt. B. H. Sandilands, 40th N.Z.M.R., to be temporary sergeant-major; Cpl. H. H. Bayly, 40th N.Z.M.R., to be temporary quartermaster-sergeant; Cpl. C. G. E. Barker, Headquarters Staff, CI Camp, to bo temporary sergeant.

The following temporary appointments have been approved by the Camp Commandant at Trentham:—Headquarters Staff (Records).—Cpls. G. S. Bissett and T. E. Mills, to bo sergeants; Res. S. Davison and H. J. Slower, to be corporals.

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