NEW ZEALAND ARMY

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 290, 27 August 1918, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND ARMY

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS

OFFICERS , CHANGES

Tho. following appointment', promotion-, ami resignations of tho undermentioned olncnro ot the Territorial Force, and the reporting of olllcers from tlio New z ca . lanu ]'iX!)Miitioii:iry Force to the Territorial ions, have been niudo:— ■APFOIXTMEXTS. t SV!^" 1 T (t<!l »" orai 'y Major) John Craig, T/.Ii.C) .. Ire., H.Z. iTcdical Corp,-. ccrJs to perform duty in N. , /,. Expeditionary Joriio training camps, and reliugnfchcs the appointment as number of a upecial disJ trict medical bostrd. dated July 17, m$ and retains the temporary rank of major until iurther notice. - Captain Herbert D. llobcrtson, Ji..H., N 7, £™i','\ l Corps, is appointed for duty in 2 io,'i tnlmi "S « am P6- Duted August Hon. Captain George Prictor, Unattached liint (b), Oen'oral Jjist. is appointed snips adjutant, to date July 22, 1918, and retains tlio appointment of quartermaster on IU.I.XZ. transports Lieutenant, (temporary Captuin) Smith T,. t'. l'i-ce, 2U. Forces Motor Service Corps, rclmqiiiFhea the appointment nf military ropreßi'ntativc to a military service board aii'l tho temporary rank of: ropt.iin whilst bo employed. Dated July 22, 1918. PROMOTIONS AND RESIGNATIONS. Tho Regiment of Koyal New Zealand Artillery. Hon. Lieutenant Henry J. Meado is granted the temporary rank of captain whilst conmipnding ir.i Koyal New Zealand Artillery flctschment at Dunedin. Dated July. 23, 1918. 31 aster-Gunner .Igbert H. Sawle is granted tho honorary rank of lieutenant (ternporaryi wni>t on duty at headquarters of the rogioioiit. i>«tpd July 25, 1918. liegimenUU Qiiariormaßter Sergeant Tliomas W. Paste is granted the honorary rank of lieutenant , -vhilst on duty with the Eoyal New Zealand Artillery detachment at Lyttelton. Dated July 23, 1918. , Eailwaj- Battalions (North Island) Captain Percy St. John Kecnan ceaeos to be attached to the N Z. Staff Corps on relinquishing the appointment of staff officer to the Director of Railway Transport. Dated June 5, 1918.

I 15th (North Auckland) Regiment. Lieutenant Stephen Henry Airey resigns his commission. Dated July 31. 1918. Motor Service Corps (Car Seotion). The commission grajitcd (Lieutenant Hod. ericlt Andrew M'Kenzie is cancelled under the provisions of Section 5a of the Defence Act, 1939. Dated June 25, 1918. Medical Corps. Lieutenant-Colonel' Kusscll Tracy-Inglis, M.8., to bo colonel. Dated July 16, 1918. Captain fieorgo Lyon, M.1i. , , is granted the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel until further notice.-. Dated July 30, 1918 Captain John W. Williams is granted the temporary, rani: of major until further fiotice. Dated June 1, 1918. 1 Johu Henderson Will to be captain (temporary). Dated August 8, 1918. Richard Waters is granted tho honorary rank of lieutenant (temporary.) whilst doing- duty as bacteriologist in a.' X.Z.E.F. training camp. Dated AuguEt 1, 1918. Chaplains' Department. Eov. John D. Eussell, chaplain to tho lorcee, ortt class, to be chaplain to the Forces, 2nd class. Dated March 29, 1916. Hey. Edmond Pholan to be chaplain to the Forces, 4th;class. Dated July 29, 1918. Unattached List (b) Major James Robb resigns his commission. Dated August 9, 1918. George F. C. ilosklng to be 2nd lieutenant (temporary). Dated August 7', 1917. Sergeant Charles H. Emery to be 2nd lieutenant, -Dated August, 8, 1918. ■

I Unattached List (b), General List. George Prictor to be honorary captain, to date September 2, 1915, Second Lieutenant (temporary) Claude a. Tendall ceases to be altaclied to the staff'of the Director of llecruiting, and relinquishes the temporary rank of 2nd lieutenant whilst bo employed. Dated May The undermentioned are struck fcff the strength of the K.ft Expeditionary Force, with effect from the dates mentioned:— Lioutenaiitsflolouel Matthew Holmes, M.8.; dated April 3, 1918. Major Alfred DigbySmith, D.SO.; dated August 20, 1918. Oaptain Herbert D. Kobertson, M.8.; dated August 6, 1918. Captain Bichard P. Ward; dated August 26, 1918. Second Lieutenant, Thomas G. Hamilton; dated September 2, 1918. BBPOSTI3D TO TERRITORIAL TOIiCK. The undermentioned, struck off tho strength of tho NX Expeditionary Force, are reposted to their Territorial units:— Corps of Engineers (No. y -2 Field Company). Captain (late Major N.Z.K.F.) Alfred Digby-Smith, D.S 0. IJated August 20, !918. Medical Corps. Captain (lato Lioutenant-Colonel./N.Z.E.F.) Matthew Holmes, M.U. Dated April .3, 1918, Qiul retains the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel until further notice. Captain Herbert D. Hobertson, M.B. Dated August 6, 1918. Unattached List (b). General List. Second Lieutenant (late Captain, N.Z.E.F.) Eichard F. Ward. Dated Auguet 26, 1918" Thomas G. Hamilton (lato 2nd Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) to be 2nd lieutenant, Dated May 30, 1917.