N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue XC, 7 October 1915, Page 7

N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE

EARL OF LIVERPOOL'S OWN APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS His Excellency, the Governor has been pleased to abolish the designation of "The Trentham Regiment" ("The Earl of Liverpool's Own") and to approve of the regiment's inclusion in a brigade to be designated "The New Zealand Rifle Brigade" ("The Earl of. Liverpool's Own"). His Excellency lias approved of the following appointments of officers -to the Brigade, Ist and 2nd Battalions, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, with the ranks set against their names, and to approve that where an officer holds in the New Zealand Staff Corp or permanent unit of the Territorial Force a rank different from that here set against his name, he shall hold such latter rank temporarily during his employment with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, as from Ist Ocw-LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. (1) Harry Townshend Fulton, D.5.0., 2nd King Edward's Own, Ghurka Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles) (2) Alexander Edward Stewart, 14th (South Otago) Regiment MAJORS/ (1) William Somraers Austin, 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment (1) William Kay, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) (2) Rawdon St. John Beere, sth (Wellington) Regiment. (2) Arthur James Childs, 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment N CAPTAINS. (1) Joseph Garrett Roache, sth (Wellington) Regiment (1) Edward Puttick, sth (Wellington) Regiment) (1) George Ernest Simeon, Unattached List, (b), Wellington District (Quartermaster) (1) Peter Harvey Bell, 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment (2) Alfred Digby-Smith, Corps of New Zealand Engineer's (2) John M'Donald Johnston, Unattached List (b), Wellington District (1) James Pow, Unattached List (b), Otago District (1) John Richmond Cowles, sth (Wellington) Regiment (1) Charles Kimbell Gasquoine, sth (Wellington) Regiment (2) Alfred James Powley, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment, Coast Defence Detachment (2) William John Pritchard Guinness, N.Z. Railway Battalion, Auckland District (1) Alan Lines Walker, Unattached List (b), Auckland District (2) William Alfred Bowring, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Coast Defence Detachment) (1) Robert Oliver Brydon, N.Z. Railway Battalion, Wellington' District • (2) Honorary Captain and Quartermaster William Ernest Christie, sth Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars) LIEUTENANTS. (2) (Temporary Captain) Andrew Haitley Burn, New Zealand Staff, Corps (1) (Temporary -Captain) John Bishop, New Zealand Staff Corps (2) (Temporary Captain) Thomas Mar tin Wilkes, New Zealand Staff Corps ' (1) (Temporary Captain) Robert Gleadow Purdy, New Zealand Staff Corps I (1) Bernard Russell Lankshear, sth (Wellington) Regiment (2) Herbert Henry Christophers, N.Z. Railway Battalion (Wellington District) (2) John Bosley Bennett, sth (Wellington) Regiment (2) Harold Eric Barrowclough, Unattached List (b), General List (Wellington District) , (2) Ernest Astley Harding, 15th (North Auckland) Regiment (2) Humphrey Holderness, Unattached List (b), General List (1) Paul Austin Elder, Unattached List (b;, General List (Wellington) District (1) Duncan Buchanan Macfarlane, 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment (2) Kenneth Sholto Caldwell, sth (Wellington) Regiment (2) Philip Felton M'Rae, 15th (North Auckland) Regiment | (1) Nathaniel John Reed, Unattached List (b) General List (2) Ronald Gordon Gallien, Unattached List (b) General List (1) Charles Lawrence Wardrop, Unattached List (b) General List (2) Keith George Dee, Unattached List (b) Canterbury District • (2) Leonard Maughan Liardet, sth (Wellington) Regiment (1) Alexander Hoggane, 10th (North Otago) Regiment 2nd LIEUTENANTS. (2) George Augustus Avey, Unattached List (b) General List (2) John Spearman D'Hauteville Birkby, Unattached List (b) General List (1) George M'Lean Wilford, Unattached List (b) General List, Wellington District (1) Charles Edwin* Gilbert, 4th (Otago) Regiment, Coast Defence Detachment (1) James Alex. Daniel Hopkirk, Unattached List (b) General List, Wellington District (1) Edward Holdsworth Buckendge, Unattached List (b) General List (1) John Christopher Holland, N.Z. Army Service Corps, Aticl£land District (2) Arthur Penfold Castle, Unattached List (b) General List (1) Joseph Leo M'Alister, Unattached List (b) General List, Wellington District (2) George Brown Macmorran, Unattached List (b) General List (1) Frank George Massey, Unattached List (b) General List (1) William Lind Mitchell, Unattached List (b) General List (1) Norman Angus, Unattached List (b) General List (1) Neil^ Lloyd Macky, Unattached List (b) General List (1) Arthur Clifton Adford Sexton, Unattachedy List (b) General List (2) William George Ivil, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (2) John Lawton Prescott, Unattached List (b) General List (2) Claude James Hunter Davidson, Unattached List (b) General List (1) Neville, Henry Arden, Unattached Li&t ;b) Genjbrai List (2) Douglas Wiremu M'Clurg, Unattached List (b), General List (2) William Reynolds Profitt, Unattached List (b). General List ATTACHED MEDICAL OFFICERS. (1) Captain Gilbert Vere Bogle, N.Z. Medical Corps. (2) Captain John Falconer-Brown, M.D., N.Z. Medical Corps CHAPLAINS. Rev. Clements Houchen, N.Z. Chaplains' Department. Rev. James Alexander M'Kenzie, N.Z. Chaplains' Department. FIELD CASHIER. Thomas Henry Jones, Honorary Lieut-.. Unattached List (b), General List 7th REINFORCEMENTS The following appointments -of officers to the 7th Reinforcements have been approved by His Excellency :—: — MOUNTED RIFLES. Capt. Eric Hamilton Orr, Stli (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles

1 Vfeorge' -u-aiv^w^*^-^^.^ -.'•''o't.n' (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles Capt. John James Raynes, Reserve of Officers, 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles Lieut. Cyril Blakeney, Bth (SouJ.h Canterbury) Mounted Rifles Lieut. Harry Holman Hayhurst, New Zealand Motor Service Corps Lieut. John Robert Loudon, Unattached List (b), Canterbury District Lieut. Clifton Stewart Geddis, Unattached List (b), Wellington District 2nd Lieut. Malcolm M'Kechnie. Unattached List (b). Auckland District 2nd Lieut William Leslie Cdlemap, 9th (Wellington) Mounted Rifles 2nd Lieut. Alexander John Mackay Manson, Unattached List (b), Wellington District 2nd Lieut. Walter Woolton Averill, Unattached List (a), Wellington District 2nd Lieut. James Robertson, Queen Alexandra's 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles 2nd Lieut. Lancelot Fairfax Jones, 9th (Hawkes Bay) Regiment 2nd Lieut. William Richard Foley, Queen Alexandra's 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles 2nd Lieut. Claude Albert Marchant, Queen Alexandra's 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles 2nd Lieut. Harry Gampbell Hemphill, 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles. , ~ ■ 2nd Lieut. Albert Richards, 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles 2nd Lieut. Edward John Grey, Unattached List (b), General List 2nd Lieut. Kenneth Struthers Williams, Unattached List (b), General List 2nd Lieut. Claude Hall Clark, Unattached List (b), General List 2nd Lieut. Cecil Bertrand Lockyer, Unattached List (b), General List NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY. Capt. Joseph Sadlier Gill, N.Z. Garri- ' son Artillery (Westport Division), with the rank of major temporarily until disembarkation Lieut. William Robert Golden, N:Z. Garrison Artillery (Auckland Division) Lieut. Robert s Wakelin Dunn, N.Z. Garrison Artillery (Wellington Division) Lieut. Joseph Abel. N.Z. Garrison Artillery (Wellington Division) 2nd Lieut. William Geddes, A Battery N.Z. Field Artillery INFANTRY. Capt. William David Jolly, 10th (North Otago) Regiment Capt. Gavin William Wardrop, 17th (Ruahine) Regiment Capt. Cedric Arthur Herman, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) Lieut. Ernest Charles Parry, Unattached List (b), Auckland District Lieut. John Llewellyn Charles Merton, Unattached List (b), Wellington District Lieut. Peter Mackenzie, 10th (North Otago) Regiment Lieut. William Ward, Unattached List (b), Otago District Lieut. William James Bevis, Unattached' List (b), Otago District \ Lieut. William • Henry Caiman, Un- - attached List (b), Wellington District Lieut. Archibald Burnett Sievwright, Unattached List (b), Wellington District Lieut. Gordon Leslie M'Clure, Bth (Southland) Regiment Lieut. Charles Henry Gould Joplin, Unattached List (b), Wellington District 2nd Lieut. Lionel Heber Bailey, Un-"- - attached List (b), Canterbury District 2nd Lieut. Charles Hastings Alexander Senior, Unattached List ' (b), Auckland District 2nd Lieut. (Quartermaster Honorary Lieutenant) William Richard Wakelin", New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps 2nd Lieut. Launcelot Logan Thomson Bush; Ist (Canterbury) Regiment 2nd Lieut. Frank Alwyn Taylor. Un- " attached List (b), Auckland District 2nd Lieut. William Hugh Stanley Widdowson, 10th (North Otago) Regiment 2nd Lieut. Daniel Joseph Augustus* Tole, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) s 2nd Lieut. Christopher Ingram, -3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) 2nd Lieut Cecil M'Lean Smith, Unattached List (b), Otago District 2nd Lieut. Robert Leslie Jamieson, New Zealand Railway Battalion 2nd Lieut. Ernest James Fawcett. 12th (Nelson) Regiment 1 2nd Lieut. George Sissmore Lavie, Unattached List (b), Canterbury District 2nd Lieut. Montague Steele. Unattached List (b), General. List 2nd Lieut Garland Horton Fell, Unattached List (b), General List 2nd Lieut. George Sainbury Strack. Unattached List (b), General List 2nd Lieut. Neville Stanley Joyce, Unattached List (b), General List NEW ZEALAND ARMY SERVICE CORPS. (No. 5 COMPANY.) Capt. William Charles Page, N.Z. Army Service Corps Lieut. Robert Martin Quinn, N.Z. Army Service Corps 2nd Lieut. Stanley Herbert Cramp, N.Z. Army Service Corps 2nd Lieut. George Rowland Hutchirison, N.-Z. Army Service Corps NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS. Major H. H. Barcroft Capt. Kenneth Gordon Capt. Herbert Hilton Cheeseman . Capt. Hardman A< Gordon Capt. James Garfield Crawford Capt. Norman Henry ,Prior Capt. Douglas Wilson Captain Herbert Myer Goldstein Capt. Frederick Noel" Johns Capt. Daniel Frank Myers Capt. James Atson Marshall Capt. R. Kennon, R.A.M.C. Capt. Douglas Gordon M'Pherson. Capt. Peter M'Nab Capt. James Nelson Capt. Chisholm Lee Capt. Norman Hitchcock NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT. Rev. Arthur Mitchell, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class Rev. Edward Elliott Maiden, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class Rev. John Thomas Brennan, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class Rev. William Grigg, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, vice Rev. John Alfred Luxford, Chaplain, 3rd Class, invalided. Rev. Walter M'Lean, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, vice Rev. William Grant, Chaplain, killed in action