AND THE WAR.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16664, 24 September 1914, Page 7

AND THE WAR.

TO LEAD THE MEN. OFFICERS OF NEW ZEAUND . CONTINGENT. HEADQUARTERS STAFF. . [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, September 23. Following is the final list of names of officers of the headquarters staff of the main New Zealand Expeditionary Force which, it has been announced, is destined for service in Europe: — . OFFICER COMMANDING. 1 Major-General Sir Alexander John Godley, K.C.M.G., C. 8.,. p.s.c., Imperial General Staff. PERSONAL APPOINTMENTS. Assistant Military Secretary —Major John Getliin Hughes, D. 5.0., N.Z.S.C. Aide-de-camp—Second Lieutenant Arthur Tabu Gravenor Rhodes, Grenadier Guards (Special Reserve). STAFF. GENERAL STAFF BRANCH. General Staff Officer, second grade— Lieutenant-Colonel William Garnett Braithwaite, D. 5.0., p.s.c., I.G.S. Attached to General Staff—Captt% Walter William Alderman, Administrative and Instructional Staff Commonwealth Military Forces. ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S BRANCH. Assistant Adjutant-General—Colonel Edward Walter Clervaux Cfcaytor, T.D., p.s.c., N.Z.S.C. Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General— Captain Nathaniel William Benjamin Bulter Thoms, N.Z.S.C. QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S BRANCH. Assistant Quartermaster - General— '• Lieutenant-Colonel James Jacob Esson, sth (Wellington) Regiment. Deputy Assistant QuartermasterGeneral—Captain John Robert Henderson, N.Z.S.C. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND DEPARTMENTS. Medical Assistant and Director of Medical Services Colonel William Johnston Will, V.D., N.Z.M.C. ■ Deputy, Assistant Director of Medical Services—Lieutenant-Colonel Porcival Clennell Fenwick, N.Z.M.C. Veterinary Assistant Director of Veterinary Services—Major Alexander Reid Young, N.Z.V.O, ORDNANCE. Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services—Honorary Captain William Thomas Beck, New Zealand Forces. ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT. Field Cashier—Honorary Lieutenant Thomas Lawless, oth (Wellington) Regiment. SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS. Assistant Provost Marshal and Camp Commandant—Captain Charles Henry Jeffries Brown, N-.Z.S.C. Interpreters—Second Lieutenant Clemeat Marshall Cazalet (attached); Lieutenant John Anderson, motor reserve of officers; Lieutenant Dudley Kettle, motor reserve, of officers. MOUNTED RIFLES BRIGADE. (With Attached-Troops) not allotted to a Cavalry Division, Headquarters Commander Colonel Andrew Hamilton Russell, A.D.C., Commander Wellington Mounted Rifles Brigade. ■ PERSONAL APPOINTMENTS. Aide-de-camp to Commander—Second Lieutenant Alan Standish Wilder, 9th (Wellington East . Coast) Mounted Rifles. Orderly Officer to Commander—Lieutenant Charles Arthur Bequchamp Pickard Hawkins. Staff Brigade Major—Captain Charles Guy Powles, N.Z.S.C. Staff Captain Captain George Augustus King, N.Z.S.C. ARMY FAY DEPARTMENT. Field cashier—Captain Percy De Bathe Brandon, 6th (Manawatu) M.R. attached. Army Service Corps supply, details and general daties—Captain Norman C. Hamilton, A.S.C. For requisitionary duties, captain or subaltern—Captain Henry Essau Every. INFANTRY. Headquarters Commander—Colonel Francis Earl Johnston, Prince, of Wales (Norih Staffordshire Regiment). Staff-Brigade Major—Major Arthur Cecil Temperley, Norfolk Regiment. Staff-Captain Captain Alfred Bishop Morton, N.Z.S.C. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND DEPARTMENTS. Veterinary officer—Captain George Noel Waugh, N.Z.V.C. DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY. (One Field Artillery Brigade). Headquarters Lieutenant-Colonel— Lieutenant-Colonel George Napier Johnston, Royal Artillery. Adjutant—Lieutenant James Mao* donald Richmond, R.N.Z.A. Orderly officer—2nd Lieutenant Walter Lancelot Moore. ARTILLERY BRIGADE. No. 1 BATTERY. Major—Major Frank Syrnon. Captain—Captain Clyde M’Gilp. Subalterns Lieutenant Claranco ; Nathaniel Newman, 2nd Lieutenant ! John Clouston Dennet, and 2nd Lieutenant Frederick Malcolm Turner. No. 2 BATTERY. Major Major Francis Bernard Sykes. Captain—Captain Groves Edward Daniel. Subalterns Lieutenant Victor Rogers, Lieutenant Robert Charles Wickens, and 2nd Lieutenant Alfred Ernest Harwood. No. 3 BATTERY. Major—Major Ivan Tatham Stand, ish. Captain—Captain Charles Victor Leeming. Subalterns Lieutenant Robert Richards, 2nd Lieutenant Christopher Carrington, and 2nd Lieutenant Thomas Carr. FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE AMMUNITION COLUMN. Captain—Captain Frank Gus Hume. Subalterns—2nd Lieutenant Stanley William Morton, 2nd Lieutenant Norman Harry Purdy, OFFICER LEFT AT BASE. Subalterns—2nd Lieutenant Harry John Malcolm Wilson. DIVISIONAL SIGNAL SERVICE. i Headquarters and Nos. 1 and 2 Sections Si£n*i- Company, headquarters \

Major (or Captain)—Captain. Henry M. Edwards. .. ■ ._. , Subaltern (motor cyclist)—Lieuten- , ant Jos. Lamb. , _ , No. 1 Section.—Subaltern —2nd Lieutenant Arthur Edward Alexander. No. 2 Section—Subaltern Lieutenant Charles Darwin Cooke, N.Z.E. I ' DIVISIONAL TRANSPORT AND SUPPLY UNIT. (One Company.) t Divisional train company captain—<B?aptain Hector Gowan Reid. Subalterns Second Lieutenant ffamee Garfield Stewart, Second Lieutenant Harry Hewett. Supply details for general duties— Second Lieutenant Montague W. Higginson. . . * For requisitioning duties, captain or subaltern—Second Lieutenant Leopold George Dyke Aoland. DIVISIONAL MEDICAL UNITS. (One Field Ambulance.) Commander - Lieutenant - Colonel Charles Mackie Begg. SECTION A HEADQUARTERS BEARER SUBDIVISION. ■ Captain or subaltern —Captain James Garfield Mitchell. Tent division lieutenant-colonel — Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Mackie Begg. Captain or subaltern —Captain Ernest Augustus Boxer. r Quartermaster Honorary Lieutenant William Hunter Will. SECTION B BEARER SUBDIVISION. Captain or subaltern —-Captain Henry Robert Walton, Supernumerary subaltern Lieutenant George Stanley Sharp. Tent subdivision major—Major Donald Norman Watson Murray. Captain or subaltern —Captain Cyril Hocken Tewsley. SECTION O, BEARER SUBDIVISION. Captain or subaltern—Captain Aubrey Vincent Short. Supernumerary subaltern Lieutenant John Connor. , Tent subdivision major—Major Eugene Joseph O’Neill. Captain or subaltern —Captain Hugh Short. Supernumerary subaltern Lieutenant Kenneth M’Cormick. Medical officer, divisional troops — Lieutenant Philip John Jory. Veterinary officer, divisional troops— Captain John Hope Primmer. ARMY TROOPS. Army pay department at base—CapJain James William Hutchen, sth {Wellington) Regiment. General base depot commanding— Major Charles Shaw, Reserve of Officers Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own). MEDICAL OFFICERS. NOT OTHERWISE SHOWN. Doing duty with .New Zealand Expeditionary Force as X-ray expert— Hon Lieutenant-Colonel Ferdinand C. Batchelor. Doing duty as dental surgeons —Lieutenants Bertram Sibbald Finn, Douglass Maunsell Beere, William Mackenzie, ’William Hobbs, Arthur Logan, Ernest Herbert Rawson Raymond, Alfred Dearsly, Francis Parnell Tymons, Donald Benjamin Green, John Hall Don. VETERINARY OFFICERS. NOT OTHERWISE SHOWN, Doing duty on transports—Captains Alexander Taylor, Ernest Lloyd Sidoall, William George Taylor. , * CHAPLAINS. iDOING DUTY WITH N.Z. EXPEDI- - TIONARY FORCE, 1914.) Rev John Alfred Luxford (third class); ■ William Grant (third class); Charles John Bush King (fourth class); Henry Lawrence Blamires (fourth class); George Thomas King (fourth class); Thomas Fielding Taylor (fourth * class); Guy Thornton (fourth class); Percy Ward Jackson (fourth class); Charles James Hamilton Dobson (fourth class); John Ross (fourth class); James Joseph M’Menamin (fourth class) and Patrick Do re (fourth class). Attached —Adjutant Alfred Green, Salvation Army, ranking as chaplain, to the force (fourth class).