NEW ZEALAND OFFICERS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16131, 20 January 1916, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND OFFICERS

EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

RECENT APPOINTMENTS.

The following grants of temporary rank, appointments and promotions of officers employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Europe) have- been approved : —

NEW ZEALAND MOUNTED RIFLE BRIGADE. Auckland Mounted Rifle Regimert: The notice published in New Zealand Gazette No. 143, dated December 16, 1915, relative to the. promotion of Captain George Augustus King, New Zealand Staff Corps, from staff-captain Otago Mounted Rifle Brigade, to the rank of major, and his appointment as second in command, vice Major Frank Chapman (died of wounds), is cancelled.^ _ Captain George Augustus King, New Zealand Staff Corps, resumes the duties of staff-captain, New .Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade. The notice published in New Zealand Gazette. No. 143. dated December 16, 1915, relative to the appointment of Captain Hubert Cecil Glendining, New Zealand staff Corps, as staff-captain, is cancelled. Captain Hubert Cecil Glendining, New Zealand Staff Corps, resumes the duties of adjutant, Otago Mounted Rifle Regiment.

Wellington Mounted Rifle Regiment: 2nd Lieutenant Ralph Fitz-Roger Beetham, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, is appointed orderly officer to the brigadier-general commanding, vice Lieutenant John Burnett Da\is, who has vacated that appointment and is seconded from his regiment. Dated October 15, 1915.

Otago Mounted Rifle Regiment: Captain and Adjutant Cecil Glendining, New Zealand Staff Corps, to be major, vice Major Donald Bruce McKenzie, invalided; dated June 9. 1915. Captain Bruce Somerville Hay. New Zealand Staff Corps, to be major (since killed in action), vice Major and Adjutant Hubert Cecil Glendining, who retains the appointment of adjutant; dated June 9. 1915. Captain Cecil John Somerset Paddon to be major, vice Major Bruce Somerville Hay (killed in action) ; dated August 7, 1915. N.Z. AND A. DIVISION ARTILLERY. Captain Henry Arthur Davies to be staff-captain, vice Captain James Macdonald Richmond, who vacates the appointment. Dated October 2, 1915. Lieutenant Christopher Carrington. Royal New Zealand Artillery, adjutant, Ist New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade, to bo captain. Dated September 15. 1915. Lieutenant and Adjutant Robert Charles Wickens, New Zealand Field Artillerv. to be captain and to complete establishment, Ist New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade, vice Major George Edward Benson Mickle, returned to New Zealand. Dated September 13, 1915. Lieutenant Henry Gordon Wilding, New Zealand Field Artillery, is appointed adjutant, 2nd New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade vice Lieutenant and Adjutant Robert Charles Wickens, who vacates the appointment. Dated October 2, 1915. NEW ZEALAND FIELD AETILLEHT. Sergeant-Major Victor George Jones is granted the temporary rank of 2nd lieutenant, vice 2nd Lieutenant Norman Harry Purdy (wounded). Dated September 6, 1915. Sergeant Gilbert Adams is granted the temporary rank of 2nd lieutenant vice Lieutenant Duncan Eric Gardner (sick). Dated September 24, 1915. Sergeant Archibald Campbell Macdonald is granted the temporary rank of 2nd lieutenant, vice 2nd Lieutenant Frederick Malcolm Turner (sick). Dated September 25, 1915. Corporal- Gerland Lyon is granted the temporary rank of 2nd lieutenant, vice Captain Charles Victor Leeming (sick). Dated September 28, 1915. Bombardier Lancelot Lowin is granted the temporary rank of 2nd lieutenant, vice 2nd Lieutenant Walter Lancelot Moore (sick}. Dated September 30, 1915. Sergeant Henry Norman Webster is granted the temporary rank of 2nd lieutenant, vice Captain Henry James Daltry (sick). Dated September 51, 1915. NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS. Staff Sergeant-Major John Joseph Moore (Royal Engineers) is granted the temporary rank of 2nd lieutenant, vice Lieutenant William Stevens McCrorie (appointed adjutant). Dated October 2. 1915. Staff Sergeant-Major Thomas William Dollimore (Royal Engineers) is granted the temporary rank of 2nd lieutenant, vice 2nd Lieutenant Henry Masterton Clark (sick). Dated October 2, 1915. 2nd Lieutenant Hugh Sebastian King relinquishes his appointment. Dated September 27, 1915. AUCKLAND INFANTRY BATTALION. Lieutenant George Henry Wooley is temporarily appointed adjutant, vice Captain Athol Graham Bissell Price (sick). Dated October 15, 1915.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS. Sergeant - Major (W. 0.) William Tweedy, to be lieutenant, and is appointed quartermaster, vice Lieutenant and Quartermaster George Purdv (struck off strength). Dated September"ls, 1915. NEW ZEALAND ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS. The following 2nd lieutenants to be lieutenants, dated October 6, 1915:— 2nd Lieutenant Norman Joseph Levien. 2nd Lieutenant Thomas Joseph King. THE DEFENCE FORCES. PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS. The following military promotions, appointments and transfers have been made in the New Zealand defence forces :— Staff Corps: Lieutenant (temporary) P. N. Petty to be temporary captain ; Lieutenant (temporary) F. E. Ostler to be temporary captain". Third, Auckland. Mounted Rifles : Captains »S. C. Scnofield, Maxwell, Aldred, to be majors; Lieutenants N. J. Ellingham, W. E. tarter. \V. H. Walters, to be captains; Second-Lieutenant D. Skidd to bo lieutenant. Sixteenth, Waikato, Regiment: Lieutenant John Hector Luxford to be captain. Medical Corps : Captain Henry F. Bernau to be major while employed" with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force; John Alexander Hurley is granted the honorary rank of major during the war : Daniel B*. Maunsell, Ernest Roberton, to be captains. Chaplains' Department : The Rev. Jas. D. McL. Wilson to be chaplain to the forces (fourth class). Unattached List (B) : Captain V. H. Baker to he transferred to the sth, Wellington, Regiment; Lieut. F. Patience from the 11th. North Auckland. Mounted Rifles, to be lieutenant: Second-lieutenant 11. \ A Tregear to bo transferred to the 4th, Otago, Reiment: Second-lieutenants Denis F. Dui ? an. Fred Thomas, and Arthur A. Potter to be lieutenant* Motor Service. Corps : Car Section— C, G. Dawson. Charles F. Bennett. Clement Chas. fcscott, Benjamin H. Andrew, and James M. Caughey to be second-lieutenants on probation. Field Artillery: J. Batterv—C. T. Salmon to be lieutenant (temporan ) curing the absence of Second-lieutenant Uarnock with the New Zealand Exped't.onarv Force D Rattery-John B. Gauntlett to be second-lieutenant (temporary) during the absence of Second lieutenant Mitchell with the New Zealand LxDeditionary Force. New Zealand Engineers: Post and Telegraph Corps-Thos. M. Cotter to be second-lieutenant-SERVICE OF OFFICERS. YEAR IN TERRITORIALS. A new order has been issued bv the Defence Department requiring that officers must seno at least 12 months with the -New Zealand territorial force before they are eligiblo to hold commissions with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Previously the time of service, required v. a* 6ts months. **- >*-•*■