NEW ZEALAND ARMY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16687, 6 May 1916, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND ARMY

LATEST PROMOTIONS. Tho undermentioned appointments in tho Now Zealand Military Forces have been mado in addition to those published by us on Friday: — GENERAL STAFF OFFICER. Captain A. G. M'Neill, Royal Engineers, to be temporary major while acting C.R.E. of a division. NEW ZEALAND INFANTRY. Otago.—The undermentioned captains to be temporary majors:—Duncan C'olquhoun, Divid White, Lieutenant Louis Goldart Wilson to be temporary captain. The undermentioned second lieutenants to be temporary lieutenants: —Alexander Minith Falconer, Henry Robert Iver. 'J.iie undermentioned to be second lieutenants: —9/571 11.M.5. Sydney Wood, 11/1623 Sergeant James-Edward Biggar, 9/683 Q.M.S. Albert Arthur Chapman, 9/573 Sergeant Philip Dorham liuesell, 9/783 Sergeant Ernest Richard Black, 9/626 Q.M.S. Augustus Philip M'Cormack. ■ Auckland. —Captain Charles Eric Andrews to bo temporary major whilst in command of a company. Wellington.—Lieutenant William Eugene Stafford Furby to bo captain, Lieutenant Frank Kingdon Turnbull to be temporary captain,' Second Lieutenant Percy James North to be temporary quartermaster. 11/102 Sergeant Ewen Maclntyro to be second lieptenant and is temporarily appointed adjutant. The undermentioned to be second lieutenants: —10/281 S.M. C. 0. Brinsley, 10/9 SO Sergeant S. G. Guthrie, 10/132 Sergeant C. A. Bicknell, 11/1400 Sergeant D. . E. Batchelor, 11/1398 Corporal E. W. Williams, 11/74 Sergeant Caro James Pierce, 11/489 Sergt. Cecil Howard Molbon Allison, 11/1396 Corporal A. L. ,0. Hewitt, 11/31 Sergeant lan Barton Crulckshank, 11/736 a Sergeant Edward Stew:art Foasett, 11/1247 Sergeant W. G. Lyons, 11/179 Sergeant C. B. Easther, 11/47 Sapper Abraham Hall, 10/162 Regimental Q.M.S. James Typo Dallinger, 11/74 S.M. Edward Levicn. Canterbury. — Tho undermentioned captains to bo majors:—Poter Bain Hendorson, Arthur Cunlilte Bernard Critchley-Sal-monson (adjutant), Nathan William Benjamin Butler Thoms, Felix Ballard Brown,. Captain Hugh Stewart, to be temporary major; Lieutenant Albert Edward Conway, to bo captain. Tho undermentioned to be second lieutenants:—6/718 Company Q.M.S. T. W. L. Rutherford, 6/838 Company S.M. J. W. Langridgo.

NEW ZEALAND MOUNTED RIFLES. Auckland. — Tho undermentioned to be second lieutenants: —13/631, R.S.M. Douglas Manners, 13/264 Stall S.M. Frank Allsopp, 13/404 Staff S.M. Alexander Martin, 13/301 R.Q.M.S. Vernon Clifton BiggWithers, 13/991 Staff S.M. William Henry Coates, 13/70 Sergeant Arthur Charles Hinman.

Wellington. — Lieutenant John Burnett Davis to be temporary captain. Canterbury.—Lieutenant Cutlibert William Free to bo temporary captain. The undermentioned to be second lieutenants: — 7/109 Sergeant A. E. T. Rhodes, 7/612 R.S.M. Gerald Lomax Stedman, 7/92 Sergeant William Barnet Menzics, 7/735 Sergeant Duncan Bain Murchuson, 7/103 Sergeant Roy Simpson Priest, 7/149 S.S.M. John Leslie. Wilson, 517 Sergeant Robert Paul Harper, 7/516 Sergeant C. G. Harper, 7/157 Q.M.S. A. 'Anderson, and to be temporary quartermaster. NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY. Tho under-mentioned second lieutenants to be lieutenants: —Frederick Malcolm Turner, Stanley William Morton, Norman Harry Purdy, Walter Lancelot Moore, Jas. Gordon Jeffery, Henry Purse Warnoek, Henry Macdougall, Philip John Ellis, Victor George Jones, James Girdwood M'Kenzie. NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS. The under-mentioned lieutenants to be captains:—Charles Darwin Cooke, Edward James Hulbert. Sccond Lieutenant Henry Masterton Clark to' be temporary lieutenant. The under-mentioned second lieutenants to be temporary lieutenants: —Ralph John Black, C. W. Salmon, Horace William Newman. The under-mentioned to bo sccond lieutenants: —4/831 Staff Sergeant-major (temporary second lieutenant) Thomas Dollimore, 4/Usa Sergeant (temporary second lieutenant) Horace William Newman, 4/501 Sergeant Wilfred Fosberry Stilwell. ■ NEW ZEALAND RIFLES. Captain Alfred James Powley, to be temporary adjutant; Band-sergeant P. E. Cole, Ist Battalion, to be honorary second lieutenant. MAORI CONTINGENT. To bo second lieutenants—ls/161 Sergeant major Henry Ray Vercoe, 16/513 Sergeant Edward Renata Broughton. NEW ZEALAND ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS. 12/689 Sergeant Alfred James Bond, to be second lieutenant. NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS. Major Matthew Holmes, to be deputy assistant director of medical services. • NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT. Tho Rev. Arthur Mitchell, Chaplain to the Forces (fourth class), to be third class. NEW ZEALAND PAY CORPS. 15/121 Sergeant James Seaton Martin, to be honorary lieutenant.