New Zealand Gazette – 1942 – No. 42

Page 1153

✨ Military Appointments and Promotions



APRIL 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1153

Appointments and Promotions of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 14th April, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments and promotions of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointments.

NZ 1478 Stanley James BEATTIE is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 16th April, 1942.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 3rd April, 1942:—

As Pilots.

NZ 402056 Sergeant Ronald William BIGGAR.
NZ 404898 Sergeant Vaughan St. Clair COOKE.

Promotions.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers (on prob.) are confirmed in their rank and are granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer:—

Dated 10th December, 1941—
William Arthur Coleman BALL.
Jack Edward Sedgwick BENTLEY.

Dated 21st December, 1941—
Warren John SANDMAN.

Dated 18th January, 1942—
Arthur Keith Emerson MACEWAN.

Dated 5th February, 1942—
Kenric Clement Harvey BANFIELD.

Dated 8th February, 1942—
Maechel Anthony ENSOR, D.F.C.
Sylvester Roger Oliffe RICHMOND.

Dated 1st March, 1942—
Ellett Forbes PAGE.
Ira Allison SUTHERLAND.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointments.

NZ 1479 Laurence Norman LARSEN, B.Sc. (Meteorological Branch) is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, Acting Squadron Leader. Dated 1st February, 1942.

The undermentioned officers of the Educational Branch relinquish their honorary commissions and are granted temporary commissions in the ranks shown. Dated 1st April, 1942:—

As Flying Officers, Fourth Year, Acting Flight Lieutenants—
NZ 1480 Alfred Frederick ELLIS, M.Sc.
NZ 1481 James Douglas MACKAY, B.A., B.Sc.
NZ 1482 Leonard William EAST, M.Sc.
NZ 1483 Arthur Lionel LITT, M.Sc.
NZ 1484 John Duncan MCDONALD, M.A., M.Sc.
NZ 1485 John Straker WEBSTER, M.Sc.
NZ 1486 Fraser John Edward BAILLIE, B.A., B.Sc.
NZ 1487 Edward LUNN, B.Sc.

As Flying Officers, Third Year, Acting Flight Lieutenants—
NZ 1488 John Joseph Timothy MCAULIFFE, M.A.
NZ 1489 Frank England WHIMP, M.Sc.

As Flying Officers, Third Year—
NZ 1490 Archibald JOHNSTON.
NZ 1491 James Roy DIXON, M.Sc.

As Flying Officer, Second Year—
NZ 1492 Major George IRWIN, M.A.

As Flying Officers—
NZ 1493 Alfred Charles ARNESEN.
NZ 1494 William Norman HOUSE, M.A.

NZ 391877 Sergeant Garry Ramsay CRAIG is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 12th September, 1941.

WORKS SECTION.

Appointments.

NZ 1495 Stanley Felipe OWEN is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 1st April, 1942.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.).

The undermentioned are granted commissions in the Air Training Corps in the ranks shown. Dated 10th April, 1942:—

As Flying Officer—
Arthur Richmond FAIREY.

As Pilot Officers—
Alfred Clarence DANNEFAERD.
Kenneth Frank HAYDON.
Clifton Trevor KEEGAN.
Elwyn Patrick KEEGAN.
Alfred Randall MARSHALL.
Edward Manly NEWLING.
Arthur James SCOTT.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 14th April, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer:—

As Pilots

Dated 27th March 1942—
NZ 414233 Sergeant Derek Frank BLACKMORE.
NZ 413808 Sergeant John Hamilton BOMFORD.
NZ 413839 Sergeant Ronald Matherson GRANT.
NZ 41437 Sergeant Ernest Cecil DOMNEY.
NZ 414660 Sergeant William James MURPHY.
NZ 413842 Sergeant George Newall HARRISON.
NZ 414584 Sergeant Robert Walter Preston CAMERON.
NZ 414343 Sergeant John Ernest ROUNTREE.
NZ 414606 Sergeant Thomas Arthur EMPSON.
NZ 414708 Sergeant James Colin WESTBROOKE.
NZ 414256 Sergeant Bernard Verdun CRAWFORD.
NZ 405778 Sergeant Selwyn Maurice HUNT.
NZ 414283 Sergeant Ian Alexander GRANT.
NZ 414710 Sergeant Alexander Grant WIGLEY.
NZ 39044 Sergeant Harry Raymond NICHOLLS.
NZ 414364 Sergeant John Spencer WATSON.
NZ 414265 Sergeant Maxwell Wintringham DIXON.
NZ 414686 Sergeant Allan Roy SCOTT.
NZ 414691 Sergeant John Baird SMITH.
NZ 414672 Sergeant Frederick Leonard PERRERS.
NZ 414683 Sergeant Wallace Morton SAMSON.
NZ 414677 Sergeant Arthur Lyall RAY.
NZ 414380 Sergeant Douglas Robert BANNERMAN.
NZ 414689 Sergeant David Gordon SIMPSON.
NZ 413858 Sergeant Maurice Carson JOLLY.
NZ 404367 Sergeant Reuben Rouse HORE.
NZ 414321 Sergeant Mervyn Jack MILLS.
NZ 414290 Sergeant Raymond Joseph HETHERINGTON.
NZ 414729 Sergeant James Edward SHIELDS.

As Air Gunners.

Dated 30th March, 1942—
NZ 413269 Sergeant Kenneth Peter McLEOD.
NZ 414512 Sergeant William Leonard MEDCALF.
NZ 413280 Sergeant Leslie Thomas SEWELL.
NZ 413289 Sergeant Donald William WRIGHT.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Flying Officer:—

Dated 23rd February, 1942—
NZ 1464 John Clifford CROFT.
NZ 1465 John Maxwell WARNOCK.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer:—

Dated 23rd February, 1942—
NZ 41202 L.A.C. Noel James BROWN.
NZ 638057 Sergeant James Houston AITKEN.
NZ 39045 L.A.C. Masson John GELLATLY.
NZ 1466 Gordon Rufus LEE.
NZ 40137 Corporal Rawlings William McSKIMMING.
NZ 39042 Flight Sergeant John McDonald KENNEDY.
NZ 403639 Sergeant Robert Charles BROWN.
NZ 403490 Corporal Cyril John ROBERTS.
NZ 39595 Corporal John James Dennis BLACK.
NZ 403797 Sergeant Edward MANTHORP.
NZ 39762 L.A.C. Howard ALLISON.
NZ 1467 Clive Allister MORTON.
NZ 402673 L.A.C. Peter Arnaud BARRAUD.
NZ 1468 Jack Forsyth BRISTED.
NZ 1469 Norman Murray WHYTE.
NZ 41835 L.A.C. John Frederick TEMPLE.
NZ 1470 Douglas Edward Godwin NAISH.
NZ 1471 Edward Owen Mildura LYELL.
NZ 1472 James Henry CODDINGTON.
NZ 1473 Neil McDOUGALL.
NZ 1474 Norman Kenneth PROCTOR.
NZ 1475 Charles LIVERTON.
NZ 1476 Saxon Wilfred Branson FOSTER.
NZ 1477 Lewis George THOMPSON.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.



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🛡️ Appointments and Promotions of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

🛡️ Defence & Military
14 April 1942
Appointments, Promotions, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Officers
38 names identified
  • Stanley James BEATTIE, Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • Ronald William BIGGAR (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Vaughan St. Clair COOKE (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William Arthur Coleman BALL, Confirmed as Flying Officer
  • Jack Edward Sedgwick BENTLEY, Confirmed as Flying Officer
  • Warren John SANDMAN, Confirmed as Flying Officer
  • Arthur Keith Emerson MACEWAN, Confirmed as Flying Officer
  • Kenric Clement Harvey BANFIELD, Confirmed as Flying Officer
  • Maechel Anthony ENSOR (D.F.C.), Confirmed as Flying Officer
  • Sylvester Roger Oliffe RICHMOND, Confirmed as Flying Officer
  • Ellett Forbes PAGE, Confirmed as Flying Officer
  • Ira Allison SUTHERLAND, Confirmed as Flying Officer
  • Laurence Norman LARSEN (B.Sc.), Granted temporary commission as Flight Lieutenant
  • Alfred Frederick ELLIS (M.Sc.), Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • James Douglas MACKAY (B.A., B.Sc.), Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • Leonard William EAST (M.Sc.), Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • Arthur Lionel LITT (M.Sc.), Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • John Duncan MCDONALD (M.A., M.Sc.), Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • John Straker WEBSTER (M.Sc.), Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • Fraser John Edward BAILLIE (B.A., B.Sc.), Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • Edward LUNN (B.Sc.), Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • John Joseph Timothy MCAULIFFE (M.A.), Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • Frank England WHIMP (M.Sc.), Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • Archibald JOHNSTON, Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • James Roy DIXON (M.Sc.), Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • George IRWIN (Major, M.A.), Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • Alfred Charles ARNESEN, Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • William Norman HOUSE (M.A.), Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • Garry Ramsay CRAIG (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Stanley Felipe OWEN, Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • Arthur Richmond FAIREY, Granted commission as Flying Officer
  • Alfred Clarence DANNEFAERD, Granted commission as Pilot Officer
  • Kenneth Frank HAYDON, Granted commission as Pilot Officer
  • Clifton Trevor KEEGAN, Granted commission as Pilot Officer
  • Elwyn Patrick KEEGAN, Granted commission as Pilot Officer
  • Alfred Randall MARSHALL, Granted commission as Pilot Officer
  • Edward Manly NEWLING, Granted commission as Pilot Officer
  • Arthur James SCOTT, Granted commission as Pilot Officer

  • F. JONES, Minister of Defence

🛡️ Appointments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

🛡️ Defence & Military
14 April 1942
Appointments, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Officers
59 names identified
  • Derek Frank BLACKMORE (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Hamilton BOMFORD (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ronald Matherson GRANT (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ernest Cecil DOMNEY (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William James MURPHY (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • George Newall HARRISON (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Robert Walter Preston CAMERON (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Ernest ROUNTREE (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Thomas Arthur EMPSON (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Colin WESTBROOKE (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Bernard Verdun CRAWFORD (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Selwyn Maurice HUNT (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ian Alexander GRANT (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Alexander Grant WIGLEY (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Harry Raymond NICHOLLS (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Spencer WATSON (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Maxwell Wintringham DIXON (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Allan Roy SCOTT (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Baird SMITH (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Frederick Leonard PERRERS (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Wallace Morton SAMSON (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Arthur Lyall RAY (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Douglas Robert BANNERMAN (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • David Gordon SIMPSON (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Maurice Carson JOLLY (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Reuben Rouse HORE (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Mervyn Jack MILLS (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Raymond Joseph HETHERINGTON (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Edward SHIELDS (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Kenneth Peter McLEOD (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William Leonard MEDCALF (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Leslie Thomas SEWELL (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Donald William WRIGHT (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Clifford CROFT, Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • John Maxwell WARNOCK, Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • Noel James BROWN (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Houston AITKEN (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Masson John GELLATLY (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Gordon Rufus LEE, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Rawlings William McSKIMMING (Corporal), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John McDonald KENNEDY (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Robert Charles BROWN (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Cyril John ROBERTS (Corporal), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John James Dennis BLACK (Corporal), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Edward MANTHORP (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Howard ALLISON (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Clive Allister MORTON, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Peter Arnaud BARRAUD (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Jack Forsyth BRISTED, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Norman Murray WHYTE, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Frederick TEMPLE (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Douglas Edward Godwin NAISH, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Edward Owen Mildura LYELL, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Henry CODDINGTON, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Neil McDOUGALL, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Norman Kenneth PROCTOR, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Charles LIVERTON, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Saxon Wilfred Branson FOSTER, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Lewis George THOMPSON, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer

  • F. JONES, Minister of Defence