New Zealand Gazette – 1942 – No. 73

Page 1971

✨ Military Appointments and Promotions



JULY 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1971

Dated 3rd July, 1942—
NZ 413375 Sergeant James BROWN.
NZ 415431 Sergeant Athol Francis Blair MCCREDIE.
NZ 413548 Sergeant Clive Samuel Whitehouse YOCKNEY.
NZ 415433 Sergeant Richard John O’DEA.
NZ 413440 Sergeant John Alexander MCCARTNEY.
NZ 413835 Sergeant John Malcolm FRASER.
NZ 413391 Sergeant Lawrence Norman DYER.
NZ 412796 Sergeant Herbert John ROBERTSON.
NZ 413168 Sergeant Sidney Howard LANGTON.
NZ 413497 Sergeant Robert Trevor Wright SPEIRS.
NZ 639143 Sergeant Walter James BUCHAN.

As AIR GUNNER.

Dated 1st May, 1942—
NZ 405498 Sergeant Robert George LYNN.

Promotions.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—

Dated 1st July, 1942—
Anthony St. Aubyn MURRAY.
Robert Hamish BALFOUR.

Dated 2nd July, 1942—
Leslie Alexander McLELLAN-SYMONDS.

Dated 5th July, 1942—
Robert John Finlay PORTER.
Robert Clifford BARCLAY.

Dated 7th July, 1942—
Derek Hanmer ATKINSON.

Dated 18th July, 1942—
Orton Wallace KNIGHT.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I.

Appointment.

As ACCOUNTANT OFFICER.

NZ 39043 Acting Flight Sergeant Douglas George LAWSON is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 16th July, 1942.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II.

Appointment.

RADIO OFFICER.

NZ 405039 L.A.C. Gordon Bailie SLOANE is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 18th March, 1942.

Promotions.

Pilot Officer Archibald Wauchop STOCKWELL to be Acting Flying Officer (paid). Dated 1st June, 1942.

Pilot Officer (on prob.) Ian Charles HANSEN is confirmed in this rank and is granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 4th July, 1942.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 2nd June, 1942 :—
NZ 391030 Sergeant Frederick John Spiers ANGUS.
NZ 401117 Acting-Sergeant Patrick Francis DWAN.
NZ 1608 Noble Howard COZENS.
NZ 1609 John William DOUGLAS.
NZ 1610 Colin CRICHTON.
NZ 1611 Somers William COX.
NZ 1612 Richard Clifford KING.
NZ 1613 Adam Alexander MCCORKINDALE.
NZ 1614 George Alexander MACGREGOR.
NZ 1615 William MACGREGOR-TURNBULL.
NZ 1616 Cecil Amyas QUANE.
NZ 1617 John Burt Livingstone TAPLEY.
NZ 1618 John Alexander THORBURN.
NZ 1619 Robert Erskine TOLHURST.
NZ 1620 Gordon Thompson PETTIGREW.
NZ 1621 Norris Yeoman SMITH.
NZ 1622 Hirini Te Kani FERRIS.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the ranks shown. Dated 9th June, 1942 :—

As Flying Officers, 4th Year—
NZ 1623 Robert Lawrence MIDDLEWEEK, B.A.
NZ 1624 Rupert Vivian de Renzy WORKER, M.A.

As Flying Officer, 3rd Year—
NZ 1625 William John JEFFERIES, M.A.

As Flying Officers, 2nd Year—
NZ 1626 William Charles CURRIE, B.A.
NZ 1627 Victor Athol WELCH, B.A.
NZ 1628 Herbert Vaughan MOUNTFORT, B.A.

As Flying Officers—
NZ 1629 Arthur Edward DAVIES.
NZ 1630 Henry Allan GOODWIN, M.A.
NZ 1631 Francis James NESS.
NZ 1632 John Rhys RICHARDSON, B.Sc.
NZ 1633 William Erle ROSE, B.A.
NZ 1634 Eric Francis TOWNSEND.
NZ 422216 Archibald Douglas WALLACE.

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Promotions.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—

Dated 8th July, 1942—
Robert Hugh HOWELL.

Dated 22nd July, 1942—
Reginald Phillip HULL.

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

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted commissions in the Air Training Corps in the rank of Pilot Officer :—

Dated 30th May, 1942—
Henry Neville POUNTNEY.

Dated 1st July, 1942—
James Alexander MACDONALD.
John Duncan CAMPBELL.
John Rowland MARKS.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 27th July, 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.

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

As PILOT.

Dated 31st May, 1942—
NZ 404962 Sergeant Philip Walter d’Arcy STEWART.

As AIR OBSERVER.

Dated 10th June, 1942—
NZ 401409 Flight Sergeant James Arthur ROBINSON.

Promotions.

Wing Commander Keith Logan CALDWELL, M.C., D.F.C., A.D.C., to be Group Captain (temp.). Dated 1st April, 1942.

The undermentioned Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders (temp.). Dated 1st April, 1942 :—
Francis Ross DIX.
Harry Lumsden TANCRED, A.F.C.
Charles Campbell HUNTER.
Gordon Rutherfurd WHITE.

The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders (temp.). Dated 1st April, 1942 :—
Edward Bongard WATERS.
Peter Alister MATHESON.
Robert Haire Faris HICKSON.
Henry Campbell WALKER.
Donald Edward GRIGG.
Robert George LINKLATER.
Ian Herbert Neill KEITH.
Alan Victor JURY.
Harold Percival Bradshaw DIVE.
Kenneth Gordon SMITH.
John Rutherfurd Clark KILIAN.
Leslie Andrew ROBERTSON.

Act. Sq. Ldr. Stuart Maxwell KIRKCALDIE.
Act. Sq. Ldr. William Glanville WOODWARD.
Act. Sq. Ldr. Frederick John LUCAS, D.F.C.
Act. Sq. Ldr. Wilfred Maurice Chalk WILLIAMS, D.F.C.

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.). Dated 1st April, 1942 :—
Gordon Kenneth Dundas MACKENZIE.
Geoffrey Peter KELLER.
Percival Colin LEWIS.
Morice Hubert MCKENZIE.
John Ronald DAY.
Douglas Alexander GREIG.
Maurice Leonard PIRIE.
Errol Howard BROWN.
Jack Sandford NELSON.
Robert FLETCHER.
Ernest William BARNETT.
John Roy BUTCHER.
Norman Alexander SUTTIE.
Ernest Laurie PAGE.
Nathan George Leonard SCOTT.
Arthur Cuthbert BAINES.
Cliford Grainger ANDREWS.
Kenneth Godfrey KING.
John Desmond PATERSON.
Guy ROGERS.
Percival Guy Haig NEWTON.
Henry Rodolph WIGLEY.



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🛡️ Appointments and Promotions of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
27 July 1942
Royal New Zealand Air Force, Appointments, Promotions, Air Gunner, Pilot Officers, Flying Officers
104 names identified
  • James BROWN (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Athol Francis Blair MCCREDIE (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Clive Samuel Whitehouse YOCKNEY (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Richard John O’DEA (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • John Alexander MCCARTNEY (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • John Malcolm FRASER (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Lawrence Norman DYER (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Herbert John ROBERTSON (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Sidney Howard LANGTON (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Robert Trevor Wright SPEIRS (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Walter James BUCHAN (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Robert George LYNN (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Anthony St. Aubyn MURRAY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Hamish BALFOUR (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leslie Alexander McLELLAN-SYMONDS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert John Finlay PORTER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Clifford BARCLAY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Derek Hanmer ATKINSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Orton Wallace KNIGHT (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Douglas George LAWSON (Acting Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Accountant Officer
  • Gordon Bailie SLOANE (L.A.C.), Appointed as Radio Officer
  • Archibald Wauchop STOCKWELL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Acting Flying Officer
  • Ian Charles HANSEN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Frederick John Spiers ANGUS (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • Patrick Francis DWAN (Acting-Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • Noble Howard COZENS, Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • John William DOUGLAS, Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • Colin CRICHTON, Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • Somers William COX, Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • Richard Clifford KING, Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • Adam Alexander MCCORKINDALE, Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • George Alexander MACGREGOR, Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • William MACGREGOR-TURNBULL, Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • Cecil Amyas QUANE, Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • John Burt Livingstone TAPLEY, Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • John Alexander THORBURN, Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • Robert Erskine TOLHURST, Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • Gordon Thompson PETTIGREW, Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • Norris Yeoman SMITH, Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • Hirini Te Kani FERRIS, Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • Robert Lawrence MIDDLEWEEK, Appointed as Flying Officer
  • Rupert Vivian de Renzy WORKER, Appointed as Flying Officer
  • William John JEFFERIES, Appointed as Flying Officer
  • William Charles CURRIE, Appointed as Flying Officer
  • Victor Athol WELCH, Appointed as Flying Officer
  • Herbert Vaughan MOUNTFORT, Appointed as Flying Officer
  • Arthur Edward DAVIES, Appointed as Flying Officer
  • Henry Allan GOODWIN, Appointed as Flying Officer
  • Francis James NESS, Appointed as Flying Officer
  • John Rhys RICHARDSON, Appointed as Flying Officer
  • William Erle ROSE, Appointed as Flying Officer
  • Eric Francis TOWNSEND, Appointed as Flying Officer
  • Archibald Douglas WALLACE, Appointed as Flying Officer
  • Robert Hugh HOWELL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Reginald Phillip HULL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Henry Neville POUNTNEY, Appointed as Pilot Officer in Air Training Corps
  • James Alexander MACDONALD, Appointed as Pilot Officer in Air Training Corps
  • John Duncan CAMPBELL, Appointed as Pilot Officer in Air Training Corps
  • John Rowland MARKS, Appointed as Pilot Officer in Air Training Corps
  • Philip Walter d’Arcy STEWART (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • James Arthur ROBINSON (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Observer
  • Keith Logan CALDWELL (Wing Commander), Promoted to Group Captain
  • Francis Ross DIX (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Wing Commander
  • Harry Lumsden TANCRED (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Wing Commander
  • Charles Campbell HUNTER (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Wing Commander
  • Gordon Rutherfurd WHITE (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Wing Commander
  • Edward Bongard WATERS (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Peter Alister MATHESON (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Robert Haire Faris HICKSON (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Henry Campbell WALKER (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Donald Edward GRIGG (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Robert George LINKLATER (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Ian Herbert Neill KEITH (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Alan Victor JURY (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Harold Percival Bradshaw DIVE (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Kenneth Gordon SMITH (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • John Rutherfurd Clark KILIAN (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Leslie Andrew ROBERTSON (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Stuart Maxwell KIRKCALDIE (Acting Squadron Leader), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • William Glanville WOODWARD (Acting Squadron Leader), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Frederick John LUCAS (Acting Squadron Leader), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Wilfred Maurice Chalk WILLIAMS (Acting Squadron Leader), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Gordon Kenneth Dundas MACKENZIE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Geoffrey Peter KELLER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Percival Colin LEWIS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Morice Hubert MCKENZIE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Ronald DAY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Douglas Alexander GREIG (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Maurice Leonard PIRIE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Errol Howard BROWN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Jack Sandford NELSON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Robert FLETCHER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Ernest William BARNETT (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Roy BUTCHER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Norman Alexander SUTTIE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Ernest Laurie PAGE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Nathan George Leonard SCOTT (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Arthur Cuthbert BAINES (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Cliford Grainger ANDREWS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Kenneth Godfrey KING (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Desmond PATERSON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Guy ROGERS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Percival Guy Haig NEWTON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Henry Rodolph WIGLEY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant

  • F. JONES, Minister of Defence