2554

Appointments and Promotions in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Army Department,
Wellington, 4th November, 1942.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments to and promotions in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the ranks stated, and that the officers be seconded from the units shown after their names. All ranks are temporary:

Appointments.

Staff.

Captain (temp.) G. W. Foote (The North Auckland Regiment). Dated 1st September, 1942.
Captain (temp.) A. R. Stowell (The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own)). Dated 10th September, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) H. N. Johnson (The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own)). Dated 23rd September, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) D. S. Ross (The Waikato Regiment). Dated 6th September, 1942.

Promotions.

Staff.

Captain G. W. Foote to be Major. Dated 30th October, 1942.
Captain A. R. Stowell to be Major. Dated 30th October, 1942.
Captain W. P. McGowan to be Major. Dated 31st October, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant H. N. Johnson to be Lieutenant. Dated 30th October, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant D. S. Ross to be Lieutenant. Dated 30th October, 1942.

N.Z. Infantry.

2nd Lieutenant W. D. Leuchars to be Lieutenant. Dated 30th October, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant M. R. Tulloch to be Lieutenant. Dated 30th October, 1942.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 28th October, 1942.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments:

Headquarters Staff.

Appointments.

Air Commodore Robert Victor Goddard, C.B.E., R.A.F., Chief of the Air Staff, is, in addition, appointed Air Officer Commanding Royal New Zealand Air Force. Dated 10th October, 1942.
Air Commodore Stanley Flamank Vincent, D.F.C., A.F.C., R.A.F., is appointed Deputy Chief of the Air Staff and Member of the Air Board, vice Acting Air Commodore Arthur de Terrotte Nevill, C.B.E., R.N.Z.A.F. Dated 10th October, 1942.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 28th October, 1942.

H IS 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 1726 Wing Commander William Leonard Harrison (Retired List) is recalled for duty in the General Duties Branch in the rank of Squadron Leader. Dated 10th November, 1942.
The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer:

As Pilots.

Dated 20th October, 1942—
NZ 412337 Sergeant Horace Percival Jensen.
NZ 414719 Sergeant Aitken Maxwell Davis.

As Air Navigators.

Dated 16th September, 1942—
NZ 40678 Warrant Officer Frederick Nettleship Shallcrass.
Dated 9th October, 1942—
NZ 421713 Sergeant Hugh William Henderson.
NZ 416324 Sergeant James Benjamin Lovelock.
NZ 403287 Sergeant Hugh Powell Sands.

NZ 421944 Sergeant John Warren Taylor.
NZ 421931 Sergeant George Henry Fowler.
NZ 416326 Sergeant Edward Sydney Henzel.
NZ 421945 Sergeant John Herbert Wain.
NZ 421946 Sergeant Clifford Arnold Watson.
NZ 421942 Sergeant John Edgar Scholes.

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Promotions.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.):
Dated 9th August, 1942—
Richard Fuller Worsley.
Dated 1st September, 1942—
Alexander Reid Hirst.
Bruce Edward Gibbs.
Dated 25th September, 1942—
Patrick Joseph Farran.
Kenneth Frederick Saunders.
Dated 27th September, 1942—
Albert Ray Hemus.
Dated 14th October, 1942—
Lawrence Alan Lawton.
Dated 18th October, 1942—
Robert Surtees Bruce.
Patrick Arthur Bull.
James McCallum Tocker.
Eric David McNeill.
Donald Stanley Beauchamp.
James Mandeno Liggins.
David Francis Thomas Sheehan.
Peter Shiers Rishworth.
Desmond Fenwick Neville.
James Alexander Hendry.
Trevor Alfred Gallagher.
John Hamilton Malcolm.
William Alfred Hardham.

Equipment Branch, Section II.

Radio Officer.

Appointment.

NZ 404131 Corporal Graham Arthur Bice is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 16th September, 1942.

Administrative and Special Duties Branch.

Appointments.

NZ 1727 Frank Leslie Park is granted a temporary commission (Works Branch) in the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 19th October, 1942.
NZ 422582 A.C.I. Esie Arnold Hart, M.A., is granted a temporary commission (Educational Branch) in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 14th September, 1942.

Promotions.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.):
Dated 1st October, 1942—
Alexander Henry Heir.
Dated 27th October, 1942—
Joseph Walter Pountney Watts.
Raymond Edgar Clark.
Alexander McCredie Haldane.
Thomas Twigge.
Ian Edward Stewart Park.
Arnold Frank Hore.
Arthur Herbert Keene.
Geoffrey Edward Myers.
Roy Thomas Tabrum.
Henry Alfred McGregor.
David Barnes.
Charles Robert Williamson.

Administrative and Special Duties Branch, Section II (A.T.C.).

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted Air Training Corps commissions in the ranks shown:
As Flying Officer, dated 15th October, 1942—
Ronald Malcolm McGregor.
As Pilot Officers, dated 31st August, 1942—
Bernard Joseph O’Brien.
Daniel Noel Doohan.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers under the Child Welfare Act, 1925.

Education Department,
Wellington, 29th October, 1942.

In pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Henry Greathead Rex Mason, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act for the period ending the 31st December, 1942:

Name.
District.
Brown, Reverend Hubert Granville ... Westport.
Wishart, Reverend Stanley Robert ... Lyttelton.
Utting, Stanley ... Te Haroto.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Education.