JAN. 14.]

William Gray THORP.
Geoffrey FALLOWS.
Lloyd George MASON.
Arthur Elphinstone BELL.
Robert Eric CHAPMAN.
David GALE.
James Henry NORMAN.
John Stanley ADAMS.
Bruce Stalley SINCLAIR.
Robert MARSHALL.
Peter Macgregor WALKER.
John Roulstone COOKE.
Alan Munro McLEOD.
Reginald Laurence Wilbur HOWELL.
James Risk NAYSMITH.
David Keith O'DONNELL.
Harold John SHEILD.
Frederick HILTON.
Jack Selby HEPBURN.
Kenneth Henry Wilson DIXON.
William Hastings HEWITT.
Edward James McSHERRY.
Ivor Wilders Porter EVISON.
Peter William FELS.
Eric William BARR.
William Leonard MEDCALF.
Dated 3rd October, 1942—
Alan Gordon CUTTEN.
Dated 13th October, 1942—
Ian Alister COLQUHOUN.
Dated 20th October, 1942—
Charles Henry LATTIMER.
Dated 24th October, 1942—
David POLGLASE.
Edward Greer FLEMING.
Warren Hornby AUGUST.
Dated 27th October, 1942—
Colin Garvin BROWN.
George Oliver WHATNALL.
Philip Albert LEWIN.
Dated 1st November, 1942—
Peter MERCER.
Bernard Cyril William SIMMONDS.
Ralph Harvey CHAPLIN.
Lloyd ELLIOTT.
Raymond Albert PETERS, D.F.M.
Charles Anthony ARMSTRONG, D.F.M.
Harold John George HAEUSLER.
Dated 10th November, 1942—
Edward Leonard HAYDON.
Dated 18th November, 1942—
Allen Edward BROWNE.
Gordon Phillip NEWDICK.

Reduction in Seniority.
Pilot Officer Vivian Roberts EADY was dealt with summarily under section 47 of the Air Force Act and was sentenced to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Pilot Officer bore date the 31st July, 1942.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I.
Promotions.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.). Dated 10th November, 1942 :—
John Charles Gordon FAIR.
Kenneth Alan STAMMERS.
Arthur Geoffrey SMITH.
John Boisleux BULLOCK.
Geoffrey Leonard BELCHER.
Clifford Osgood FIELD.
Ernest Scott PALLISER.
William Moore BURGE.
Edward George KING.
Pat Whittaker HARRAP.
Reginald William GEOGHEGAN.
Ronald George WAKELIN.
James Barrie COLLIER.
Phillip Arthur BOWKER.
Lindsay Alfred Stendahl THOMAS.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers (on prob.) are confirmed in their rank and are granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 24th November, 1942 :—
Frederick CARPENTER.
William MACHIN.
Sidney Taiaroa TISDALL.
Hubert Arthur John EDGLEY.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II.
Promotions.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 13th November, 1942—
William Robert Joseph MONTGOMERY.
Dated 15th December, 1942—
Archibald Wauchop STOCKWELL.
Pilot Officer (on prob.) John Percival CONYERS-BROWN is confirmed in his rank and is granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 13th November, 1942.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.
Transfers.
The undermentioned are transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in their present rank and seniority :—
Dated 1st December, 1942—
Flight Lieutenant Robert Steel GRANT.
Flying Officer Thornton William Keals SMITH.
Flying Officer Graham Lachlan WALLACE.
Flying Officer Charles Herbert FENWICK.
Dated 1st January, 1943—
Flight Lieutenant William Frederick PARKE.
Flying Officer Henry WORRALL is transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the Reserve of Officers, Class B, Section I. Dated 8th November, 1942.

Promotions.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 24th November, 1942—
Edward James MAIDEN.
Dated 1st December, 1942—
William Geoffrey WARREN.
Dated 22nd December, 1942—
Cecil Maurice Henry THEVENARD.

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 Officers—
Dated 16th November, 1942 : William Henry SADLIER.
Dated 19th November, 1942 : Roy SMALLFIELD.
As Pilot Officers—
Dated 29th October, 1942 : David Harold MOORE.
Dated 18th November, 1942 : Lester Francis MOLLER.
Dated 19th November, 1942 : William George LLOYD.
Dated 21st November, 1942 : Frank Marcus HANAN.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, transfer, promotions, and relinquishment 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 21st July, 1942—
NZ 403433 Warrant Officer Jack D'Arcy DAVIDSON.
Dated 1st September, 1942—
NZ 413399 Sergeant Neal Wingmore FAGG.
Dated 3rd September, 1942—
NZ 40427 Sergeant Jesse PEARSE.
NZ 41962 Sergeant Charles Joseph TAYLOR.
Dated 11th September, 1942—
NZ 414295 Sergeant Sidney John IVIL.
Dated 13th September, 1942—
NZ 402856 Warrant Officer Maurice Damien CULLINANE.
Dated 10th October, 1942—
NZ 412194 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Howard BLINCOE.
Dated 17th October, 1942—
NZ 413482 Sergeant Francis Andrew SANDERSON.
Dated 18th October, 1942—
NZ 404853 Flight Sergeant Irvin William DOWNER.
Dated 20th October, 1942—
NZ 404449 Flight Sergeant Harold Brassey NEWTON.
Dated 22nd October, 1942—
NZ 411970 Flight Sergeant Frank Ellison GATLAND, D.F.M.
Dated 25th October, 1942—
NZ 402846 Warrant Officer Alan Charles BRAY, D.F.C.
Dated 29th October, 1942—
NZ 412182 Sergeant Kenneth ARCHER.
NZ 411560 Sergeant James Blane PATON.
Dated 31st October, 1942—
NZ 41299 Sergeant Keith Gordon ALLINGTON.
Dated 1st November, 1942—
NZ 404924 Flight Sergeant Valentine Stuart MOORE, D.F.M.