Dated 19th December, 1942—

NZ 417176 L.A.C. Peter Franklin ROBERTSON.
NZ 421704 L.A.C. Louis Joseph Norfolk GUMBLEY.
NZ 421738 L.A.C. James MINTOSH.
NZ 421773 L.A.C. Alfred Terence ROYLANCE.
NZ 421777 L.A.C. Thomas Philip SHAND.
NZ 421752 L.A.C. Thomas George MURPHY.
NZ 421781 L.A.C. Victor Alfred SLACK.
NZ 421720 L.A.C. Vincent Eric Wyles INDER.
NZ 421807 L.A.C. Arthur Charles JONES.
NZ 421782 L.A.C. Blatchford SMITH.
NZ 42492 L.A.C. Henry Darcy COPPERSMITH.
NZ 421747 L.A.C. Samuel MILLS.
NZ 416190 L.A.C. Alan Mehaffey BOYES.
NZ 416860 L.A.C. Bertram Frederick COLLINGS.
NZ 42357 L.A.C. Manson Harry BARRACLOUGH.
NZ 421743 L.A.C. Jack MARTIN.
NZ 416414 L.A.C. Peter Charles ALBRECHT.
NZ 421670 L.A.C. Gordon Vincent BUICK.
NZ 421700 L.A.C. Rex Bruce GOODCHAP.
NZ 421684 L.A.C. Robin Keith CRAW.
NZ 421746 L.A.C. Tohunga Richard RIWAI.
NZ 42362 L.A.C. Rolph Joseph BENFIELD.
NZ 421731 L.A.C. Keith Howard LAWRY.
NZ 42407 L.A.C. Walter Gordon JACOBS.
NZ 42437 L.A.C. Oscar Camille MILLER.
NZ 421750 L.A.C. William Leslie MORRISON.

As NAVIGATOR.

Dated 20th September, 1942—

NZ 404488 Flight Sergeant Raymond Keith MARSHALL.

As AIR GUNNERS.

Dated 6th October, 1942—

NZ 403013 Flight Sergeant Harry O'Brian LIVER.

Dated 4th December, 1942—

NZ 392051 Sergeant John Robert McCORKINDALE.

Dated 7th December, 1942—

NZ 417211 Sergeant John Raymond JONES.
NZ 417242 Sergeant Edward Raymond SMITH.

As AIR BOMBERS.

Dated 4th December, 1942—

NZ 421751 Sergeant Alfred MUGGERIDGE.
NZ 421669 Sergeant Frederick Timothy BROSNAHAN.
NZ 421637 Sergeant Allan Gordon MACDONALD.
NZ 42194 Sergeant Ian Sydney Alexander STEVENSON.
NZ 42475 Sergeant Neil Frank STOCK.
NZ 416865 Sergeant William Richard Allan MASON.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the ranks shown. Dated 26th November, 1942:—

As Flying Officer—

NZ 36122 Warrant Officer John Pearce HORSLEY.

As Pilot Officers—

NZ 37222 Acting Flight Sergeant David Keith SCRIVEN.
NZ 423285 Flight Sergeant Arne Leth MOLLER.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Transfer.

Flying Officer James Mandeno LIGGINS is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1st December, 1942.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 26th November, 1942:—

NZ 41494 Sergeant Robert Hume REGNAULT.
NZ 401773 Sergeant Wallingford Garfield McCULLOUGH.
NZ 404530 Sergeant Arthur John COE.
NZ 401255 Sergeant Michael Grant COOKE.
NZ 413939 Sergeant Aubrey Huvan DYKE.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions (Education Branch) in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 26th November, 1942:—

NZ 1770 Bernard William HARE, M.A.
NZ 1771 George Henry ANDREWS.
NZ 422930 A.C. 1 William Stewart MITCHELL, M.A., B.Sc.
NZ 413234 Sergeant George Guthrie MCARA.
NZ 1772 Charles Henry KINGSFORD, B.A.
NZ 42948 A.C. 1 Donald William ANDERSON, B.Sc.

Relinquishment.

Pilot Officer Robert Archibald BURLINSON relinquishes his commission. Dated 31st December, 1942.

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

Promotions.

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants. Dated 1st December, 1942:—

Kenneth Brooke GARLAND.
William Watson DUFF.
Claude Wilfred BATTEN.
Eric Percival CROLL.
Arthur John KINGSTON.

Thomas James LANIGAN.
William James SEXTON.
Gordon Sloan TROUP.
Gordon Alfred ELLIOTT.
Gordon Arthur THOMPSON.
George Eric Maxwell KEYS.
George Inglis WILLIAMSON.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers:—

Dated 8th December, 1942—

Roy Dillon Shepherd KEMP.
Edward Broughton LATTEY.
Alan Cecil MAXWELL.

Dated 31st December, 1942—

Alan Walker BROWN.
John Arthur BROWNE.
Patrick Francis BUTLER.
Patrick John BYRNES.
Ian Alexander CAMPBELL.
Ormonde DOEL.
Walter FORD.
William Ferguson FORRESTER.
Robert Henry FRASER.
Horace Claude HARFORD.
Basil Hillyer HOWARD.
Milo KEW.
Sidney Edward LANGSTONE.
William Ernest La ROCHE.
William Guy LEATHAM.
Arthur Edward Orchard LIMBRICK.
Herbert Leslie LONGBOTTOM.
Douglas Alwyn McDonald.
Alexander Hamilton MALCOLM.
William Bailey MARTIN.
Stuart MILLS.
Frank Edward MORRIS.
Gerald Lionel O'HALLORAN.
Eric John ORR.
Edward William PEARSE.
Alan Clark PITCAITHLY.
Ian Langdon PRIME.
Douglas Warren RUSSELL.
Gordon McBride SALT.
Eric Frank George SHARP.
John Stanley Warburton STANNAGE.
Reginald Mafeking WEBBER.
Eric Francis WILLCOX.
Albert Victor WINDSOR.
William Lyall WISEMAN.

Dated 1st January, 1943—

Cuthbert Richmond BARNICOAT.
Frederick James BENNETT.
Havelock Russell FOUNTAIN.
Clarence Gillard FRAZER.
Geoffrey Noel Townshend GREENBANK.
Arthur Hallam GRESHAM.
Maurice KINDER.
Harold Mervyn MATSON.
Paul Dudley EVANS.
Charles Clarence ROBERTS.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted Air Training Corps Commissions in the ranks shown:—

As Flying Officer—

Dated 1st November, 1942 : Leslie Walter STEWART.

As Pilot Officers—

Dated 1st December, 1942 : Albert John RAWSTORN.
Dated 1st January, 1943 : Arthur Merton HATCH.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 5th January, 1943.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve 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 PILOTS.

Dated 11th August, 1942—

NZ 40990 Warrant Officer David Cameron STEWART.

Dated 7th September, 1942—

NZ 401747 Sergeant George Duncan ASKEW.

Dated 6th October, 1942—

NZ 413876 Sergeant Murray METCALFE.

Dated 12th October, 1942—

NZ 41903 Flight Sergeant John Hawarth HEATH.

Dated 17th October, 1942—

NZ 401777 Warrant Officer Donald Garth Allan PRICE.

Dated 21st October, 1942—

NZ 401218 Warrant Officer Patrick Arthur TOWNSEND.