Royal New Zealand Air Force Appointments and Promotions




1498
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 111

Dated 12th November, 1943—
NZ 4212686 Sergeant Noel Manning William MANSILL.
NZ 4213165 Sergeant Thomas HINDLEY.
NZ 4214149 Sergeant Graham Arthur AVERY.
NZ 4212578 Sergeant Frank Alexander HARPER.
NZ 4213805 Sergeant Leslie Brian TAYLOR.
NZ 4212811 Sergeant Jack Cleland KEY.
NZ 4212659 Sergeant Gibson Carson FRITH.
NZ 4212723 Sergeant Keith Leslie KELLY.
NZ 4215660 Sergeant Roy Lewis Stewart HATHAWAY.
NZ 421359 Sergeant John White CREAMER.
NZ 427796 Sergeant Noel Frank COSTER.
NZ 421405 Sergeant Eric David VALLANCE.

AS AIR BOMBERS

Dated 17th October, 1943—
NZ 414947 Flight Sergeant George Frederick Woods.

Dated 12th November, 1943—
NZ 4215727 Sergeant Robert Ranui BRADSHAW.

AS AIR GUNNERS

Dated 8th November, 1943—
NZ 417219 Flight Sergeant William Hamish MACDONALD.

Dated 15th November, 1943—
NZ 4212694 Sergeant Roy RILEY.
NZ 425839 Sergeant Noel Raymond HAGLUND.
NZ 403273 Sergeant Owen Edward GIRVEN.
NZ 428120 Sergeant Charles Allan HUDSON.

Promotions

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :—
Dated 12th September, 1943 : Jack JOLL, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Dated 25th September, 1943 : John Alfred HEGMAN, D.F.C.
Dated 15th October, 1943 : Brian Roy QUINLAN, D.F.C.

Dated 7th November, 1943—
Wilfred Ronald GELLATLY.
Brian Montgomery GILMOUR, D.F.C.
Rex MCILRAITH.
Eric John MOREY.
Ian Gilman DUNN.
Edward Francis EDWARDS.
Roy Currie BUCHANAN, D.F.C.
Allan Henderson SMITH.

James Evans JENKINS.
William Gray THORP.
Vaughan Charles FITTALL.
Malcolm Hartnoll EDWARDS.
Lloyd George MASON.
Robert Gordon KLEIMEYER.
Archibald William JACKSON.
Arthur Elphinstone BELL.

Dated 8th November, 1943—
Lindsay Johnston DRUMMOND, D.F.C.
Francis William KELSOE.
Kenneth William STEWART.
Allott Lorimer GABITES.
James Frederick ASHBY.

Keith Marwood BOLES.
Jack Harvey KEEDWELL.
Thomas Henry DAVISON.
Walter Edwin Frank ADAMS.
Royd Asquith WADHAM.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 15th September, 1942 : Nathan SPENCE.
Dated 26th July, 1943 : William Henry HICKSON.
Dated 5th September, 1943 : Seymour William HAMILTON.
Dated 2nd October, 1943 : Rex William ORR.
Dated 7th October, 1943 : Charles Alexander IRVINE.
Dated 8th October, 1943 : Philip LANGSFORD.
Dated 10th October, 1943 : William Frank CRIST.
Dated 28th October, 1943 : Donald Matthew HUNTER.
Dated 30th October, 1943 : Allen John SYKES.
Dated 1st November, 1943 : Gordon David HUDSON.

Dated 3rd November, 1943—
Alan WHITELAW, D.F.C.
Keith Calvert NOBLE-CAMPBELL.

Dated 4th November, 1943—
Hoani Richard METE-KINGI.

Leonard Charles PARKER.

Dated 5th November, 1943—
Alfred Ridley AUBREY.
Ronald Sidney SLATER.

Colin James MCDONALD.
Gordon Burns GREEN.

Dated 6th November, 1943—
Noel Alfred Deal STOKES.

Kenneth Gordon FRANKLIN.

Dated 7th November, 1943—
Arthur Norman SAMES.

Eric Reginald JONES.

Dated 8th November, 1943 : Arthur CAREY.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer William Owen WILLIS is permitted to relinquish his commission. Dated 7th December, 1943.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II, GROUP I
Appointments

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer :—
As Radar Officers—
Dated 25th May, 1943—
NZ 412559 Corporal Grahame Hardimont STEWART.
NZ 1974 Frank Foster EVISON, B.A.
NZ 413590 Corporal James Edgar DEAN.
NZ 401967 Sergeant James Alexander CLOUSTON.
NZ 39462 Flight Sergeant Allen William MCAULAY.
NZ 405551 Acting-Sergeant Joseph Francis GEOGHEGAN.

NZ 411654 Sergeant William Richard SMART.
NZ 1975 John Scott DENNISON, B.Sc.
NZ 40794 Sergeant Francis Henry HOY.
NZ 39827 Sergeant Charles John Rayner HOLLOWAY.

Promotions

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 15th October, 1943 : Mitford William Charles RIDDLE.
Dated 13th November, 1943 : Charles Stewart Lennox ROBERTSON.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotion

Pilot Officer Leonard Victor William DICKSON to be Flying Officer (temp.). Dated 8th November, 1943.

Transfer

Flying Officer George William MARTIN is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1st November, 1943.

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

George Alexander LYALL is granted an Air Training Corps commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st October, 1943.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Kenneth Gunn BLAIR is permitted to relinquish his commission. Dated 11th October, 1943.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 8th December, 1943.

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 Pilots

Dated 18th May, 1943—
NZ 411477 Warrant Officer David Ewing WALKER.

Dated 11th August, 1943—
NZ 413488 Flight Sergeant Herbert Maurice SHATTKY.

Dated 15th August, 1943—
NZ 412734 Flight Sergeant Harold Llewellyn POWELL.

Dated 1st September, 1943—
NZ 411512 Warrant Officer Edgar Neil WILSON.

Dated 8th September, 1943—
NZ 415178 Flight Sergeant John Lawrence William DUNN.

Dated 9th September, 1943—
NZ 411360 Flight Sergeant Norman Bernhard BERNTSEN.

Dated 22nd September, 1943—
NZ 411877 Warrant Officer Lloyd Westwood FOOTE.

Dated 30th September, 1943—
NZ 417129 Flight Sergeant Clifford James TOON.

Dated 14th October, 1943—
NZ 42358 Flight Sergeant Malcolm Eber Palmer BARREBALL.

NZ 414351 Flight Sergeant Leslie John SMALL.
NZ 414988 Flight Sergeant Vincent John KELLY.

Dated 20th October, 1943—
NZ 416485 Flight Sergeant Harold Tudor HAYNES.

Dated 25th October, 1943—
NZ 39076 Flight Sergeant Leonard Claude BAINES.

Dated 26th October, 1943—
NZ 421060 Flight Sergeant Alan Edgar JOHNSON.

Dated 28th October, 1943—
NZ 42999 Flight Sergeant Colin Roy BAKER.

Dated 31st October, 1943—
NZ 412232 Flight Sergeant Lawrence William HITCHINS.

Dated 1st November, 1943—
NZ 416508 Flight Sergeant Gordon Thomas LOWE.

Dated 2nd November, 1943—
NZ 416453 Flight Sergeant James Stanley CALDER.

Dated 3rd November, 1943—
NZ 413460 Flight Sergeant George Finlay MUNRO.

As Navigator

Dated 24th September, 1943—
NZ 415708 Flight Sergeant Walter Frank MORICE.



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🛡️ Royal New Zealand Air Force Appointments and Promotions

🛡️ Defence & Military
8 December 1943
Royal New Zealand Air Force, Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishments, Transfers, General Duties Branch, Equipment Branch, Administrative and Special Duties Branch
108 names identified
  • Noel Manning William Mansill (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Thomas Hindley (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Graham Arthur Avery (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Frank Alexander Harper (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Leslie Brian Taylor (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Jack Cleland Key (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Gibson Carson Frith (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Keith Leslie Kelly (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Roy Lewis Stewart Hathaway (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • John White Creamer (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Noel Frank Coster (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Eric David Vallance (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • George Frederick Woods (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • Robert Ranui Bradshaw (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • William Hamish Macdonald (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Roy Riley (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Noel Raymond Haglund (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Owen Edward Girven (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Charles Allan Hudson (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Jack Joll (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Alfred Hegman (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Brian Roy Quinlan (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Wilfred Ronald Gellatly (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Brian Montgomery Gilmour (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Rex Mcilraith (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Eric John Morey (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Ian Gilman Dunn (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Edward Francis Edwards (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Roy Currie Buchanan (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Allan Henderson Smith (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • James Evans Jenkins (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • William Gray Thorp (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Vaughan Charles Fittall (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Malcolm Hartnoll Edwards (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Lloyd George Mason (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Robert Gordon Kleimeyer (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Archibald William Jackson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Arthur Elphinstone Bell (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Lindsay Johnston Drummond (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Francis William Kelsoe (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Kenneth William Stewart (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Allott Lorimer Gabites (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • James Frederick Ashby (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Keith Marwood Boles (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Jack Harvey Keedwell (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Thomas Henry Davison (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Walter Edwin Frank Adams (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Royd Asquith Wadham (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Nathan Spence (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Henry Hickson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Seymour William Hamilton (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Rex William Orr (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Charles Alexander Irvine (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Philip Langsford (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Frank Crist (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald Matthew Hunter (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Allen John Sykes (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Gordon David Hudson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alan Whitelaw (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Keith Calvert Noble-Campbell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Hoani Richard Mete-Kingi (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leonard Charles Parker (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alfred Ridley Aubrey (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Sidney Slater (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Colin James Mcdonald (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Gordon Burns Green (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Noel Alfred Deal Stokes (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Kenneth Gordon Franklin (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Arthur Norman Sames (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Eric Reginald Jones (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Arthur Carey (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Owen Willis (Flying Officer), Relinquished commission
  • Grahame Hardimont Stewart (Corporal), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Frank Foster Evison, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Edgar Dean (Corporal), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Alexander Clouston (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Allen William Mcaulay (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Joseph Francis Geoghegan (Acting-Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William Richard Smart (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Scott Dennison, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Francis Henry Hoy (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Charles John Rayner Holloway (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Mitford William Charles Riddle (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Charles Stewart Lennox Robertson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leonard Victor William Dickson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George William Martin (Flying Officer), Transferred to Administrative and Special Duties Branch
  • George Alexander Lyall, Granted Air Training Corps commission as Pilot Officer
  • Kenneth Gunn Blair (Flying Officer), Relinquished commission
  • David Ewing Walker (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Herbert Maurice Shatiky (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Harold Llewellyn Powell (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Edgar Neil Wilson (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Lawrence William Dunn (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Norman Bernhard Berntsen (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Lloyd Westwood Foote (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Clifford James Toon (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Malcolm Eber Palmer Barreball (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Leslie John Small (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Vincent John Kelly (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Harold Tudor Haynes (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Leonard Claude Baines (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Alan Edgar Johnson (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Colin Roy Baker (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Lawrence William Hitchins (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Gordon Thomas Lowe (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Stanley Calder (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • George Finlay Munro (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Walter Frank Morice (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer

  • F. Jones, Minister of Defence