2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (FIJI).
APPOINTMENTS (TEMPORARY).
The undermentioned are seconded from the N.Z. Territorial
Force:-
N.Z. Signals.
Temp. Lieutenant M. C. Robinson. Dated 12th March, 1943.
N.Z. Infantry.
Temp. Captains-
E. E. McCurdy. Dated 10th March, 1943.
J. N. Crawford. N. A. Fraser.
Dated 12th March, 1943.
Temp. Lieutenant G. McC. Gray. Dated 12th March, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant W. R. McLeod. Dated 12th March,
1943.
APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED.
(Seniority to date as from 25th March, 1943.)
N.Z. Signals.
Lieutenant M. C. Robinson.
N.Z. Infantry.
Captains—
J. N. Crawford. N. A. Fraser. E. E. McCurdy.
Lieutenant G. McC. Gray.
2nd Lieutenant W. R. McLeod.
N.Z. Ordnance Corps.
2nd Lieutenant H. R. Gapper.
Y.M.C.A.
I. J. Drabble, Esquire.
A. G. OSBORNE,
For the Minister of Defence.
Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers of Officers of the Royal
New Zealand Air Force.
Air Department,
Wellington, 14th April, 1943.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
approve the following appointments, promotions, and
transfers 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 6th January, 1943-
NZ 402867 Warrant Officer Leslie Vincent HAMLIN.
Dated 21st January, 1943-
NZ 411001 Sergeant William George SWENEY.
Dated 3rd February, 1943-
NZ 413377 Sergeant Peter John Oswald Buck.
Dated 12th February, 1943-
NZ 403950 Sergeant Ellis Arthur Gilbert COCHRANE.
Dated 15th February, 1943-
NZ 411483 Sergeant Leslie Thomas WHITAKER.
Dated 17th February, 1943-
NZ 411968 Flight Sergeant Leonard Barrington FRANICH.
Dated 20th February, 1943-
NZ 41489 Flight Sergeant Lionel Gordon MOORS.
Dated 24th February, 1943-
NZ 412693 Sergeant William HIGGINS.
Dated 27th February, 1943-
NZ 402544 Sergeant Terence McKINLEY.
Dated 17th March, 1943-
NZ 414983 Sergeant Joseph Edward Arthur HOWAT.
Dated 10th April, 1943-
NZ 428816 L.A.C. Garth Seymour GRIFFITHS.
NZ 428754 L.A.C. Jack Stanford ALLAN.
NZ 422443 L.A.C. Henri Winston THOMS.
NZ 428782 L.A.C. Brent Taylor CLARKE.
NZ 424432 L.A.C. William Frank CRIST.
NZ 422077 L.A.C. Gerald Frodsham WATKINSON.
NZ 414779 L.A.C. Harold Reginald WOOTTON.
NZ 422739 L.A.C. Barnabas Wilder WILLIAMS.
NZ 422061 L.A.C. Harry Elgin DOBSON.
NZ 428820 L.A.C. Ernest Owen Walter McCONNEL.
NZ 422376 L.A.C. Charles Blackwood CORNISH.
NZ 422382 L.A.C. James Allan FLEMING.
NZ 422402 L.A.C. Marcel Launcelot HORE.
NZ 428823 L.A.C. James William SMITH.
NZ 424481 L.A.C. Edward James LAWSON.
NZ 428767 L.A.C. Leslie Carlton MAUD.
NZ 428778 L.A.C. Clifford George FANTHAM.
NZ 422076 L.A.C. Harold Hayward BEARD.
NZ 416552 L.A.C. Edward Nigel Jeffreys THOMSON.
Dated 15th April, 1943-
NZ 437059 Sergeant Raymond Farmer WILSON.
As NAVIGATORS.
Dated 6th January, 1943-
NZ 40192 Sergeant John Stephen LANE.
Dated 11th January, 1943-
NZ 404549 Sergeant Francis Archibald McDOWALL.
Dated 17th February, 1943-
NZ 41343 Sergeant John Patrick McDONNELL.
Dated 21st February, 1943-
NZ 42295 Sergeant James Kennedy GRAINGER.
As AIR GUNNERS.
Dated 18th January, 1943-
NZ 411842 Flight Sergeant Romilly Percival WEBB.
Dated 3rd March, 1943-
NZ 391694 Flight Sergeant Maurice Allington CARTER.
Promotions.
Flying Officer Lindsay Blair RENOLDS to be Flight Lieutenant
(temp.). Dated 1st March, 1943.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers
(temp.) :-
Dated 1st October, 1942 : George Newall HARRISON.
Dated 4th October, 1942 : Thomas HINDE.
Dated 8th November, 1942 : Charles Gordon WASHER.
Dated 2nd December, 1942 : David Franklin LIVINGSTONE.
Dated 8th December, 1942 : Francis Jack HUNTER.
Dated 22nd December, 1942 : Dennis Edward HOGAN.
Dated 3rd January, 1943 : William George PALMER.
Dated 7th January, 1943 : Gilbert Mackay HAASE.
Dated 17th January, 1943-
Trevor Frank HENDERSON. Thomas Erskine NEAVE.
Dated 20th January, 1943 : Kenneth Stuart LEIGH.
Dated 21st February, 1943 : Edmond William Francis CABITES.
Dated 11th March, 1943-
Eric REDSHAW. Henry George Fuller Cox.
David Maurice ADAMSON. Ronald David LAMB.
Nelson Hugh BAWDEN. Hubert Crawford BARLOW.
Alexander GREY. Sidney John IVIL.
Leslie Blair STICHBURY.
Dated 13th March, 1943 : Maurice Damien CULLINANE, D.F.C.
Dated 16th March, 1943 : Roy John Robert MOMO.
EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II.
Appointment.
NZ 391969 Corporal James William Frederick HOLDEN is
granted a temporary commission as Signals Officer in the rank of
Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated lst April, 1943.
Promotion.
Pilot Officer (on prob.) Graham Arthur BICE is confirmed in his
rank and granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated
16th March, 1943.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.
Appointment.
NZ 1804 Pilot Officer Cecil Lancelot Stewart Cross relin-
quishes his Air Training Corps Commission, and is granted a tem-
porary commission in the Administrative and Special Duties Branch
in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 20th March, 1943.
Promotion.
Pilot Officer Noel Alexander SPRING-RICE to be Flying Officer
(temp.). Dated 1st April, 1943.
Transfers.
The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Air
Force Officers, Class B, Section I, in the ranks shown. Dated 15th
April, 1943 :-
Squadron Leader James Oliver RIDDELL.
Flight Lieutenant Thomas Oxley Tod BEVERIDGE.
Flight Lieutenant John Robert Arthur HAWCRIDGE.
Flight Lieutenant John Findlay HENDERSON.
Flying Officer John Henry KENDALL.
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE.
Appointment.
W 2231 W.A. 1 (Miss) Florence Ada MORRIN is granted a
temporary commission in the rank of Assistant Section Officer.
Dated 1st December, 1942.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.).
Relinquishment.
Flying Officer William Harvey THOMSON relinquishes his Air
Training Corps commission. Dated 15th December, 1942.
A. G. OSBORNE,
For the Minister of Defence.