New Zealand Gazette – 1943 – No. 28

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✨ Military and Government Appointments



APRIL 21.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 17th April, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
approve the following appointments, promotions, transfer,
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 12th February, 1943-
NZ 413899 Sergeant William John SIMPSON.

Dated 17th February, 1943-
NZ 41365 Flight Sergeant William Michael SELLAR.

Dated 19th February, 1943-
NZ 414570 Sergeant Clifford Wilmore ABBOTT.

Dated 20th February, 1943-
NZ 411994 Flight Sergeant Desmond Arthur ROBERTS.

Dated 23rd February, 1943-
NZ 413051 Sergeant William Alexander FRASER, D.F.M.

Dated 2nd March, 1943-
NZ 415310 Sergeant Francis Linford GRETTON.
NZ 411032 Sergeant Thomas SAMPSON.

As NAVIGATORS.

Dated 17th February, 1943-
NZ 403612 Flight Sergeant William Charles PHILLIPS.

Dated 2nd March, 1943-
NZ 41866 Sergeant Arthur Mervyn BRIDGMAN.

Dated 19th March, 1943-
NZ 422566 Sergeant Malcolm Douglas Beresford GRAHAM.
NZ 416862 Sergeant Mervyn Gillard HUTCHINSON.

Dated 2nd April, 1943-
NZ 427234 Sergeant Irwin Charles SKUDDER.
NZ 427185 Sergeant Horace CALLOW.
NZ 427240 Sergeant Denis Reginald WILKES.
NZ 427239 Sergeant John Murray WATTS.
NZ 424516 Sergeant Philip Fredrick PRESCOTT.
NZ 429663 Sergeant Brian Collier GRANT.
NZ 422403 Sergeant Wyvern Frederick HUGHES.
NZ 425459 Sergeant Alexander Annandale SOMMERVILLE.
NZ 427202 Sergeant Robert Gordon HARVEY.

As WIRELESS OPERATOR/AIR GUNNER.

Dated 4th March, 1943-
NZ 405473 Sergeant Albert Victor CLIFFE.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I.

Promotions.

Wing Commander Thomas James DENTON to be Acting Group
Captain (paid). Dated 1st March, 1943.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II.

Promotions.

Squadron Leader William TEMPLE to be Acting Wing Com-
mender (paid). Dated 1st April, 1943.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers
(temp.) :

Dated 1st April, 1943 : Ian Stuart ROWE.

Dated 1st May, 1943-
Norman Arthur Webb KITTO. William Douglas STEVEN.
Fred BROOKS. Thomas Richard READ.

Transfer.

Flight Lieutenant Richard Russell SEARLE is transferred from
the Administrative and Special Duties Branch (Works Section) to the
Equipment Branch, Section II, in his present rank and seniority.
Dated 1st April, 1943.

MEDICAL BRANCH.

The undermentioned on transfer from the New Zealand Medical
Corps are granted temporary commissions in the ranks and seniorities
shown. Dated 1st April, 1943.

To be Wing Commander (temp.)-
NZ 1805 Frederick Russell CHISHOLM, M.D., M.R.C.P.,
F.R.A.C.P. Seniority 17th December, 1940.

To be Squadron Leaders (temp.)-
NZ 1806 Alexander Wilson HOGG, O.B.E., M.B., Ch.B.
Seniority 20th December, 1940.
NZ 1807 John Eaton HARDWICK-SMITH, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority
21st January, 1942.
NZ 1808 Gordon Alexander IRWIN, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority
21st January, 1942.
NZ 1809 Alan McKenzie GUNN, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 24th
April, 1942.
NZ 1810 Archibald Murray SCOTT, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 9th
February, 1943.

To be Flight Lieutenants (temp.)-
NZ 1811 William Alexander PRIEST, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority
28th February, 1941.
NZ 1812 Frederick Alexander SUNDSTRUM, M.B., Ch.B.
Seniority 27th April, 1941.
NZ 1813 Gavin Hannay FORREST, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 15th
October, 1941.
NZ 1814 John Robert Mills NICHOLSON, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority
3rd January, 1942.
NZ 1815 Allan NORTH, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 31st January,
1942.
NZ 1816 Anthony Howard MARSH, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority
27th May, 1942.
NZ 1817 William Hanron REID, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 4th
June, 1942.
NZ 1818 Cyril Thomas COLLINS, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 29th
June, 1942.
NZ 1819 George de Lacey FENWICK, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority
29th June, 1942.
NZ 1820 James Marshall STEWART, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority
2nd July, 1942.
NZ 1821 Gordon Allan SMITH, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 7th
July, 1942.
NZ 1822 George Potter ADAMS, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 2nd
September, 1942.
NZ 1823 Denholm Carncross CUDDIE, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority
8th January, 1943.
NZ 1824 Malcolm WATT, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 10th March,
1943.
NZ 1825 William Joseph SMITH, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 17th
March, 1943.
NZ 1826 Michael Noel OLIVER, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 23rd
March, 1943.

To be Flying Officers (temp.)-
NZ 1827 Hugh Cyril William STRINGER, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority
9th May, 1942.
NZ 1828 Joseph George HARKNESS, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority
13th June, 1942.
NZ 1829 Charles Warrington HOWDEN, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority
20th September, 1942.
NZ 1830 Harold Charles TUCK, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 30th
November, 1942.
NZ 1831 Alan Harvey FOATE, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 10th
December, 1942.
NZ 1832 John Arthur KEELING, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 6th
January, 1943.
NZ 1833 John Andrew Kirby CUNNINGHAM, M.B., Ch.B.
Seniority 7th January, 1943.
NZ 1834 Richard Nichols AKEL, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 7th
January, 1943.
NZ 1835 David Upham STEVEN, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 7th
January, 1943.
NZ 1836 Thomas Hill FISHER, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 13th
January, 1943.
NZ 1837 Charles SWANSTON, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 22nd
January, 1943.
NZ 1838 Gordon George JENNER, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 22nd
January, 1943.
NZ 1839 Alan Samuel TURNER, M.B., Ch.B. Seniority 22nd
January, 1943.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS, CLASS A, SECTION II.

Orville Darcy OPENSHAW is granted a commission in the rank
of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st April, 1943.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE.

Promotion.

Assistant Section Officer Marjorie Irene WOOLLEY to be Section
Officer. Dated 3rd April, 1943.

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

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted Air Training Corps commissions
in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st April, 1943 :-

Archibald Frederick JOHNSON. John MacMILLAN.
William Ronald KIRK. Francis Theodore AGER.
Francis Ralph YATES.

Relinquishment.

Flying Officer Eric Frank George SHARP relinquishes his Air
Training Corps commission. Dated 31st March, 1943.

A. G. OSBORNE,
For the Minister of Defence.

Members of Local Government Loans Board appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 12th April, 1943.

IN pursuance of section 4 (1) (b) of the Local Government Loans
Board Act, 1926, His Excellency the Governor-General has
been pleased to appoint the following persons to be members of the
Local Government Loans Board for a period of one year from the
1st April, 1943 :-

H. M. Christie, Esquire, of Wellington.
C. L. Grange, Esquire, of Auckland.
J. W. Heenan, Esquire, C.B.E., of Wellington.
E. Hitchcock, Esquire, of Christchurch.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

(T. 40/416/2.)

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🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, Transfer, and Relinquishment of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
17 April 1943
Air Force appointments, promotions, transfers, Royal New Zealand Air Force
72 names identified
  • William John Simpson (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William Michael Sellar (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Clifford Wilmore Abbott (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Desmond Arthur Roberts (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William Alexander Fraser (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Francis Linford Gretton (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Thomas Sampson (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William Charles Phillips (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Arthur Mervyn Bridgman (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Malcolm Douglas Beresford Graham (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Mervyn Gillard Hutchinson (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Irwin Charles Skudder (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Horace Callow (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Denis Reginald Wilkes (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Murray Watts (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Philip Fredrick Prescott (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Brian Collier Grant (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Wyvern Frederick Hughes (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Alexander Annandale Somerville (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Robert Gordon Harvey (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Albert Victor Cliffe (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Thomas James Denton (Wing Commander), Promoted to Acting Group Captain
  • William Temple (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Acting Wing Commander
  • Ian Stuart Rowe (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Norman Arthur Webb Kitto (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Douglas Steven (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Fred Brooks (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Thomas Richard Read (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Richard Russell Searle (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Equipment Branch
  • Frederick Russell Chisholm (Wing Commander), Granted temporary commission
  • Alexander Wilson Hogg (Squadron Leader), Granted temporary commission
  • John Eaton Hardwick-Smith (Squadron Leader), Granted temporary commission
  • Gordon Alexander Irwin (Squadron Leader), Granted temporary commission
  • Alan McKenzie Gunn (Squadron Leader), Granted temporary commission
  • Archibald Murray Scott (Squadron Leader), Granted temporary commission
  • William Alexander Priest (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • Frederick Alexander Sundstrum (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • Gavin Hannay Forrest (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • John Robert Mills Nicholson (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • Allan North (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • Anthony Howard Marsh (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • William Hanron Reid (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • Cyril Thomas Collins (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • George de Lacey Fenwick (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • James Marshall Stewart (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • Gordon Allan Smith (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • George Potter Adams (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • Denholm Carncross Cuddie (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • Malcolm Watt (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • William Joseph Smith (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • Michael Noel Oliver (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • Hugh Cyril William Stringer (Flying Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Joseph George Harkness (Flying Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Charles Warrington Howden (Flying Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Harold Charles Tuck (Flying Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Alan Harvey Foate (Flying Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • John Arthur Keeling (Flying Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • John Andrew Kirby Cunningham (Flying Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Richard Nichols Akel (Flying Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • David Upham Steven (Flying Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Thomas Hill Fisher (Flying Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Charles Swanston (Flying Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Gordon George Jenner (Flying Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Alan Samuel Turner (Flying Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Orville Darcy Openshaw (Pilot Officer), Granted commission
  • Marjorie Irene Woolley (Assistant Section Officer), Promoted to Section Officer
  • Archibald Frederick Johnson (Pilot Officer), Granted Air Training Corps commission
  • John MacMillan (Pilot Officer), Granted Air Training Corps commission
  • William Ronald Kirk (Pilot Officer), Granted Air Training Corps commission
  • Francis Theodore Ager (Pilot Officer), Granted Air Training Corps commission
  • Francis Ralph Yates (Pilot Officer), Granted Air Training Corps commission
  • Eric Frank George Sharp (Flying Officer), Relinquished Air Training Corps commission

  • A. G. Osborne, For the Minister of Defence

💰 Members of Local Government Loans Board appointed

💰 Finance & Revenue
12 April 1943
Local Government Loans Board, appointments, Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch
  • H. M. Christie (Esquire), Appointed member of Local Government Loans Board
  • C. L. Grange (Esquire), Appointed member of Local Government Loans Board
  • J. W. Heenan (Esquire), Appointed member of Local Government Loans Board
  • E. Hitchcock (Esquire), Appointed member of Local Government Loans Board

  • W. Nash, Minister of Finance