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Lieutenant-Commander Gordon Bridson, D.S.C., and Lieutenant-Commander John George Hilliard, D.S.C., granted the status of “Qualified Officer SV” (amended orders), to date 23rd October, 1941.

Lieutenant-Commander Peter Phipps, D.S.C., granted the status of “Qualified Officer SV” (amended orders), to date 23rd October, 1941.

Lieutenant Arthur Allan Bell and Lieutenant John Alexander Rhind, granted the status of “Qualified Officer SV” (amended orders), to date 24th October, 1941.

Lieutenant Peter Petersen, granted the status of “Qualified Officer SV” (amended orders), to date 7th July, 1942.

Lieutenant Wilfred Harry Poole, granted the status of “Qualified Officer,” to date 30th September, 1942.

Lieutenant Frank Stanley Cable, granted the status of “Qualified Officer SV” (amended orders), to date 15th August, 1942.

Lieutenant Arthur George Newell, granted the status of “Qualified Officer SV” (amended orders), to date 15th August, 1942.

Lieutenant Charles Clinton Stevens, granted the status of “Qualified Officer,” to date 1st August, 1942.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Robert Philip Worden Wills, promoted to the rank of Temporary Acting Lieutenant, to date 27th October, 1942.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Joseph Liston Wilson, promoted to the rank of Temporary Acting Lieutenant, to date 5th October, 1942.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Claude Belgrave, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant, to date 2nd October, 1942.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenants Peter Charles Stannard, Robert Ivan Johnstone, William Harold Keith Mollard, George Kenneth Simmons Monk, Ian Edward Rickerby, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant, to date 27th October, 1942.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Mervyn Arnold Knight Marks, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant, to date 30th October, 1942.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Richard Lloyd Ramsay Davidson, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant, to date 12th May, 1942.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant William George Johnston, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant, to date 29th September, 1942.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Geoffrey Robert Curtis, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant, to date 5th October, 1942.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant William Alexander Laurie, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant, to date 13th October, 1942.

Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Alfred Raymond Joughin, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 13th February, 1942. Promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant, to date 13th October, 1942.

Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Walter Strong, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 15th June, 1942. Promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant, to date 22nd November, 1942.

Temporary Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant Lawrence Vaughan Hallagan, promoted to the rank of Temporary Paymaster Lieutenant, to date 15th November, 1942.

Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenants (Special Branch) Dennis Brassil Mulvihill and Gray Kingsley Prebble, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 1st May, 1942. Promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch), to date 24th September, 1942.

Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch) Noel Ager MacKay, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 20th May, 1942. Promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch), and reappointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed (not to be borne for pay or victuals), to date 24th September, 1942.

Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch) Cecil Dawson, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 20th May, 1942. Promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch), and reappointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed (not to be borne for pay or victuals), to date 23rd October, 1942.

Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenants (Special Branch) Ivan Leslie Thomsen, Eric Fairfax Bertie Willoughby, Charles Herbert Hart, Alexander Roy Corleison, Henry Robert Yarrell, and Eric Oliver Maney, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 15th June, 1942. Promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch), to date 22nd September, 1942.

Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (R.D.F.) George Lyal Banfield, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 11th August, 1941.

Messrs. Harry Tocker Breed, George Alfred Bull, Maurice Dayrell Herbert Cooke, Ian Alexander Hope Eastgate, Trevor Forrest-Brown, Athol Charles Garlick, David Oswald William Hall, David Feathers Inglis, Lucien Leonard Edward Newman, Frederick George Pettit, Albion William Wright, and Raymond Armstrong Thorpe, entered as Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch), and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 2nd November, 1942.

Mr. John Adrian Speer, re-entered as Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch), and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 2nd November, 1942.

Mr. Philip Douglas Corsbie, entered as Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch), and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 5th November, 1942.

Mr. Maurice Noel Manthel, entered as Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch), and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 10th November, 1942.

Mr. Leonard Law Montgomery, entered as Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch), and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 24th November, 1942.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 16th January, 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 27th October, 1941—
NZ 391351 Sergeant Ian Allan Charles GRANT.

Dated 1st May, 1942—
NZ 404002 Warrant Officer Ralph Holland TYE.

Dated 17th September, 1942—
NZ 412705 Flight Sergeant Byron Court LUMSDEN.

Dated 20th September, 1942—
NZ 413061 Sergeant Douglas Ross HALL.

Dated 14th November, 1942—
NZ 412305 Flight Sergeant Edwin Leonard EASON.

Dated 24th November, 1942—
NZ 412265 Sergeant Gibson PHILP.

As Air Bombers.

Dated 18th December, 1942—
NZ 413397 Sergeant Stanley James ELLIS.
NZ 416520 Sergeant Hector William MELDRUM.

As Air Gunners.

Dated 21st December, 1942—
NZ 421295 Sergeant Jack TAYLOR.
NZ 421301 Sergeant John Alfred WARING.
NZ 416134 Sergeant Charles Francis Howard MANSFIELD.

Promotions.

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :—

Dated 10th December, 1942 : William Arthur Coleman BALL.
Dated 12th December, 1942 : John Greville CLOUSTON.

Dated 21st December, 1942—
George Edmund GUTHRIE. Sydney Campbell PARKES.
John McBeath KERR. Warren John SANDMAN.

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

Dated 15th September, 1942 : William Robert DUNCAN.

Dated 1st October, 1942—
John Allan HENDERSON. Wilbert Dale GREENFIELD.
Ian Allan Charles GRANT. Maurice Norman CRONIN.
George Arthur FARIS. Ernest Cecil DOMNEY.
Lloyd Allan TRIGG.

Dated 18th October, 1942 : Eric JOHNSTONE.

Dated 24th October, 1942—
Patrick Montague BOYLE. Ronald Arnott KEAR.
Vernon Clifford POCKSON.

Dated 27th October, 1942 : Douglas George CULL.

Dated 25th November, 1942—
Frederick JENKINSON. Douglas Beatty GUMM.
Ivan MARINOVICH.

Dated 4th December, 1942 : Frank Colwyn JONES, D.F.C.

Dated 10th December, 1942—
William Lister MILLER. James Arthur ROBINSON.

Dated 11th December, 1942 : Percy Henderson STEWART, D.F.M.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 6th January, 1943 :—

NZ 426107 A.C. 2 Eric Thomson MUNRO.
NZ 425618 A.C. 2 Alexander Caithness MITCHELL.
NZ 429189 Corporal Archibald Gerrard MCLAUCHLAN.
NZ 429049 A.C. 2 John Duncan WHITE.
NZ 426970 Sergeant Stanley Bolton STONE.
NZ 429205 Corporal Robert Bruce ROBINSON.
NZ 427245 A.C. 2 George Ewen BALLANTYNE.
NZ 1778 John Alexander BLACK.
NZ 429039 A.C. 2 Vernon Jarden BUTLER.
NZ 425700 A.C. 2 Kenneth William Rathbride MITCHELL.
NZ 4212156 L.A.C. Geoffrey Keys RODDA.
NZ 1779 John Alexander PORTER.
NZ 429208 A.C. 2 William George SEABROOK.
NZ 426958 Flight Sergeant Victor James GOTLIEB.
NZ 427317 A.C. 2 Harold Jack PRIOR.
NZ 429196 Corporal John MURPHY.
NZ 423412 Acting-Corporal Laurence Sigurd ANDERSEN.
NZ 429042 Corporal Noel Philip FIELDING.
NZ 4210074 A.C. 2 Neville George BAILEY.
NZ 425800 A.C. 2 Ronald James WEENINK.
NZ 427420 A.C. 2 Leslie James ALLEN.
NZ 425274 A.C. 2 Colin Herbert McISAAC.
NZ 428269 A.C. 2 Alexander WILSON.