JUNE 24] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 709

Reginald Arthur Ward. Dated 16th April, 1943.
Arnold Frederic Scherer. Dated 19th April, 1943.
Theodore Corry. Dated 22nd April, 1943.
Leslie Noel Biss. Peter Alfred Peterson. Dated 29th April, 1943.
Eric O'Carroll Upton. Darcy William Knuckey.
William John McLoughlin. William Silas Angas.
George Hughes Douglas. Robert Ohaia Potiki. Dated 1st May, 1943.
John Herbert Mowbray Russell. Dated 2nd May, 1943.
Leslie George Jackson. Dated 8th May, 1943.
Charles Valentine Lawrence. Dated 11th May, 1943.
Allan Joseph Campbell. Dated 12th May, 1943.
William Harry Douglas. Dated 13th May, 1943.
George Frederick East. Dated 17th May, 1943.
Vincent Sebastian Lynskey. Dated 1st June, 1943.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 32, dated 6th May, 1943, relative to the appointment of 2nd Lieutenants, for “Kakaherea Honiana,” substitute “Rakaherea Honiana.”

PROMOTIONS

Temp. Captain W. G. Macartney to be temp. Major whilst commanding a Battalion. Dated 28th April, 1943.
Temp. Captain S. Wright to be temp. Major whilst commanding a Battalion. Dated 3rd May, 1943.

The undermentioned temp. Lieutenants to be temp. Captains:—
H. A. E. Maitland. H. H. Fayen. A. A. Coe. Dated 1st September, 1942.
H. A. Innes. Dated 15th September, 1942.
J. C. C. Edwards. D. M. Ford. Dated 16th December, 1942.
B. H. Howes. Dated 31st March, 1943.
F. Nash. Dated 3rd May, 1943.
F. E. Burns. Dated 11th May, 1943.
W. E. Chamberlain. Dated 15th May, 1943.
P. J. O’Kane. Dated 17th May, 1943.
B. R. Hill. R. W. Dixon.
J. Scott. W. G. Letham.
C. A. J. Peterson. J. A. Arthur. Dated 27th May, 1943.

The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Captains:—
H. R. Moss. H. P. Jefcoate. Dated 18th September, 1942.
A. McPhee. Dated 27th May, 1943.

The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:—
H. M. Akers. Dated 17th April, 1943.
C. G. Watson. K. R. Sharpe.
D. F. Ross. V. F. Wright. Dated 27th May, 1943.

COMMISSIONS RELINQUISHED

The undermentioned officers relinquish their commissions in the Home Guard:—
Temp. Captain H. R. Moss. Dated 27th January, 1943.
Temp. Lieutenants:—
R. E. G. Morton. Dated 5th November, 1942.
R. H. Page. Dated 2nd April, 1943.
W. P. Gibson. R. F. Hynes.
R. O. Wilkinson. C. C. W. Clarke.
W. W. Bird. Dated 27th May, 1943.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenants:—
N. E. Colville. E. H. J. Wren.
A. F. Firth. K. F. Connell.
W. O. Taylor. Dated 27th May, 1943.

RESIGNATIONS

The undermentioned officers resign their commissions in the Home Guard:—
Temp. Major J. E. Cuthill. Dated 21st May, 1943.
Temp. Captains—
W. J. Wright. Dated 19th December, 1942.
T. Geddes. Dated 14th February, 1943.
W. A. Rodger. Dated 18th February, 1943.
W. H. Brown. Dated 3rd May, 1943.
E. M. Kingdom. Dated 4th May, 1943.
W. K. Bergman. D. A. Highet. Dated 6th May, 1943.

Temp. Lieutenants—
C. L. Allen. Dated 26th January, 1943.
R. H. Whitburn. Dated 15th February, 1943.
W. R. Boyd. Dated 1st March, 1943.
W. L. Carter. Dated 5th March, 1943.
E. J. Herbert. Dated 15th March, 1943.
P. H. Instone. Dated 16th March, 1943.
H. A. Murison. Dated 31st March, 1943.
L. Le Noel. Dated 7th April, 1943.
L. W. Udy. Dated 10th April, 1943.
C. A. Latimer. Dated 19th April, 1943.
L. A. Partridge. Dated 30th April, 1943.
F. Gray. G. C. Allen.
P. F. Jones. Dated 4th May, 1943.

B

A. E. Harris. Dated 8th May, 1943.
H. M. McFarlane. Dated 15th May, 1943.
J. A. McPherson. Dated 19th May, 1943.
L. F. Moller. Dated 8th June, 1943.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenants—
F. Wisnesky. Dated 6th January, 1943.
D. L. Grant. Dated 8th March, 1943.
C. Wilson. Dated 9th March, 1943.
L. B. Roberts. Dated 15th March, 1943.
J. MacDonell. Dated 25th March, 1943.
A. N. Mitchell. Dated 31st March, 1943.
J. R. Stevenson. Dated 16th April, 1943.
R. G. Pilling. Dated 12th May, 1943.

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

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 21st June, 1943.

HIS 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 26th January, 1943—
NZ 404999 Flight Sergeant Tom Hamilton MORGAN.

Dated 25th February, 1943—
NZ 415769 Sergeant Desmond Patrick LYNsKEY.

Dated 27th February, 1943—
NZ 413956 Sergeant John Robert RODGERS, D.F.M.

Dated 6th March, 1943—
NZ 411948 Flight Sergeant Kenneth SMITH, D.F.M.

Dated 19th March, 1943—
NZ 415042 Sergeant Hugh Somerset TUCKER.

Dated 8th April, 1943—
NZ 416174 Sergeant Jack Brian SMALL.

Dated 15th April, 1943—
NZ 405261 Sergeant George Russell DICKSON.
NZ 411874 Flight Sergeant Roderick Herbert FITZ-GIBBON.

Dated 21st April, 1943—
NZ 413114 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Walter PARISH.

Dated 26th April, 1943—
NZ 40237 Warrant Officer Maurice Eugene McGREAL.

Dated 28th April, 1943—
NZ 414631 Sergeant Donald Matthew HUNTER.

Dated 3rd May, 1943—
NZ 415786 Sergeant Colin Harben ROBINSON.
NZ 416164 Sergeant Raymond Charles RAWLINGS.

Dated 4th May, 1943—
NZ 412715 Flight Sergeant Hoani Richard METE-KINGI.

Dated 5th May, 1943—
NZ 42997 Sergeant Brian Lancelot AUTRIDGE.

Dated 7th May, 1943—
NZ 413833 Sergeant Alfred William FLACK.
NZ 411453 Flight Sergeant Arthur Norman SAMES.

Dated 10th May, 1943—
NZ 413541 Sergeant Paul Windermere Wilson BRUNTON.

Dated 13th May, 1943—
NZ 412240 Flight Sergeant Robert Eric LEIGH.

Dated 28th May, 1943—
NZ 421488 Sergeant John Keillor AITKEN.
NZ 421838 Sergeant Leon Richmond SCHOFIELD.
NZ 421492 Sergeant William ANDREWS.
NZ 421491 Sergeant Edmund Charlton ANDREWS.
NZ 421828 Sergeant Basil Vivian GAIN.
NZ 422437 Sergeant Alfred Walter SAUNDERS.
NZ 421543 Sergeant Ernest Peter TAYLOR.
NZ 421344 Sergeant John Graham ANDERSON.
NZ 422088 Sergeant Llewelyn Charles Livingston PRYCE.
NZ 415966 Sergeant Neil Alexander COOPER.
NZ 421386 Sergeant Keith MARSH.
NZ 422411 Sergeant Arthur Christopher KEEGAN.
NZ 4210089 Sergeant John Edward Norman MASON.
NZ 4210094 Sergeant Dalziel Alan STOTT.
NZ 421837 Sergeant Shapton Donald SINCLAIR.
NZ 422370 Sergeant Fred Marsden CLARKE.
NZ 422426 Sergeant Sidney Neil MUNRO.
NZ 422356 Sergeant Luke BARNES.
NZ 423770 Sergeant Alan Oswald RODGERS.
NZ 422095 Sergeant Brian BONIFANT.
NZ 428812 Sergeant Charles Stewart BLAIR.