728 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE [No. 49

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 28th June, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
approve the following appointments, promotions, transfers,
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 27th January, 1943—
NZ 41943 Flight Sergeant Ross Charles SAYERS.

Dated 24th March, 1943—
NZ 415048 Sergeant David Dennis Morris WILKINSON.

Dated 26th March, 1943—
NZ 403980 Warrant Officer Kenneth William Roland
McMILLAN.

Dated 29th March, 1943—
NZ 41492 Warrant Officer Frank Alexander PIERCY.

Dated 6th April, 1943—
NZ 412185 Sergeant Charles Grindle BAKER.
NZ 412376 Sergeant James Frederick GREENSTREET.

Dated 13th April, 1943—
NZ 414292 Sergeant Ernest Raymond Joseph HOGG.
NZ 412223 Flight Sergeant Brian Forsaith GILMORE.

Dated 14th April, 1943—
NZ 39116 Sergeant John Dermot WALSH.

Dated 15th April, 1943—
NZ 405223 Flight Sergeant Rex William BOYENS.
NZ 41463 Flight Sergeant George Ian BAINES.

Dated 19th April, 1943—
NZ 414717 Sergeant James Henry WRIGHT.

Dated 24th April, 1943—
NZ 414376 Sergeant Terence Douglas BLEWETT.

Dated 26th April, 1943—
NZ 39668 Sergeant Ian Hamilton ALEXANDER.

Dated 4th May, 1943—
NZ 413115 Sergeant Leonard Charles PARKER.

Dated 8th May, 1943—
NZ 403560 Warrant Officer Charles Grey BEALE.

Dated 5th June, 1943—
NZ 1853 Sidney Maxwell HOPE.
NZ 425244 Corporal Crawford Hamilton Eyre EADIE.
NZ 4211272 L.A.C. Donald Cuthbert CURTIS.
NZ 425609 L.A.C. Donald Grant GORDON.
NZ 425621 L.A.C. James Gordon Thomas PETTIGREW.
NZ 426174 L.A.C. Ronald Hugh HAZLETT.
NZ 425957 L.A.C. Richard Allan WALDRON.
NZ 421533 L.A.C. Dennis Gordon Allwright RITCHIE.
NZ 426097 L.A.C. Norman Andrew FREW.
NZ 421547 L.A.C. Charles Donald WILSON.
NZ 426907 L.A.C. Douglas Royd BRITTON.
NZ 425301 L.A.C. Grahame Harvey TURNER.
NZ 425794 L.A.C. Harold Nevill LONGLEY.
NZ 425275 L.A.C. Ronald Francis MADIGAN.
NZ 426032 L.A.C. John BOWLER.
NZ 425893 L.A.C. Donald James FYFE.
NZ 426098 L.A.C. Stewart GUTHRIE.
NZ 425912 L.A.C. Hector James LAMBIE.
NZ 425943 Corporal Donald Ansley SANDMAN.
NZ 421350 L.A.C. Alan McGregor BAILEY.
NZ 414839 L.A.C. Peter Graham BROWN.

As Navigators

Dated 3rd March, 1943—
NZ 413705 Sergeant Ronald Claris GORDON.

Dated 18th March, 1943—
NZ 413304 Sergeant Herbert John DRAWBRIDGE.

Dated 29th March, 1943—
NZ 401442 Warrant Officer Kenneth Alfred Sidney PIPE.

Dated 21st April, 1943—
NZ 413725 Sergeant Clement Russell STRANG.

As Bomber

Dated 14th May, 1943—
NZ 422271 Sergeant Edward Charles DURMAN.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners

Dated 9th March, 1943—
NZ 403037 Flight Sergeant George STEVENS.

Dated 11th April, 1943—
NZ 404605 Sergeant Alfred Philip HARVEY.

Dated 26th April, 1943—
NZ 412868 Sergeant Gavin CRUICKSHANK.

Dated 17th May, 1943—
NZ 425547 Sergeant John Henry George GORVIN.
NZ 426156 Sergeant Stuart Earle SINCLAIR.

Dated 18th May, 1943—
NZ 403619 Flight Sergeant Reginald FUGGLE, D.F.M.

Dated 21st May, 1943—
NZ 411708 Sergeant Charles Cameron ROBERTSON.

Promotions

The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants to be Acting Squadron
Leaders (paid) :-

Dated 1st April, 1943—
Arthur Montague HARVIE. Frank EDWARDS.
Kenneth Blackwood ROBINSON.

Dated 4th June, 1943 : Richard George HARTSHORN.

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

Dated 8th February, 1943—
Frank William BRANDT.
Sylvester Roger Oliffe RICHMOND.

Dated 22nd May, 1943 : Maxwell William McCORMICK.

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Acting Flight Lieu-
tenants (paid). Dated 1st April, 1943 :-

Edgar Thomas KIPPENBERGER. Peter Holden SINCLAIR.
Douglas Alan YOUNGS. James Thomas Adams HARRIS.

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

Dated 5th March, 1943 : John Hector MACDONALD.
Dated 7th March, 1943 : George Duncan ASKEW.

Dated 11th March, 1943—
Keith Bernard ROGERS. Robert Anderson NIMMO.

Dated 15th March, 1943 : Bruce NEAL.
Dated 25th March, 1943 : Ian Stewart MULHOLLAND.

Dated 9th April, 1943—
Donald John SMITH. Glyn FISHER.

Dated 12th April, 1943—
Ambrose Reid Gynn ADAMS.
Allan Edwin BOTHWELL.
Gerald William DAWSON.
Fabian Cyril Ferguson GINDERS.

Dated 17th April, 1943 : Harold James EVANS.

Dated 6th May, 1943—
Colin Rutherford MORSE. Graham Burfield JONES.
Alexander John FOWLER.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I

Promotions

The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants to be Acting Squadron
Leaders (paid). Dated 1st April, 1943 :—

Donald POOL.
David Charles de RUNGS.
Kenneth William Barclay ANDERSON.

Pilot Officer Herbert Maurice BOLTON to be Acting Flying
Officer (paid). Dated 1st April, 1943.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II, GROUP I

Appointments

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions as
Radio Officers in the rank of Pilot Officers. Dated 1st February,
1943 :—

NZ 428386 Corporal Gordon Evans BROWN.
NZ 424019 A.C. 1 Adam Ernest LAYBOURN, B.A.
NZ 429804 A.C. 2 James Lewis HARTSTONGE.
NZ 429274 A.C. 2 Leslie David HEPBURN.
NZ 1854 William Anderson McGILLIVRAY, M.Sc.
NZ 1855 Leslie Robert ALLEN.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions as
Technical Officers in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated
27th May, 1943 :—

NZ 391951 Sergeant Robert Leith BEGG.
NZ 405573 Corporal John Langford BARLOW.

Promotions

Flight Lieutenant Alfred Alan HUGHES to be Acting Squadron
Leader (paid). Dated 1st April, 1943.

Flying Officer John Percival CONYERS-BROWN to be Acting
Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 1st April, 1943.

Pilot Officer (on prob.) John Padraic Weippert POLLARD is
confirmed in his rank and granted the temporary rank of Flying
Officer. Dated 29th April, 1943.

Pilot Officer Joseph Thomas WHITE to be Acting Flying Officer
(paid). Dated 1st April, 1943.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Transfers

Pilot Officer Kenneth Charles George NEES is transferred from
the Reserve of Air Force Officers to the Administrative and Special
Duties Branch in his present rank, with seniority as from 1st Feb-
ruary, 1943. Dated 1st April, 1943.

Flying Officer Richard Watkins FILMER is transferred from
the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties
Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1st June, 1943.

Promotions

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Acting Flight Lieu-
tenants (paid). Dated 1st April, 1943 :—

Francis James DEEGAN. Thomas TWIGGE.
James William ASTON. Alexander McCredie HALDANE.