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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 53

Dated 15th April, 1943—
NZ 41937 Flight Sergeant Norman Edward PRESTON.

Dated 3rd May, 1943—
NZ 414583 Flight Sergeant Stanley Charles BROWN.

Dated 8th May, 1943—
NZ 415406 Sergeant Arthur CAREY.

Dated 13th May, 1943—
NZ 411389 Flight Sergeant James Victor EVANS.

Dated 21st May, 1943—
NZ 413476 Flight Sergeant John Richard RHOADES.

Dated 11th June, 1943—
NZ 421348 Sergeant Geoffrey Buchanan WILLIAMS.
NZ 421383 Sergeant Walter Fred MCELWAIN.
NZ 421535 Sergeant Allan ROBERTS.
NZ 42990 Sergeant Francis Henry Clark LUKEY.
NZ 421839 Sergeant Donald Earle ROBERTSON.
NZ 421343 Sergeant Victor John ANDREW.
NZ 416831 Sergeant Ross Victor LEVY.
NZ 421130 Sergeant Robert Hill WOOD.
NZ 428817 Sergeant Eric Cawthra HEATON.
NZ 421836 Sergeant Francis Ernest DAVIS.

AS NAVIGATORS

Dated 4th April, 1943—
NZ 405447 Flight Sergeant James Francis LAVIN.

Dated 6th April, 1943—
NZ 413703 Sergeant William Tidswell ELLIS.

Dated 9th May, 1943—
NZ 413718 Flight Sergeant Evan Rankin STRANG.

Dated 15th May, 1943—
NZ 405798 Flight Sergeant John Arthur CROSS.

Dated 25th May, 1943—
NZ 402435 Flight Sergeant Arthur Hilary BRADLEY.

Dated 26th May, 1943—
NZ 416103 Sergeant Mervyn Arthur ERICKSEN.

AS AIR BOMBER

Dated 6th May, 1943—
NZ 402991 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Gordon FRANKLIN.

AS AIR GUNNERS

Dated 6th April, 1943—
NZ 412903 Sergeant Edgar Lester ROBSON.

Dated 20th April, 1943—
NZ 412318 Flight Sergeant John Henry DODDS.

Dated 9th May, 1943—
NZ 411084 Sergeant Jack Pattison MANLEY.

Dated 18th May, 1943—
NZ 404533 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Atherton CRANK-
shaw, D.F.M.

Dated 11th June, 1943—
NZ 415259 Sergeant Harold Malcolm HAWTHORN.

Dated 14th June, 1943—
NZ 422998 Sergeant Henry Leonard OWNSWORTH.

Promotions

Flight Lieutenant Percival Guy Haig NEWTON to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 24th June, 1943.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.). Dated 20th May, 1943 :—
Harold Bert HAYWARD.
John Allison WHELAN.

Reductions in Seniority

Flight Lieutenant Melvin Roland GREENSLADE was dealt with summarily under section 47 of the Air Force Act and was sentenced to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flight Lieutenant bore date the 1st July, 1942.

Flying Officer Arthur George CLAYDON was dealt with summarily under section 47 of the Air Force Act and was sentenced to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flying Officer bore date the 26th May, 1943.

Transfer

Flying Officer Lawrence Lymburn COWAN is transferred from the Equipment Branch, Section I, to the General Duties Branch in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 2nd April, 1943.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II
Appointments

NZ 404137 Corporal Roland Emerson HARVEY is granted a temporary commission as Radio Officer in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 18th March, 1943.

NZ 639098 Sergeant Cyril George CLARKE is granted a temporary commission as Armament Officer in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 17th June, 1943.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Transfer

Squadron Leader Clarence Edgar PALMER is transferred to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I. Dated 20th June, 1943.

Relinquishment

Pilot Officer Cecil Amyas QUANE relinquishes his temporary commission. Dated 30th June, 1943.

MEDICAL BRANCH
Relinquishment

Flight Lieutenant William Hanron REID relinquishes his temporary commission. Dated 1st July, 1943.

CORRIGENDUM

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 104 of the 17th October, 1940, page 2666, under the heading “Chaplains Branch—Appointments,” for “Reverend Wilfred AINSWORTH” read “Reverend Wilfrid William AINSWORTH.

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

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th July, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John Slater Royds, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wallace, vice George Wraytt, Esquire, resigned.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Coroner appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th July, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Charles Augustus Reilly, Esquire,

of Te Awamutu, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand, vice William Jeffery, deceased.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Commissioner of Works under the Ministry of Works Act, 1943

Office of the Minister of Works,
Wellington, 8th July, 1943.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General in Council, in pursuance of section 3 of the Ministry of Works Act, 1943, has been pleased to appoint

James Fletcher, Esquire,

of Wellington, Gentleman, to be the Commissioner of Works, to hold and exercise the duties of that office during pleasure, the appointment to take effect on and from the 8th day of July, 1943.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th July, 1943.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made :—

William George Weston

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Matamata, on and from the 7th day of July, 1943.

William Gladstone Ramsay Middlemass

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Rakaia, on and from the 24th day of June, 1943.

Trevor James Otway

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hikurangi, on and from the 7th day of July, 1943.

William John Harrison

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Porangahau, on and from the 6th day of July, 1943.

Arthur James Bannister

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Brunner, on and from the 11th day of June, 1943.

Ailsa Carroll McInerney (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Herekino, on and from the 17th day of June, 1943.

James Joseph Quirke

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waimate, on and from the 12th day of July, 1943.

Allen Bruce Philpott

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waimate Plains, on and from the 21st day of June, 1943.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.