New Zealand Gazette – 1943 – No. 70

Page 1019

✨ Military Appointments and Promotions



Aug. 26] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1019

Dated 6th May, 1943—
Colin Edward Wolfgram. Alexander Mitchell Penman.
Harold Tong.

Dated 7th May, 1943 : Bruce Gibb Johnston.

Dated 13th May, 1943 : Stanley Franklin Browne.

Dated 14th May, 1943—
Donald Winter Thomson, D.F.C. Edwin Leonard Eason.

Dated 20th May, 1943—
Colin Cavell Roots. Leslie Ian Taylor.
Colin Wells Hitchcock.

Dated 4th June, 1943—
Francis Herbert Berry. Terence Jeffares McCashin.
Robert Denver MacDuff.

Dated 11th June, 1943 : Henry Drury Alcock.

Dated 18th June, 1943—
David William Newman. Hector William Meldrum.
Ralph Edwin Spicer.

Dated 19th June, 1943 : Spencer Francis Fauvel.

Dated 26th June, 1943 : Terris Leonard Barton Taylor.

Dated 30th June, 1943 : John George Turnbull.

Dated 1st July, 1943—
Arthur Percy Gainsford, D.F.C.
John Matheson Nicolson.

Dated 5th July, 1943 : Nolan Wentworth Faircloth.

Dated 8th July, 1943 : John Henry Low, D.F.C.

Dated 9th July, 1943 : Kenneth Irwin.

Dated 10th July, 1943—
Herbert Leonard Stuart. Edward William Huia Salter.
Bernard Cyril Tasker.

Dated 11th July, 1943 : Francis Archibald McDowall.

Dated 16th July, 1943 : Francis Murphy, D.F.C.

Dated 22nd July, 1943 : Alfred William Hollis.

The undermentioned to be Acting Flying Officers—

Dated 1st April, 1943—
Edwin Roy Elliott. John Charles Ibbotson.
Jack Plummer. Leslie Thomas William Smale.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II

Promotion

Pilot Officer (on prob.) Edward Hamilton Hitchcock is confirmed in his rank and granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 12th May, 1943.

Pilot Officer (on prob.) David Campbell Shaw is confirmed in his rank and granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 14th July, 1943.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotion

Pilot Officer (on prob.) Dudley Evorard Charles Jonas is confirmed in his rank and granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 5th May, 1943.

CORRIGENDUM

In the notice appearing in New Zealand Gazette No. 57, dated the 22nd July, 1943, page 807, under the heading “General Duties Branch, Promotions,” and relating to Valentine Stuart Moore, D.S.O., D.F.M., for “dated 1st May, 1943,” read “dated 27th March, 1943.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 17th August, 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 30th April, 1943—
NZ 412233 Flight Sergeant Allen John Sykes.

Dated 5th May, 1943—
NZ 415410 Flight Sergeant Gordon Burns Green.

Dated 31st May, 1943—
NZ 413082 Flight Sergeant Bryce Drummond Jones.

Dated 2nd June, 1943—
NZ 416101 Flight Sergeant Wilfred Eric Elder, D.F.M.
NZ 416163 Flight Sergeant Arthur Alfred Henri Pullan.

Dated 9th July, 1943—
NZ 425560 Sergeant Denis Frederick Collinge.
NZ 421523 Sergeant Geoffrey Neville Muirson.
NZ 425495 Sergeant Warwick Ian Archibald Double.
NZ 426713 Sergeant Leonard Joseph Webb.
NZ 421510 Sergeant Gilbert Ian Hodgson.
NZ 427815 Sergeant Clifford Kendall Say.
NZ 427829 Sergeant Mervyn Windsor Wrennall.
NZ 426215 Sergeant Alec Otley Ellis.

NZ 429666 Sergeant Mate Alexander Milich.
NZ 428075 Sergeant John Benjamin Brazier.
NZ 421390 Sergeant John Edward Mannering.
NZ 425573 Sergeant Brian Norman Jacobsen.
NZ 425220 Sergeant Neil Henderson Benjamin Barker.

Dated 31st July, 1943—
NZ 427023 L.A.C. Peter Morison Duncan.
NZ 427507 Corporal Ian Alexander Carnie.
NZ 428111 L.A.C. William Leslie Hardie.
NZ 426265 L.A.C. Brian Charles Levett.
NZ 427506 L.A.C. Ernest Christopher Andrews.
NZ 427352 Acting-Sergeant D’Arcy George Wareham.
NZ 427861 Corporal Arthur Harbridge Silcock.
NZ 4211688 L.A.C. John Douglas Guy.
NZ 429129 L.A.C. Cedric Melville Lynch Andrews.
NZ 428866 L.A.C. David Antill Gawith.
NZ 428917 Corporal Leslie Gordon Sinclair.
NZ 427559 Corporal Wilfrid Leopold Pound.
NZ 401120 L.A.C. James Wylie Franklin.
NZ 4213744 L.A.C. Keith Bishop Smith.
NZ 425501 L.A.C. Patrick William Nicholas.
NZ 425970 L.A.C. Clifford John Wright.
NZ 428060 L.A.C. Louis Thomas Friedrich.

As Air Bomber

Dated 14th April, 1943—
NZ 39664 Sergeant Charles Frederick Peter Brown.

As Air Gunner

Dated 18th May, 1943—
NZ 405491 Flight Sergeant Richard Lethbridge Jones.

Promotions

Flight Lieutenant Theodore Jasper MacLean de Lange to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 1st July, 1943.

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

Dated 4th July, 1943—
Alan Douglas Bull. George Douglas Thorpe.
Peter Sedgley Hanan. Brian Thomas Verry.
Alva Edward Henderson. Ronald Graham Watts.

Dated 5th July, 1943—
Leonard Gregory Malthus.
Noel Rupert King.
Raymond Johnson Watson.
John Frederick Guinness Kissel.
Neil Dougall Watkins.
James Mumford Cranstone.
Anthony Ashley Cooper.
Euan Wilfred Sachtleben.
Cecil Owen Hooker.
John McLean Cochrane.
Donald St. Clair Brown.
Cyril Sharland.
Heathcote Huia Butler Beale, D.F.C.
Wyndham Maurice Meares.

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

Dated 4th February, 1943—
Colin Douglas Chammem. Montague Bernard Angelo.
Stewart Dickson.

Dated 9th April, 1943—
Jack Plummer. Errol Henry Taylor.

Dated 6th May, 1943 : Marsden Frederick Morey.

Dated 30th May, 1943 : John Colin Worthington.

Dated 1st June, 1943—
Andrew McRobbie Malcolm. Ian Frederick Lock.
Noel William Sprenger.

Dated 4th July, 1943 : Maurice James Costello.

Dated 5th July, 1943 : Geoffrey Stockbridge Moore.

Dated 6th July, 1943—
Leslie Vincent Hamlin. John Stephen Lane.

Flying Officer Robert Hamish Balfour to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 1st July, 1943.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II

Appointments

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions as R.D.F. Officers in the rank of Pilot Officer :—

Dated 1st February, 1943—
NZ 1885 John Sinclair Burns.

Dated 1st April, 1943—
NZ 431983 A.C. 2 Patrick Francis Noble, B.Sc.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

NZ 1886 Kenneth Potter is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 22nd June, 1943.

Transfer

Flying Officer Jack Howard Clarke is transferred to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I. Dated 10th July, 1943.



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

🛡️ Defence & Military
17 August 1943
Appointments, Promotions, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Officers
116 names identified
  • Colin Edward Wolfgram, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Alexander Mitchell Penman, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Harold Tong, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Bruce Gibb Johnston, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Stanley Franklin Browne, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Donald Winter Thomson (D.F.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Edwin Leonard Eason, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Colin Cavell Roots, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Leslie Ian Taylor, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Colin Wells Hitchcock, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Francis Herbert Berry, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Terence Jeffares McCashin, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Robert Denver MacDuff, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Henry Drury Alcock, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • David William Newman, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Hector William Meldrum, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ralph Edwin Spicer, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Spencer Francis Fauvel, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Terris Leonard Barton Taylor, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John George Turnbull, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Arthur Percy Gainsford (D.F.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Matheson Nicolson, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Nolan Wentworth Faircloth, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Henry Low (D.F.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Kenneth Irwin, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Herbert Leonard Stuart, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Edward William Huia Salter, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Bernard Cyril Tasker, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Francis Archibald McDowall, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Francis Murphy (D.F.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Alfred William Hollis, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Edwin Roy Elliott, Appointed Acting Flying Officer
  • John Charles Ibbotson, Appointed Acting Flying Officer
  • Jack Plummer, Appointed Acting Flying Officer
  • Leslie Thomas William Smale, Appointed Acting Flying Officer
  • Edward Hamilton Hitchcock, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • David Campbell Shaw, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Dudley Evorard Charles Jonas, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Valentine Stuart Moore (D.S.O., D.F.M.), Corrigendum: Promotion date corrected
  • Allen John Sykes, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Gordon Burns Green, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Bryce Drummond Jones, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Wilfred Eric Elder (D.F.M.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Arthur Alfred Henri Pullan, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Denis Frederick Collinge, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Geoffrey Neville Muirson, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Warwick Ian Archibald Double, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Leonard Joseph Webb, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Gilbert Ian Hodgson, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Clifford Kendall Say, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Mervyn Windsor Wrennall, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Alec Otley Ellis, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Mate Alexander Milich, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Benjamin Brazier, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Edward Mannering, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Brian Norman Jacobsen, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Neil Henderson Benjamin Barker, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Peter Morison Duncan, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ian Alexander Carnie, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William Leslie Hardie, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Brian Charles Levett, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ernest Christopher Andrews, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • D’Arcy George Wareham, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Arthur Harbridge Silcock, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Douglas Guy, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Cedric Melville Lynch Andrews, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • David Antill Gawith, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Leslie Gordon Sinclair, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Wilfrid Leopold Pound, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Wylie Franklin, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Keith Bishop Smith, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Patrick William Nicholas, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Clifford John Wright, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Louis Thomas Friedrich, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Charles Frederick Peter Brown, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Richard Lethbridge Jones, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Theodore Jasper MacLean de Lange, Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Alan Douglas Bull, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • George Douglas Thorpe, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Peter Sedgley Hanan, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Brian Thomas Verry, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Alva Edward Henderson, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Ronald Graham Watts, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Leonard Gregory Malthus, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Noel Rupert King, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Raymond Johnson Watson, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Frederick Guinness Kissel, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Neil Dougall Watkins, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • James Mumford Cranstone, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Anthony Ashley Cooper, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Euan Wilfred Sachtleben, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Cecil Owen Hooker, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John McLean Cochrane, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Donald St. Clair Brown, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Cyril Sharland, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Heathcote Huia Butler Beale (D.F.C.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Wyndham Maurice Meares, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Colin Douglas Chammem, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Montague Bernard Angelo, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Stewart Dickson, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Jack Plummer, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Errol Henry Taylor, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Marsden Frederick Morey, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Colin Worthington, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Andrew McRobbie Malcolm, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ian Frederick Lock, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Noel William Sprenger, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maurice James Costello, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Geoffrey Stockbridge Moore, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leslie Vincent Hamlin, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Stephen Lane, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Hamish Balfour, Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
  • John Sinclair Burns, Granted temporary commission as R.D.F. Officer
  • Patrick Francis Noble (B.Sc.), Granted temporary commission as R.D.F. Officer
  • Kenneth Potter, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Jack Howard Clarke, Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers

  • F. Jones, Minister of Defence