New Zealand Gazette – 1943 – No. 80

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 80

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 7th September, 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 26th February, 1943—
NZ 39916 Warrant Officer Gilbert Sydney HALLEY.
Dated 2nd May, 1943—
NZ 415733 Flight Sergeant Ronald Charles Ostend
BEAZER.
Dated 20th May, 1943—
NZ 411895 Flight Sergeant Thomas Bryce HENRY.
Dated 25th May, 1943—
NZ 415681 Flight Sergeant Robert Harry BRICKELL.
Dated 31st May, 1943—
NZ 414658 Flight Sergeant Nicholas MATICH.
Dated 5th June, 1943—
NZ 413911 Flight Sergeant Guy Merson TEMPLER.
Dated 15th June, 1943—
NZ 40986 Warrant Officer James McLean PEARSON.
Dated 20th June, 1943—
NZ 413058 Flight Sergeant Evan Aylward GRANT.
NZ 414952 Flight Sergeant David Valentine AVERY.
Dated 22nd June, 1943—
NZ 414614 Flight Sergeant Bernard Alexander GUMBLEY,
D.F.M.
Dated 24th June, 1943—
NZ 414718 Sergeant Thomas WYLLIE.
Dated 1st July, 1943—
NZ 415336 Flight Sergeant Ninian Robson McDONALD.
Dated 2nd July, 1943—
NZ 416547 Flight Sergeant Ernest Herbert SHATTOCK.
NZ 413837 Flight Sergeant Norman GARDINER.
Dated 3rd July, 1943—
NZ 413474 Flight Sergeant Leslie McDonald RAWLINGS.
Dated 8th July, 1943—
NZ 412694 Flight Sergeant Ian Cameron HUTCHESON.
Dated 9th July, 1943—
NZ 415004 Flight Sergeant David Rhys MORGAN.
NZ 414692 Flight Sergeant Thomas Gordon SMITH.
NZ 415208 Flight Sergeant Reginald Clive VEITCH.
NZ 414205 Flight Sergeant Fredrick Edward ARSCOTT.
NZ 415036 Flight Sergeant John Henry SUTCLIFFE.
NZ 415059 Flight Sergeant Verner Grenville CAVE.
Dated 11th July, 1943—
NZ 412461 Flight Sergeant Stanley Thomas SCHMIDT.
NZ 404343 Warrant Officer Richard Bradburn DAVENTPORT.
Dated 15th July, 1943—
NZ 415289 Flight Sergeant Neville John CALLAN.
Dated 27th July, 1943—
NZ 412709 Flight Sergeant Raymond McGREGOR.
Dated 28th August, 1943—
NZ 4210920 L.A.C. Walter George MORRIN.
NZ 428170 L.A.C. Thomas William Alfred WALKER.
NZ 427542 L.A.C. Warren Alister BLAIN.
NZ 429195 L.A.C. Donald Hubert MICHAEL.
NZ 427857 L.A.C. Eldon Wallace RAPLEY.
NZ 427292 L.A.C. Daniel George Raymond McKONE.
NZ 429997 L.A.C. Ross Bertram BARLOW.
NZ 427970 L.A.C. Robert Harold FAWCETT.
NZ 427304 L.A.C. Norman Douglas McKenzie MEIN.
NZ 422340 L.A.C. Bryce Russell WOODALL.
NZ 429691 L.A.C. Gerrit Keeley van ASCH.

As NAVIGATORS
Dated 28th May, 1943—
NZ 405463 Flight Sergeant Gerard Alphonsus WARD.
Dated 15th June, 1943—
NZ 40938 Flight Sergeant Peter Gale HENRY.
Dated 8th July, 1943—
NZ 413713 Flight Sergeant Sydney Colin Rive MACKIE.
Dated 11th July, 1943.—
NZ 421321 Flight Sergeant Ralph Stanley FRANCE.

As AIR BOMBERS
Dated 23rd July, 1943—
NZ 424063 Sergeant Charles Bryce OXENHAM.
NZ 427817 Sergeant Edward Simon SNOWDEN.
NZ 429226 Sergeant Ian Douglas WARD.
NZ 429967 Sergeant Ronald Desmond MAYHILL.
NZ 424444 Sergeant Leslie Samuel FORD.

As AIR GUNNERS
Dated 22nd May, 1943—
NZ 404633 Warrant Officer John Alister MacDonald STUART.
Dated 9th June, 1943—
NZ 404653 Warrant Officer Douglas Hamilton Moss.
Dated 7th July, 1943—
NZ 412766 Flight Sergeant Forrest Harold THOMPSON,
D.F.M.
Dated 18th July, 1943—
NZ 412003 Flight Sergeant Bernard HEFFERNAN.
Dated 19th July, 1943—
NZ 412360 Sergeant Roy Haydon SMITH.
NZ 414893 Flight Sergeant Thomas Andrew ROBSON.
Dated 26th July, 1943—
NZ 426136 Sergeant Garnet Hunter EVANS.
NZ 427969 Sergeant Jack Macgregor ELLIOTTE.
NZ 425767 Sergeant Robert William MACADAM.
Dated 9th August, 1943—
NZ 422922 Sergeant William Arthur Cameron SIMPSON.
NZ 425522 Sergeant Jack Philip BAKER.
NZ 425378 Sergeant Desmond Weston WHEELER.

Transfer
Pilot Officer Aylmer Derrick WESTENRA is transferred from the
Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the General Duties
Branch. Dated 28th August, 1943.

Promotions
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants
(temp.) :—
Dated 1st March, 1943 : Sydney Ernest SCALES.
Dated 27th May, 1943 : Allen Roy HENDERSON.
Dated 7th June, 1943 : Harvey Nelson SWEETMAN, D.F.C.
Dated 23rd July, 1943—
Renton Stewart RUTHERFORD, D.F.C.
Gordon Alan Lee WEBBY.
Dated 26th July, 1943—
James Stewart FRAME, D.F.C.
John Ralph GRANT.
Robert Thomson FLEMING, D.F.C.
Dated 31st July, 1943—
Richard Webb SAMPSON. Hector Arthur MCKENZIE.
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Acting Flight Lieu-
tenants (paid) :—
Dated 1st August, 1943—
John Hugh Mehaffey CARSWELL.
Mervyn Charles Pryce JONES.
Brian Frederick SMITH.
Robert James PRENTICE.
Leslie James SMALL.
David Ian BLACKLEY.
Dated 16th August, 1943 : James Ralph COURT.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers
(temp.) :—
Dated 1st November, 1942 : Arthur Donald CARLAW.
Dated 23rd April, 1943 : Robert Blundell WYNYARD.
Dated 23rd May, 1943 : Donald William PARKHOUSE.
Dated 28th May, 1943—
William Pembroke BELL. Chisholm Martyn WILSON.
Leonard Edwin LANCASTER. James Bayntun STARKY.
Arnold Thane KING.
Dated 30th May, 1943 : Kenneth James MacKENZIE.
Dated 1st June, 1943 : James Robertson Grant BATHGATE.
Dated 7th June, 1943 : John Raymond JONES.
Dated 18th June, 1943 : Norman Colin MOWAT.
Dated 19th June, 1943 : Bertram Frederick COLLINGS.
Dated 1st July, 1943 : Robert Thomas AITCHISON.
Dated 7th July, 1943 : Keith Ian STREET, D.F.M.
Dated 10th July, 1943 : James Clarence RALPH, D.F.M.
Dated 11th July, 1943 : Alfred Percy FOGERTY.
Dated 15th July, 1943—
James Maxwell SHEARER.
John Hetrick HIGGINS.
Dated 16th July, 1943 : John Forbes THOMSON, D.F.C.
Dated 17th July, 1943 : Geoffrey Woodhouse LEE.
Dated 18th July, 1943 : Irvine Watt RENNER, D.F.C.
Dated 19th July, 1943 : Gilbert William SYMONS.
Dated 20th July, 1943 : Noble Andrew GARDINER.
Dated 22nd July, 1943 : John Donald PERRY.
Dated 23rd July, 1943—
Hugh Charles WILKIE, D.F.C.
Richard Otway FRENCH, D.F.C.
Francis Campbell CARSWELL, D.F.C.
Raymond Harold NEWTON.
Dated 24th July, 1943 : Alfred Clement RELPH.
Dated 26th July, 1943—
Owen Kenneth SUTHERLAND.
John Alfred Scott.
Dated 27th July, 1943 : Harry Allman SMITH.
Dated 30th July, 1943—
Leicester George SMITH.
Charles Alexander GEORGE.



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

🛡️ Defence & Military
7 September 1943
Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Royal New Zealand Air Force, General Duties Branch, Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners
111 names identified
  • Gilbert Sydney Halley (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ronald Charles Ostend Beazer (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Thomas Bryce Henry (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Robert Harry Brickell (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Nicholas Matich (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Guy Merson Templer (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James McLean Pearson (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Evan Aylward Grant (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • David Valentine Avery (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Bernard Alexander Gumbley (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Thomas Wyllie (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ninian Robson McDonald (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ernest Herbert Shattock (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Norman Gardiner (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Leslie McDonald Rawlings (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ian Cameron Hutcheson (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • David Rhys Morgan (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Thomas Gordon Smith (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Reginald Clive Veitch (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Fredrick Edward Arscott (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Henry Sutcliffe (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Verner Grenville Cave (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Stanley Thomas Schmidt (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Richard Bradburn Davenport (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Neville John Callan (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Raymond McGregor (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Walter George Morrin (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Thomas William Alfred Walker (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Warren Alister Blain (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Donald Hubert Michael (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Eldon Wallace Rapley (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Daniel George Raymond McKone (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ross Bertram Barlow (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Robert Harold Fawcett (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Norman Douglas McKenzie Mein (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Bryce Russell Woodall (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Gerrit Keeley van Asch (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Gerard Alphonsus Ward (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Navigator
  • Peter Gale Henry (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Navigator
  • Sydney Colin Rive Mackie (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Navigator
  • Ralph Stanley France (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Navigator
  • Charles Bryce Oxenham (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Bomber
  • Edward Simon Snowden (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Bomber
  • Ian Douglas Ward (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Bomber
  • Ronald Desmond Mayhill (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Bomber
  • Leslie Samuel Ford (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Bomber
  • John Alister MacDonald Stuart (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
  • Douglas Hamilton Moss (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
  • Forrest Harold Thompson (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
  • Bernard Heffernan (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
  • Roy Haydon Smith (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
  • Thomas Andrew Robson (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
  • Garnet Hunter Evans (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
  • Jack Macgregor Elliotte (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
  • Robert William MacAdam (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
  • William Arthur Cameron Simpson (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
  • Jack Philip Baker (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
  • Desmond Weston Wheeler (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
  • Aylmer Derrick Westenra (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Sydney Ernest Scales (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Allen Roy Henderson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Harvey Nelson Sweetman (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Renton Stewart Rutherford (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Gordon Alan Lee Webby (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • James Stewart Frame (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Ralph Grant (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Robert Thomson Fleming (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Richard Webb Sampson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Hector Arthur McKenzie (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Hugh Mehaffey Carswell (Flying Officer), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
  • Mervyn Charles Pryce Jones (Flying Officer), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
  • Brian Frederick Smith (Flying Officer), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
  • Robert James Prentice (Flying Officer), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
  • Leslie James Small (Flying Officer), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
  • David Ian Blackley (Flying Officer), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
  • James Ralph Court (Flying Officer), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
  • Arthur Donald Carlaw (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Blundell Wynyard (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald William Parkhouse (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Pembroke Bell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Chisholm Martyn Wilson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leonard Edwin Lancaster (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Bayntun Starky (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Arnold Thane King (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Kenneth James MacKenzie (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Robertson Grant Bathgate (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Raymond Jones (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Norman Colin Mowat (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Bertram Frederick Collings (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Thomas Aitchison (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Keith Ian Street (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Clarence Ralph (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alfred Percy Fogerty (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Maxwell Shearer (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Hetrick Higgins (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Forbes Thomson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Geoffrey Woodhouse Lee (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Irvine Watt Renner (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Gilbert William Symons (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Noble Andrew Gardiner (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Donald Perry (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Hugh Charles Wilkie (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Richard Otway French (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Francis Campbell Carswell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Raymond Harold Newton (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alfred Clement Relph (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Owen Kenneth Sutherland (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Alfred Scott (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Harry Allman Smith (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leicester George Smith (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Charles Alexander George (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer