Military Promotions and Appointments




As AIR BOMBERS

Dated 26th August, 1943—
NZ 425025 Flight Sergeant Burrell Alwyn Tovell SOUNDY.

Dated 17th September, 1943—
NZ 425414 Sergeant Eric Douglas CLEARY.
NZ 427523 Sergeant Alfred David LONG.
NZ 4211031 Sergeant Edwin Percy PUDDY.
NZ 425447 Sergeant Bernard Charles BAKER.
NZ 4211015 Sergeant John Stephen HARRIS.
NZ 427806 Sergeant Roy Alvan LAING.
NZ 427499 Sergeant Harold JONES.
NZ 427479 Sergeant James Gordon CAHIR.
NZ 427340 Sergeant Frederick George STOWELL.
NZ 428159 Sergeant Ronald Huia SELBY.

As AIR GUNNERS

Dated 10th August, 1943—
NZ 416661 Flight Sergeant Andrew Stanley MILLER.

Dated 28th August, 1943—
NZ 403577 Warrant Officer Walter Moreton Scott HINDMARSH.

Dated 6th September, 1943—
NZ 427909 Sergeant Howard Edward PRITCHARD.

Dated 20th September, 1943—
NZ 427972 Sergeant Douglas Leslie FORSTER.
NZ 428005 Sergeant Vincent Robert MCDONALD.
NZ 427998 Sergeant Bernard Maurice LEONARD.

Promotions

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

Dated 26th July, 1943 : Frank Semple PENMAN.

Dated 9th August, 1943 : Henry Gift COLDBECK, D.F.C.

Dated 16th August, 1943 : Olaf Patrick OLSON.

Dated 1st September, 1943—
Alexander Reid HIRST.
Wallace Haig Woodgate SPENCER.
William Mathias DOWLE.
Raymond Joseph Ernest PETERSON, D.F.C.
William Tinsley HAWKINS, D.F.C.
Dean Frederick Sherrar BULLEN.
Thomas Walter MONAGHAN.
James Fyfe NIVEN.
Howard Arthur John ALLDRED.
Bruce Edward GIBBS.
Cecil William Phair CARTER.
William James DOOLEY.

Dated 6th September, 1943—
Cyril Henry BAIGENT, D.F.C.
Peter Harcourt GASKIN.
Sydney Armstrong Haig SHORT, D.F.C.
Claude Rafel STEPHENSON..

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

Dated 1st June, 1943 : Brian Arthur BEBARFALD.

Dated 4th June, 1943—
Harold EAGLES. Stanley Joseph PAINE.

Dated 18th June, 1943—
James Allworthy Lee MARTIN. Stanley James ELLIS.
Ian Roderick McKENZIE.

Dated 4th July, 1943 : Claude Henry WRIGHT.

Dated 11th July, 1943—
David Allan GOULDEN. Euan Wilfred McLACHLAN.

Dated 15th July, 1943—
Henry James MURRAY. Ernest Vernon SAGE.

Dated 22nd July, 1943—
John Davis LUNN.
George Alexander Monkton STRUTHERS.
Cyril Laurence SIGERT.
John Raymond MASSEY.

Dated 25th July, 1943 : Leslie Thomas Elding YOUNG.

Dated 26th July, 1943 : Tom Hamilton MORGAN.

Dated 1st August, 1943 : William Edmund GIBBES.

Dated 6th August, 1943—
Maurice Colgan MAYSTON.
Robert Weir HERRON.
Ian Laurence JOINER.
John David MOUAT.
John William Anthony MYERS.
Lawrence Douglas McKENNA.

Dated 19th August, 1943—
Gordon Ernest GIBSON.
Barry Lucien TURNBULL.
Ronald Gordon FREEMAN.
Raymond Alexander RAMSAY.

Dated 25th August, 1943 : Desmond Patrick LYSKEY.

Dated 26th August, 1943 : Alan Forsyth WHITTLE.

Dated 27th August, 1943—
Terence McKINLEY, D.F.C.
John Robert RODGERS, D.F.M.

Dated 28th August, 1943 : John Francis KEANE.

Dated 2nd September, 1943—
Francis Linford GRETTON. Geoffrey Woods PALMER.

Dated 3rd September, 1943—
Maurice Allington CARTER.
Jack Brockenshire PRICE, D.F.M.
Ronald Claris GORDON, D.F.M.

Dated 4th September, 1943 : Albert Victor CLIFFE.

Dated 5th September, 1943—
Fredrick George SVENDSEN. Gus Cyril HARRIS.
John Henry MINNITT. Thomas Henry SADLIER.

Dated 6th September, 1943—
Henry Maurice MASON. Kenneth SMITH, D.F.M.
Donald Graeme Lane TAYLOR. John Darryl ACKERMAN.
George Driver GOODHART.

Dated 9th September, 1943—
George STEVENS, D.F.C. Meredith TOCKER.

Dated 10th September, 1943 : Graeme Frederick REED.

Dated 11th September, 1943 : Ronald Stanley PERKS, D.F.C.

Dated 13th September, 1943—
William James John WARWICK.
Leonard BURSELL.
Robert Douglas BERGEMANN.

Transfer

Pilot Officer Arthur John COE is transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the General Duties Branch in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 23rd July, 1943.

Reduction in Seniority

Flying Officer Gordon Hope GIBBONS was sentenced by a General Court-martial to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flying Officer bore date the 8th September, 1943.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II

Promotions

The undermentioned Pilot Officers (on prob.) are confirmed in their rank and are granted the rank of Flying Officer (temp.) :—

Dated 4th August, 1943 : Dudley Alfred SANDERS.

Dated 4th September, 1943 : Allan Edington WAITE.

Dated 11th September, 1943 : Douglas FARR.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions as Education Officers in the rank of Pilot Officer :—

Dated 13th September, 1943—
NZ 1935 Alfred Ernest GILLIVER.

Dated 15th September, 1943—
NZ 1936 James Robertson DAGGER, M.Sc.

Dated 20th September, 1943—
NZ 1937 John Aubrey Charles KISSELL, B.A.

NZ 1938 Ronald Raymond HITCHCOCK is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 14th October, 1943.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.)

The undermentioned are granted Air Training Corps commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer :—

Dated 1st September, 1943 : Gordon GILLESPIE.

Dated 1st October, 1943 : William Neill PICKARD.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,

Wellington, 15th October, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, and transfers 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 20th May, 1943—
NZ 405231 Flight Sergeant Robert William Lawrence CARGILL, D.F.M.

Dated 18th June, 1943—
NZ 41151 Sergeant Bruce Acheson JONES.

Dated 24th August, 1943—
NZ 405313 Flight Sergeant Arnold James OLIVER.

Dated 27th August, 1943—
NZ 414298 Sergeant Ronald James JAMIESON.

Dated 9th September, 1943—
NZ 416537 Flight Sergeant Francis McDonald POOLE.

Dated 11th September, 1943—
NZ 416550 Flight Sergeant Walter STIRLING.



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

🛡️ Defence & Military
15 October 1943
Royal New Zealand Air Force, Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Officers
108 names identified
  • Burrell Alwyn Tovell Soundy (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • Eric Douglas Cleary (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • Alfred David Long (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • Edwin Percy Puddy (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • Bernard Charles Baker (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • John Stephen Harris (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • Roy Alvan Laing (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • Harold Jones (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • James Gordon Cahir (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • Frederick George Stowell (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • Ronald Huia Selby (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • Andrew Stanley Miller (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Walter Moreton Scott Hindmarsh (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Howard Edward Pritchard (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Douglas Leslie Forster (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Vincent Robert McDonald (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Bernard Maurice Leonard (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Frank Semple Penman (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Henry Gift Coldbeck (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Olaf Patrick Olson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Alexander Reid Hirst (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Wallace Haig Woodgate Spencer (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • William Mathias Dowle (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Raymond Joseph Ernest Peterson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • William Tinsley Hawkins (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Dean Frederick Sherrar Bullen (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Thomas Walter Monaghan (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • James Fyfe Niven (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Howard Arthur John Allred (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Bruce Edward Gibbs (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Cecil William Phair Carter (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • William James Dooley (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Cyril Henry Baigent (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Peter Harcourt Gaskin (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Sydney Armstrong Haig Short (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Claude Rafel Stephenson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Brian Arthur Bebarfald (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Harold Eagles (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Stanley Joseph Paine (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Allworthy Lee Martin (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Stanley James Ellis (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ian Roderick McKenzie (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Claude Henry Wright (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • David Allan Goulden (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Euan Wilfred McLachlan (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Henry James Murray (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ernest Vernon Sage (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Davis Lunn (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Alexander Monkton Struthers (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Cyril Laurence Sigert (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Raymond Massey (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leslie Thomas Elding Young (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Tom Hamilton Morgan (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Edmund Gibbes (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maurice Colgan Mayston (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Weir Herron (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ian Laurence Joiner (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John David Mouat (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John William Anthony Myers (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Lawrence Douglas McKenna (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Gordon Ernest Gibson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Barry Lucien Turnbull (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Gordon Freeman (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Raymond Alexander Ramsay (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Desmond Patrick Lyskey (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alan Forsyth Whittle (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Terence McKinley (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Robert Rodgers (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Francis Keane (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Francis Linford Gretton (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Geoffrey Woods Palmer (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maurice Allington Carter (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Jack Brockenshire Price (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Claris Gordon (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Albert Victor Cliffe (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Fredrick George Svendsen (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Gus Cyril Harris (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Henry Minnitt (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Thomas Henry Sadlier (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Henry Maurice Mason (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Kenneth Smith (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald Graeme Lane Taylor (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Darryl Ackerman (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Driver Goodhart (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Stevens (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Meredith Tocker (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Graeme Frederick Reed (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Stanley Perks (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William James John Warwick (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leonard Bursell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Douglas Bergemann (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Arthur John Coe (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Gordon Hope Gibbons (Flying Officer), Reduction in seniority
  • Dudley Alfred Sanders (Pilot Officer), Confirmed as Flying Officer
  • Allan Edington Waite (Pilot Officer), Confirmed as Flying Officer
  • Douglas Farr (Pilot Officer), Confirmed as Flying Officer
  • Alfred Ernest Gilliver (Pilot Officer), Appointed as Education Officer
  • James Robertson Dagger (Pilot Officer), Appointed as Education Officer
  • John Aubrey Charles Kissell (Pilot Officer), Appointed as Education Officer
  • Ronald Raymond Hitchcock (Pilot Officer), Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • Gordon Gillespie (Pilot Officer), Appointed as Air Training Corps Officer
  • William Neill Pickard (Pilot Officer), Appointed as Air Training Corps Officer
  • Robert William Lawrence Cargill (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Bruce Acheson Jones (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Arnold James Oliver (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Ronald James Jamieson (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Francis McDonald Poole (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Walter Stirling (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot

  • F. Jones, Minister of Defence