✨ Military Appointments and Promotions
Appointments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
Air Department,
Wellington, 5th January, 1944.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:—
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointment
The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st November, 1943:—
As PILOTS
NZ 416438 Flight Sergeant Colin Campbell BAIRD.
NZ 404455 Warrant Officer Allan Thomas BLACK.
NZ 638010 Sergeant Laurence Charles CHEGWIDDEN.
NZ 403272 Sergeant Malcolm CHISHOLM.
NZ 417148 Flight Sergeant Charles Kenneth HARNEY.
NZ 417056 Flight Sergeant William George Percival HEARD.
NZ 412251 Flight Sergeant Reginald Harold MATHER.
NZ 413110 Flight Sergeant Ian Alexander MURDOCH.
NZ 41935 Flight Sergeant Wendell Craig PHILLIPS.
NZ 416366 Flight Sergeant William Henry SMART.
NZ 416553 Flight Sergeant Francis Clark THOMSON.
NZ 404005 Warrant Officer Ian Leslie WALTON.
As AIR OBSERVERS
NZ 41873 Flight Sergeant John Cecil CANTLON.
NZ 40616 Warrant Officer Harold Binnie CASSIE.
NZ 413394 Flight Sergeant Charles Arthur EDEN.
NZ 413052 Flight Sergeant Jack Edward FRETHY.
NZ 412669 Flight Sergeant Robert James FINLAYSON.
NZ 412739 Flight Sergeant Reginald John Forrest REID.
As AIR GUNNERS
NZ 391962 Flight Sergeant Norman Ernest BAILEY.
NZ 414852 Flight Sergeant Harry BAINBRIDGE.
NZ 413245 Flight Sergeant Ronald Baden BELSHAM.
NZ 413247 Flight Sergeant William David Messent BENNETT.
NZ 414853 Flight Sergeant Robert Carter BLANCHARD.
NZ 414859 Flight Sergeant Owen Lawrence BYRNE.
NZ 414860 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Albert CAMMELL.
NZ 402105 Flight Sergeant Leslie Charles CURNO, D.F.M.
NZ 38159 Sergeant Graham Hunter FRENCH.
NZ 402994 Warrant Officer Robert GIBB.
NZ 414877 Flight Sergeant Horace Cuthbert HENWOOD.
NZ 405620 Flight Sergeant Clifford David LETT.
NZ 413767 Flight Sergeant Alexander McKenzie MCLEOD.
NZ 404086 Flight Sergeant Edward Ashton MORTIMER.
NZ 414930 Flight Sergeant Leo Patrick O'SULLIVAN.
NZ 391714 Flight Sergeant Cecil Francis SAUL.
NZ 40584 Flight Sergeant William John SHANNAHAN.
NZ 415560 Flight Sergeant Harold Henry SHEATHER.
NZ 414899 Flight Sergeant Na’Pierre Creighton VAUGHAN.
NZ 401419 Warrant Officer Richard Daniel WANDEN.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.
Promotions of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
Air Department,
Wellington, 5th January, 1944.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following promotions of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:—
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotions
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders (temp.). Dated 1st October, 1943:—
Acting Squadron Leader Frank EDWARDS.
Acting Squadron Leader Arthur Montague HARVIE.
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenant to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 1st December, 1943:—
Alfred Louis CADMAN.
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.). Dated 1st October, 1943:—
Arthur Walter BRITTON.
Arthur Howard STUBBINGS.
John Reginald McGRANE.
Maurice Edgar VON TUNZELMAN.
James Findlay CRUICKSHANK,
David Laurence BADE.
Robert Duncan McVICKER.
Clive Dudley Alfred HIGHT.
Donald Lewis Maunsell MARTIN.
Hilliard Ernest BOUCHER.
John Osbourne MCFARLANE.
Warren Robert MARTIN.
Charles Albert FOUNTAINE.
John Herbert Garland COOKE.
Philip Francis Alexander William Herbert Le COUTEUR.
Allison McMaster KEYS.
Peter Ritchey WOOD.
Ian Alexander EWEN.
Robert Laird SCOTT.
Maurice Harry HOY.
Brian Frederick SMITH.
Gordon Ewan McLACHLAN.
Philip Stanford FOGERE.
Harvey Colin O’LOUGHLIN.
Stanley James BEATTIE.
Richard Thomas MOUNSEY.
William Bernard PETTET.
The undermentioned Flying Officer to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 1st December, 1943:—
David Thomas Clouston.
EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I
Promotions
Equipment Officers
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants to be Acting Squadron Leaders (paid). Dated 1st December, 1943:—
Edward Trevor Stroude WITHERS.
Ian Charles NAIRN.
The undermentioned Flying Officer to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 1st October, 1943:—
David Leslie EADIE.
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Acting Flight Lieutenants (paid). Dated 1st December, 1943:—
Edward George KING.
James Barrie COLLIER.
Phillip Arthur BOWKER.
Lindsay Alfred Stendahl THOMAS.
William MACHIN.
Albert Samuel CARTER.
EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II, GROUP I
Promotions
Technical Officers
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenant to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 1st October, 1943:—
Alwyn PALMER.
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants to be Acting Squadron Leaders (paid). Dated 1st December, 1943:—
Cecil David Melville KINGSFORD.
Ronald Lindsay MEYNELL.
John Reginald TORRY.
James Joseph SIMPSON.
Ronald Joseph LEONARD.
The undermentioned Flying Officer to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 1st December, 1943:—
Ronald Foster WELLS.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotions
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders (temp.). Dated 1st October, 1943:—
Henry Hugh BLACKWELL.
Francis Eugene FENNESSY.
Cheviot Wellington Dillon BELL.
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.). Dated 1st October, 1943:—
Henry Archibald ELLINGHAM, M.C.
Robert George THOMSON.
David Stewart YOUNG.
Edward William Alan DRAKE.
John Clifford CROFT.
William George TURNBULL.
Peter John COUCHMAN.
Archibald JOHNSTON.
David CLARK.
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Acting Flight Lieutenants (paid). Dated 1st December, 1943:—
Peter Arnaud BARRAUD.
Frederick Brayshaw McWHANNELL.
EDUCATIONAL SECTION
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenant (Acting Squadron Leader) to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 1st October, 1943:—
Joseph Langmuir HUNTER.
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Promotion
The undermentioned Assistant Section Officer to be Section Officer (temp.). Dated 1st October, 1943:—
Mary Katrine LOUGHNAN.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.
Member of the Potato Advisory Committee appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4067)
PURSUANT to the Primary Industries Emergency Regulations 1939, I, Benjamin Roberts, Minister of Agriculture, hereby appoint—
Frederick Christoph Jurgens to be a member of the Potato Advisory Committee.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of January, 1944.
B. ROBERTS, Minister of Agriculture.
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Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Reductions, and Relinquishments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
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🛡️ Defence & Military5 January 1944
Royal New Zealand Air Force, Appointments, Promotions, Officers
101 names identified
- Colin Campbell Baird, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Allan Thomas Black, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Laurence Charles Chegwidden, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Malcolm Chisholm, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Charles Kenneth Harney, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- William George Percival Heard, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Reginald Harold Mather, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Ian Alexander Murdoch, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Wendell Craig Phillips, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- William Henry Smart, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Francis Clark Thomson, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Ian Leslie Walton, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- John Cecil Cantlon, Granted temporary commission as Air Observer
- Harold Binnie Cassie, Granted temporary commission as Air Observer
- Charles Arthur Eden, Granted temporary commission as Air Observer
- Jack Edward Frethy, Granted temporary commission as Air Observer
- Robert James Finlayson, Granted temporary commission as Air Observer
- Reginald John Forrest Reid, Granted temporary commission as Air Observer
- Norman Ernest Bailey, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Harry Bainbridge, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Ronald Baden Belsham, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- William David Messent Bennett, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Robert Carter Blanchard, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Owen Lawrence Byrne, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Kenneth Albert Cammell, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Leslie Charles Curnow (D.F.M.), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Graham Hunter French, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Robert Gibb, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Horace Cuthbert Henwood, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Clifford David Lett, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Alexander McKenzie McLeod, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Edward Ashton Mortimer, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Leo Patrick O'Sullivan, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Cecil Francis Saul, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- William John Shannahan, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Harold Henry Sheather, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Na’Pierre Creighton Vaughan, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Richard Daniel Wanden, Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
- Frank Edwards, Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Arthur Montague Harvie, Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Alfred Louis Cadman, Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Arthur Walter Britton, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Arthur Howard Stubbings, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John Reginald McGrane, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Maurice Edgar Von Tunzelman, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- James Findlay Cruickshank, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- David Laurence Bade, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Robert Duncan McVicker, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Clive Dudley Alfred Hight, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Donald Lewis Maunsell Martin, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Hilliard Ernest Boucher, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John Osbourne McFarlane, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Warren Robert Martin, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Charles Albert Fountaine, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John Herbert Garland Cooke, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Philip Francis Alexander William Herbert Le Couteur, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Allison McMaster Keys, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Peter Ritchey Wood, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Ian Alexander Ewen, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Robert Laird Scott, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Maurice Harry Hoy, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Brian Frederick Smith, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Gordon Ewan McLachlan, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Philip Stanford Fogere, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Harvey Colin O'Loughlin, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Stanley James Beattie, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Richard Thomas Mounsey, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William Bernard Pettet, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- David Thomas Clouston, Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- Edward Trevor Stroude Withers, Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Ian Charles Nairn, Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- David Leslie Eadie, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Edward George King, Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- James Barrie Collier, Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- Phillip Arthur Bowker, Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- Lindsay Alfred Stendahl Thomas, Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- William Machin, Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- Albert Samuel Carter, Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- Alwyn Palmer, Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Cecil David Melville Kingsford, Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Ronald Lindsay Meynell, Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- John Reginald Torry, Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- James Joseph Simpson, Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Ronald Joseph Leonard, Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Ronald Foster Wells, Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- Henry Hugh Blackwell, Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Francis Eugene Fennessy, Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Cheviot Wellington Dillon Bell, Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Henry Archibald Ellingham (M.C.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Robert George Thomson, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- David Stewart Young, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Edward William Alan Drake, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John Clifford Croft, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William George Turnbull, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Peter John Couchman, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Archibald Johnston, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- David Clark, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Peter Arnaud Barraud, Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- Frederick Brayshaw McWhannell, Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- Joseph Langmuir Hunter, Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Mary Katrine Loughnan, Promoted to Section Officer
- F. Jones, Minister of Defence
🌾 Appointment to Potato Advisory Committee
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources10 January 1944
Potato Advisory Committee, Appointment, Agriculture
- Frederick Christoph Jurgens, Appointed member of Potato Advisory Committee
- Benjamin Roberts, Minister of Agriculture