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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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Dated 11th November, 1943: Harold Ernest Anzac PRICE,
D.F.M.
Dated 12th November, 1943: Irvine AlexanderRalston
CAMPBELL.
Dated 19th November, 1943: Jack MARTIN.
Dated 25th November, 1943: Charles Ralph BLACKETT.

WORKS SECTION
Dated 8th August, 1943: William Ernest ELMORE.

EDUCATIONAL SECTION
Dated 26th November, 1943—
Bernard William HARE.
George Henry ANDREWS.
William Stewart MITCHELL.
George Guthrie MCARA.
Donald William ANDERSON.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I
Promotions
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers
(temp.):—
Equipment Officers—
Dated 1st November, 1943—
Norman Eric Northcott SMITH.
Leslie Thomas ROBERTS.
James Brand MACLEAN.
Dated 26th November, 1943—
Albert Lionel BAILEY.
Accountant Officers—
Dated 1st November, 1943—
Arthur Geoffrey FLOWER.
Bert DAWSON.
Gerald Hood CLAY.
Henry Joseph ROBINSON.
Harold William Kitchener DOBBS.
Sydney Macfarlane ELLIFFE.
Leonard Gerard COPE.

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
Appointments
The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in
the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 23rd December, 1943:—
As Pilots
NZ 39486 L.A.C. Grantham Noel McGill-Nutt.
NZ 43589 L.A.C. Geoffrey Hardwick-Smith.
NZ 4211810 L.A.C. Leyton Permain Stephenson.
NZ 37203 Flight Sergeant Frederick Arthur Jolly.
NZ 4215132 L.A.C. Neil Marris Manssen.
NZ 4217072 L.A.C. Frank Wakefield Holmes.
NZ 4215830 L.A.C. Richard Alan Falconer.
NZ 4215851 L.A.C. John Duncan Brown.
NZ 4213969 L.A.C. Erling William Ziesler.
NZ 1911 Roy Seymour Mcintosh.
NZ 429583 L.A.C. John King Williams.
NZ 4215955 L.A.C. Ove Ahnfeldt Scannell.
NZ 4213319 L.A.C. Trevor Ernest Woodfield.
NZ 4217324 L.A.C. John Hetherington Murray.
NZ 4216276 L.A.C. Richard James Cope Ford.
NZ 413941 Sergeant Herbert Edwin Manning.
NZ 431084 L.A.C. Douglas Eric McElwain.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II, GROUP I
Promotions
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers
(temp.):—
Technical Officers—
Dated 1st November, 1943—
Reginald Arthur DANRELL.
Sydney William PIERCE.
John Allan PANKHURST.
Dated 26th November, 1943—
David Keith SCRIVEN.
Arne Leth MOLLER.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotions
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers
(temp.) :—
Dated 15th August, 1943: Leo Lemuel WHITE.
Dated 1st October, 1943: Ralph Alexander LEVY.
Dated 16th October, 1943: Louis Peter Henry NEILSEN.
Dated 17th October, 1943: Herbert Elmer Lorraine PICKERING.
Dated lst November, 1943—
Maxwell Robert HAMILTON.
John Walter Charles LOVE.
Reginald John ALLEN.
Trevor Arthur GRAHAM.
Donald Frank THOMPSON.
John Bryan CLAYDON.
William GIRLING-BUTCHER.
George Victor KELSALL.
Clayton George CUTTER.
Richard Russell HARCOURT.
John McMAHON.
William Thompson WILLIAMSON.
Stuart Douglas MACKINTOSH.
Joseph RUSSELL.
Winton James Anderson KEAY.
Douglas Gray THOMPSON.
Andrew GRAY.
John Russell VINCENT.
Allan George HALL.
Dated 5th November, 1943: Patrick Francis Lloyd STEPHENSON.
Dated 11th November, 1943—
Lawrence McIntyre.
Ronald Prentice GIBB.
John Stanley STRONGE.
Ian McLAREN.
Raymond John HOGAN.
Thomas Ernest FULLER.
Arnold George MUNYARD.
Norman James Eustace JUDD.
Colin David JOHNSON.
George Stanley SMITH.
Ronald John SOUTER.
Sydney Ernest CLAYTON.
Walter Bright ASHFORD.
William Patrick RYAN.
Dated 26th November, 1943—
Robert Hume REGNAULT.
Wallingford Garfield McCULLOUGH.
Michael Grant COOKE.
Aubrey Huyan DYKE.
John Mortimore WORDEN.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I
Appointments
The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in
the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 25th October, 1943 :—
As Equipment Officers—
NZ 39800 Corporal Gilbert Kenneth Young.
NZ 423987 L.A.C. Albert Hector Breed.
NZ 39644 Flight Sergeant Elliott Lonsdale Ragg.
NZ 417165 Corporal William Fleming.
NZ 438344 A.C. 2 John Douglas McKinley.

As Transport Officers—
NZ 1982 Edward George Harman.
NZ 1984 Joseph George Whiteman.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II, GROUP I
Appointments
The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in
the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 25th October, 1943:—
As Engineer Officer—
NZ 34134 Warrant Officer Frederick Robert Lawn.
As Armament Officer—
NZ 36104 Warrant Officer Stanley George Thompson.
The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in
the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 25th October, 1943:—
As Armament Officers—
NZ 40840 Sergeant Joseph Rowland Stanley.
NZ 539079 Warrant Officer William James Harrington.
NZ 391953 Sergeant Vincent Maurice Dentice.

As Signal Officer—
NZ 1988 John Rayner Sandle.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments
The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in
the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 25th October, 1943:—
NZ 391441 Warrant Officer James Tait Allan.
NZ 4214807 A.C. 1 Alfred Maurice Hollings.
NZ 404018 Corporal William Raymond Callender.
NZ 413170 Flight Sergeant Martin David Burns.
NZ 439689 A.C. 2 Kenneth Leslie Usmar.
NZ 4214412 Corporal Herbert James Keenan.

WORKS SECTION
NZ 1985 Stanley Palmer Tuck.

EDUCATIONAL SECTION
NZ 1986 Lionel Conrad Meiklejohn.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.