Mar. 2] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 217

Promotions

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

Dated 27th November, 1943 : Raymond Herbert BROOKBANKS, D.F.C.

Dated 30th October, 1943 : Mervyn Keith SMITH.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Promotion

Radar Duties—

Flying Officer (temp.) Leslie Walter GANDAR to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 30th December, 1943.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotion

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) James Edward DUNCAN, M.B.E., to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 1st February, 1944.

WORKS SECTION

Transfers

Flying Officer Eric James JENKINS is transferred to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I. Dated 2nd February, 1944.

Pilot Officer Edwin Percy HENSHALL is transferred to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I. Dated 8th June, 1943.

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 40, dated 27th May, 1943, page 601, under the heading “Works Section—Transfer,” relating to Pilot Officer Edwin Percy HENSHALL, is cancelled.

METEOROLOGICAL SECTION

Appointment

NZ 42843 Warrant Officer Douglas Charles MELDRUM is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 6th December, 1943.

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 2, dated 20th January, 1944, page 33, under the heading “Meteorological Section—Appointment,” relating to NZ 42843 Warrant Officer Douglas Charles MELDRUM, is cancelled.

EDUCATIONAL SECTION

Transfer

Flight Lieutenant Ronald Sydney JONES is transferred to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I. Dated 2nd January, 1944.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer William Harry ENTWISTLE is permitted to relinquish his commission. Dated 31st January, 1944.

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

Appointments

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

Dated 1st November, 1943 : William Herbert ERICKSON.

Dated 1st January, 1944—
Wilford Norman GOODE.
Arthur Charles CASELEY.
Zealandia Orlando Octavius McLEOD.
Frank Addis PATTERSON.

Relinquishment

Pilot Officer Christen Francis DUGGAN is permitted to relinquish his Air Training Corps commission. Dated 14th January, 1944.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Transfer

Assistant Section Officer Ruby Olive HITCH is transferred to the Reserve. Dated 15th January, 1944.

Corrigendum

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1, dated 13th January, 1944, page 9, under the heading “General Duties Branch, Appointments—As Pilots,” for “NZ 4213319 L.A.C. Trevor Ernest WOODFIELD,” read “NZ 4213318 L.A.C. Trevor Ernest WOODFIELD.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

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Air Department,
Wellington, 24th February, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, and relinquishments 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 1st February, 1944—
NZ 405294 Warrant Officer Charles Alexander Mc- DONALD.
NZ 411703 Flight Sergeant Maurice Ernest WILLIS.
NZ 411992 Flight Sergeant Patrick Desmond MUL- LOOLY.

NZ 414322 Flight Sergeant James Benjamin MONK.
NZ 415027 Flight Sergeant John Leslie SCOTT.
NZ 415051 Flight Sergeant Guy Richard YOUNGS.
NZ 416137 Flight Sergeant Robert Alexander MARTIN.
NZ 416474 Flight Sergeant Robert Alfred FOWELL.
NZ 42396 Flight Sergeant Noel Elliott HANNA.
NZ 42417 Flight Sergeant Ernest Charles LAURIE, D.F.M.
NZ 42441 Flight Sergeant David Keith MULLIGAN.
NZ 42468 Flight Sergeant Eric Duane SMART.
NZ 421093 Flight Sergeant Noel Alexander PIRIE.
NZ 421106 Flight Sergeant Seaton George SHARP.
NZ 421125 Flight Sergeant Donald Alfred WILLIAMS.
NZ 421151 Flight Sergeant Patrick Andrew TILYARD, D.F.M.
NZ 428074 Sergeant Nelson Ramsay BOYD.
NZ 4212616 Flight Sergeant Thomas Robin RABONE.

Dated 20th February, 1944—
NZ 432109 L.A.C. Richard Percy WARHAM.
NZ 431220 L.A.C. John Hunter WILL.
NZ 4217042 L.A.C. Howard Collis IRONSIDE.
NZ 4217067 L.A.C. Robert Harry GRANGER.
NZ 432986 L.A.C. William Ian Ferguson MACLEOD.
NZC 431097 L.A.C. John Douglas PROBERT.
NZC 43495 L.A.C. Geoffrey Everard MONK.
NZ 432264 L.A.C. Bruce Allan WOOD.
NZ 4211111 L.A.C. Stuart James MACDONALD.
NZ 4216071 L.A.C. Lennard Selwyn PITCHER.
NZ 432046 L.A.C. Wilfrid David GAIN.
NZ 432208 L.A.C. Noel William JACKSON.
NZ 4211048 L.A.C. Michael Ernest GROOME.
NZ 4215265 L.A.C. Cecil Horace WALLIS.
NZ 413246 Flight Sergeant Thomas Douglas BENGE.
NZ 432876 L.A.C. Anthony Poynings DASANT.

AS OBSERVERS

Dated 1st February, 1944—
NZ 413884 Flight Sergeant Christopher NICHOLLS.
NZ 414390 Flight Sergeant Augustine James THURSTON.

AS AIR GUNNERS

Dated 1st February, 1944—
NZ 40802 Flight Sergeant Sydney Gerald STRINGER.
NZ 413272 Flight Sergeant Lionel Grace MORAN.
NZ 415892 Flight Sergeant Sydney Major BEVAN.

Promotions

The undermentioned Squadron Leaders (temp.) to be Acting Wing Commanders (paid) :—

Dated 31st December, 1943 : John Joseph BUSCH.

Dated 9th February, 1944—
Arthur Beale GREENAWAY. Arthur Candlish ALLEN.

The undermentioned Flight Lieutenant (temp.) to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 9th February, 1944 :—
John Desmond PATERSON

Relinquishment

The temporary commission of Flying Officer Hugh James LORIMER is relinquished. Dated 22nd January, 1944.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotions

Wing Commander (temp.) George Alfred NICHOLLS to be Acting Group Captain (paid). Dated 16th February, 1944.

The undermentioned Squadron Leaders (temp.) to be Acting Wing Commanders (paid). Dated 31st December, 1943 :—
William Johnston SHANLY. John Matthias GAMBLE.

Transfers

The undermentioned Pilot Officers are transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the General Duties Branch in their present rank :—

Dated 22nd January, 1944—
Louis Packer BROWN.
Geoffrey Allan YANDLE.
William Alexander Clydesdale PULLAR.

Dated 20th February, 1944 : John MURPHY.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Frank Lincoln BLYTH is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 29th February, 1944.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Appointment

NZ 2071 Basil Marmaduke de LAMBERT, M.B., Ch.B., is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 9th September, 1943.

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

Appointment

Harry George Baden Du FAUR is granted an Air Training Corps commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st January, 1944.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Appointment

Desmond Thomas KEALY is granted a commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section II, in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st February, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.