✨ Royal New Zealand Air Force Notices
256
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 20
As Navigators—
Dated 24th January, 1944—
NZ 422408 Flight Sergeant Ronald Christian JOHNSON.
Dated 11th February, 1944—
NZ 425694 Sergeant Frederick Allan FRIAR.
NZ 4211838 Sergeant Lawrence Albert GRAHAM.
NZ 4216362 Sergeant Brian Morton WILSON.
As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—
Dated 31st January, 1944—
NZ 4213335 Sergeant Harold Murray WHITE.
NZ 4212883 Sergeant Thomas Fairclough HAWORTH.
NZ 4212864 Sergeant Richard Nicholson SHAW.
Dated 14th February, 1944—
NZ 4212639 Sergeant Grant Wallace BROWNE.
NZ 427020 Sergeant Godfrey William DEERY.
NZ 4211702 Sergeant Alexander Alan TWADDLE.
NZ 429584 Sergeant Patrick WILSON.
NZ 4214047 Sergeant Stuart Ernest FRANKLIN.
As Air Gunner—
Dated 18th January, 1944—
NZ 404619 Flight Sergeant Albert Reginald READ.
Promotions
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :—
Dated 5th October, 1943 : Ernest Leslie JOYCE, D.F.M.
Dated 10th January, 1944 : Ian Graham GRANT.
Dated 5th February, 1944 : Owen Russell COOPER.
Dated 6th February, 1944 : Jack Selby HEPBURN.
Dated 7th February, 1944—
Charles Fray ORMEROD, D.F.C.
Kenneth Henry Wilson DIXON.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 29th September, 1943 : Kenneth Alfred Sidney PIPE, D.F.C.
Dated 21st December, 1943 : Robert William DUKE.
Dated 22nd December, 1943 : John Malcolm HAMILTON.
Dated 8th January, 1944 : George Edward Scott MCNAUGHTON.
Dated 24th January, 1944 : Gordon Kenneth WILLIAMS.
Dated 26th January, 1944 : Robert Clive SHORTHOUSE.
Dated 1st February, 1944—
Leo WALKER.
Andrew Latham SHAW.
Dated 3rd February, 1944 : John Trevor MCGREAL.
Dated 4th February, 1944—
Kenneth Askin RUTHERFORD.
Neville Douglas FREEMAN.
Dated 5th February, 1944 : Gerald Scott PHILLIPS.
Dated 6th February, 1944—
Raymond Francis SHEPPARD.
Richard John HODGSON.
Thomas Peter BURSON.
Allan FISHER, D.F.C.
John David MERCIER.
Kevin Ellis GEORGE.
Dated 7th February, 1944 : Herbert James DALZELL, D.F.M.
Dated 8th February, 1944—
Alexander William LOWE, D.F.C.
William John SMITH.
Jack Arthur FOWLER.
Dated 9th February, 1944—
William Arthur Cameron SIMPSON.
Frank Anthony EDEN.
Dated 10th February, 1944 : Andrew Stanley MILLER, D.F.M.
Dated 15th February, 1944 : David Aitken SIBBALD, D.F.M.
Dismissal
Flying Officer Oswald Ralph SMART was sentenced by General Court-martial to be dismissed the Service. Dated 21st February, 1944.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments
The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer :—
Dated 4th March, 1944—
NZ 2084 Robert Willmot MARKS.
NZ 2082 Arthur Lawrence RYAN.
NZ 2083 Gordon Cyril SMITH.
NZ 2081 Colin Humphrey MILES.
NZ 2078 Kenneth Harwood HEMUS.
NZ 2080 Kenneth Bruce JEFFS.
CORRIGENDUM
In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 8, page 134, dated 17th February, 1944, under the heading “Medical Branch—Appointments,” for “NZ 2053 John Cowley HAZELDINE, M.B., Ch.B.”, read “NZ 2053 John Cowley HAZLEDINE, M.B., Ch.B.”.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.
Promotions of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
Air Department,
Wellington, 9th March, 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 Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders (temp.). Dated 1st January, 1944 :—
Acting Wing Commander Ronald Affleck KIRKUP.
Acting Wing Commander Donald Charles CAMPBELL.
Acting Wing Commander Francis William PETRE.
James Duff HEWETT, A.F.C.
The undermentioned Squadron Leaders (temp.) to be Acting Wing Commanders (paid). Dated 1st January, 1944 :—
Kenneth Gordon SMITH.
Cameron Archer TURNER.
Henry Campbell WALKER, A.F.C.
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (Acting Squadron Leaders) to be Squadron Leaders (temp.). Dated 1st January, 1944 :—
John Herbert ATWELL.
Wilfred Arthur HOPKINS.
Lloyd Hern PARRY.
Jack Sandford NELSON.
Robert FLETCHER, A.F.C.
Ernest William BARNETT.
Percival Guy Haig NEWTON.
Henry Rodolph WIGLEY.
John Anderson OLDFIELD, D.F.C.
Vincent David GAIN.
Richard George HARTSHORN.
Raymond John NEWTON, D.F.C.
John Tregonwell DAVISON, G.M.
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (temp.) to be Acting Squadron Leaders (paid). Dated 1st January, 1944 :—
William Robert Browning WATSON.
Leicester Wellesley MATSON.
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.). Dated 1st January, 1944 :—
Leslie HOOD.
William Johnstone MACLEOD.
Martyn Eric NAIRN.
Jack Selwyn KNOBLOCH.
Ian Arnaud BURGESS.
Arthur Douglas BAYLY.
Eric Samuel David BURKE.
James Thomas Elliott MATHESON.
Darcy Bertram CHRISTOPHER.
David John Stuart MCKAY.
Hubert Cameron CARTER.
Sidney Stewart OBERY.
Gordon Francis ANDERSON.
Winston Brooke MACKLEY, D.F.C.
Lawrence Frederick de MALMANCHE.
Andrew Graham Steele PATERSON.
John Leonard MCPHAIL.
Eric James GARNETT.
Harold Francis CHRISTENSEN.
Robert James PRENTICE.
Robert Francis HOYLE.
Dennis Hugh HOBBS.
Bruce St. John Campbell THOMSON.
Act. Flt. Lt. West Radcliffe ENGLAND.
Glen Otto Albert BEU.
Leslie Oscar HUNTER.
Robert Edward SCOTT.
Douglas James NILSSON.
Eric Howard PERRY.
Ormond Patrick BAYLEY.
George Munro BERTRAM.
Alfred Noel ARNOTT.
Peter DURNING.
Archibald Robert TUCKETT.
Wilfred Howard JENKIN.
Act. Flt. Lt. David Thomas CLOUSTON.
Frank Henry DREW.
Act. Flt. Lt. Selwyn Osgood FIELD.
Patrick Recroft FENTON.
Terence Fitzherbert FENTON.
Guyon Moncrieff ROBERTSON.
Act. Flt. Lt. Kenneth James HOLDAWAY.
Warwick Bruce TIDY.
Eric MCNAE.
Maurice Bernard NEVILLE.
John Burton WRIGHT.
Act. Flt. Lt. James Ralph COURT.
The undermentioned Flying Officers (temp.) to be Acting Flight Lieutenants (paid). Dated 1st January, 1944 :—
George Condor HITCHCOCK.
Jack Carrick BROUGHTON.
James Alexander HENDRY.
Harry Burnard TUCKER.
William Maxwell WILSON.
Next Page →
PDF embedding disabled (Crown copyright)
View this page online at:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1944, No 20
NZLII —
NZ Gazette 1944, No 20
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🛡️
Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissal of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
(continued from previous page)
🛡️ Defence & Military9 March 1944
Air Force, Appointments, Promotions, Dismissal, Royal New Zealand Air Force
126 names identified
- Ronald Christian JOHNSON (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Frederick Allan FRIAR (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Lawrence Albert GRAHAM (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Brian Morton WILSON (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Harold Murray WHITE (Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Thomas Fairclough HAWORTH (Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Richard Nicholson SHAW (Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Grant Wallace BROWNE (Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Godfrey William DEERY (Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Alexander Alan TWADDLE (Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Patrick WILSON (Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Stuart Ernest FRANKLIN (Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Albert Reginald READ (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
- Ernest Leslie JOYCE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Ian Graham GRANT (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Owen Russell COOPER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Jack Selby HEPBURN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Charles Fray ORMEROD (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Kenneth Henry Wilson DIXON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Kenneth Alfred Sidney PIPE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Robert William DUKE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- John Malcolm HAMILTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- George Edward Scott MCNAUGHTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Gordon Kenneth WILLIAMS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Robert Clive SHORTHOUSE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Leo WALKER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Andrew Latham SHAW (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- John Trevor MCGREAL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Kenneth Askin RUTHERFORD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Neville Douglas FREEMAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Gerald Scott PHILLIPS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Raymond Francis SHEPPARD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Richard John HODGSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Thomas Peter BURSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Allan FISHER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- John David MERCIER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Kevin Ellis GEORGE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Herbert James DALZELL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Alexander William LOWE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- William John SMITH (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Jack Arthur FOWLER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- William Arthur Cameron SIMPSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Frank Anthony EDEN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Andrew Stanley MILLER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- David Aitken SIBBALD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Oswald Ralph SMART (Flying Officer), Dismissed from Service
- Robert Willmot MARKS (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
- Arthur Lawrence RYAN (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
- Gordon Cyril SMITH (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
- Colin Humphrey MILES (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
- Kenneth Harwood HEMUS (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
- Kenneth Bruce JEFFS (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
- Ronald Affleck KIRKUP (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Wing Commander
- Donald Charles CAMPBELL (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Wing Commander
- Francis William PETRE (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Wing Commander
- James Duff HEWETT (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Wing Commander
- Kenneth Gordon SMITH (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Acting Wing Commander
- Cameron Archer TURNER (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Acting Wing Commander
- Henry Campbell WALKER (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Acting Wing Commander
- John Herbert ATWELL (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Wilfred Arthur HOPKINS (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Lloyd Hern PARRY (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Jack Sandford NELSON (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Robert FLETCHER (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Ernest William BARNETT (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Percival Guy Haig NEWTON (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Henry Rodolph WIGLEY (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- John Anderson OLDFIELD (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Vincent David GAIN (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Richard George HARTSHORN (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Raymond John NEWTON (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- John Tregonwell DAVISON (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- William Robert Browning WATSON (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Leicester Wellesley MATSON (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Leslie HOOD (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William Johnstone MACLEOD (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Martyn Eric NAIRN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Jack Selwyn KNOBLOCH (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Ian Arnaud BURGESS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Arthur Douglas BAYLY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Eric Samuel David BURKE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- James Thomas Elliott MATHESON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Darcy Bertram CHRISTOPHER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- David John Stuart MCKAY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Hubert Cameron CARTER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Sidney Stewart OBERY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Gordon Francis ANDERSON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Winston Brooke MACKLEY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Lawrence Frederick DE MALMANCHE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Andrew Graham Steele PATERSON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John Leonard MCPHAIL (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Eric James GARNETT (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Harold Francis CHRISTENSEN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Robert James PRENTICE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Robert Francis HOYLE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Dennis Hugh HOBBS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Bruce St. John Campbell THOMSON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- West Radcliffe ENGLAND (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Glen Otto Albert BEU (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Leslie Oscar HUNTER (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Robert Edward SCOTT (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Douglas James NILSSON (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Eric Howard PERRY (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Ormond Patrick BAYLEY (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- George Munro BERTRAM (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Alfred Noel ARNOTT (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Peter DURNING (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Archibald Robert TUCKETT (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Wilfred Howard JENKIN (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- David Thomas CLOUSTON (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Frank Henry DREW (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Selwyn Osgood FIELD (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Patrick Recroft FENTON (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Terence Fitzherbert FENTON (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Guion Moncrieff ROBERTSON (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Kenneth James HOLDAWAY (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Warwick Bruce TIDY (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Eric MCNAE (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Maurice Bernard NEVILLE (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John Burton WRIGHT (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- James Ralph COURT (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- George Condor HITCHCOCK (Flying Officer), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- Jack Carrick BROUGHTON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- James Alexander HENDRY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- Harry Burnard TUCKER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- William Maxwell WILSON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- F. JONES, Minister of Defence
🛡️ Corrigendum to Medical Branch Appointments
🛡️ Defence & Military9 March 1944
Correction, Medical Branch, Appointments
- John Cowley HAZLEDINE, Correction to name in Medical Branch Appointments
- F. JONES, Minister of Defence