✨ Military Appointments and Promotions
Mar. 23] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 281
As Air Bombers—
Dated 25th February, 1944—
NZ 4215189 Sergeant Moulton HEWITSON.
NZ 428072 Sergeant Peter Milstead BIRCH.
NZ 427364 Sergeant Alan Garratt BROWN.
NZ 431092 Sergeant Rowland James PAYNE.
NZ 4216204 Sergeant George Keith DEE.
NZ 4213840 Sergeant Lewis Frederick GLASS.
NZ 4212789 Sergeant Allan Stockdale GRAYSON.
NZ 427268 Sergeant Leo Francis Joseph FARRELLY.
NZ 425442 Sergeant Leslie William UDEN.
NZ 4215741 Sergeant Douglas Roderick McCONCHIE.
NZ 4214447 Sergeant Bruce Reford LETHBRIDGE.
As Air Gunner—
Dated 3rd December, 1943—
NZ 41462 Flight Sergeant Alec Warren GLYNN.
The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 4, dated 27th January, 1944, page 33, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments,” relating to the undermentioned, is amended to read as follows :—
“As Pilots—
“Dated 23rd December, 1943—
“NZ 429545 Sergeant John Joseph LEECH.
“NZ 4213941 Sergeant Reginald John SLY.
“NZ 4212758 Sergeant Royden Matthews JARRETT.
“NZ 43483 Sergeant Joseph Ian JOLLEY.
“NZ 4215198 Sergeant Jack Wilfrid PEAKE.
“NZ 4215241 Sergeant Harold HALLIGAN.
“NZ 4214094 Sergeant Allan Atholstan GERRIE.
“NZ 4212785 Sergeant Charles Laurence BROOMFIELD.
“NZ 4216106 Sergeant John Kendall MORRISON.
“NZ 4212601 Sergeant Edward Ralph PLOWMAN.
“As Navigator—
“Dated 24th December, 1943—
“NZ 425559 Sergeant Gordon Morris COLDICOTT.”
Promotion
Pilot Officer David McKenzie BLACKMORE to be Flying Officer (temp.). Dated 1st February, 1944.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Transfer
Flying Officer Ronald Hamilton HARPER is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1st January, 1944.
CORRIGENDA
In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 2, dated 20th January, 1944, page 33, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments : As Pilots,” for “NZ 1993 Jack Edmund WATTS,” read “NZ 1993 Jack Edmund WATTS, D.F.C.”
In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 16, dated 2nd March, 1944, page 217, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments : As Pilots,” for “NZ 432876 L.A.C. Anthony Poynings DASANT,” read “NZ 432876 L.A.C. Anthony Poynings DASENT.”
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.
Appointments, Promotions, Reduction, and Relinquishment of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
Air Department,
Wellington, 17th March, 1944.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, reduction, and relinquishment of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotions
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (temp.) to be Acting Squadron Leaders (paid) :—
Dated 23rd February, 1944 : William Bruce COWAN, D.F.C.
Dated 6th March, 1944 : Douglas Fitzclarence St. GEORGE.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 1st January, 1944—
Brian Kevern BABER.
Walter Robert De MAUS.
Ronald Dean GARDNER.
Murdo Harrison HANCOX.
Alan John LAWRENCE.
Ian Marshall PAGE.
Frederick Bernard SNELL.
Eric Walter WAGSTAFF.
Alex Logan MACE.
James Duncan ABBOT.
Russell Arthur COULTER.
James Earnest MATTHEWS.
Neale Cook SUTHERLAND.
Trevor Bruce WATT.
Ronald Charles Cecil NAIRN, D.F.M.
James Barnard TURNER.
Thomas Arthur BURT.
Albert Edward CAISLEY.
Douglas William ROBERTSON.
Leslie Ernest BRADLEY.
Garth Edwards RIGG.
Edward Keith HICKSON.
Neville Vaughan HOLMES.
Gordon Stewart CHAPMAN.
Alan Frederick JACOBSEN.
James Desmond McKEARNEY.
Robert John TILSLEY.
James TYSON.
Trevor Edward GANLEY, D.F.M.
Erle Clyde ROBSON.
Mervin Francis BROWN.
Dated 3rd January, 1944—
Charles Humphrey EDMANDS.
Noel MacDonald GAPES.
Arnold Frederick ADEANE.
Francis Davitt Mandival MORAN.
Frank Stewart ADEANE.
Jack Douglas NEWALL.
James Gordon BELL.
Robert William GUMMER.
Keith Frederick PARKER.
Garfield Blackie McGILL.
Thomas Godfrey LISTER.
Colin Treglown CAMPBELL.
Samuel Russell CARLETON.
Hector Leslie DOYLE.
Dated 13th January, 1944 : Edward Leonard Stanley HOLBROOK.
Dated 31st January, 1944—
Ian Alexander CARNIE.
William Leslie HARDIE.
Ernest Christopher ANDREWS.
D’Arcy George WAREHAM.
Arthur Harbridge SILCOCK.
John Douglas GUY.
Cedric Melville Lynch ANDREWS.
James Wylie FRANKLIN.
Reduction
Flying Officer Geoffrey Edward MOORE, D.F.M., was dealt with summarily under section 47 of the Air Force Act and was sentenced to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flying Officer bore date the 12th May, 1943.
EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I : EQUIPMENT OFFICERS
Promotions
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.).
Dated 1st January, 1944 :—
Equipment Duties : Herman Frederick EVANS.
Accountant Duties—
Walter Prentice BRADLEY.
Lester Walker SMITH.
Richard Howard GRUGEON.
Mervyn Lawrence WICKLIFFE.
Richard Melville FORD.
EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS
Promotions
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.).
Dated 1st January, 1944 :—
Engineer Duties—
Keith Rex ORSBORN.
Alan Norman TRUSTRUM.
Ronald Robert SMITH.
Richard Langsford BREWER.
Augustus George ANDREWS.
James Dermot HURLEY.
Signals Duties—
Robert William SAUNDERSON.
Frederick Edmund BROOM.
Alfred Ernest HAYWARD.
Eric WHITELEY.
Allan Bernard STICHBURY.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointment
NZ 437541 A.C. I Allan Nicholl RUTLEDGE is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st February, 1944.
Promotions
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 12th September, 1943 : Ian Hamilton KITT.
Dated 1st November, 1943 : Raymond Cameron SMITH.
Dated 11th November, 1943 : George Baden POWELL.
Dated 1st January, 1944—
Frederick John Spiers ANGUS.
Maurice Thomas FRAMPTON.
Clarence Basel SCHLUP.
Dated 6th January, 1944—
Stanley Bolton STONE.
John Alexander BLACK.
Vernon Jarden BUTLER.
Geoffrey Keys RODDA.
John Alexander PORTER.
William George SEABROOK.
Victor James GOTLIEB.
Laurence Sigurd ANDERSEN.
Leslie James ALLEN.
Alexander WILSON.
Colin Arthur George WILSON.
Maxwell Noel BURTON.
Dated 25th January, 1944 : Bruce William Thomas RICHARDS.
EDUCATIONAL SECTION
Dated 1st January, 1944—
Lewis Alexander WILSON.
James BEATTIE.
MEDICAL BRANCH
Appointments
The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Flying Officer :—
Dated 1st February, 1944—
NZ 2057 Ian Douglas AULD, M.B., Ch.B.
Dated 4th February, 1944—
NZ 2058 Murray Lionel BENSON, M.B., Ch.B.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.)
Promotions
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 1st December, 1943—
John Douglas MCFARLANE.
Albert John RAWSTORN.
Jack Douglas DAVYS.
Frederick Egmont MASON.
Dated 14th December, 1943 : Tom Arthur HARDIE.
Dated 15th December, 1943 : Hugh Eustace RUSSELL.
Dated 1st January, 1944 : Arthur Merton HATCH.
Dated 5th January, 1944 : Charles Edward McVEIGH.
Dated 6th January, 1944 : Brian McKenzie BARY.
Dated 13th January, 1944 : Henry Alexander McGREGOR.
Dated 1st February, 1944 : Reginald Llewellyn WILLIAMS.
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Relinquishment
Assistant Section Officer Onie Kathleen CONDELL is permitted to relinquish her commission. Dated 1st March, 1944.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.
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🛡️ Defence & Military17 March 1944
Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Royal New Zealand Air Force, General Duties Branch, Pilots, Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners
27 names identified
- Moulton HEWITSON (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- Peter Milstead BIRCH (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- Alan Garratt BROWN (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- Rowland James PAYNE (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- George Keith DEE (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- Lewis Frederick GLASS (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- Allan Stockdale GRAYSON (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- Leo Francis Joseph FARRELLY (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- Leslie William UDEN (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- Douglas Roderick McCONCHIE (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- Bruce Reford LETHBRIDGE (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- Alec Warren GLYNN (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
- John Joseph LEECH (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
- Reginald John SLY (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
- Royden Matthews JARRETT (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
- Joseph Ian JOLLEY (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
- Jack Wilfrid PEAKE (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
- Harold HALLIGAN (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
- Allan Atholstan GERRIE (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
- Charles Laurence BROOMFIELD (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
- John Kendall MORRISON (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
- Edward Ralph PLOWMAN (Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
- Gordon Morris COLDICOTT (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- David McKenzie BLACKMORE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Ronald Hamilton HARPER (Flying Officer), Transferred to Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Jack Edmund WATTS, Correction to previous notice
- Anthony Poynings DASENT (L.A.C.), Correction to previous notice
- F. JONES, Minister of Defence
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Appointments, Promotions, Reductions, Relinquishments, Royal New Zealand Air Force, General Duties Branch, Equipment Branch, Administrative and Special Duties Branch, Medical Branch, Educational Section, New Zealand Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
110 names identified
- William Bruce COWAN (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Douglas Fitzclarence St. GEORGE (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Brian Kevern BABER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Walter Robert De MAUS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Ronald Dean GARDNER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Murdo Harrison HANCOX (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Alan John LAWRENCE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Ian Marshall PAGE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Frederick Bernard SNELL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Eric Walter WAGSTAFF (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Alex Logan MACE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- James Duncan ABBOT (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Russell Arthur COULTER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- James Earnest MATTHEWS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Neale Cook SUTHERLAND (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Trevor Bruce WATT (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Ronald Charles Cecil NAIRN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- James Barnard TURNER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Thomas Arthur BURT (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Albert Edward CAISLEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Douglas William ROBERTSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Leslie Ernest BRADLEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Garth Edwards RIGG (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Edward Keith HICKSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Neville Vaughan HOLMES (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Gordon Stewart CHAPMAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Alan Frederick JACOBSEN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- James Desmond McKEARNEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Robert John TILSLEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- James TYSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Trevor Edward GANLEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Erle Clyde ROBSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Mervin Francis BROWN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Charles Humphrey EDMANDS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Noel MacDonald GAPES (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Arnold Frederick ADEANE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Francis Davitt Mandival MORAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Frank Stewart ADEANE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Jack Douglas NEWALL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- James Gordon BELL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Robert William GUMMER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Keith Frederick PARKER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Garfield Blackie McGILL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Thomas Godfrey LISTER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Colin Treglown CAMPBELL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Samuel Russell CARLETON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Hector Leslie DOYLE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Edward Leonard Stanley HOLBROOK (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Ian Alexander CARNIE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- William Leslie HARDIE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Ernest Christopher ANDREWS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- D’Arcy George WAREHAM (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Arthur Harbridge SILCOCK (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- John Douglas GUY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Cedric Melville Lynch ANDREWS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- James Wylie FRANKLIN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Geoffrey Edward MOORE (Flying Officer), Reduction in rank
- Herman Frederick EVANS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Walter Prentice BRADLEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Lester Walker SMITH (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Richard Howard GRUGEON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Mervyn Lawrence WICKLIFFE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Richard Melville FORD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Keith Rex ORSBORN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Alan Norman TRUSTRUM (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Ronald Robert SMITH (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Richard Langsford BREWER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Augustus George ANDREWS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- James Dermot HURLEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Robert William SAUNDERSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Frederick Edmund BROOM (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Alfred Ernest HAYWARD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Eric WHITELEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Allan Bernard STICHBURY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Allan Nicholl RUTLEDGE (A.C. I), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Ian Hamilton KITT (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Raymond Cameron SMITH (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- George Baden POWELL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Frederick John Spiers ANGUS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Maurice Thomas FRAMPTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Clarence Basel SCHLUP (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Stanley Bolton STONE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- John Alexander BLACK (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Vernon Jarden BUTLER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Geoffrey Keys RODDA (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- John Alexander PORTER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- William George SEABROOK (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Victor James GOTLIEB (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Laurence Sigurd ANDERSEN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Leslie James ALLEN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Alexander WILSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Colin Arthur George WILSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Maxwell Noel BURTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Bruce William Thomas RICHARDS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Lewis Alexander WILSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- James BEATTIE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Ian Douglas AULD (Flying Officer), Granted temporary commission
- Murray Lionel BENSON (Flying Officer), Granted temporary commission
- John Douglas MCFARLANE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Albert John RAWSTORN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Jack Douglas DAVYS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Frederick Egmont MASON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Tom Arthur HARDIE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Hugh Eustace RUSSELL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Arthur Merton HATCH (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Charles Edward McVEIGH (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Brian McKenzie BARY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Henry Alexander McGREGOR (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Reginald Llewellyn WILLIAMS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Onie Kathleen CONDELL (Assistant Section Officer), Relinquished commission
- F. JONES, Minister of Defence