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

Air Department,
Wellington, 21st March, 1944.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, and transfer 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 9th December, 1943—
NZ 411999 Flight Sergeant Hector Stevenson YOUNG.

Dated 18th December, 1943—
NZ 42365 Flight Sergeant William Walter D’Arcy BRAIN.

Dated 2nd January, 1944—
NZ 414969 Flight Sergeant Kenneth George EDGINGTON.

Dated 6th January, 1944—
NZ 411417 Flight Sergeant Frank Brewster LAWLESS.

Dated 20th January, 1944—
NZ 414319 Warrant Officer George James MEE.

Dated 23rd January, 1944—
NZ 41649 Warrant Officer Raymond George NORTON.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II: TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Appointments

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.)

Radar Duties—

Dated 9th March, 1944—
NZ 413589 L.A.C. Geoffrey George DAVIDSON.
NZ 414083 L.A.C. Arthur William SHEPHERD.
NZ 413563 Corporal Ian Lyell TAYLOR.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Transfer

Flying Officer Thomas Henry SADLIER is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 18th February, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1944.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, and relinquishment 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 29th July, 1943—
NZ 404462 Warrant Officer Frederick Baynton FORGE.

Dated 27th November, 1943—
NZ 39075 Flight Sergeant John Milford AITKEN.
NZ 416479 Flight Sergeant William Raeburn GREEN.
NZ 42446 Flight Sergeant Raymond George Cuthbert PAYNE.
NZ 424547 Flight Sergeant Bertram Challis RIDDLE.

Dated 3rd February, 1944—
NZ 42389 Flight Sergeant Allan Stanley FRAMPTON.

Dated 7th February, 1944—
NZ 422333 Flight Sergeant Paul THOMPSON.

Dated 9th February, 1944—
NZ 424531 Flight Sergeant Alan Gregory STAFFORD.

Dated 16th February, 1944—
NZ 414567 Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Warren ROWBERRY.

Dated 21st February, 1944—
NZ 421798 Flight Sergeant John WATSON.

Dated 23rd February, 1944—
NZ 422396 Flight Sergeant John Eustace HAYCOCK.
NZ 42367 Flight Sergeant Harold Henry BRUHNS.
NZ 391560 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Lindsay McDONALD.

Dated 24th February, 1944—
NZ 422999 Flight Sergeant Trevor Garrick PAGE.

Dated 25th February, 1944—
NZ 4214135 Sergeant Anthony Richard Teuison SMITH.

Dated 1st March, 1944—
NZ 413136 Warrant Officer Alan Robert SPEIRS.
NZ 425236 Sergeant Albert William CUFFE.

Dated 19th March, 1944—
NZ 2096 James Macintosh McCREADY.
NZ 2097 Colin Francis LOWE.
NZ 2098 Thomas Francis Clive GEARY.

As Navigators—

Dated 28th January, 1944—
NZ 414626 Flight Sergeant Ronald Marshall Lewis HOPPING.

Dated 28th December, 1943—
NZ 415031 Flight Sergeant Reginald Edward SKEEN.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—

Dated 29th November, 1943—
NZ 39873 Corporal Douglas Russell BAILEY.
NZ 422657 Flight Sergeant John HANNAH.

Dated 28th February, 1944—
NZ 40952 Warrant Officer William Noel WILLIAMS, D.F.C., D.F.M.
NZ 4213794 Sergeant Maxwell Radford WHITE.

As Air Bomber—

Dated 19th January, 1944—
NZ 422190 Flight Sergeant Edward Charles HOCKING.

Dated 21st March, 1944—
L.A.C. Kenneth Alexander Ross.
NZ 431296 L.A.C. Norman GREENAWAY.
NZ 4217230 L.A.C. Jack CALLINAN.

Promotions

Flying Officer Roy Elliott HANLON, D.F.C., to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 16th February, 1944.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :

As Air Bombers—

Dated 5th October, 1943 : John METTAM.

Dated 28th November, 1943 : NZ 416555 Flight Sergeant Harry Clive Edgar THURSTON.

Dated 23rd February, 1944 : Alfred Walter SAUNDERS.
NZ 425122 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Duncan MATHESON.
Llewelyn Charles Livingston PAYNE.

As Air Gunners—

Dated 25th December, 1943 : Clifford Douglas George DAVIDSON.

Dated 9th January, 1944 : NZ 41556 Flight Sergeant Ivan TVRDEICH.
Alec Otley ELLIS.
James Atkinson DALE.

Dated 23rd February, 1944 : John Benjamin BRAZIER.
Eric James OSBORNE.
NZ 414863 Flight Sergeant Jack Leslie CHILDS.
William Edward CORMACK.
John Edward MANNERING.

Dated 15th February, 1944 : Norman Douglas Harrison, D.F.C.

Promotion

Pilot Officer Bruce James CALDWELL to be Flying Officer (temp.). Dated 1st March, 1944.

Dated 18th February, 1944 : Julius Stephen OIEN.

Dated 19th February, 1944 : John Cunningham ALLAN.

Dated 20th February, 1944 : William Desmond Ross.
Sydney Lyell KEER.

Transfer

Pilot Officer Edgar Henry MARTEL is transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to General Duties Branch in his present rank. Dated 20th February, 1944.

Bruce Irving HUNTER.
Linsey NEES.
James Stuart DICK.
John Nigel TROLOVE.
Frederick Harry DENTON.
Ronald CAMM.
Kenneth Gerald ORMAN.
Louis Basil LAWSON.
Albert Edward FITZSIMONS.
Allen Cyril REID.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Pat Oram Lance CARVER is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 18th March, 1944.

Dated 21st February, 1944 : Charles Alexander John PIESSE.

Dated 22nd February, 1944 : Claude ROWLAND.

Dated 25th January, 1944—
NZ 417079 Flight Sergeant