APRIL 20] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 381

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 13th April, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve
the following appointments, promotions, reversions, and
transfers 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 19th October, 1943—
NZ 416212 Flight Sergeant Ernest Harry ANDREWS.

Dated 7th December, 1943—
NZ 411885 Flight Sergeant Graham Thomas GOLLINS.

Dated 2nd February, 1944—
NZ 42471 Flight Sergeant Hector Robert STAINES.

Dated 19th February, 1944—
NZ 421054 Flight Sergeant Stephen William HOLDER.

Dated 20th February, 1944—
NZ 403423 Warrant Officer Anthony Roy CAMPBELL.

Dated 29th February, 1944—
NZ 421800 Flight Sergeant Wilfred Arthur WATT.

Dated 4th March, 1944—
NZ 414350 Flight Sergeant Reginald Morris Fitzallen
SIMPSON, B.E.M.

Dated 5th March, 1944—
NZ 422047 Flight Sergeant Trevor Wilmot BOYCE.
NZ 422094 Flight Sergeant Charles Edward ANSLEY.

Dated 6th March, 1944—
NZ 424420 Flight Sergeant John Connell BROWN.
NZ 412623 Flight Sergeant Ritchie MILLAR.

Dated 7th March, 1944—
NZ 422079 Flight Sergeant Lawrence Furby CROFT.
NZ 424438 Flight Sergeant Douglas James DICKIE.

Dated 15th March, 1944—
NZ 416863 Flight Sergeant Douglas Drummond LIND.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunner—

Dated 11th March, 1944—
NZ 404103 Warrant Officer Kenneth Henry SUTHERLAND.

As Air Bombers—

Dated 1st March, 1944—
NZ 421100 Flight Sergeant James Graham RYMAN.

Dated 6th March, 1944—
NZ 405248 Flight Sergeant George Walter FIELDING.

Promotions

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

Dated 3rd December, 1943 : Edward Albert LETCHFORD.
Dated 1st March, 1944 : Albert Ray HEMUS.

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

Dated 10th October, 1943 : Augustus Thomas KNOX.
Dated 17th November, 1943 : Stuart Earle SINCLAIR.
Dated 28th December, 1943 : Lorenz Mathias RIESTERER.
Dated 21st January, 1944 : John Gordon STEWART.
Dated 26th January, 1944 : Robert William MACADAM.

Dated 9th February, 1944—
Jack Philip BAKER. Desmond Weston WHEELER.

Dated 20th February, 1944—
Kynaston LYONS-MONT- George Edward MILLER.
GOMERY. Theo Charles RALFE.
Donald Ernest HAGENSON. Douglas Barry WILKIE.
Thornton Russell KEYS.

Dated 28th February, 1944—
Thomas William Alfred WALKER.
Donald Hubert MICHAEL.
Eldon Wallace RAPLEY.
Norman Douglas McKenzie MEIN.
Bryce Russell WOODALL.

Reversions

The undermentioned Acting Flight Lieutenants revert to the
temporary rank of Flying Officer :—

Dated 15th April, 1944—
Raymond Lloyd ANNAND-SMITH.
David Ian BLACKLEY.

Transfer

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

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I : EQUIPMENT OFFICERS

Promotions

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

Equipment Duties—
Dated 1st February, 1944 : Colin William TAYLOR.

Accountant Duties—
Dated 25th February, 1944 : Robert William LITHGOW.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Promotions

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

Engineer Duties—
Dated 1st February, 1944—
Colin Thomas Bertram FITZGERALD.
Douglas Enoch WOOD.
Thomas Clyde SMITH.
Allan Robert CARR.
Charles Launcelot MOORE.

Radar Duties—
Dated 1st February, 1944—
Evan Wilfrid WRIGHT.
William Guy LEATHAM.
Gordon Evans BROWN.
Adam Ernest LAYBOURN.
James Louis HARTSTONGE.
Leslie David HEPBURN.
William Anderson McGILLIVRAY.
John Sinclair BURNS.
Charles John Rayner HOLLOWAY.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

NZ 415311 Sergeant Francis Vincent GREY is granted a
temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated
5th March, 1944.

Promotions

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

Dated 1st February, 1944—
Edward Douglas Blandford BIGNALL.
William Lewis MURPHY.
Eric Alfred MUNSON.
Ian George COULDREY.
Hillsdon Adams HUTTON.
Cedric John COURTNEY.

Works Section—
Dated 1st February, 1944 : Trevor Mark Edward LAMBERT.

Educational Section—
Dated 1st February, 1944—
Ivan Loftus BOAGEY. Roland McLean FERKINS.
Ngata Ewart BARNETT. Cyril Frederick RAY.
Robert Donald SALTER.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfer

Flying Officer Geoffrey Bryson FISKEN, D.F.C., is transferred
to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I. Dated
22nd April, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Staff of His Excellency the Governor-General

Wellington, 17th April, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve
of the following appointments :—

To be Honorary Aides-de-Camp—

Acting-Captain Morgan John Yeatman, R.N.
Acting-Captain Alexander David Boyle, R.N., Retired.
Acting-Commander Thomas Sandford Critchley, R.N.Z.N.
Brigadier Albert Edward Conway, O.B.E., N.Z.S.C.
Colonel Stanley Middleton Satterthwaite, N.Z.S.C.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Andrew Martin Clachan, N.Z.S.C.
Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred John Coutts, N.Z.T.S.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Frederick Cracroft Wilson, N.Z.T.S.
Acting Air Commodore Sidney Wallingford, C.B.E., R.N.Z.A.F.
Acting Air Commodore Ronald Burns Bannerman, D.F.C.,
R.N.Z.A.F.
Group Captain Keith Logan Caldwell, M.C., D.F.C., R.N.Z.A.F.

To be Honorary Physician—

Group Captain Frederick Russel Chisholm, M.D., M.R.C.P.,
F.R.A.C.P., R.N.Z.A.F.

To be Honorary Surgeon—

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph John Brownlee, M.B., Ch.B.,
N.Z.M.C.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.