New Zealand Gazette – 1944 – No. 35

Page 429

✨ Military Personnel Changes



MAY 4] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 429

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Major W. M. Manchester, M.B., Ch.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, and is posted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Major, with seniority from 22nd July, 1943. Dated 9th March, 1944.

Major E. E. Lloyd, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 1st April, 1944.

Major A. J. Learmonth, A.M.I.C.E., and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 11th April, 1944.

Major W. G. Cook, M.B., Ch.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 22nd April, 1944.

Captain P. B. McKenzie, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 15th April, 1944.

Captain E. Hazledene-Barber, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 15th April, 1944.

Captain J. R. Hanan, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 15th April, 1944.

Captain F. D. Johns, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 22nd April, 1944.

Lieutenant A. B. Binnie, and is posted to the N.Z. Armoured Corps with the temporary rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 18th September, 1942. Dated 5th July, 1943.

Lieutenant W. Vercoe, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1st April, 1944.

Lieutenant E. V. Croft, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 8th April, 1944.

Lieutenant T. A. Urwin, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 8th April, 1944.

Lieutenant R. N. Thomas, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 8th April, 1944.

Lieutenant H. J. Heron, and is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 15th April, 1944.

Lieutenant H. F. G. Ready, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 15th April, 1944.

Lieutenant H. Cole, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 22nd April, 1944.

Lieutenant C. E. Suckling, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 22nd April, 1944.

Lieutenant R. A. Nicol, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 22nd April, 1944.

Lieutenant E. G. Finlayson, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 22nd April, 1944.

Lieutenant and Quartermaster L. A. W. Irving, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 15th April, 1944.

2nd Lieutenant B. V. Cooksley, M.M., and is reposted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 26th August, 1942.

2nd Lieutenant R. W. L. Thompson, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 15th April, 1944.

2nd Lieutenant J. A. Parsons, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 20th April, 1944.

2nd Lieutenant A. R. M. Bowie, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 22nd April, 1944.

2nd Lieutenant L. T. Hall, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 22nd April, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 24th April, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, and transfers of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

As Pilots—

The undermentioned, on relinquishing their commissions in the Reserve of Air Force Officers (United Kingdom), are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 1st January, 1944:—

With seniority as from 3rd September, 1941—
NZ 2144 Alfred Herbert HARDING, D.F.C.

With seniority as from 20th April, 1942—
NZ 2145 Denis John Thomas SHARP.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer:—

Dated 1st February, 1944—
NZ 424484 Flight Sergeant Joseph Thom LINDSAY.

Dated 14th February, 1944—
NZ 412212 Warrant Officer Terence Patrick DEBENHAM.

Dated 20th February, 1944—
NZ 421803 Flight Sergeant William Jarvis WILLIS.

Dated 28th February, 1944—
NZ 422311 Flight Sergeant John ORR.

Dated 3rd March, 1944—
NZ 414699 Warrant Officer George Henry Richmond TREASURE.
NZ 417125 Flight Sergeant Jack Claude TAYLOR.

Dated 24th March, 1944—
NZ 4214446 Sergeant Stanley James WALKER.
NZ 4213910 Sergeant Bruce Gordon MILLAR.

NZ 4211896 Sergeant Kenneth James JENSEN.
NZ 4213907 Sergeant Clive Henry MARSHALL-MUIR.
NZ 4216131 Sergeant William David MACRAE.
NZ 4213862 Sergeant Ronald Andrew LATIMER.
NZ 4216247 Sergeant Raymond Mansell DAVIES.
NZ 4215880 Sergeant Joseph KETKO.
NZ 4215935 Sergeant Stanley Hugh PARKER.
NZ 4212730 Sergeant Cecil FORSYTH.
NZ 4211824 Sergeant Andrew Lawrence BAGGOTT.
NZ 4215221 Sergeant Rendle Kelway POPE.
NZ 4214154 Sergeant Patrick Julian NOLAN.
NZ 4211850 Sergeant Raymond Michael LYONS.

As Navigators—

Dated 14th March, 1944—
NZ 411868 Flight Sergeant Robert May DWERRYHOUSE.

Dated 24th March, 1944—
NZ 429177 Sergeant Aubrey John CLARKE.
NZ 427820 Sergeant Alan Mervyn TREVARthen.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—

Dated 30th December, 1943—
NZ 42319 Flight Sergeant Percy Charles BURROWS.
NZ 421304 Flight Sergeant Charles Edwin WEINBERG.

Dated 27th March, 1944—
NZ 4211851 Sergeant Evan William DUTHIE.
NZ 4213939 Sergeant Keith George SAUNDERS.
NZ 416369 Sergeant Lloyd Robert McINNES.
NZ 4214053 Sergeant Graham Francis Rohan HUME.
NZ 4214055 Sergeant Russell James Kerr HUME.

As Air Bombers—

Dated 24th March, 1944—
NZ 429097 Sergeant Gerald Ernest DUNKLEY.
NZ 425701 Sergeant Owen Geoffory O'DWYER.
NZ 4212741 Sergeant Robin Douglas MATTHEWS.
NZ 4211804 Sergeant Kenneth Douglas LAURENSON.
NZ 4216215 Sergeant Roy Stanley Desmond TWYNHAM.
NZ 4211890 Sergeant Leonard George HARPER.
NZ 4211873 Sergeant Lawrence Ronal LUXTON.
NZ 4213924 Sergeant John Joseph Augostone POWER.
NZ 4212719 Sergeant Hector John BROCK.
NZ 4214036 Sergeant Bernard Rostron NICHOLSON.
NZ 4213288 Sergeant Ernest Colin SMITH.

NZ 2121 Pilot Officer Alfred Hugh WOOLCOCK, on relinquishing his commission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer, with seniority as from the 14th January, 1944. Dated 7th February, 1944.

As Air Gunner—

Dated 24th March, 1944—
NZ 4211013 Sergeant Ernest John Hatton FOLLEY.

Promotions

Flying Officer Jack McGifford CLELAND to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 20th March, 1944.

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

Dated 23rd January, 1944—
Gerald Harman GILBERT. Duncan William HODGSON.

Dated 24th January, 1944: Robert George WEBSTER.
Dated 16th February, 1944: Arthur Bevan WHEELER.
Dated 20th February, 1944: John Lucian FUNNELL.
Dated 26th February, 1944: Ian William ENTWISTLE.
Dated 1st March, 1944: Ivan Herman GUNDERSEN.
Dated 4th March, 1944: Ivon George KAYE.

Dated 11th March, 1944—
Walter STIRLING. Colin Frederick PENFOLD.

Dated 12th March, 1944—
Sydney Treyton Francis DOWNIE.
Ian Selwyn Jack WOODS.

Dated 15th March, 1944: Mervyn Lance Sydney DARRALL.
Dated 16th March, 1944: David Leslie IGGO.

Dated 17th March, 1944—
Douglas St. Clair CLEMENT. Eric Douglas CLEARY.
Keith JACKSON. Alfred David LONG.
Robert Gordon CUMING. Edwin Percy PUDDY.
Frank Nevil ENGLAND. Bernard Charles BAKER.
Ernest Joseph ABRAHAM. John Stephen HARRIS.
Osborne James HAWKINS. Roy Alvan LAING.
Alexander Edward ANDERSON. Harold JONES.
James Hugh HANNA. James Gordon CAHIR.
Paul Nestor VERSCHAFFELT. Frederick George STOWELL.
William Denis Fitzgerald MAY. Ronald Huia SELBY.
Stanley Winston BOTTING. Harold William SHILTON.

Dated 18th March, 1944—
John Henry KAY. James Alexander FROGGATT.
James George WILSON. Donald Campbell ROBBINS.

Dated 19th March, 1944—
Carrick Noel O'KANE. Keith Aicheson BEATTIE.

Dated 20th March, 1944: Arthur Albert SHARROCK.
Dated 24th March, 1944: Ralph James BUCKHAM.

Transfer

Pilot Officer Knud Leslie PEDERSEN is transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the General Duties Branch (Air Bomber) in his present rank. Dated 24th March, 1944.



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🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, and Relinquishments in NZ Military Forces (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
Promotions, Transfers, Retirements, Military Units, Royal NZ Air Force
25 names identified
  • W. M. Manchester (Major), Posted to Territorial Force
  • E. E. Lloyd (Major), Posted to Reserve of Officers
  • A. J. Learmonth (Major), Posted to Reserve of Officers
  • W. G. Cook (Major), Posted to Reserve of Officers
  • P. B. McKenzie (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • E. Hazledene-Barber (Captain), Posted to Reserve of Officers
  • J. R. Hanan (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • F. D. Johns (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • A. B. Binnie (Lieutenant), Posted to NZ Armoured Corps
  • W. Vercoe (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • E. V. Croft (Lieutenant), Posted to Reserve of Officers
  • T. A. Urwin (Lieutenant), Posted to Reserve of Officers
  • R. N. Thomas (Lieutenant), Posted to Reserve of Officers
  • H. J. Heron (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • H. F. G. Ready (Lieutenant), Posted to Reserve of Officers
  • H. Cole (Lieutenant), Posted to Reserve of Officers
  • C. E. Suckling (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • R. A. Nicol (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • E. G. Finlayson (Lieutenant), Posted to Reserve of Officers
  • L. A. W. Irving (Lieutenant and Quartermaster), Posted to Retired List
  • B. V. Cooksley (2nd Lieutenant), Reposted to Reserve of Officers
  • R. W. L. Thompson (2nd Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • J. A. Parsons (2nd Lieutenant), Posted to Reserve of Officers
  • A. R. M. Bowie (2nd Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • L. T. Hall (2nd Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List

  • F. Jones, Minister of Defence

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

🛡️ Defence & Military
24 April 1944
Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Royal New Zealand Air Force, General Duties Branch
91 names identified
  • Alfred Herbert Harding (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • Denis John Thomas Sharp (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
  • Joseph Thom Lindsay (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Terence Patrick Debenham (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • William Jarvis Willis (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • John Orr (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • George Henry Richmond Treasure (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Jack Claude Taylor (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Stanley James Walker (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Bruce Gordon Millar (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Kenneth James Jensen (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Clive Henry Marshall-Muir (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • William David MacRae (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Ronald Andrew Latimer (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Raymond Mansell Davies (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Joseph Ketko (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Stanley Hugh Parker (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Cecil Forsyth (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Andrew Lawrence Baggott (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Rendle Kelway Pope (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Patrick Julian Nolan (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Raymond Michael Lyons (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Robert May Dwerryhouse (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Aubrey John Clarke (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Alan Mervyn Trevarthen (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Percy Charles Burrows (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Charles Edwin Weinberg (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Evan William Duthie (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Keith George Saunders (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Lloyd Robert McInnes (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Graham Francis Rohan Hume (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Russell James Kerr Hume (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Gerald Ernest Dunkley (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Owen Geoffory O'Dwyer (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Robin Douglas Matthews (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Kenneth Douglas Laurenson (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Roy Stanley Desmond Twynham (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Leonard George Harper (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Lawrence Ronal Luxton (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • John Joseph Augostone Power (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Hector John Brock (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Bernard Rostron Nicholson (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Ernest Colin Smith (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Alfred Hugh Woolcock (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Ernest John Hatton Folley (Pilot Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Jack McGifford Cleland (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Gerald Harman Gilbert (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Duncan William Hodgson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert George Webster (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Arthur Bevan Wheeler (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Lucian Funnell (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ian William Entwistle (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ivan Herman Gundersen (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ivon George Kaye (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Walter Stirling (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Colin Frederick Penfold (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Sydney Treyton Francis Downie (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ian Selwyn Jack Woods (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Mervyn Lance Sydney Darrall (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • David Leslie Iggo (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Douglas St. Clair Clement (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Eric Douglas Cleary (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Keith Jackson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alfred David Long (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Gordon Cuming (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Edwin Percy Puddy (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Frank Nevil England (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Bernard Charles Baker (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ernest Joseph Abraham (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Stephen Harris (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Osborne James Hawkins (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Roy Alvan Laing (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alexander Edward Anderson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Harold Jones (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Hugh Hanna (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Gordon Cahir (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Paul Nestor Verschaffelt (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Frederick George Stowell (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Denis Fitzgerald May (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Huia Selby (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Stanley Winston Botting (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Harold William Shilton (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Henry Kay (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Alexander Froggatt (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James George Wilson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald Campbell Robbins (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Carrick Noel O'Kane (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Keith Aicheson Beattie (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Arthur Albert Sharrock (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ralph James Buckham (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Knud Leslie Pedersen (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch