New Zealand Gazette – 1944 – No. 4

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✨ Military and Government Appointments



JAN. 27] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 57

Temp. 2nd Lieutenants—
L. M. McPhee. Dated 28th June, 1943.
A. O. Melville. Dated 15th November, 1943.
J. S. Hutton. Dated 17th November, 1943.
I. H. Johnson. Dated 18th November, 1943.

The undermentioned relinquish their commissions on appointment to the Territorial Force :—
Temp. Captain H. C. Read. Dated 9th August, 1943.
Captain J. R. Preston. Lieutenant K. A. Hansen.
Dated 1st December, 1943.

The undermentioned relinquish their commissions on appointment to the Royal N.Z. Air Force :—
Temp. Captain T. Gilvray. Dated 22nd November, 1943.
Temp. Lieutenants—
J. M. Peterson. Dated 18th November, 1943.
G. D. Gerkin. Dated 26th November, 1943.

Temp. Lieutenant G. W. Soal relinquishes his commission on appointment to the Air Training Corps, Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 22nd November, 1943.

W. E. PARRY,
For the Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 20th January, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, reduction, and relinquishments 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 5th July, 1943—
NZ 411472 Warrant Officer Noel Stewart TOMS.
Dated 12th October, 1943—
NZ 411448 Warrant Officer Ernest Garfield RHODES.
Dated 25th November, 1943—
NZ 41921 Warrant Officer Sydney Harold MANNING.
Dated 27th November, 1943—
NZ 401348 Warrant Officer Frank George Andrew MCJENNETT.
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 4216106 Sergeant John Kendall MORRISON.
NZ 4212601 Sergeant Edward Ralph PLOWMAN.

As Navigators

Dated 24th December, 1943—
NZ 425559 Sergeant Gordon Morris COLDICOTT.
NZ 4214094 Sergeant Allan Atholstan GERRIE.
NZ 4212785 Sergeant Charles Laurence BROOMFIELD.

As Air Gunner

Dated 2nd September, 1943—
NZ 41228 Flight Sergeant Charles Leonard PARKER.

Promotions

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

Dated 5th July, 1943 : James Archibald VALENTINE.
Dated 7th November, 1943 : Arthur John WOODGATE.
Dated 29th November, 1943 : Gordon George KOFOED.
Dated 5th December, 1943—
Gordon Alexander PARK. Peter Macgregor WALKER.
Dated 8th December, 1943—
Robert Ellis STEVENSON. John Roulstone COOKE.
Dated 9th December, 1943 : Arthur Gethin CREAGH.
Dated 20th December, 1943 : William Bruce COWAN, D.F.C.

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

Dated 5th July, 1942 : James Archibald VALENTINE.
Dated 8th October, 1943 : Pax Gilbert Frank SMITH, D.F.M.
Dated 3rd November, 1943—
Raymond Clarence PRINCE. Harvey HAMMERSLEY.
Harold TOMLINSON. MacDonald Fraser KEANE.
Dated 14th November, 1943—
Philip Frederick SOUTHERNWOOD.
Edwin William WATERHOUSE.
Robin Keith HARRIS.
Denis Kevin MCDONALD.
William Alwyn SPARKS.
Selwyn James GRAY.

Dated 18th November, 1943 : Brian Desmond Joseph WELCH.
Dated 28th November, 1943—
William ANDREWS.
Edmund Charlton ANDREWS.
John Graham ANDERSON.
Keith MARSH.
John Edward Norman MASON.
Dalziel Alan STOTT.
Dated 1st December, 1943 : Gordon Leonard PEET.
Dated 5th December, 1943—
Douglas Royd BRITTON.
Grahame Harvey TURNER.
Donald Ansley SANDMAN.
Peter Graham BROWN.
George BROWN.
Guy Merson TEMPLER.
William Henry PILET, D.F.C.
Dated 12th December, 1943 : Robert Arden CALDWELL.
Dated 15th December, 1943 : James McLean PEARSON.

Reduction in Seniority

Flying Officer James Keith WARD 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 day of October, 1942.

CHAPLAINS BRANCH

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the relative rank of Flight Lieutenant :—
NZ 2010 The Reverend Vernon William JOBLIN, L.Th.
NZ 2011 The Reverend Maurice Russell PIRANI.
NZ 2012 The Reverend Christen Francis DUGGAN.
Dated 15th January, 1944.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.)

Appointments

The undermentioned are granted Air Training Corps Commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer :—

Dated 1st December, 1943—
Malcolm Clive BARNETT.
Philip John Henry MILLICHAMP.
Richard Alfred PEARCE.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned are permitted to relinquish their Air Training Corps Commissions :—

Dated 15th December, 1943 : Pilot Officer James Ewart MCDIARMID.
Dated 28th December, 1943 : Flying Officer Frank Ethelbert OAKES.
Dated 31st December, 1943 : Flying Officer Stanley Robert CUTHBERTSON.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Relinquishment

Assistant Section Officer Iris Bevan Fox is permitted to relinquish her commission. Dated 15th January, 1944.

W. E. PARRY,
For the Minister of Defence.

Judge of the Compensation Court appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th January, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, pursuant to the Compensation Court Regulations 1940, and amendments, to appoint

Patrick Joseph O’Regan, Esquire,

to be a Judge of the Compensation Court established by the Compensation Court Regulations 1940, to hold that office until the 31st day of January, 1945.

H. G. R. MASON, Attorney-General.

Members of Land Boards appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th January, 1944.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, pursuant to section 47 of the Land Act, 1924, been pleased to appoint—

Percy Taylor Weeks

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Gisborne for a term of two years from 21st day of January, 1944.

Henry George Carter

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Westland for a term of two years from 24th day of January, 1944.

William Preece Bootten

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Taranaki for a term of two years from 24th day of January, 1944.

R. G. MACMORRAN, Under-Secretary for Lands.

(L. and S. 22/748/13, 3 and 7.)



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🛡️ Resignations and Relinquishments of Commissions of Officers of the Home Guard (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
24 January 1944
Resignations, Relinquishments, Home Guard, Military Officers
11 names identified
  • L. M. McPhee, Temporary 2nd Lieutenant
  • A. O. Melville, Temporary 2nd Lieutenant
  • J. S. Hutton, Temporary 2nd Lieutenant
  • I. H. Johnson, Temporary 2nd Lieutenant
  • H. C. Read (Captain), Relinquished commission on appointment to Territorial Force
  • J. R. Preston (Captain), Relinquished commission on appointment to Territorial Force
  • K. A. Hansen (Lieutenant), Relinquished commission on appointment to Territorial Force
  • T. Gilvray (Captain), Relinquished commission on appointment to Royal N.Z. Air Force
  • J. M. Peterson (Lieutenant), Relinquished commission on appointment to Royal N.Z. Air Force
  • G. D. Gerkin (Lieutenant), Relinquished commission on appointment to Royal N.Z. Air Force
  • G. W. Soal (Lieutenant), Relinquished commission on appointment to Air Training Corps

  • W. E. Parry, For the Minister of Defence

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

🛡️ Defence & Military
20 January 1944
Appointments, Promotions, Reduction, Relinquishments, Royal New Zealand Air Force
65 names identified
  • Noel Stewart Toms (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ernest Garfield Rhodes (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Sydney Harold Manning (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Frank George Andrew McJennett (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Joseph Leech (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Reginald John Sly (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Royden Matthews Jarrett (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Joseph Ian Jolley (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Jack Wilfrid Peake (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Harold Halligan (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Kendall Morrison (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Edward Ralph Plowman (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Gordon Morris Coldicott (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Allan Atholstan Gerrie (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Charles Laurence Broomfield (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Charles Leonard Parker (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Archibald Valentine (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Arthur John Woodgate (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Gordon George Kofoed (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Gordon Alexander Park (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Peter Macgregor Walker (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Robert Ellis Stevenson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Roulstone Cooke (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Arthur Gethin Creagh (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • William Bruce Cowan (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • James Archibald Valentine (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Pax Gilbert Frank Smith (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Raymond Clarence Prince (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Harvey Hammersley (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Harold Tomlinson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • MacDonald Fraser Keane (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Philip Frederick Southernwood (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Edwin William Waterhouse (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robin Keith Harris (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Denis Kevin McDonald (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Alwyn Sparks (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Selwyn James Gray (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Brian Desmond Joseph Welch (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Andrews (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Edmund Charlton Andrews (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Graham Anderson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Keith Marsh (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Edward Norman Mason (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Dalziel Alan Stott (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Gordon Leonard Peet (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Douglas Royd Brittan (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Grahame Harvey Turner (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald Ansley Sandman (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Peter Graham Brown (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Brown (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Guy Merson Templer (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Henry Pilet (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Arden Caldwell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James McLean Pearson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Keith Ward (Flying Officer), Reduction in seniority
  • Vernon William Joblin (Reverend), Granted temporary commission as Flight Lieutenant
  • Maurice Russell Pirani (Reverend), Granted temporary commission as Flight Lieutenant
  • Christen Francis Duggan (Reverend), Granted temporary commission as Flight Lieutenant
  • Malcolm Clive Barnett, Granted Air Training Corps Commission as Pilot Officer
  • Philip John Henry Millichamp, Granted Air Training Corps Commission as Pilot Officer
  • Richard Alfred Pearce, Granted Air Training Corps Commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Ewart McDiarmid (Pilot Officer), Relinquished Air Training Corps Commission
  • Frank Ethelbert Oakes (Flying Officer), Relinquished Air Training Corps Commission
  • Stanley Robert Cuthbertson (Flying Officer), Relinquished Air Training Corps Commission
  • Iris Bevan Fox (Assistant Section Officer), Relinquished commission

  • W. E. Parry, For the Minister of Defence

⚖️ Judge of the Compensation Court appointed

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
19 January 1944
Appointment, Judge, Compensation Court
  • Patrick Joseph O’Regan (Esquire), Appointed Judge of the Compensation Court

  • H. G. R. Mason, Attorney-General

🗺️ Members of Land Boards appointed

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
25 January 1944
Appointments, Land Boards, Gisborne, Westland, Taranaki
  • Percy Taylor Weeks, Appointed member of the Land Board of Gisborne
  • Henry George Carter, Appointed member of the Land Board of Westland
  • William Preece Bootten, Appointed member of the Land Board of Taranaki

  • R. G. MacMorran, Under-Secretary for Lands