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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 42

Transfers

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the General Duties Branch (Wireless Operator/Air Gunners) in their present rank. Dated 24th April, 1944 :-

Pilot Officer Albert George Charles COTTRELL.
Pilot Officer Bruce Allan HOGG.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Appointment

Signals Duties—

NZ 405028 Sergeant Mervyn Andrew JILLINGS is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 12th April, 1944.

Promotion

RADAR DUTIES—

Flying officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Stanley Charles SHEA to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.), dated 1st January, 1944, and to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 20th March, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 17th May, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, promotions, transfers, 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 19th October, 1943—
NZ 39899 Warrant Officer James BAYLY.

Dated 22nd November, 1943—
NZ 417069 Flight Sergeant Colin John KINROSS.

Dated 8th March, 1944—
NZ 421026 Flight Sergeant Kevin Michael COTTER.

Dated 4th April, 1944—
NZ 42477 Warrant Officer Trevor Herbert STRONG.

Dated 21st April, 1944—
NZ 413326 Flight Sergeant Bernard Forfar WALLIS.

Dated 22nd April, 1944—
NZ 412738 Warrant Officer Robert Cecil RAINEY.

Dated 24th April, 1944—
NZ 428822 Flight Sergeant Henry Selvin SCHWASS.
NZ 424456 Flight Sergeant George Arthur GREEN.

Dated 1st May, 1944—
NZ 428161 Sergeant Robert William SMITH.
NZ 427341 Sergeant Frank Thomas SYMON.
NZ 4213966 Sergeant Arthur Alan WIBLIN.

Dated 14th May, 1944—
NZ 2187 Ross David YETTON.
NZ 436698 Sergeant Kenneth Victor Peach Buxton ROGERS.

NZ 4214109 L.A.C. Stanley Robert SPARROW.
NZ 2195 William James Gordon FOOTE.
NZ 4216514 L.A.C. James Gavin KYLES.
NZ 434675 L.A.C. Adrian Orengard BEETHAM.
NZ 2188 Cyril Toynbee CHEESEMAN.
NZC 435933 L.A.C. Trevor James BANNISTER.
NZ 2189 Brian Kenneth BARSTOW.
NZ 2196 Humphrey Clarence ACTON-ADAMS.
NZ 2190 Derek Roy TROLOVE.
NZ 2197 Gordon Finlay HENDERSON.
NZC 436062 L.A.C. Gordon Maurice George KIRK.
NZ 2198 Derek Edgar Skottowe WEBB.
NZ 2191 Lester John WILSON.
NZ 437473 L.A.C. Edward Ambrose DOBSON.
NZ 4217346 L.A.C. Geoffrey Martin GOLDSACK.
NZ 432296 L.A.C. Gerard Mortimer LAGAN.
NZ 2192 Selwyn John DOWN.
NZ 2199 Douglas Alexander MORRISON.
NZ 2193 Eric Allen Richard Lawrence THOMPSON.
NZC 437357 L.A.C. Colin Edward WEST.
NZ 2194 Raymond James Hugh LEETE.
NZ 2200 Nelson Hunter IRWIN.
NZ 2201 Rex Harvey MASON.
NZ 2202 John RITCHIE.
NZ 2203 John Alexander McINNES.
NZ 2204 Vivian Hamilton MAISEY.
NZ 2205 Geoffrey Inglis DUNCAN.
NZ 2206 Geoffrey Malcolm John BROWN.
NZ 2207 Maurice George REES.
NZ 2208 John Joseph BISHOP.

As Navigators—

Dated 9th April, 1944—
NZ 39870 Warrant Officer Trevor Walter OAKS.

Dated 1st May, 1944—
NZ 2183 Cecil NORRIS.
NZ 2184 Ronald Henry SCHWASS.
NZ 2185 John Matheson URQUHART.
NZ 2186 Rex Walter O’ROURKE.

As Air Bomber—

Dated 7th April, 1944—
NZ 422574 Flight Sergeant Ernest CLODE.

Promotion

Flying Officer (temp.) (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Ernest Herbert SHATTOCK, D.F.C., to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 10th May, 1944.

Transfer

Pilot Officer William Robert MACKRELL is transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the General Duties Branch (Pilot) in his present rank and seniority. Dated 25th April, 1944.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions :-

Dated 20th May, 1944: Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey George DAVIS.
Dated 22nd May, 1944: Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Newman STRUTHERS.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotion

Squadron Leader (temp.) Maurice Robert Desmond TREWBY, A.F.C., to be Acting Wing Commander (paid). Dated 1st December, 1943.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Relinquishment

Assistant Section Officer Dorothy Evelyn Lister SHANKS is permitted to relinquish her temporary commission. Dated 3rd January, 1944.

Amendment

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 23, dated 23rd March, 1944, page 281, under the heading “New Zealand Women’s Auxiliary Air Force—Relinquishment”, relating to Assistant Section Officer Onie Kathleen CONDELL, for “Dated 1st March, 1944”, read “Dated 10th April, 1944”.

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

Appointment

Frank Hill GOODBY is granted an Air Training Corps Commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st April, 1944.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned are permitted to relinquish their Air Training Corps commissions :-

Dated 1st January, 1944: Flying Officer Eric Glanville COUSINS.
Dated 1st May, 1944: Pilot Officer William Ronald KIRK.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfer

Flying Officer Horton Geoffrey LEVIEN is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class “A”, Section I. Dated 17th May, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Military Air Attaché to Legation of U.S.A. in Wellington

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 16th May, 1944.

IT is hereby notified for public information that Major Paul C. Jackson, Air Corps, Assistant Military Attaché for Air (at present Acting Military Attaché during the absence of Colonel Nankivell), has been promoted to be Military Air Attaché to the Legation of U.S.A., Wellington.

D. G. SULLIVAN,
For the Minister of External Affairs.

High Commissioner for New Zealand in Australia appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 16th May, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to appoint

James Gillispie Barclay

to be the High Commissioner for New Zealand in Australia under and for the purposes of the External Affairs Act, 1943, to hold the said office as on and from the 13th day of May, 1944, to the 14th day of April, 1947.

D. G. SULLIVAN,
For the Minister of External Affairs.