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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 44

Flight Lieutenant Cyril Patrick Towsey (NZ 403480), of Auckland.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Thomas Alexander Stewart, D.F.M. (NZ 41629), of Dannevirke.
Acting Squadron Leader George Reginald Coates (NZ 403428), of Auckland.
Pilot Officer Gordon Roger Hewlett (NZ 413847), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Ernest Umbers (NZ 404003), of Dunedin.
Flying Officer George Stevens (NZ 403037), of Hunterville.
Flying Officer Walter Young McGregor (NZ 412789), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant Hilton Rex Hall (NZ 391879), of Wellington.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Bruce Gibb Johnston (NZ 412698), of Port Chalmers.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Robert Cox Munro (NZ 401405), of Rotorua.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Lindsay Blair Renolds (NZ 402899), of Te Awamutu.
Acting Flight Lieutenant James Bayntun Starky (NZ 401787), of Opotiki.
Flying Officer Clifton Francis Benefield (NZ 402463), of Feilding.
Flying Officer Robert Henry Blyth (NZ 414581), of Wanganui.
Flying Officer Archibald England Davis (NZ 411719), of Auckland.
Flying Officer Ormand William Wood (NZ 412374), of Napier.
Pilot Officer Bruce Colin Dreaver (NZ 40916), of Auckland.
Pilot Officer Walter Douglas Smellie (NZ 411463), of Dunedin.
NZ 411411 Warrant Officer Gordon Lindsay Kennedy, of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant Errol Howard Brown (NZ 1296), of Hamilton.
Flying Officer Geoffrey Bryson Fisken (NZ 401556), of Rotorua.
Flight Lieutenant Noel Rupert King (NZ 41337), of Dunedin.
Flight Lieutenant Raymond Johnson Watson (NZ 404978), of Whakatane.
Flying Officer Stanley Franklin Browne (NZ 411853), of Wellington.
Flying Officer Warren Lewis (NZ 413094), of Hawera.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Bryan Hubert Thomas (NZ 405341), of Waverley.
Flying Officer Eric James Shaw (NZ 411457), of Matangi.
Acting Flight Lieutenant William Tinsley Hawkins (NZ 41986), of Wellington.
Acting Flight Lieutenant James Henry Wright (NZ 414717), of Masterton.
Pilot Officer Sydney Colin Rive Mackie (NZ 413713), of Auckland.
Acting Squadron Leader Jack Joll, D.F.M. (NZ 40234), of New Plymouth.
Acting Squadron Leader Brian Roy Quinlan (NZ 404408), of Rotorua.
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Sydney Jenner (NZ 40647), of Morrinsville.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Raymond Herbert Brookbanks (NZ 413809), of Auckland.
Acting Flight Lieutenant William Thomson Brown (NZ 415405), of Timaru.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Lloyd Harry Butler (NZ 404456), of Dunedin.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Athol Larry McGrath (NZ 415337), of Christchurch.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Stanley Maurice George Peryer (NZ 416156), of Christchurch.
Flying Officer Alfred Sydney Drew (NZ 404560), of Auckland.
Flying Officer Alexander Arthur MacFarlane (NZ 415344), of North Canterbury.
Flying Officer Harold John Sheild (NZ 404953), of Patea.
Pilot Officer Geoffrey Woods Palmer (NZ 401229), of Timaru.
NZ 39916 Warrant Officer Gilbert Sydney Halley, of Palmerston North.
Flying Officer Kenneth Henry Becroft (NZ 412189), of Helensville.
NZ 416502 Acting Warrant Officer Samuel Graham Johnson, of Hamilton.
Pilot Officer Kenneth James Campbell (NZ 411857), of Wellington.
Pilot Officer Maurice Allington Carter (NZ 391694), of Hastings.
Pilot Officer Raymond Clifford Reynolds (NZ 403030), of Wellington.
Pilot Officer Alan Whitelaw (NZ 413719), of Wellington.
Pilot Officer Hilton Clifford Williams (NZ 416219), of Woodville.
NZ 412310 Acting Warrant Officer James Edward Barnham, of New Plymouth.
Flying Officer Allan Mason Forbes Alexander (NZ 41712), of Palmerston North.
Pilot Officer Kenneth Atherton Crankshaw, D.F.M. (NZ 404533), of Greymouth.
Pilot Officer Alexander William Lowe (NZ 415703), of Hastings.
Acting Flight Lieutenant John Douglas Henderson (NZ 411403), of Auckland.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Raymond Charles Rawlings (NZ 416164), of Dunedin.
Flying Officer Norman Benjamin Blakey (NZ 415403), of Auckland.
Pilot Officer Wilfred Eric Elder, D.F.M. (NZ 416101), of Gore.
Pilot Officer Norman Gardiner (NZ 413837), of Rakaia.
Pilot Officer John Henry Verrall (NZ 415044), of Wanganui.
Flying Officer Raymond Brown Hesselyn, D.F.M. (NZ 404362), of Christchurch.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Desmond Palmer Perrin (NZ 404404), of Invercargill.
Flying Officer John Charles Kennedy Fabian (NZ 413720), of Wellington.
Pilot Officer William Henry Pilet (NZ 414338), of Marton.
Flying Officer Patrick James MacAvoy (NZ 403974), of Dunedin.
Pilot Officer David Walker Findlay (NZ 412217), of Napier.
Pilot Officer Allan Fisher (NZ 412670), of Taumarunui.
Pilot Officer John Gall (NZ 416476), of Auckland.
Pilot Officer John Russell Petrie (NZ 414337), of Balclutha.
Pilot Officer John Richard Rhoades (NZ 413476), of Wellington.
Pilot Officer Thomas Andrew Robson (NZ 414893), of Canterbury.
Flying Officer James Robertson Grant Bathgate (NZ 403932), of Outram.
NZ 39242 Warrant Officer Colin Francis Laloli, of Whakatane.
Flying Officer Neal Aubrey Ward (NZ 401034), of New Plymouth.
Pilot Officer Samuel John Fourneau (NZ 412674), of Hastings.

Squadron Leader William Papillion Kemp (NZ 403550), of Opotiki.
Flight Lieutenant Ira Allison Sutherland (NZ 402909), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant John Gaskin Claridge (NZ 417020), of Palmerston North.
Flight Lieutenant Ernest Herbert Shattock (NZ 416547), of Nelson.
Flight Lieutenant Norman David Webb (NZ 415805), of Wanganui.
Flying Officer Eric Snowden Kelly (NZ 391525), of Palmerston North.
Flight Lieutenant Olaf Patrick Olson (NZ 411439), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Carey (NZ 415406), of Christchurch.
Flight Lieutenant John Russell Kay (NZ 41559), of Auckland.
Pilot Officer John Daniel McCorkindale (NZ 417286), of Balclutha.
Pilot Officer Norman Thomas Newton (NZ 416526), of Wellington.
Pilot Officer Kenneth Alfred Sidney Pipe (NZ 401442), of Ohinewai.
NZ 40246 Warrant Officer Bryan Walker Turnbull, of Palmerston North.
Pilot Officer Norman Douglas Harrison (NZ 413068), of Rakaia, Canterbury.
Flying Officer Keith Bernard Rogers (NZ 415368), of Auckland.
Pilot Officer Sidney Antone Luyk (NZ 415332), of Auckland.
Pilot Officer Saville Hercules Moon (NZ 412348), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant Vaughan Charles Fittall (NZ 411873), of Auckland.
Squadron Leader Ian Dousland Waddy (NZ 402915), of Seddon.
Squadron Leader Richard Webb (NZ 391853), of Levin.
Flight Lieutenant Peter Macgregor Walker (NZ 412520), of Dargaville.
NZ 41906 Warrant Officer George Harold Frederick Hutchison, of Christchurch.
Flying Officer Warren Edward Schrader (NZ 411944), of Wellington.
Flying Officer John Stewart Leech (NZ 421068), of Waikiekie.
Flight Lieutenant Wallis George Finlay (NZ 403766), of Katikati.
Flying Officer John Milward Mee (NZ 416518), of Lauder, Otago.
Flying Officer John Cunningham Allan (NZ 41298), of Dunedin.
Flying Officer Walter Bradley Lambert (NZ 416505), of New Plymouth.
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Loversidge Bonham (NZ 402434), of Christchurch.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards :-

Air Force Cross

Pilot Officer Harry Lumsden Tancred (NZ 1089), of Blenheim.
Flight Lieutenant Erik Alfred Anderson Moen (NZ 1032), of Christchurch.
Squadron Leader Ronald Joseph Cohen (NZ 1015), of Wellington.
Squadron Leader Geoffrey Newland Roberts (NZ 1087), of Auckland.
Acting Squadron Leader John Adams, D.F.C. (NZ 1027), of Christchurch.
NZ 411445 Warrant Officer Harold William Player, of Wellington.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallantry displayed in flying operations against the enemy :-

Conspicuous Gallantry Medal

NZ 404104 Flight Sergeant Leslie Bruce Wallace, of South Canterbury.
NZ 415807 Flight Sergeant Osric Hartnell White, of Christchurch.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the George Medal for gallantry to :-

George Medal

NZ 391725 Corporal Ernest Alfred Stratton, of Palmerston North.
NZ 40974 Leading Aircraftman Dennis Trevelyan Herrick, of Hastings.
NZ 412914 Sergeant Hamish Wilson, of Paeroa.
Squadron Leader John Tregonwell Davison (NZ 39906), of Christchurch.
NZ 403874 Corporal (Temporary Sergeant) Cyril George Kent, of Palmerston North.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in operations against the enemy :-

Bar to Distinguished Flying Medal

NZ 404362 Flight Sergeant Raymond Brown Hesselyn, D.F.M., of Christchurch.

Distinguished Flying Medal

NZ 37122 Corporal Colin Beresford Graham Knight, of Picton.
NZ 38235 Sergeant Edwin Peter Williams, of Rotorua.
NZ 391862 Sergeant Peter Victor McLaren, of Auckland.
NZ 391871 Sergeant Keith Ian Street, of New Plymouth.
NZ 40727 Sergeant Ian Overheu, of Perth.
NZ 40285 Sergeant William Jack Scott, of Morrinsville.
NZ 39864 Sergeant Frank Skipwith Kirke, of Wellington.
NZ 391832 Sergeant Mervyn Evans, of New Plymouth.
NZ 401221 Sergeant Allan Robert James Box, of Auckland.
NZ 40952 Sergeant William Noel Williams, of Dunedin.
NZ 391352 Sergeant Reginald Joseph Cowan Grant, of Auckland.
NZ 391331 Sergeant Geoffrey Edward Moore, of Lindfield, Australia.
NZ 401224 Sergeant Herrold Raymond Corrin, of Auckland.
NZ 401219 Sergeant David Alexander Abbot, of Wellington.
NZ 401202 Sergeant Herny Cumberland Stapleton Cotton, of Auckland.
NZ 40234 Sergeant Jack Joll, of New Plymouth.
NZ 401295 Sergeant Jeffery George West, of Wellington.
NZ 40947 Flight Sergeant Hugh Francis Rochford, of Auckland.
NZ 403441 Sergeant Allan George, of Kaupokonui.
NZ 401235 Sergeant Francis Charles Sergent, of Wellington.
NZ 401293 Sergeant Kynaston John Stanford, of Marton.
NZ 40613 Sergeant Peter Coulson Whitwell, of England.