JUNE 1] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 639

NZ 40750 Sergeant Richard Bruce Berney, of Eketa huna.
NZ 401247 Sergeant Ralph Norman Allen, of Dunedin.
NZ 391389 Sergeant Maxwell Gyles Turner, of Wellington.
NZ 402158 Flight Sergeant Richard Colvin Seddon Beck, of Westport.
NZ 402136 Sergeant James Phillip Farrow, of Gisborne.
NZ 402916 Sergeant Charles Benedict Wareham, of Kaikoura.
NZ 41388 Sergeant Bert Sam Wipiti, of New Plymouth.
NZ 402191 Sergeant Ian Hamilton Irvine, of Auckland.
NZ 402105 Sergeant Leslie Charles Curno, of Dunedin.
NZ 401791 Sergeant Onslow Waldo Thompson, of Waipiro Bay.
NZ 40783 Sergeant Ronald David Millar, of Palmerston North.
NZ 405356 Sergeant Gordon Albert Williams, of Napier.
NZ 404390 Flight Sergeant Ivor John McLachlan, of Masterton.
NZ 401368 Flight Sergeant Charles Anthony Armstrong, of Auckland.
NZ 40717 Flight Sergeant Keith Kingsmill John Coleman, of Hastings.
NZ 391328 Sergeant Athol James, of Wellington.
NZ 404362 Sergeant Raymond Brown Hesselyn, of Christchurch.
NZ 401749 Flight Sergeant James Fraser Barron, of Palmerston North.
NZ 401203 Sergeant George Henry Dow, of Wellington.
NZ 403990 Flight Sergeant Anthony Ridley Robson, of Hastings.
NZ 403991 Flight Sergeant Walter Jack Runciman, of Auckland.
NZ 403040 Flight Sergeant Jack Menzies Smith, of Te Awamutu.
NZ 403997 Flight Sergeant Colin John Stirling, of Invercargill.
NZ 40223 Sergeant Morris Bruce Fearn, of Invercargill.
NZ 402444 Sergeant Peter Masters Gawith, of Masterton.
NZ 405336 Flight Sergeant David Ronald Stewart, of Dunedin.
NZ 404924 Flight Sergeant Valentine Stuart Moore, of Taumarunui.
NZ 405306 Sergeant Herbert Keith Minton, of Masterton.
NZ 41340 Sergeant Kenneth Oscar Law, of Cambridge.
NZ 404467 Flight Sergeant Raymond Albert Peters, of Linton.
NZ 40770 Flight Sergeant Ernest Leslie Joyce, of Hamilton.
NZ 405471 Sergeant Alexander Raymond Brown, of Timaru.
NZ 404627 Sergeant John Aston Wilkinson, of Auckland.
NZ 402180 Flight Sergeant William Henry Gray, of Wellington.
NZ 37138 Sergeant James Dudley Cayford Cumming, of Timaru.
NZ 403613 Flight Sergeant Percy Henderson Stewart, of Whakatane.
NZ 405572 Sergeant Richard Stansfield Derek Kearns, of Reefton.
NZ 40607 Flight Sergeant Colin Leo Malcolm Forsyth, of Tauranga.
NZ 401431 Sergeant James Kitchener Callister, of Dunedin.
NZ 411970 Flight Sergeant Frank Ellison Gatland, of Auckland.
NZ 415049 Sergeant Raymond Johnston Wright, of Palmerston North.
NZ 404533 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Atherton Crankshaw, of Greymouth.
NZ 41629 Flight Sergeant Thomas Alexander Stewart, of Dannevirke.
NZ 402206 Flight Sergeant Aylwin Gilbert Metcalf, of Hawera.
NZ 403445 Flight Sergeant William Arthur Hamilton, of Mangaweka.
NZ 403619 Sergeant Reginald Fuggle, of Auckland.
NZ 411989 Flight Sergeant Peter John Dickson McGeehan, of Auckland.
NZ 411466 Sergeant Maurice Spinley, of Wellington.
NZ 41577 Sergeant Ronald Florence, of New Plymouth.
NZ 413051 Sergeant William Alexander Fraser, of Auckland.
NZ 404454 Flight Sergeant William John Muir Low Barclay, of Dunedin.
NZ 403033 Flight Sergeant Albert William Temm, of Auckland.
NZ 405365 Sergeant Ian Armstrong Blaikie, of Napier.
NZ 41502 Sergeant Rae Jessep Taaffe, of Hastings.
NZ 405487 Flight Sergeant William Leonard Harvey, of Dunedin.
NZ 405267 Flight Sergeant John David Monroe Herron, of Christchurch.
NZ 41922 Flight Sergeant Maurice Marment, of Wellington.
NZ 405231 Flight Sergeant Robert William Lawrence Cargill, of Wanganui.
NZ 411948 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Smith, of Auckland.
NZ 411770 Flight Sergeant Andrew John Moller, of Hawera.
NZ 41576 Acting Flight Sergeant Morris Watson Egerton, of Southland.
NZ 405505 Acting Flight Sergeant Harold Ernest Anzac Price, of Invercargill.
NZ 414340 Sergeant James Clarence Ralph, of Auckland.
NZ 40604 Flight Sergeant David Baillie Campbell, of Dargaville.
NZ 401808 Flight Sergeant Francis Murray Haslett Henderson, of Whakatane.
NZ 39197 Flight Sergeant Thomas Benson Blackburn, of Christchurch.
NZ 414709 Sergeant Gregory Francis Whitwell, of Tirau.
NZ 404097 Flight Sergeant Arthur Raymond Rowsell, of Okaihau.
NZ 41570 Sergeant Robert James Carter, of Taumarunui.
NZ 414647 Sergeant John Henry McDonald, of Pukerau.
NZ 412995 Sergeant Mikaere Tutahunga Tomika Manawaiti, of Taumarunui.
NZ 412302 Flight Sergeant Ian Alfred Woodward, of Frankton Junction.
NZ 414614 Sergeant Bernard Alexander Gumbley, of Hastings.
NZ 414263 Sergeant Herbert James Dalzell, of Christchurch.
NZ 412870 Sergeant Peter Devine, of Ward, Marlborough.
NZ 413108 Sergeant Murray David Muggeridge, of Patea.
NZ 411740 Flight Sergeant John William Michael Colbert, of East Coast.
NZ 411068 Flight Sergeant Ralph Crossgrove, of Auckland.
NZ 411094 Flight Sergeant Russell James Noonan, of Christchurch.
NZ 412714 Sergeant Allisdair Archibald Matheson, of Carterton.
NZ 413341 Sergeant Jack Brokenshire Price, of Auckland.
NZ 413956 Sergeant John Robert Rodgers, of Timaru.
NZ 41386 Sergeant James Lionel Tupuae Williams, of Gisborne.

NZ 411465 Flight Sergeant Robert Leonard Sommerville, of Auckland.
NZ 411214 Sergeant William Thomas Gunn, of Invercargill.
NZ 402987 Flight Sergeant Robert Tahana David Doak, of Canterbury.
NZ 415048 Flight Sergeant David Dennis Morris Wilkinson, of Wellington.
NZ 412766 Flight Sergeant Forrest Harold Thompson, of East Coast.
NZ 404102 Sergeant Edward Henry Smith, of Pahiatua.
NZ 414292 Sergeant Raymond Ernest Joseph Hogg, of Ohau.
NZ 414671 Sergeant Colin Rees Pearce, of Canterbury.
NZ 416101 Flight Sergeant Wilfred Eric Elder, of Gore.
NZ 41612 Flight Sergeant Adam Haddon Thomson, of Christchurch.
NZ 414382 Sergeant Bernard Cullinane, of Gisborne.
NZ 416176 Sergeant Pax Gilbert Frank Smith, of Auckland.
NZ 411102 Flight Sergeant David Aitken Sibbald, of Amberley.
NZ 42340 Flight Sergeant Alan John Rhodes, of Tomarata.
NZ 414658 Flight Sergeant Nicholas Matich, of Dargaville.
NZ 411961 Flight Sergeant Maurice Jamison Wells, of Christchurch.
NZ 42499 Sergeant Ronald Charles Cecil Nairn, of Wellington.
NZ 412422 Flight Sergeant James Frederick Bailes, of Ngaruawahia.
NZ 416170 Sergeant Stanley Rutherford, of Inchclutha.
NZ 416565 Flight Sergeant Walter Donald Whitehead, of Papakura.
NZ 41599 Flight Sergeant Pat Menzies, of Auckland.
NZ 413715 Flight Sergeant Edward Desmond O’Reilly, of Hamilton.
NZ 416661 Flight Sergeant Andrew Stanley Miller, of Invercargill.
NZ 41714 Flight Sergeant John David Rudling, of Auckland.
NZ 413159 Flight Sergeant Colin Malcolm Wallace, of Auckland.
NZ 42292 Flight Sergeant Trevor Gordon Dill, of North Auckland.
NZ 412232 Flight Sergeant Lawrence William Hitchins, of Wellington.
NZ 416191 Flight Sergeant Gordon William Burness, of Timaru.
NZ 413705 Sergeant Ronald Claris Gordon, of Taihape.
NZ 416086 Flight Sergeant Desmond Roy Browne, of Wellington.
NZ 414601 Flight Sergeant Arnold Divers, of Dunedin.
NZ 415793 Flight Sergeant Robert Ernest Stowers, of Hamilton.
NZ 404049 Flight Sergeant John Robert Berry, of New Plymouth.
NZ 421742 Flight Sergeant Colin Rupert Marriott, of Christchurch.
NZ 416582 Flight Sergeant Bernard William Windsor, of Christchurch.

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

Air Force Medal

NZ 539090 Leading Aircraftman Frederick Alan Partridge, of Christchurch.
NZ 437025 Sergeant Maurice Kidson, of Christchurch.
NZ 391885 Sergeant Daniel Paul Phillips, of Wellington.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards of the British Empire Medal (Military Division) to the undermentioned :—

British Empire Medal

NZ 404069 Sergeant James Irvine, of Auckland.
NZ 39405 Corporal Alan Stuart Paterson, of Milton, North Otago.
NZ 413759 Sergeant Cyril Foster Johnson, of Feilding.
NZ 414350 Sergeant Reginald Morris Fitzallen Simpson, of Christchurch.
NZ 34151 Sergeant Thomas Richard Read, of Auckland.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of distinguished service and devotion to duty :—

Mentioned in Despatches

Wing Commander Maurice William Buckey, M.B.E. (NZ 1005), of Auckland.
Flying Officer Neville Williams, D.F.C. (NZ 1068), of Auckland.
NZ 40931 Sergeant Raymond John Belcher, of Levin.
NZ 40948 Sergeant Lawrence Patrick Ryan, of Auckland.
NZ 34153 Sergeant William Douglas Steven, of Auckland.
NZ 3716 Corporal Donald Charles McGlashan, of Timaru.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Thomas James Desmond Baber (NZ 39857), of Wellington.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Raymond John Newton (NZ 40984), of Christchurch.
Flight Lieutenant William Stanley Simpson, M.B.E. (NZ 23103), of Christchurch.
Flight Lieutenant Wilfred Maurice Chalk Williams, D.F.C. (NZ 1057), of Napier.
NZ 40679 Sergeant Kenneth Keremehana Bevan, of Manakau.
NZ 40203 Sergeant Valton William James Crook, of Auckland.
NZ 402118 Sergeant Martin Costen Fell, of Cambridge.
NZ 401728 Sergeant Gordon Fraser Jones, of Whangarei.
Flight Lieutenant Richard Broadbent (NZ 391339), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant Donald Belton Collie (NZ 40219), of Invercargill.
Flight Lieutenant Richard George Hartshorn (NZ 401271), of Auckland.
Acting Flight Lieutenant William Arthur Coleman Ball (NZ 39786), of Wellington.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Phillip Ronald Concy (NZ 391825), of Auckland.
Pilot Officer Roy Elliott Hanlon (NZ 40228), of Hamilton.
Flying Officer Sefton Douglas Lisle Hood (NZ 40975), of Christchurch.
Flying Officer Lindsay James (NZ 404539), of Whangarei.
Flying Officer Charles Henry Butt (NZ 401751), of Hamilton.
Pilot Officer Robert Keith Walker (NZ 40248), of Invercargill.
Pilot Officer Ivan Oswald Brecken (NZ 40963), of Auckland.