JUNE 8] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 693

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 27th 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 30th December, 1943—
NZ 415789 Flight Sergeant James Logan Ross.

Dated 21st February, 1944—
NZ 401383 Warrant Officer Jack Arthur Hoffeins.

Dated 22nd March, 1944—
NZ 421393 Flight Sergeant Ross Palmer.

Dated 4th April, 1944—
NZ 424451 Flight Sergeant Edmond Jack Goodyer.
NZ 421721 Flight Sergeant Nelson Stewart Irving.

Dated 6th April, 1944—
NZ 415009 Flight Sergeant Terence William Parker.

Dated 9th April, 1944—
NZ 39012 Warrant Officer Desmond George Geddes Horgan.

Dated 14th April, 1944—
NZ 428800 Flight Sergeant Keith Owen Whitehouse.

Dated 18th April, 1944—
NZ 424543 Flight Sergeant Francis Saxton Young.

Dated 26th April, 1944—
NZ 425947 Flight Sergeant Bruce Edwin Smith.

Dated 27th April, 1944—
NZ 422324 Flight Sergeant Keith Thomas Shaw.

Dated 30th April, 1944—
NZ 412688 Warrant Officer Albert Park Hayes.

Dated 1st May, 1944—
NZ 422917 Flight Sergeant Colin Glossop.
NZ 425302 Flight Sergeant Alfred Desmond Joseph Uffindell.
NZ 413228 Flight Sergeant Ronald Vernon Signal.
NZ 421388 Flight Sergeant Terence Cecil May.

Dated 2nd May, 1944—
NZ 424529 Flight Sergeant William Lawrence Shirley.

Dated 3rd May, 1944—
NZ 425579 Flight Sergeant Maurice Lambert.

Dated 8th May, 1944—
NZ 42476 Flight Sergeant William Makepeace Strathern.

Dated 10th May, 1944—
NZ 422398 Flight Sergeant Roy Hercock.

As Navigators—

Dated 27th March, 1944—
NZ 414625 Flight Sergeant George Lloyd Hodges.

Dated 2nd April, 1944—
NZ 413415 Flight Sergeant William Allenby Hendry.

Dated 16th April, 1944—
NZ 405449. Warrant Officer Robert Alexander McFarlane.

Dated 22nd April, 1944—
NZ 421085 Flight Sergeant John Coulson Nicholls.

Dated 24th April, 1944—
NZ 421683 Flight Sergeant Edward Thomas Cossens.

Dated 6th May, 1944—
NZ 404983 Warrant Officer Leslie Bryant Winsloe.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—

Dated 27th March, 1944—
NZ 403084 Warrant Officer Frank Christopher Parkes.

Dated 14th April, 1944—
NZ 404093 Warrant Officer Cyril Raymond Peters.

Dated 15th April, 1944—
NZ 417228 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Frederick Morgan.

Dated 17th April, 1944—
NZ 417251 Flight Sergeant Joseph Wilford.

As Air Bomber—

Dated 2nd May, 1944—
NZ 422451 Flight Sergeant Patrick William Burton.

Promotion

Pilot Officer Thomas John Sherborne to be Flying Officer (temp.). Dated 19th May, 1944.

Amendment

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 38, dated 11th May, 1944, page 559, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments”, relating to NZ 2164 Alex Beresford Speedy Holdsworth, for “As Navigator” read “As Pilot”.

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EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Relinquishment

Radar Duties—

Pilot Officer Raymond Annesley Scott is permitted to relinquish his honorary commission. Dated 29th February, 1944.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Relinquishments

Flying Officer Eric Liverton is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 19th May, 1944.

Flying Officer Ian Hamilton Kirt is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 9th June, 1944.

Works Section—

Promotion

Flight Lieutenant (Acting Squadron Leader) William James Eglinton Vernon Grace to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 1st June, 1944.

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

Appointment

Herlof Anton Herlofsen Vogt is granted an Air Training Corps Commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st November, 1943.

Relinquishment

Pilot Officer Herbert Harry Sterling is permitted to relinquish his Air Training Corps Commission. Dated 1st January, 1944.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfers

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I :—

Dated 2nd June, 1944 : Squadron Leader William James Eglinton Vernon Grace.

Dated 15th May, 1944 : Flying Officer Frank Noel Cresswell.

Dated 29th May, 1944 : Flying Officer Evin Ross Curtis.

Corrigenda

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 39, dated 18th May, 1944, page 580, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Promotions”, relating to Flying Officer Francis Patrick Fearon, for “Dated 25th April, 1944”, read “Dated 15th April, 1944”.

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 38, dated 11th May, 1944, page 559, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments : As Wireless Operator/Air Gunner”, relating to NZ 42348 Flight Sergeant Richard Edward Alan Worth, for “Dated 14th April, 1944”, read Dated 14th March, 1944”.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Probation Officer appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 1st June, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Arrina Packer

to be Probation Officer for Women under the Offenders Probation Act, 1920, and the Crimes Amendment Acts, 1910 and 1920, for the Borough of Napier.

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

Members of the Howard Estate Advisory Board appointed.—
(Notice No. Ag. 4102)

Office of the Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 31st May, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased—
(1) in pursuance of subsection (2) of section 2 of the Howard Estate Amendment Act, 1927, and on the joint or other recommendation of the respective bodies mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of subsection (3) of the said section, to appoint

James Livingstone, Esquire,
Edward Averill, Esquire,
William Cuthbertson, Esquire, and
Wallace Anderson Tod, Esquire,

respectively, to be members of the Howard Estate Advisory Board; and (2) in pursuance of subsection (5) of the said section 2, to appoint

Harry Standley Rathbone, Esquire,

to be the representative on the said Board of the respective bodies mentioned in paragraph (e) of subsection (3) of the said section; and (3) in pursuance of section 3 of the said Act, to name

Edward Averill, Esquire,

to be Chairman of the said Board.

B. ROBERTS, Minister of Agriculture.