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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 57

Appointments, Promotions, Reversion, Transfer, and Relinquishment
of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 30th June, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
approve the following appointments, promotions, reversion,
transfer, and relinquishment of officers of the Royal New Zealand
Air Force :—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments

As Pilots—

The undermentioned officers, on relinquishing their commissions
in the Reserve of Air Force Officers (United Kingdom), are granted
temporary commissions in the ranks shown :—

In the rank of Squadron Leader, with seniority as from 1st
July, 1943—
NZ 2266 Richard Charles YOUNG. Dated 1st January, 1944.

In the rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from 3rd
September, 1941—
NZ 2265 John Talbot STRANG. Dated 1st May, 1944.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the
rank of Pilot Officer :—

Dated 14th May, 1944—
NZ 414970 Warrant Officer Arthur James FAULKNER.

Dated 17th May, 1944—
NZ 426913 Flight Sergeant Mervyn Richard CROKER.

Dated 1st June, 1944—
NZ 413832 Warrant Officer John Corfe EVISON.
NZ 42388 Flight Sergeant Francis Edward FERRIER.
NZ 42410 Flight Sergeant Leslie Hunter JOLLY.
NZ 421020 Flight Sergeant Haydn CLARK.
NZ 421534 Flight Sergeant Richard Basil ROBERTON.
NZ 425748 Flight Sergeant Charles Morgan O’NEILL.
NZ 425909 Flight Sergeant Neville Leslie KELLY.
NZ 427366 Flight Sergeant Keith Frederick OUTTRIM.
NZ 429929 Flight Sergeant Walter Owen NICHOLSON.
NZ 4212702 Flight Sergeant Alfred Charles Linton
FORSBERG.
NZ 43903 Sergeant William Hoare WILSON.
NZC 433231 Sergeant Clarence James BERRYMAN.
NZC 433381 Sergeant Alexander Stuart TIE.
NZ 436611 Sergeant John Stanley GILLAM.

Dated 7th June, 1944—
NZ 421544 Flight Sergeant Frank Maxwell TIMMS.

Dated 13th June, 1944—
NZ 41517 Warrant Officer William Gordon McCONNOCHIE.

As Navigators—

Dated 1st June, 1944—
NZ 413151 Warrant Officer William John Lindsay TAYLOR.
NZ 437040 Warrant Officer Colin Sidney Fraser REID.
NZ 413915 Flight Sergeant Ronald WAKELIN.
NZ 422196 Flight Sergeant William James MARSHALL.

Dated 10th June, 1944—
NZ 2093 Basel Colmar CAMPBELL.
NZ 2094 Allan John Carson RUNCIMAN.
NZ 2095 John Buckhurst MIRAMS.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—

Dated 1st June, 1944—
NZ 402549 Warrant Officer Ronald Huia BADLAND.
NZ 403771 Warrant Officer Jack Clarence WEBB-PULL-
MAN.
NZ 404711 Warrant Officer Herbert Gaskell HORTON.
NZ 41165 Warrant Officer James Suvla Ross ROBERTSON.
NZ 41303 Warrant Officer Billie BODEN.
NZ 411353 Warrant Officer David William GRAY.
NZ 412465 Warrant Officer Ronald George VAUGHAN.
NZ 413242 Warrant Officer Robert Francis BAILEY.
NZ 414879 Warrant Officer Raymond John HOWELL.
NZ 403223 Flight Sergeant Roy Burt ANDERSON.
NZ 413263 Flight Sergeant Edward George LEATHAM.
NZ 413740 Flight Sergeant Robert Wilson CULLEN.
NZ 414866 Flight Sergeant Lawrence CURREEN.
NZ 414922 Flight Sergeant Harry FINCH.
NZ 414932 Flight Sergeant Frank William PEACOCK.

Dated 2nd June, 1944—
NZ 4213746 Sergeant Ronald Thomas SIM.
NZ 4213830 Sergeant Richard Leslie CROWE.

As Air Gunners—
Dated 1st June, 1944—
NZ 404064 Warrant Officer George Milton GREEN.
NZ 404065 Warrant Officer David William GRINDELL.

Promotions

The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (temp.) to be Acting
Squadron Leaders (paid) :—

Dated 12th June, 1944 : Mervyn Charles Pryce JONES.
Dated 26th June, 1944 : Donald Belton COLLIE.

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

Dated 1st May, 1944 : Spencer George RADFORD.
Dated 1st June, 1944 : George Cockburn ARKLEY.
Dated 12th June, 1944 : Keith Walter STARNES.
Dated 19th June, 1944 : Donald Miles HUTTON.

Reversion

Acting Flight Lieutenant Raymond Arthur HUSBAND reverts to
the rank of Flying Officer (temp.). Dated 12th June, 1944.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Transfer

Flying Officer Norman Kenneth PROCTOR is transferred from
the Equipment Branch, Section II, to the Administrative and
Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated
16th June, 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 November, 1943 : Raymond Selby WILLIAMS.
Dated 1st February, 1944 : Allan BELL.
Dated 1st March, 1944 : George Alexander MILLS.

Dated 1st April, 1944—
Launcelot Bobs GALBRAITH. William Josiah LOVE.
Charles Reuben George MASTERS.

Dated 1st May, 1944—
Herbert Thomas BRAILEY. Allan RUFFELL.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Douglas Warren RUSSELL is permitted to relin-
quish his Air Training Corps commission. Dated 1st June, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of the Teachers’ Superannuation Board appointed

Department of Education,
Wellington, 30th June, 1944.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-
General has been pleased to appoint

Alexander Ferguson McMurtrie, Esquire,

to be a member of the Teachers’ Superannuation Board as from the
1st July, 1944.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Education.

Medical Officer appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint

Douglas James Brown, Esquire, M.B., Ch.B.,

to be Medical Officer to the Arohata Borstal Institution, and Medical
Officer, under the Prisoners Detention Act, 1915, to the Arohata
Reformatory for Women.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Probation Officer appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 30th June, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint

Archibald Alexander Douglas

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

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint

Allen Wilfred Vickers

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District
of Waiapu, on and from the 12th day of June, 1944.

W. E. PARRY,
Minister in Charge of the Registrar-General’s Office.

Matakaoa County Commissioner appointed

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th June, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been
pleased, in terms of section 10 of the Local Legislation
Act, 1932–33, to appoint

Dawson Ernest Chrisp, Esquire,

to be Matakaoa County Commissioner for a period of three
months from the 28th June, 1944.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/33/1.)