Aug. 3] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 947

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

Acting Wing Commander Richard Webb, D.F.C. (NZ 391853),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Gisborne.
Acting Squadron Leader Roy Oldfield Calvert, D.F.C. (NZ 404890),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Cambridge.
Acting Squadron Leader Wilfred Ronald Gellatly (NZ 40563),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.
Acting Squadron Leader Brian Montgomery Gilmour, D.F.C. (NZ
412224), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.
Acting Squadron Leader Cyril Keith Silcock, D.F.C. (NZ 411461),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Nelson.
Flight Lieutenant Ian Hugh Hanlon (NZ 404463), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.
Flight Lieutenant Arnold George Christensen (NZ 413380), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Hastings.
Flight Lieutenant Allan Henderson Smith (NZ 411947), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant William Charles Kingston Hender (NZ 412690),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Frank Colwyn Jones, D.F.C. (NZ 403606),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Ivan George Edward McPhail (NZ 402203),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Dunedin.
Acting Flight Lieutenant David Cameron Stewart (NZ 40990),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Dunedin.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Francis Charles Fox (NZ 40762), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Napier.
Flying Officer Leighton John Montgomerie (NZ 412377), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of New Plymouth.
Flying Officer Graham Arthur Bice (NZ 404131), Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of Auckland.
Flying Officer Roy Robert George Fisher (NZ 412671), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Cambridge.
Flying Officer Ronald Matherson Grant (NZ 413839), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.
Flying Officer Harold Dennis Holtom (NZ 403604), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Paekakariki.
Flying Officer James McLean Pearson (NZ 40986), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Greymouth.
Flying Officer Porokoru Patapu Pohe (NZ 402894), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Taihape.
Flying Officer Albert Prenter (NZ 42306), Royal New Zealand Air
Force, of Auckland.
Flying Officer Donald Winter Thomson, D.F.C. (NZ 41613), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Aria.
Flying Officer Walter Frank Morice (NZ 415708), Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay.
Flying Officer Leslie Samuel McQueen White (NZ 413919), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Gore.
Flying Officer Neville Douglas Freeman (NZ 412675), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Christchurch.
NZ 413265 Warrant Officer Douglas Evan McKenzie, Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Masterton.
NZ 412757 Flight Sergeant Albert Henry Sowerby, Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Johnsonville.
NZ 411653 Sergeant Sydney John Salt, Royal New Zealand Air
Force, of Belfast.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to give
orders for the publication in the London Gazette of the name of the
officer specially shown below as having received an expression of
Commendation for valuable service in the air :—

Flying Officer Ivor John McLachlan, D.F.M. (NZ 404390), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Award of Foreign Decorations

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 26th June, 1944.

HIS Majesty the King has granted unrestricted permission for
the wearing of the undermentioned decorations conferred on
the officers and airmen indicated, in recognition of valuable services
rendered in connection with the war :—

CONFERRED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Legion of Merit (Degree of Officer)

Acting Air Commodore Sidney Wallingford, C.B.E., A.D.C., p.s.a.
(NZ 1006), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Lower Hutt.
Acting Wing Commander Henry Campbell Walker, A.F.C. (NZ 1138),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Palmerston North.

Distinguished Flying Cross

Flight Lieutenant William Robert Browning Watson (NZ 1275),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.
Flying Officer Mortimer Tuke Vanderpump (NZ 40994), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Wairoa.
NZ 404919 Flight Sergeant John Emmett Miller, Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Waihi.

Air Medal

Flight Lieutenant Roy Currie Buchanan, D.F.C. (NZ 412199),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Mataura.
NZ 403992 Warrant Officer Alister Keith Saunders, Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Owaka, Otago.
Flying Officer George Eric Gudsell (NZ 411886), Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of Christchurch.
Flight Lieutenant Douglas Alexander Greig (NZ 1293), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant Sholto Russell Duncan (NZ 1307), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Nelson.
NZ 416137 Flight Sergeant Robert Alexander Martin, Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Te Puke.
Flying Officer Rex Alexander Weber (NZ 404979), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Picton.

CONFERRED BY THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT

Croix de Guerre (Belge)

Flying Officer Francis Emslie Hogg, D.F.C. (NZ 391383), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Masterton.

CONFERRED BY THE PROVISIONAL CZECHOSLOVAK GOVERNMENT

Czech Medal for Bravery

Acting Flight Lieutenant Thomas James Desmond Baber (NZ 39857),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

CONFERRED BY THE KING OF YUGOSLAVIA

Order of the Crown of Yugoslavia, Fifth Class

Flying Officer Samuel Jackson Madill (NZ 404395), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.
Flying Officer John Austin Henry Smith (NZ 402474), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Dannevirke.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

The Cargo Control Emergency Regulations 1942.—Appointment of
Member of Cargo Control Committee for the Port of Auckland

IN pursuance of the powers in that behalf conferred upon me by
the Cargo Control Emergency Regulations 1942, I, Patrick
Charles Webb, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint

Martin Felix Ferdinand Gembitsky

to be a member of the Cargo Control Committee for the Port of
Auckland, vice William Thomas Hornibrook.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of July, 1944.

P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour.

Trustee of the Wanganui Racecourse appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th July, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the
Wanganui and Rangitikei Racecourses Act, 1862, and the
Acts Interpretation Act, 1924, been pleased to appoint

Frederick Orlando Bridgeman

to be a trustee of the Wanganui Racecourse Reserve, in place of
Arthur Gorbell Bignell, deceased.

R. G. MACMORRAN, Under-Secretary for Lands.

(L. and S. 49712.)