New Zealand Gazette – 1944 – No. 71

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✨ Military Appointments and Promotions

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 71

Dated 20th May, 1944—

David William BARR.
Kenneth Frederick MEHRTENS.
Frederick Claude SAUNDERS.
Wilfred George NEWFIELD.
Russell Speedy MABIN.
Marshall David MERCER.
James Preston DAVIES.
Patrick William Garry MILLTON.
Victor Jack MORTENSEN.

Edward Durning HOLT.
Trevor CHEETHAM.
Robert Eric GAWLER.
John Gilbert MATTHEWS.
David Heathcote GARLAND.
Howard Percival WHITLOCK.
Allen Mervyn JOHNS.
Colin Campbell GOTLIEB.

NZ 437829 A.C. 1 Edward Hartley EVERETT.
NZ 36125 Warrant Officer Ronald Alfred JOHNSON.
NZ 402471 Sergeant Wallace HONEYFIELD.
NZ 391200 Flight Sergeant John Slingsby BARRAUD.
NZ 4217276 Corporal Bertram Matthew WILMSHURST.
NZ 421317 L.A.C. Allan James CARSON.
NZ 415646 Sergeant Arthur Lionel JOHNSTON.
NZ 417330 Sergeant Noel Leo FIELD.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I : EQUIPMENT OFFICERS
Appointments

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the
rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 28th May, 1944:—

Equipment Duties—
NZ 391582 Flight Sergeant Colin George KIRKWOOD.
NZ 37103 Flight Sergeant Neville Alan MILLAR.
NZ 40291 Acting Flight Sergeant William James BROWN.
NZ 391080 Sergeant Brian George WHITEHOUSE.
NZ 39739 Sergeant Bernard Frederick James BEU.
NZ 40705 Sergeant Adam STEIN.
NZ 412070 Acting-Sergeant Donald Stuart ARKLE.

Accountant Duties—
NZ 425120 Corporal Thomas Edward ROFF.
NZ 391182 Flight Sergeant Ivan Charles John LAUGHTON.
NZ 39792 Sergeant Halford William MEYER.
NZ 426569 Corporal Reginald Wilson SADD.
NZ 39794 Flight Sergeant Edward John PRENDEVILLE.
NZ 423808 Corporal Maurice George CATRAN.
NZ 411182 Corporal John Haldane CAMPBELL.
NZ 401554 Sergeant David KIRKCALDIE.

Promotions

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers
(temp.) :—

Equipment Duties—
Dated 1st November, 1943: Wesley Leonard JACOBSEN.
Dated 25th May, 1944—
Frederick George PEACOCK.
Lincoln Francis WARREN.
John Victor LILL.
Henry Esmond CUNDELL.
Samuel Walter JANES.

Accountant Duties—
Dated 25th May, 1944—
Cyril Douglas PEDERSEN.
George Ernest FINERAN.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS
Appointments

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the
rank of Flying Officer. Dated 28th May, 1944:—

Engineer Duties—
NZ 437020 Warrant Officer David Edward HERON.
NZ 34156 Warrant Officer Hubert Alfred FARRAR.
NZ 391160 Warrant Officer Huia Ivan HAWKINS.
NZ 36109 Warrant Officer Philip Mills ANKER.
NZ 37218 Warrant Officer John REES.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the
rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 28th May, 1944:—

NZ 37177 Warrant Officer Sherard Toon.
NZ 39026 Flight Sergeant Allan John LOCKHART.
NZ 438001 Acting Warrant Officer Donald David BEATTIE.
NZ 39124 Acting Warrant Officer David Benjamin BROOK.
NZ 391590 Warrant Officer Eric Francis BROWN.
NZ 37148 Warrant Officer James McArthur Anzac GRANT.
NZ 39734 Warrant Officer Allan Thomas Lloyd SMITH.

Promotions

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers
(temp.) :—

Engineer Duties—
Dated 1st May, 1944: Ralph Crowther JONES.

Signals Duties—
Dated 25th May, 1944—
John Haslett HANNAN.
Thomas Stanley CARTER.
Jack Dudley ODELL.
Esdaile George BROWN.

Radar Duties—
Dated 25th May, 1944.
Grahame Hardimont STEWART.
Frank Foster EVISON.
James Edgar DEAN.
James Alexander CLOUSTON.

Armament Duties—
Dated 25th May, 1944: Sidney William LANE.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the
rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 28th May, 1944:—

NZ 403825 Flight Sergeant George Thomas BEBAN.
NZ 391237 Flight Sergeant Norman Keith DAVIDSON.
NZ 403956 Flight Sergeant Allan Leopold FLYGER.
NZ 391204 Flight Sergeant Douglas Haswell VAHRY.

Promotions

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers
(temp.) :—

Harold Emanuel PRIEST.
John Douglas HYDE.
Thomas Kenneth FRASER.
Donald William McLAREN.
Harvey Lowry CAMPBELL.

Victor William Stapleton CAULTON.
David Addison RUSSELL.
Frederic William SMITH.
Albert George ANDERSON.
Russell Alan PACKARD.

Dated 3rd May, 1944—

John Charles BONHAM.
Frank William TERRY.
Harold Gordon HUNT.
Graham Wallace DELAMORE.
Alan Marwood PATTERSON.
Trevor William MARTIN.
Alexander John DICKSON.

Clifton Shirley PARKER.
Lancelot Douglas James WHATMAN.
Leo Richard BEDGOOD.
Raymond Frederick SHORT.
Cyril William HOSKIN.
James Alfred McBRIE.
William Richard SMART.

EDUCATIONAL SECTION
Appointment

NZ 43366 L.A.C. William Charles McGregor JESS is granted a
temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 28th
May, 1944.

Promotion

Pilot Officer Kenneth Purnell ANDREWS to be Flying Officer
(temp.). Dated 25th May, 1944.

MEDICAL BRANCH
Promotions

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

Dated 1st June, 1944—
James Raymond NORRIS, M.B., Ch.B.
Lionel Arthur SCRIVIN, M.B., Ch.B.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Promotions

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

Dated 1st March, 1944—
Shelagh Ralston JULIUS.
Alice Rachel SINCLAIR-THOMSON.

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

Dated 1st March, 1944—
Winifred Prebble SMITH.
Nadine Harman PATERSON.

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

William Kenneth McILROY is granted an Air Training Corps
commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st June, 1944.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their
Air Training Corps commissions:—

Dated 31st May, 1944: Flight Lieutenant Claude Wilfred
BATTEN.
Dated 1st June, 1944: Flight Lieutenant Frederick Sydney
AVENT.

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 29th July, 1944: Flying Officer Harold James EVANS.
Dated 24th June, 1944: Pilot Officer John Rayner SANDLE.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Members of the Flax Plan Industrial Committee
under the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936

PURSUANT to section 10 of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936,
I, Daniel Giles Sullivan, Minister of Industries and Commerce,
do hereby appoint Alexander Iain Macdonald, Flaxmiller, Waikuku,
to be a member of the Flax Plan Industrial Committee appointed
by notice dated the 13th day of January, 1938, in lieu of Ronald
Macdonald, resigned.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 11th day of August,
1944.

D. G. SULLIVAN,
Minister of Industries and Commerce.

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🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Relinquishments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (continued from previous page)

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated20 May 1944
KeywordsAir Force Appointments, Promotions, General Duties Branch, Pilots, Navigators, Wireless Operator/Air Gunners, Air Bombers, Air Gunner
👱🏽 Names

111 names identified

David William BARR, Appointed Pilot Officer
Kenneth Frederick MEHRTENS, Appointed Pilot Officer
Frederick Claude SAUNDERS, Appointed Pilot Officer
Wilfred George NEWFIELD, Appointed Pilot Officer
Russell Speedy MABIN, Appointed Pilot Officer
Marshall David MERCER, Appointed Pilot Officer
James Preston DAVIES, Appointed Pilot Officer
Patrick William Garry MILLTON, Appointed Pilot Officer
Victor Jack MORTENSEN, Appointed Pilot Officer
Edward Durning HOLT, Appointed Pilot Officer
Trevor CHEETHAM, Appointed Pilot Officer
Robert Eric GAWLER, Appointed Pilot Officer
John Gilbert MATTHEWS, Appointed Pilot Officer
David Heathcote GARLAND, Appointed Pilot Officer
Howard Percival WHITLOCK, Appointed Pilot Officer
Allen Mervyn JOHNS, Appointed Pilot Officer
Colin Campbell GOTLIEB, Appointed Pilot Officer
Edward Hartley EVERETT, Appointed Pilot Officer
Ronald Alfred JOHNSON (Warrant Officer), Appointed Pilot Officer
Wallace HONEYFIELD (Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
John Slingsby BARRAUD (Flight Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Bertram Matthew WILMSHURST (Corporal), Appointed Pilot Officer
Allan James CARSON (L.A.C.), Appointed Pilot Officer
Arthur Lionel JOHNSTON (Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Noel Leo FIELD (Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Colin George KIRKWOOD (Flight Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Neville Alan MILLAR (Flight Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
William James BROWN (Acting Flight Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Brian George WHITEHOUSE (Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Bernard Frederick James BEU (Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Adam STEIN (Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Donald Stuart ARKLE (Acting-Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Thomas Edward ROFF (Corporal), Appointed Pilot Officer
Ivan Charles John LAUGHTON (Flight Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Halford William MEYER (Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Reginald Wilson SADD (Corporal), Appointed Pilot Officer
Edward John PRENDEVILLE (Flight Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Maurice George CATRAN (Corporal), Appointed Pilot Officer
John Haldane CAMPBELL (Corporal), Appointed Pilot Officer
David KIRKCALDIE (Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Wesley Leonard JACOBSEN, Promoted to Flying Officer
Frederick George PEACOCK, Promoted to Flying Officer
Lincoln Francis WARREN, Promoted to Flying Officer
John Victor LILL, Promoted to Flying Officer
Henry Esmond CUNDELL, Promoted to Flying Officer
Samuel Walter JANES, Promoted to Flying Officer
Cyril Douglas PEDERSEN, Promoted to Flying Officer
George Ernest FINERAN, Promoted to Flying Officer
David Edward HERON (Warrant Officer), Appointed Flying Officer
Hubert Alfred FARRAR (Warrant Officer), Appointed Flying Officer
Huia Ivan HAWKINS (Warrant Officer), Appointed Flying Officer
Philip Mills ANKER (Warrant Officer), Appointed Flying Officer
John REES (Warrant Officer), Appointed Flying Officer
Sherard TOON (Warrant Officer), Appointed Pilot Officer
Allan John LOCKHART (Flight Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Donald David BEATTIE (Acting Warrant Officer), Appointed Pilot Officer
David Benjamin BROOK (Acting Warrant Officer), Appointed Pilot Officer
Eric Francis BROWN (Warrant Officer), Appointed Pilot Officer
James McArthur Anzac GRANT (Warrant Officer), Appointed Pilot Officer
Allan Thomas Lloyd SMITH (Warrant Officer), Appointed Pilot Officer
Ralph Crowther JONES, Promoted to Flying Officer
John Haslett HANNAN, Promoted to Flying Officer
Thomas Stanley CARTER, Promoted to Flying Officer
Jack Dudley ODELL, Promoted to Flying Officer
Esdaile George BROWN, Promoted to Flying Officer
Grahame Hardimont STEWART, Promoted to Flying Officer
Frank Foster EVISON, Promoted to Flying Officer
James Edgar DEAN, Promoted to Flying Officer
James Alexander CLOUSTON, Promoted to Flying Officer
Sidney William LANE, Promoted to Flying Officer
George Thomas BEBAN (Flight Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Norman Keith DAVIDSON (Flight Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Allan Leopold FLYGER (Flight Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Douglas Haswell VAHRY (Flight Sergeant), Appointed Pilot Officer
Harold Emanuel PRIEST, Promoted to Flying Officer
John Douglas HYDE, Promoted to Flying Officer
Thomas Kenneth FRASER, Promoted to Flying Officer
Donald William McLAREN, Promoted to Flying Officer
Harvey Lowry CAMPBELL, Promoted to Flying Officer
Victor William Stapleton CAULTON, Promoted to Flying Officer
David Addison RUSSELL, Promoted to Flying Officer
Frederic William SMITH, Promoted to Flying Officer
Albert George ANDERSON, Promoted to Flying Officer
Russell Alan PACKARD, Promoted to Flying Officer
John Charles BONHAM, Promoted to Flying Officer
Frank William TERRY, Promoted to Flying Officer
Harold Gordon HUNT, Promoted to Flying Officer
Graham Wallace DELAMORE, Promoted to Flying Officer
Alan Marwood PATTERSON, Promoted to Flying Officer
Trevor William MARTIN, Promoted to Flying Officer
Alexander John DICKSON, Promoted to Flying Officer
Clifton Shirley PARKER, Promoted to Flying Officer
Lancelot Douglas James WHATMAN, Promoted to Flying Officer
Leo Richard BEDGOOD, Promoted to Flying Officer
Raymond Frederick SHORT, Promoted to Flying Officer
Cyril William HOSKIN, Promoted to Flying Officer
James Alfred McBRIE, Promoted to Flying Officer
William Richard SMART, Promoted to Flying Officer
William Charles McGregor JESS (L.A.C.), Appointed Pilot Officer
Kenneth Purnell ANDREWS, Promoted to Flying Officer
James Raymond NORRIS (M.B., Ch.B.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
Lionel Arthur SCRIVIN (M.B., Ch.B.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
Shelagh Ralston JULIUS, Promoted to Acting Squadron Officer
Alice Rachel SINCLAIR-THOMSON, Promoted to Acting Squadron Officer
Winifred Prebble SMITH, Promoted to Acting Flight Officer
Nadine Harman PATERSON, Promoted to Acting Flight Officer
William Kenneth McILROY, Appointed Pilot Officer
Claude Wilfred BATTEN (Flight Lieutenant), Relinquished Air Training Corps commission
Frederick Sydney AVENT (Flight Lieutenant), Relinquished Air Training Corps commission
Harold James EVANS (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
John Rayner SANDLE (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers

👩‍💼 Officials

F. JONES, Minister of Defence

🏭 Appointment of Members of the Flax Plan Industrial Committee

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated11 August 1944
KeywordsFlax Plan Industrial Committee, Appointment, Industrial Efficiency Act
👱🏽 Names

Alexander Iain Macdonald, Appointed member of Flax Plan Industrial Committee
Ronald Macdonald, Resigned from Flax Plan Industrial Committee

👩‍💼 Officials

Daniel Giles Sullivan, Minister of Industries and Commerce

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