New Zealand Gazette – 1944 – No. 74

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✨ Military Appointments and Promotions



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 74

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 17th August, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, promotions, reduction, transfers, and relinquishment 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 12th April, 1944—
NZ 416493 Flight Sergeant Christopher Damer HOLT.

Dated 7th May, 1944—
NZ 417060 Flight Sergeant Maurice Leslie HOLLAND.

Dated 15th May, 1944—
NZ 42465 Flight Sergeant Sydney John SHORT.
NZ 421783 Flight Sergeant John Harry STAFFORD.

Dated 16th May, 1944—
NZ 413472 Flight Sergeant Edwin Walter John POWE.

Dated 17th May, 1944—
NZ 422410 Flight Sergeant Thomas Chamney JONES.

Dated 1st June, 1944—
NZ 413891 Flight Sergeant John Robert PRYDE.
NZ 421053 Flight Sergeant Donald Fraser HOLDER.
NZ 413053 Warrant Officer Alan Vernon FREWER.

Dated 9th June, 1944—
NZ 39589 Warrant Officer Henare Whakatau URU.
NZ 42393 Warrant Officer Douglas Hamilton GRAHAM.

Dated 17th June, 1944—
NZ 413008 Warrant Officer Eric Sydney ARKINSTALL.

Dated 22nd June, 1944—
NZ 424413 Flight Sergeant Robert George Ivan BLACKETT.
NZ 421399 Flight Sergeant Noel Varley SPANHAKE.

Dated 24th June, 1944—
NZ 415303 Flight Sergeant Lionel Oscar EDWARDS.

Dated 28th June, 1944—
NZ 424524 Flight Sergeant Alfred Gordon RUSSELL.

Dated 30th June, 1944—
NZ 415283 Warrant Officer William Reginald BIRDLING.
NZC 427073 Flight Sergeant Wallace Vernon BUXTON.

Dated 3rd July, 1944—
NZ 421790 Warrant Officer John Philip TARBUCK.

Dated 13th July, 1944—
NZ 417081 Warrant Officer Patrick John McVERRY.

As Navigators—
Dated 2nd June, 1944—
NZ 39982 Warrant Officer James Trevor AYTON.

Dated 2nd July, 1944—
NZ 405348 Warrant Officer Maurice Newton WALKER.

Dated 4th July, 1944—
NZ 427183 Flight Sergeant Lionel Basil BRIGGS.

Dated 12th July, 1944—
NZ 413299 Flight Sergeant Ronald Callender McMILLAN.

Dated 14th July, 1944—
NZC 437314 Sergeant Douglas John McCALL.
NZ 436710 Sergeant David Allan THOM.
NZC 433257 Sergeant Thomas Noel ELLERY.
NZC 433215 Sergeant David Allen ANDERSON.
NZ 4215084 Sergeant Ralph Arnold BRAY.
NZ 4210236 Sergeant Charles Andrew MORONEY.
NZ 431199 Sergeant John OSBORNE.
NZ 4215246 Sergeant Stephen Jack HILLS.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—
Dated 20th June, 1944—
NZ 403011 Warrant Officer Jack JONES.

Dated 12th July, 1944—
NZ 413760 Warrant Officer Ronald Robert KERSEY.

Dated 14th July, 1944—
NZ 436272 Sergeant Ronald Maddox Hector WEBBER.
NZ 431445 Sergeant Arthur Edward JENVEY.
NZC 433259 Sergeant John Barry FORD.
NZ 424779 Sergeant John Anthony Mason HASTINGS.
NZ 4213779 Sergeant Bryan Edward BELTON.

As Air Bombers—
Dated 16th June, 1944—
NZ 427210 Flight Sergeant Mervyn Charles HOLLARD.

Dated 14th July, 1944—
NZ 4214045 Sergeant David Vincent BARRY.
NZ 4211825 Sergeant Maurice Ian BISHOP.
NZ 439367 Sergeant Eric Morrison JONES.

As Air Gunner—
Dated 14th July, 1944—
NZ 425229 Sergeant Jack BUTTERWORTH.

Promotions

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

Dated 1st January, 1944—
John Noble MACKENZIE, D.F.C. Alan Antill GAWITH, D.F.C.
Ian Ronald GOW.

Dated 6th June, 1944 : Reginald William BAKER, D.F.C.

Dated 1st July, 1944—
Basil Llewellyn WATKIN. Peter Sidley ANDERSON.

Dated 2nd July, 1944 : Stephen Delancy WATTS, D.S.O., D.F.C.

Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Douglas Walter COCKS to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.) and to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 1st July, 1944.

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

Dated 10th June, 1944 : William Lister MILLER.
Dated 13th June, 1944 : Bruce Gibb JOHNSTON (NZ 403150).

Dated 19th June, 1944—
William Paul Nevill CLARKE. John Colin VOWLES.

Dated 22nd June, 1944—
Brian Mark Livingstone TAPLEY. James Menzies SMITH, D.F.C.

Dated 26th June, 1944—
Frank Desmond WIN. Harold Grey DOHERTY.

Dated 28th June, 1944 : Richard Stansfield Derek KEARNS, D.F.C., D.F.M.

Dated 30th June, 1944—
John Donald RAE, D.F.C. Edward Haines BEABLE.
Graham Henry FISH.

Dated 2nd July, 1944—
Arthur Gibson OSBORNE. Noel Ainsley CRESSWELL, D.F.C.

Dated 3rd July, 1944—
Richard Maitland SINGER. Frederick James Malcolm PALMER.
James Roy CULLEN. Roland John CAMMOCK.
John Loftus SHANAHAN.

Dated 4th July, 1944 : Thomas Gilbert SULLIVAN.

Dated 7th July, 1944—
Warren Edward SCHRADER, D.F.C. Hugh Colin KIMPTON.

Dated 17th July, 1944 : Thomas Erskine NEAVE.

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

Dated 20th May, 1943 : Alastair Grant CLEARY.
Dated 28th November, 1943 : Luke BARNES.
Dated 23rd March, 1944 : George Saunders MCDONALD.
Dated 6th April, 1944 : George Archibald GREGORY.
Dated 17th April, 1944 : George Douglas LISTER.

Dated 19th April, 1944—
Ernest Harry ANDREWS. James BAYLY.

Dated 1st May, 1944 : Adam Park CHISHOLM.
Dated 12th May, 1944 : Robert Ranui BRADSHAW.
Dated 16th May, 1944 : Maxwell Roy HARWOOD.
Dated 26th May, 1944 : Francis Hamilton TIPPING.
Dated 29th May, 1944 : Cedric Roland HOGAN.
Dated 7th June, 1944 : Graham Thomas GOLLINS.
Dated 8th June, 1944 : William Walter D’Arcy BRAIN.
Dated 9th June, 1944 : Albert George CHATFIELD.
Dated 10th June, 1944 : Peter GRANT.
Dated 13th June, 1944 : Joseph Ronald VERITY.
Dated 14th June, 1944 : Maurice JOHNSTON.

Dated 16th June, 1944—
John Eustace JOHNSTON. Raymond Jack DANZEY.
Thomas Dennison ALTY. Kevin McCARTHY.
Robert James WALLACE. George Richard McLAREN.

Dated 17th June, 1944 : Edward William Francis CLARKE.

Dated 19th June, 1944—
Lawrence Edward DOVEY. Richard Colin FLOWER.

Dated 20th June, 1944—
Claude Leslie GARNER. Hugh WYLLIE.

Dated 21st June, 1944—
Francis Harold TURNER. Jack EMANUEL.

Dated 23rd June, 1944—
Trevor Ernest WOODFIELD. Russell James SCOTT.
John Joseph LEECH. Herbert Patrick CREAN.
Reginald John SLY. Daniel Benjamin KENNEDY.
Royden Matthews JARRETT. Irvine Gordon MARTIN.
Joseph Ian JOLLEY. Walter Raymond Riggall NEAVE.
Jack Wilfrid PEAKE. Christopher James VALLANCE.
Allan Atholstan GERRIE. Noel Philip FIELDING.
Charles Laurence BROOMFIELD. Donald GORDON.
John Kendall MORRISON. Robert Ernest KENNEDY.
Edward Ralph PLOWMAN. Alexander Caithness MITCHELL.
Maurice James CRUTHERS. Owen Dallas PRATT.
Robert William HODGSON. William Francis GARLICK.
Bruce Fredric SCOTT. Neville Ernest FREHNER.
Frederick Sinclair WILKINSON.

Dated 24th June, 1944—
Gordon Morris COLDICOTT. John Plumer WALKER.
Edward Francis FENNESSY. John Douglas MCPHAIL.

Dated 27th June, 1944—
Brian Bartholomew GASCOIGNE. Thomas Frederick COLLERTON.

Dated 28th June, 1944—
Robert Ellis ROBINSON. Reginald Edward SKEEN.



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🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, Reduction, Transfers, and Relinquishment of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

🛡️ Defence & Military
17 August 1944
Military appointments, promotions, transfers, Royal New Zealand Air Force
141 names identified
  • Christopher Damer Holt, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Maurice Leslie Holland, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Sydney John Short, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Harry Stafford, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Edwin Walter John Powe, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Thomas Chamney Jones, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Robert Pryde, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Donald Fraser Holder, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Alan Vernon Frewer, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Henare Whakatau Uru, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Douglas Hamilton Graham, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Eric Sydney Arkinstall, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Robert George Ivan Blackett, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Noel Varley Spanhake, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Lionel Oscar Edwards, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Alfred Gordon Russell, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William Reginald Birdling, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Wallace Vernon Buxton, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Philip Tarbuck, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Patrick John McVerry, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Trevor Ayton, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Maurice Newton Walker, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Lionel Basil Briggs, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ronald Callender McMillan, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Douglas John McCall, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • David Allan Thom, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Thomas Noel Ellery, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • David Allen Anderson, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ralph Arnold Bray, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Charles Andrew Moroney, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Osborne, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Stephen Jack Hills, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Jack Jones, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ronald Robert Kersey, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ronald Maddox Hector Webber, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Arthur Edward Jenvey, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Barry Ford, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Anthony Mason Hastings, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Bryan Edward Belton, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Mervyn Charles Hollard, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • David Vincent Barry, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Maurice Ian Bishop, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Eric Morrison Jones, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Jack Butterworth, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Noble Mackenzie, Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Alan Antill Gawith, Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Ian Ronald Gow, Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Reginald William Baker, Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Basil Llewellyn Watkin, Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Peter Sidley Anderson, Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Stephen Delancy Watts, Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Douglas Walter Cocks, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant and Acting Squadron Leader
  • William Lister Miller, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Bruce Gibb Johnston, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • William Paul Nevill Clarke, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Colin Vowles, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Brian Mark Livingstone Tapley, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • James Menzies Smith, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Frank Desmond Win, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Harold Grey Doherty, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Richard Stansfield Derek Kearns, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Donald Rae, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Edward Haines Beable, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Graham Henry Fish, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Arthur Gibson Osborne, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Noel Ainsley Cresswell, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Richard Maitland Singer, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Frederick James Malcolm Palmer, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • James Roy Cullen, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Roland John Cammock, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Loftus Shanahan, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Thomas Gilbert Sullivan, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Warren Edward Schrader, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Hugh Colin Kimpton, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Thomas Erskine Neave, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Alastair Grant Cleary, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Luke Barnes, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Saunders McDonald, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Archibald Gregory, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Douglas Lister, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ernest Harry Andrews, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Bayly, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Adam Park Chisholm, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Ranui Bradshaw, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maxwell Roy Harwood, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Francis Hamilton Tipping, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Cedric Roland Hogan, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Graham Thomas Gollins, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Walter D’Arcy Brain, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Albert George Chatfield, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Peter Grant, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Joseph Ronald Verity, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maurice Johnston, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Eustace Johnston, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Raymond Jack Danzey, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Thomas Dennison Alty, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Kevin McCarthy, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert James Wallace, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Richard McLaren, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Edward William Francis Clarke, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Lawrence Edward Dovey, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Richard Colin Flower, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Claude Leslie Garner, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Hugh Wyllie, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Francis Harold Turner, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Jack Emanuel, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Trevor Ernest Woodfield, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Russell James Scott, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Joseph Leech, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Herbert Patrick Crean, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Reginald John Sly, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Daniel Benjamin Kennedy, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Royden Matthews Jarrett, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Irvine Gordon Martin, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Joseph Ian Jolley, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Walter Raymond Riggall Neave, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Jack Wilfrid Peake, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Christopher James Vallance, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Allan Atholstan Gerrie, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Noel Philip Fielding, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Charles Laurence Broomfield, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald Gordon, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Kendall Morrison, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Ernest Kennedy, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Edward Ralph Plowman, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alexander Caithness Mitchell, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maurice James Cruthers, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Owen Dallas Pratt, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert William Hodgson, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Francis Garlick, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Bruce Fredric Scott, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Neville Ernest Frehner, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Frederick Sinclair Wilkinson, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Gordon Morris Coldicott, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Plumer Walker, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Edward Francis Fennessy, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Douglas McPhail, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Brian Bartholomew Gascoigne, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Thomas Frederick Collerton, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Ellis Robinson, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Reginald Edward Skeen, Promoted to Flying Officer