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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 77

Dated 8th May, 1944—
NZ 411468 Flight Sergeant Walter Thomas Hales STRAHAN.

Dated 8th June, 1944—
NZ 42439 Warrant Officer Edgar Dugdale MOON.

Dated 19th June, 1944—
NZ 421772 Flight Sergeant Charles Frederick ROWE.

Dated 30th June, 1944—
NZ 424445 Flight Sergeant Clifford Walter FRANKLIN.

Dated 1st July, 1944—
NZ 427260 Flight Sergeant Ivan Robert CRAILL.
NZ 428070 Flight Sergeant Graham Spencer BAYLEY.
NZ 429180 Flight Sergeant Donald Wilson KIDD.
NZ 4211871 Sergeant Vernon Charles DUCKMANTON.
NZ 4213781 Sergeant Jack Lancelot CALLANDER.
NZ 4216668 Sergeant Henry Charles BROUGHAM.

Dated 10th July, 1944—
NZ 4210081 Flight Sergeant William Albert CRAIG.

Dated 11th July, 1944—
NZ 421712 Warrant Officer Robert Blakeman HEMMINGS.
NZ 421797 Warrant Officer Erin Jasper WALKER.

Dated 18th July, 1944—
NZ 425558 Flight Sergeant Eric Frank BUTLER.
NZ 421849 Flight Sergeant George STEWART.

Dated 29th July, 1944—
NZ 421822 Flight Sergeant Peter John TRAVERS.

As Navigators—
Dated 21st June, 1944—
NZ 414355 Warrant Officer Maurice STEVENS.

Dated 28th July, 1944—
NZ 436822 Sergeant Richard Walter BAUNTON.
NZ 434716 Sergeant Harry Harvey TOY.
NZ 438620 Sergeant Kenneth James REW.
NZ 432901 Sergeant Walter Bruce BUTLER.
NZ 431224 Sergeant John Langlois WELLINGTON.
NZ 4311073 Sergeant Peter Fordham BLACK.
NZ 4215147 Sergeant Ivan Thomas EDWARDS.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—
Dated 3rd July, 1944—
NZ 416687 Warrant Officer Cecil WRAY.

Dated 8th July, 1944—
NZ 416432 Warrant Officer Austen Geoffrey Trevallyn JONES.

Dated 22nd July, 1944—
NZ 426883 Flight Sergeant William ELVIN.

As Air Bombers—
Dated 2nd July, 1944—
NZ 421943 Flight Sergeant Keith SMITH.

Dated 12th July, 1944—
NZ 42817 Flight Sergeant Francis Geoffrey ROBB.

Dated 15th July, 1944—
NZ 421339 Flight Sergeant William Charles WILSON.

Dated 28th July, 1944—
NZ 432931 Sergeant Evan James DAWES.
NZC 433318 Sergeant Noel Ernest LILLEY.
NZC 4310778 Sergeant John Murray BLACK.
NZ 4216544 Sergeant Leonard Murray BOOT.
NZC 4310830 Sergeant John Geoffrey REVELL.
NZC 436017 Sergeant John WHATNALL.

As Air Gunners—
Dated 7th January, 1944—
NZ 411997 Flight Sergeant Thomas WHYTE.

Dated 1st July, 1944—
NZ 42343 Flight Sergeant James Arthur TROTT.

Dated 9th July, 1944—
NZ 416431 Warrant Officer Vincent Rex JAMIESON.

Dated 14th July, 1944—
NZ 42345 Warrant Officer Frank Edward WALKER.

Dated 15th July, 1944—
NZ 421311 Warrant Officer Thomas Dawsett AITKEN.

Promotions

Flying Officer Neil CORNISH to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 19th June, 1944.

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

Dated 7th August, 1944—
Desmond Fenwick NEVILLE.
John Stockdale LOCKYER.
Aitken Maxwell DAVIS, D.F.C.

Dated 9th August, 1944 : John William GERARD.

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

Dated 15th April, 1944 : Robert James Heseltine MCILRAITH.
Dated 19th May, 1944 : Joseph John DINGLE.

Dated 26th May, 1944—
Kenneth John GRAY. Peter Douglas KIDD.

Dated 3rd June, 1944 : John Henry Summerson MOFFITT.
Dated 18th June, 1944 : Vernon SIMMONDS.

Transfers

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the General Duties Branch in their present rank. Dated 28th July, 1944 :—

As Air Bombers—
Pilot Officer Derek Olsen TURNER.
Pilot Officer Ian Carl JOHANSON.
Pilot Officer Lawrence David COONEY.
Pilot Officer George Leslie GIBBON.

Transfer and Reversion

Flying Officer Raymond John HOGAN is transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the General Duties Branch (Air Bomber), and reverts to the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 28th July, 1944.

Reversion

Acting Squadron Leader Hugh Noel JAMES reverts to the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 25th July, 1944.

Reduction in Seniority

Flying Officer Frederick Hodgson MYERS was sentenced by General Court-martial to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flying Officer bore date the 18th July, 1944.

Cancellation

The entry in the New Zealand Gazette No. 35, dated 1st April, 1942, page 948, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Retirement”, relating to “Pilot Officer Arthur Clendon LONG”, is cancelled.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Amendment

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 53, dated 15th July, 1944, page 777, under the heading “Medical Branch—Relinquishment”, relating to “Flight Lieutenant William Hanron REID”, is amended to read “Dated 15th July, 1943”.

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 December, 1943 : Matthew Arthur THOMSON.
Dated 1st January, 1944 : Herbert William BURROWS.

Dated 1st May, 1944—
Godfrey William ALLEN. George John William ALLEN.

Dated 1st June, 1944—
Vernon Edward MEACLEM. Alan Douglas STEWART.
Noel Howard WHITE.

Dated 1st July, 1944 : Arthur Redfern WEBB.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Transfer

Assistant Section Officer Dorothy Irene MCKENZIE is transferred from the Reserve to the Active List. Dated 17th July, 1944.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfers

Flight Lieutenant George Maxwell DAVIES, D.F.C., is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I. Dated 17th August, 1944.

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

Dated 12th August, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant Edward Hindmarsh GARRICK.
Dated 14th August, 1944 : Flying Officer Eric Walter WAGSTAFF.
Dated 21st August, 1944 : Flying Officer William Francis HAYES.
Dated 22nd August, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant Henry Peter RASMUSSEN.
Dated 26th August, 1944 : Flying Officer Edward Albert LETCHFORD.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE SECTION

Flight Officer Alice Rachel SINCLAIR-THOMSON is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve. Dated 17th August, 1944.

Corrigendum

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 67, dated 3rd August, 1944, page 945, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments”, for “NZ 2284 Henry Anselm STRATTON”, read “NZ 2284 Hector Anselm STRATTON”.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th August, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John McCarthy, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waipawa, vice Robert McLean, deceased.

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