New Zealand Gazette – 1944 – No. 78

Page 1095

✨ Military Promotions and Appointments



SEPT. 7] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1095

Dated 11th July, 1944—
NZ 427543 Flight Sergeant Raymond Arthur CUMBER-
PATCH.
NZ 425914 Flight Sergeant John Rees LAYTON.
Dated 13th July, 1944—
NZ 426054 Flight Sergeant Kenneth MANGOS.
NZ 426049 Flight Sergeant George David LEAN.
NZ 421372 Flight Sergeant Maurice Leonard HUNT.
Dated 14th July, 1944—
NZ 414624 Warrant Officer Rex Clarke HILL.
Dated 16th July, 1944—
NZ 425796 Flight Sergeant John Stone MARRIS.
NZ 422445 Flight Sergeant Eric Ian WATERS.
Dated 17th July, 1944—
NZ 4211684 Flight Sergeant Eric Alfred WHITWORTH.
Dated 18th July, 1944—
NZ 42819 Flight Sergeant Douglas George TWIDLE.
NZ 427514 Flight Sergeant Roland Stanley BISHOP.
NZ 428588 Flight Sergeant Douglas James GAPES.
Dated 19th July, 1944—
NZ 428001 Flight Sergeant John LAWRIE.
Dated 22nd July, 1944—
NZC 427055 Flight Sergeant Alexander Dunbar SIMPSON.
Dated 1st August, 1944—
NZ 403281 Warrant Officer Eric Desmond McCABE.

As Navigator—
Dated 20th May, 1944—
NZ 425211 Flight Sergeant Jeffery Alexander MILLAR.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—
Dated 16th May, 1944—
NZ 405481 Warrant Officer Clifford Hector GILBERTSON.
Dated 28th July, 1944—
NZC 4213423 Sergeant Morice Edwin JONES.
NZ 4216207 Sergeant Douglas James MORELAND.
NZ 4212492 Sergeant Nigel Colin MCKENZIE.

As Air Gunner—
Dated 1st July, 1944—
NZ 424990 Warrant Officer James Murray McNAUGHTON.

Promotions
Flight Lieutenant Richard WEBB, D.S.O., D.F.C., to be
Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 3rd June, 1944.
Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Jesse Julius de
WILLIMOFF, D.F.C., to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.), and to be
Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 7th August, 1944.
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (temp.) to be Acting
Squadron Leaders (paid) :—
Dated 19th July, 1944 : Guyon Moncrieff ROBERTSON.
Dated 9th August, 1944 : Peter Robert MCNAB.
Dated 16th August, 1944 : Donald Percy WINSTONE.
Flying Officer (temp.) Arthur Frederick TUCKER to be Acting
Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 14th July, 1944.
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants
(temp.) :—
Dated 12th July, 1944—
Horace George COPLAND. Allan Govan RUSSELL.
Dated 17th July, 1944 : Trevor Frank HENDERSON.
Dated 18th July, 1944—
Duncan MacDonald Brownell Edward Noel HOLDING.
CHURCH. Neal Aubrey WARD, D.F.C.
Dated 20th July, 1944—
Victor Charles VIGGERS, D.F.C. Kenneth Stuart LEIGH.
William Armstrong RICHARDSON. Walter Hughes WASEY.
Patrick Joseph MURPHY.
Dated 21st July, 1944—
Charles Stanley MATHERS. Andrew Samuel KRONFELD.
Dated 22nd July, 1944 : David Ronald STEWART, D.F.M.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers
(temp.) :—
Dated 30th January, 1944 : Charles Wallace BERESFORD.
Dated 3rd March, 1944 : Edward George PATERSON.
Dated 9th April, 1944 : Thomas Henry COCKERILL.
Dated 21st April, 1944 : Keith Milton FARQUHAR.
Dated 27th June, 1944 : Lionel Moran WARD.
Dated 10th July, 1944 : Arthur Russell YOUNG.
Dated 11th July, 1944—
Frederick Percival WALKER. George Tayler KINNELL.
Dated 14th July, 1944—
Lloyd Miller NOBLE. Leslie Robert BOLTON.
John Robert GRANT. Ronald Charles NOICE.
Percival Vivian WEBBER. Arthur Norman ADLAM.
Kenneth William Rathbride Harold Rae COSTLEY.
MITCHELL. Lancelot Osgood WAUGH.
Ivan Thomas YANOVICH. Kenneth Ralph PHILP.
Frank Wayland GILBERT. Morris Hinkson MEE.
James MATHESON. Kevin Robert KELLY.
Frank Ernest PREBBLE.
Dated 15th July, 1944 : Frank Fordon HILDRETH.
Dated 16th July, 1944 : Drummond Blair LIVINGSTONE.

Dated 17th July, 1944—
Maxwell Albert NOLAN. James ARCHIBALD.
Julian Robert ADAMS. Malcolm Joseph STEEL.
Dick Woodhouse LEE. Colin Hayes HENRY.
Trevor George WILSON. George Edwin Charles READE.
Dated 18th July, 1944—
John Trevor STEELE. Cecil Frank HAWKER.
Donald Stuart LEIGHTON. Albert Reginald READ.
Dated 19th July, 1944—
Ernest Norman LEECH. John LLOYD.
Cyril Francis KEEFE. Edward Charles HOCKING.
Dated 20th July, 1944—
Alfred James DOWNEY. Harry Edward MARK.
John David REID. Brian Joseph RITCHIE.
James Ralph CROAWELL.
Dated 21st July, 1944—
Sidney Frederick PARLATO. John Sebastian HULENA.
Dated 22nd July, 1944—
Louis Packer BROWN. John Patrick HEARSEY.
Geoffrey Allan YANDLE.
Dated 23rd July, 1944—
Douglas Ellwood HAWKER. John Cameron CORSON.
Owen Patrick Fewster TAYLOR. Raymond George NORTON.
Albert James OSBORNE.
Dated 25th July, 1944 : James Horton MCKINNON.

Reductions in Seniority
Flight Lieutenant Robert Henry BLYTH, D.F.C., was sentenced
by General Court-martial to take rank and precedence as if his
appointment as Flight Lieutenant bore date the 27th May, 1944.
Flying Officer Pax Gilbert Frank SMITH, D.F.M., was sentenced
by General Court-martial to take rank and precedence as if his
appointment as Flying Officer bore date the 8th April, 1944.
Pilot Officer Harold Murray WHITE was dealt with summarily
under section 47 of the Air Force Act and was sentenced to take
rank and precedence as if his appointment as Pilot Officer bore
date the 20th July, 1944.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I : EQUIPMENT OFFICERS
Reduction in Seniority
Flying Officer Alan Grant HERMAN was dealt with summarily
under section 47 of the Air Force Act and was sentenced to take
rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flying Officer bore
date the 1st February, 1944.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS
Appointment
Armament Duties—
NZ 39268 Flight Sergeant William Malloch POINTON is granted
a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.).
Dated 3rd August, 1944.
Promotions
The undermentioned Pilot Officers are confirmed in their rank
and granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer :—
Signals Duties—
Dated 12th July, 1944 : Mervyn Andrew JILLINGS.
Radar Duties—
Dated 20th July, 1944 : Dennis John COBBE.
Armament Duties—
Dated 20th July, 1944—
Charles Wesley George FAULKNER.
Horace Robin Keith GOODYER.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointment
NZ 2310 John Russell BENJAMIN, on relinquishing his com-
mission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, is granted a
temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer, with seniority
as from the 2nd July, 1942. Dated 1st July, 1944.
Promotion
Squadron Leader (temp.) Norman Alfred AVERY to be Acting
Wing Commander (paid). Dated 14th August, 1944.
Transfers
The undermentioned officers are transferred from the General
Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in
their present rank and seniority :—
Dated 1st August, 1944—
Flying Officer Greville Garfield POULTON.
Pilot Officer Sydney Major BEVAN.
Relinquishment
Flying Officer Eric Alfred SAUNDERS is permitted to relinquish
his temporary commission. Dated 15th September, 1944.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Relinquishment
Assistant Section Officer Lady Joan Mary WARD is permitted to
relinquish her temporary commission. Dated 4th July, 1944.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.)
Relinquishment
Pilot Officer Edward Manly NEWLING is permitted to relin-
quish his Air Training Corps Commission. Dated 16th March, 1944.

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

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Air Force, Appointments, Promotions, Reductions, Transfers, Relinquishments, Officers, Royal New Zealand Air Force
115 names identified
  • Raymond Arthur Cumberpatch (Flight Sergeant), Appointed
  • John Rees Layton (Flight Sergeant), Appointed
  • Kenneth Mangos (Flight Sergeant), Appointed
  • George David Lean (Flight Sergeant), Appointed
  • Maurice Leonard Hunt (Flight Sergeant), Appointed
  • Rex Clarke Hill (Warrant Officer), Appointed
  • John Stone Marris (Flight Sergeant), Appointed
  • Eric Ian Waters (Flight Sergeant), Appointed
  • Eric Alfred Whitworth (Flight Sergeant), Appointed
  • Douglas George Twidle (Flight Sergeant), Appointed
  • Roland Stanley Bishop (Flight Sergeant), Appointed
  • Douglas James Gapes (Flight Sergeant), Appointed
  • John Lawrie (Flight Sergeant), Appointed
  • Alexander Dunbar Simpson (Flight Sergeant), Appointed
  • Eric Desmond McCabe (Warrant Officer), Appointed
  • Jeffery Alexander Millar (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
  • Clifford Hector Gilbertson (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Morice Edwin Jones (Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Douglas James Moreland (Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Nigel Colin McKenzie (Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • James Murray McNaughton (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Richard Webb (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Jesse Julius de Willimoff (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant and Acting Squadron Leader
  • Guyon Moncrieff Robertson (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
  • Peter Robert McNab (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
  • Donald Percy Winstone (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
  • Arthur Frederick Tucker (Flying Officer), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
  • Horace George Copland (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Allan Govan Russell (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Trevor Frank Henderson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Duncan MacDonald Brownell (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Edward Noel Holding (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Church (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Neal Aubrey Ward (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Victor Charles Viggers (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Kenneth Stuart Leigh (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • William Armstrong Richardson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Walter Hughes Wasey (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Patrick Joseph Murphy (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Charles Stanley Mathers (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Andrew Samuel Kronfeld (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • David Ronald Stewart (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Charles Wallace Beresford (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Edward George Paterson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Thomas Henry Cockerill (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Keith Milton Farquhar (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Lionel Moran Ward (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Arthur Russell Young (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Frederick Percival Walker (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Tayler Kinnell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Lloyd Miller Noble (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leslie Robert Bolton (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Robert Grant (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Charles Noice (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Percival Vivian Webber (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Arthur Norman Adlam (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Kenneth William Rathbride Mitchell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Lancelot Osgood Waugh (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ivan Thomas Yanovich (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Kenneth Ralph Philp (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Frank Wayland Gilbert (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Morris Hinkson Mee (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Matheson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Kevin Robert Kelly (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Frank Ernest Prebble (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Frank Fordon Hildreth (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Drummond Blair Livingstone (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maxwell Albert Nolan (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Archibald (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Julian Robert Adams (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Malcolm Joseph Steel (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Dick Woodhouse Lee (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Colin Hayes Henry (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Trevor George Wilson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Edwin Charles Reade (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Trevor Steele (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Cecil Frank Hawker (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald Stuart Leighton (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Albert Reginald Read (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ernest Norman Leech (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Lloyd (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Cyril Francis Keefe (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Edward Charles Hocking (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alfred James Downey (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Harry Edward Mark (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John David Reid (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Brian Joseph Ritchie (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Ralph Croawell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Sidney Frederick Parlato (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Sebastian Hulena (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Louis Packer Brown (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Patrick Hearsey (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Geoffrey Allan Yandle (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Douglas Ellwood Hawker (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Cameron Corson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Owen Patrick Fewster Taylor (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Raymond George Norton (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Albert James Osborne (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Horton McKinnon (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Henry Blyth (Flight Lieutenant), Reduction in seniority
  • Pax Gilbert Frank Smith (Flying Officer), Reduction in seniority
  • Harold Murray White (Pilot Officer), Reduction in seniority
  • Alan Grant Herman (Flying Officer), Reduction in seniority
  • William Malloch Pointon (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot Officer
  • Mervyn Andrew Jillings (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Dennis John Cobbe (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Charles Wesley George Faulkner (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Horace Robin Keith Goodyer (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Russell Benjamin (Flying Officer), Appointed
  • Norman Alfred Avery (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Acting Wing Commander
  • Greville Garfield Poulton (Flying Officer), Transferred to Administrative and Special Duties Branch
  • Sydney Major Bevan (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Administrative and Special Duties Branch
  • Eric Alfred Saunders (Flying Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
  • Joan Mary Ward (Lady), Relinquished temporary commission
  • Edward Manly Newling (Pilot Officer), Relinquished Air Training Corps Commission