New Zealand Gazette – 1944 – No. 78

Page 1096

✨ Air Force Officer Updates



1096
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 78

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfer

Flying Officer John Gordon STEWART is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I. Dated 15th August, 1944.

Corrigendum

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 8, dated 17th February, 1944, page 134, under the heading “General Duties Branch, Transfers—as Air Bombers,” relating to “Kenneth William Rathbride MITCHELL” and “Kenneth Charles George NEES,” for “Dated 23rd December, 1943,” read “Dated 14th January, 1944.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 31st August, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, promotions, transfers, and relinquishment of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

As Pilots—

NZ 2311 John Neale BETHELL, on relinquishing his commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers (United Kingdom), is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 7th April, 1942. Dated 1st July, 1944.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer :—

Dated 29th September, 1943—
NZ 415795 Flight Sergeant Robert Ernest STOWERS, D.F.M.

Dated 5th February, 1944—
NZ 405249 Warrant Officer Keith Hugh FRASER.

Dated 11th May, 1944—
NZ 402517 Warrant Officer Robert Cecil HARDEN.

Dated 26th May, 1944—
NZ 415419 Warrant Officer Clifford Raeburn PIPER.

Dated 19th June, 1944—
NZ 42579 Flight Sergeant James Evan McKenzie HULME.

Dated 21st June, 1944—
NZ 416143 Warrant Officer Ronald Arthur NEIL.

Dated 24th June, 1944—
NZ 405799 Flight Sergeant Lawrence Harcourt BUNT.

Dated 28th June, 1944—
NZ 421525 Flight Sergeant George Vernon Bentley PATTERSON.

Dated 30th June, 1944—
NZ 428818 Flight Sergeant Standish Ian Douglas HERBERT.
NZ 42171 Flight Sergeant Francis Ewen Hewison MILLAR.
NZ 415351 Warrant Officer James Herbert MOORE.

Dated 4th July, 1944—
NZ 424789 Flight Sergeant Vincent William BEMROSE.
NZ 391424 Flight Sergeant Thomas Harold SINCLAIR.

Dated 11th July, 1944—
NZ 427562 Flight Sergeant Brian Charles ROBINSON.
NZ 421518 Flight Sergeant Donald William McKENZIE.

Dated 14th July, 1944—
NZ 414247 Warrant Officer Raymond CHESNEY.

Dated 15th July, 1944—
NZ 39287 Flight Sergeant John Robert TONES.

Dated 18th July, 1944—
NZ 417018 Warrant Officer Douglas Forrester CLARKE.

Dated 20th July, 1944—
NZ 421808 Flight Sergeant Victor Arnold ADOLPH.
NZ 424482 Flight Sergeant John Devon LETHBRIDGE.

Dated 26th July, 1944—
NZ 415203 Warrant Officer Hugh Henry SKILLING.
NZ 42705 Flight Sergeant Maurice Raymond OLIVER.

Dated 28th July, 1944—
NZ 42117 Flight Sergeant Colin George NAIRNE.

Dated 30th July, 1944—
NZ 411860 Warrant Officer Lorraine Harold COOK.

Dated 2nd August, 1944—
NZ 422434 Flight Sergeant Ivor Geoffrey RICHARDS.

Dated 20th August, 1944—
NZ 2297 Donald Newton BREWER.
NZ 2305 Lindsay Alfred JOHNSON.
NZ 2298 Rosslyn Charles HISLOP.
NZ 436957 Flight Sergeant Reynell Neal CHAPMAN.
NZ 2299 Lionel David LAWSON.
NZ 436979 L.A.C. Stewart Bruce LAMBIE.
NZ 438646 L.A.C. Robert FANTL.
NZ 2306 Eric Raymond HUNTER.
NZ 2300 Ronald Winstone WEST.
NZ 2307 Graham Alexander ADAMS.
NZC 439108 L.A.C. Alfred William BARTLETT.

NZ 425969 Sergeant Alexander George Peter WOLFF.
NZ 435868 L.A.C. Courtney James ALLPRESS.
NZ 436818 Sergeant Dudley BADHAM.
NZC 4310815 L.A.C. Ian Gordon LYONS.
NZ 438622 L.A.C. Allan Lindsay CANNONS.
NZ 436685 L.A.C. Ronald William Frederick MIERS.
NZ 436747 L.A.C. James Daniel McGOWAN.
NZ 438684 L.A.C. Ronald Melville FECHNEY.
NZ 4216749 L.A.C. James Edmund WOOD.
NZ 2301 Gordon Asher CASSRELS.
NZ 2302 Robert Owen CHITTY.
NZ 2303 Trevor Daniel CALLINAN.
NZ 2304 Leo Patrick MULLIGAN.

As Navigator—
Dated 3rd July, 1944—
NZ 416626 Warrant Officer Walter Reginald BENNETT.

As Navigator/Radio—
Dated 30th June, 1944—
NZ 42191 Flight Sergeant Allan Cecil EARL.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—
Dated 21st June, 1944—
NZ 425198 Flight Sergeant George Lindsay SHAW.

Dated 17th July, 1944—
NZ 404589 Warrant Officer Ronald Charles AXTEN.

As Air Bomber—
Dated 19th June, 1944—
NZ 426998 Flight Sergeant Lester Paul JARBATT.

Promotions

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Leslie James RANSOM to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 1st August, 1944.

Flying Officer (temp.) Douglas Watson NEWALL, D.F.C., to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 18th August, 1944.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Transfer

Flying Officer Gordon Stanley BOOTH is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1st August, 1944.

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

Appointment

Albert Thomas ZIEGLER is granted an Air Training Corps Commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st June, 1944.

Relinquishment

Pilot Officer Wilford Norman GOODE is permitted to relinquish his Air Training Corps Commission. Dated 27th July, 1944.

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 25th August, 1944 : Flying Officer James George BEYNON.
Dated 31st August, 1944 : Flying Officer James FINCH.

Corrigendum

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 71, dated 17th August, 1944, page 991, under the heading “General Duties Branch, Appointments—As Pilots,” for “NZ 425413 Ronald Wedgwood BOON,” read “NZ 425413 Donald Wedgwood BOON.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 4th September, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, promotions, transfers, and relinquishments 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 29th June, 1944—
NZ 414962 Warrant Officer Allan Thomas CONDON.

Dated 14th July, 1944—
NZ 422404 Flight Sergeant James Leonard Hyland HUNT.

Dated 18th July, 1944—
NZ 426213 Flight Sergeant Ian Melville CAMPBELL.

Dated 27th July, 1944—
NZ 424540 Flight Sergeant Anthony John Rees WILSON.

Dated 29th July, 1944—
NZ 412301 Warrant Officer Donald Bruce WOODHEAD.

Dated 30th July, 1944—
NZ 42816 Flight Sergeant Maxwell PARMENTER.

Dated 11th August, 1944—
NZ 4310147 Sergeant Maxwell Hubert SIMPSON.
NZ 4216099 Sergeant Richard George HOBDAY.
NZ 4215214 Sergeant Hugh Montgomery GOOD.



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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
75 names identified
  • John Gordon STEWART (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Kenneth William Rathbride MITCHELL, Corrigendum for transfer date
  • Kenneth Charles George NEES, Corrigendum for transfer date
  • John Neale BETHELL, Granted temporary commission as Flight Lieutenant
  • Robert Ernest STOWERS (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Keith Hugh FRASER (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Robert Cecil HARDEN (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Clifford Raeburn PIPER (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Evan McKenzie HULME (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ronald Arthur NEIL (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Lawrence Harcourt BUNT (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • George Vernon Bentley PATTERSON (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Standish Ian Douglas HERBERT (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Francis Ewen Hewison MILLAR (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Herbert MOORE (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Vincent William BEMROSE (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Thomas Harold SINCLAIR (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Brian Charles ROBINSON (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Donald William McKENZIE (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Raymond CHESNEY (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Robert TONES (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Douglas Forrester CLARKE (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Victor Arnold ADOLPH (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Devon LETHBRIDGE (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Hugh Henry SKILLING (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Maurice Raymond OLIVER (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Colin George NAIRNE (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Lorraine Harold COOK (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ivor Geoffrey RICHARDS (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Donald Newton BREWER, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Lindsay Alfred JOHNSON, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Rosslyn Charles HISLOP, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Reynell Neal CHAPMAN (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Lionel David LAWSON, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Stewart Bruce LAMBIE (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Robert FANTL (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Eric Raymond HUNTER, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ronald Winstone WEST, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Graham Alexander ADAMS, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Alfred William BARTLETT (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Alexander George Peter WOLFF (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Courtney James ALLPRESS (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Dudley BADHAM (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ian Gordon LYONS (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Allan Lindsay CANNONS (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ronald William Frederick MIERS (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Daniel McGOWAN (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ronald Melville FECHNEY (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Edmund WOOD (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Gordon Asher CASSRELS, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Robert Owen CHITTY, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Trevor Daniel CALLINAN, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Leo Patrick MULLIGAN, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Walter Reginald BENNETT (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Navigator
  • Allan Cecil EARL (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Navigator/Radio
  • George Lindsay SHAW (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Ronald Charles AXTEN (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Lester Paul JARBATT (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Bomber
  • Leslie James RANSOM (Flight Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
  • Douglas Watson NEWALL (Flying Officer (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
  • Gordon Stanley BOOTH (Flying Officer), Transferred to Administrative and Special Duties Branch
  • Albert Thomas ZIEGLER, Granted Air Training Corps Commission as Pilot Officer
  • Wilford Norman GOODE (Pilot Officer), Relinquished Air Training Corps Commission
  • James George BEYNON (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • James FINCH (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Donald Wedgwood BOON, Corrigendum for appointment details
  • Allan Thomas CONDON (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Leonard Hyland HUNT (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ian Melville CAMPBELL (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Anthony John Rees WILSON (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Donald Bruce WOODHEAD (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Maxwell PARMENTER (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Maxwell Hubert SIMPSON (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Richard George HOBDAY (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Hugh Montgomery GOOD (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer

  • F. JONES, Minister of Defence