New Zealand Gazette – 1944 – No. 78

Page 1097

✨ Military Personnel Updates



SEPT. 7] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1097

As Navigators—
Dated 1st August, 1944—
NZ 421136 Warrant Officer George Thomas CURLE.
Dated 11th August, 1944—
NZ 432303 Sergeant Robert John BARRON.
NZ 4310586 Sergeant Alfred Miller HOGG.
NZ 436780 Flight Sergeant Ronald Horace MARKS.
NZ 438752 Flight Sergeant John Charles BISHOP.
NZ 438722 Flight Sergeant Charles Brian MCCOWAN.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—
Dated 11th August, 1944—
NZ 431214 Sergeant Robert Edward George THOMSON.
NZ 4217064 Sergeant Sydney Brent SMITH.
NZ 432253 Sergeant William Harry JOHNS.
Dated 21st August, 1944—
NZ 425835 Flight Sergeant Gerald Erle GIFKINS.
Dated 23rd August, 1944—
NZ 426076 Flight Sergeant Ivan David Henry TERRY.
NZ 39550 Flight Sergeant Desmond William GRIFFITHS.

As Air Bombers—
Dated 31st July, 1944—
NZC 427066 Flight Sergeant Lewis Paul SEARELL.
NZ 415810 Flight Sergeant George WIREPA.

Promotions

Flight Lieutenant John Milne CHECKETTS, D.S.O., D.F.C., to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 28th July, 1944.
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Douglas Alexander GREIG to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 1st August, 1944.

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :—
    Dated 24th July, 1944 : Lawrence Patrick RYAN.
    Dated 28th July, 1944 : Donald Thornton SHAKES.
    Dated 29th July, 1944 : Hector Ronald LECKIE.

Dated 31st July, 1944—
    Alan Robert OSMENT.                    Henley Robert MCKEGG.
    James Gibson GOW, D.F.C.               Peter Sinclair JENNINGS.
    Reg Harper TONKS.                      Ray Milson PETTERSON.
    Thomas Alfred RAMSAY.                  Russell Ashley BANKS.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
    Dated 27th January, 1944 : Vernon Roy JACKSON.
    Dated 9th June, 1944 : Hector Stevenson YOUNG.
    Dated 19th June, 1944 : Ronald Frederick READER.

Dated 23rd June, 1944—
    Harold HALLIGAN.                       Gordon James KNIGHT.
    William Henry WALKER.

Dated 28th June, 1944 : Colin Archibald Gunn MCKENZIE.
Dated 7th July, 1944 : Thomas WHYTE.

Dated 14th July, 1944—
    Kenneth Charles George NEES.           Alfred Hugh WOOLCOCK.

Dated 24th July, 1944—
    Eric Walter YOUNG.                     Heaton Dudley Tilling HAMPTON,
    Ronald Christian JOHNSON.              D.F.C.
    Clifford Renwick PURVIS.               Ronald Deans MILNE, D.F.C.

Dated 25th July, 1944 : Francis Lincoln WELFORD, D.F.C.
Dated 26th July, 1944 : Eric Frederick JOHNSON.

Dated 27th July, 1944—
    John Stuart O’NEIL.                    Rex Lewis GEARON.

Dated 28th July, 1944—
    Jack Wallace FLOOD.                    Ian William DUFF.
    George Martin RYAN.                    Ronald Marshall Lewis HOPPING.
    Ian Cedric RODGERSON.                  Wilbert ANDERSON, D.F.C.
    Clyde Alexander MCLAREN.               Allan Alexander THORN.

Dated 29th July, 1944 : James William Alexander JOHNSTON.
Dated 30th July, 1944 : Gilbert Gillies WARD.
Dated 31st July, 1944 : Thomas Fairclough HAWORTH.
Dated 20th August, 1944 : Angus Mason MACDONALD.

Transfers

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the General Duties Branch in their present rank :—

As Navigators—
    Dated 11th August, 1944—
        Pilot Officer Brian Nicolls Hunter LAIRD.
        Pilot Officer Trevor Brooks MILLS.
        Pilot Officer Ralph Herbert WATERMAN.
        Pilot Officer James Alan BURNET.
        Pilot Officer William Joseph RUTLEDGE.
        Pilot Officer Bernard James BEADLE.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions :—
    Dated 21st August, 1944 : Flying Officer Roy Malcolm MCKECHNIE.
    Dated 18th August, 1944 : Pilot Officer Stuart William HALL.
The temporary commission of Pilot Officer Samuel Victor Jesse PARKE is relinquished. Dated 6th August, 1944.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Appointment

Engineer Duties—
NZ 40487 Warrant Officer William John HORTON is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 1st August, 1944.

Promotion

Radar Duties—
Pilot Officer Maxwell TOVEY is confirmed in his rank and granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 27th July, 1944.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

NZ 411018 Warrant Officer Hugh Robert WALLACE is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 1st August, 1944.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions :—
    Dated 21st August, 1944 : Assistant Section Officer Charmian JOHNS.
    Dated 26th August, 1944 : Assistant Section Officer Mary Vide DOUGAN.

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

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their Air Training Corps Commissions :—
    Dated 14th July, 1944 : Flying Officer Douglas Laurence BEDINGFIELD.
    Dated 1st July, 1944 : Pilot Officer Lester Beresford NEWTON.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfers

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I :—
    Dated 28th July, 1944 : Flying Officer John Archibald BROWN.
    Dated 29th July, 1944 : Flying Officer Leslie Hayward SKEL-LERN.

Dated 26th August, 1944—
    Flying Officer Edwin Roy ELLIOTT.
    Flying Officer Ronald Gordon FREEMAN.

Dated 1st September, 1944 : Flying Officer D’Arcy George WAREHAM.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I :—
    Dated 2nd September, 1944 : Squadron Leader Ernest William BARNETT, A.F.C.
    Dated 25th August, 1944 : Flying Officer Barnabas Wilder WILLIAMS.

Dated 26th August, 1944—
    Flying Officer Jack Carrick BROUGHTON.
    Flying Officer John Francis Hamilton MERCER.

Dated 31st August, 1944 : Flying Officer William Guy LEATHAM.
Dated 23rd August, 1944 : Flying Officer Richard Daniel WANDEN.
Dated 2nd September, 1944 : Pilot Officer Edward Walter MCKENZIE.
Dated 6th September, 1944 : Flying Officer Allan Thomas BLACK.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Operational Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 31st August, 1944.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointments to the Most Honourable Order of the Bath and to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and of the following awards, in recognition of distinguished services in the South Pacific Area, including Fiji, New Caledonia, and the Solomon Islands :—

NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

To be a Member of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Major-General Harold Eric Barrowclough, D.S.O., M.C., E.D., General Officer Commanding 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific, and Commander, 3rd New Zealand Division.

To be a Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Brigadier William Walter Dove, M.C. (No. 635737), Headquarters, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific.

The Distinguished Service Order

Brigadier Leslie Potter (No. 81772), New Zealand Infantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Lyell Bennett, M.C. (No. 30967), Divisional Headquarters.


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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
90 names identified
  • George Thomas CURLE (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Navigator
  • Robert John BARRON (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
  • Alfred Miller HOGG (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
  • Ronald Horace MARKS (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
  • John Charles BISHOP (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
  • Charles Brian MCCOWAN (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
  • Robert Edward George THOMSON (Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Sydney Brent SMITH (Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • William Harry JOHNS (Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Gerald Erle GIFKINS (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Ivan David Henry TERRY (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Desmond William GRIFFITHS (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Lewis Paul SEARELL (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • George WIREPA (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • John Milne CHECKETTS (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Douglas Alexander GREIG (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
  • Lawrence Patrick RYAN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Donald Thornton SHAKES (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Hector Ronald LECKIE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Alan Robert OSMENT, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Henley Robert MCKEGG, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • James Gibson GOW (D.F.C.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Peter Sinclair JENNINGS, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Reg Harper TONKS, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Ray Milson PETTERSON, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Thomas Alfred RAMSAY, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Russell Ashley BANKS, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Vernon Roy JACKSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Hector Stevenson YOUNG (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Frederick READER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Harold HALLIGAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Gordon James KNIGHT (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Henry WALKER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Colin Archibald Gunn MCKENZIE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Thomas WHYTE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Kenneth Charles George NEES (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alfred Hugh WOOLCOCK (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Eric Walter YOUNG (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Heaton Dudley Tilling HAMPTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Christian JOHNSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Deans MILNE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Francis Lincoln WELFORD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Eric Frederick JOHNSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Stuart O’NEIL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Rex Lewis GEARON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Jack Wallace FLOOD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ian William DUFF (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Martin RYAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Marshall Lewis HOPPING (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ian Cedric RODGERSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Wilbert ANDERSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Clyde Alexander MCLAREN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Allan Alexander THORN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James William Alexander JOHNSTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Gilbert Gillies WARD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Thomas Fairclough HAWORTH (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Angus Mason MACDONALD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Brian Nicolls Hunter LAIRD (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Trevor Brooks MILLS (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Ralph Herbert WATERMAN (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • James Alan BURNET (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • William Joseph RUTLEDGE (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Bernard James BEADLE (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Roy Malcolm MCKECHNIE (Flying Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
  • Stuart William HALL (Pilot Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
  • Samuel Victor Jesse PARKE (Pilot Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
  • William John HORTON (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • Maxwell TOVEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Hugh Robert WALLACE (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • Charmian JOHNS (Assistant Section Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
  • Mary Vide DOUGAN (Assistant Section Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
  • Douglas Laurence BEDINGFIELD (Flying Officer), Relinquished Air Training Corps Commission
  • Lester Beresford NEWTON (Pilot Officer), Relinquished Air Training Corps Commission
  • John Archibald BROWN (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Leslie Hayward SKELLERN (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Edwin Roy ELLIOTT (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Ronald Gordon FREEMAN (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • D’Arcy George WAREHAM (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Ernest William BARNETT (Squadron Leader), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Barnabas Wilder WILLIAMS (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Jack Carrick BROUGHTON (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • John Francis Hamilton MERCER (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • William Guy LEATHAM (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Richard Daniel WANDEN (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Edward Walter MCKENZIE (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Allan Thomas BLACK (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Harold Eric BARROWCLOUGH (Major-General), Awarded Companion of the Order of the Bath
  • William Walter DOVE (Brigadier), Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Leslie POTTER (Brigadier), Awarded Distinguished Service Order
  • Philip Lyell BENNETT (Lieutenant-Colonel), Awarded Distinguished Service Order

  • F. JONES, Minister of Defence