✨ Royal New Zealand Air Force Notices
Sept. 14] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1119
Dated 12th July, 1944—
NZ 42698 Flight Sergeant John WARD.
Dated 19th July, 1944—
NZ 424405 Flight Sergeant Ronald Frederick ANDREWS.
NZ 425968 Flight Sergeant Lawrence Alvin WITHERS.
Dated 22nd July, 1944—
NZ 424518 Flight Sergeant Peter March PRICE.
Dated 24th July, 1944—
NZ 414244 Warrant Officer Arthur Alfred CHANDLER.
Dated 29th July, 1944—
NZ 428768 Flight Sergeant William Pokeroa MOFFATT.
Dated 1st August, 1944—
NZ 415017 Warrant Officer Harry Alexander RAMSEY.
Dated 3rd August, 1944—
NZ 427333 Flight Sergeant John Charnley SIMPSON.
Dated 5th August, 1944—
NZ 422090 Flight Sergeant Norman Rupert OVEREND.
NZ 425312 Flight Sergeant Hugh YOUNG.
NZ 4211321 Flight Sergeant Albert Joseph JEEVES.
Dated 8th August, 1944—
NZ 416562 Warrant Officer Walter Oakman John WALKER.
Dated 15th August, 1944—
NZ 421521 Flight Sergeant Ian Gilbert SUTHERLAND.
Dated 27th August, 1944—
NZ 638038 A.C. 2 Ian Douglas NARBEE.
As Navigator—
Dated 27th July, 1944—
NZ 422272 Flight Sergeant Edward FEATHERSTONHAUGH.
As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—
Dated 2nd June, 1944—
NZ 421971 Flight Sergeant Noel Ray HEADIFEN.
Dated 3rd August, 1944—
NZ 422202 Flight Sergeant Francis Eyre Ogilvie EVANS.
As Air Bombers—
Dated 29th July, 1944—
NZ 425588 Flight Sergeant Theodore Christoph JURGENS.
Dated 12th August, 1944—
NZ 422425 A.C. 2 Frederick James MULLON.
Promotions
Wing Commander (temp.) Ronald Joseph COHEN, A.F.C., to be Acting Group Captain (paid). Dated 11th August, 1944.
Squadron Leader (Acting Wing Commander) John Reginald Shelton AGAR to be Wing Commander (temp.). Dated 1st September, 1944.
The undermentioned Squadron Leaders (temp.) to be Acting Wing Commanders (paid) :—
Dated 1st July, 1944—
Philip Ernest HUDSON. Lewis Francis Paul TAYLOR.
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Jack BOWER to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 1st August, 1944.
The undermentioned Flying Officers (Acting Flight Lieutenants) to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :—
Dated 1st April, 1944—
Phillip Ronald CONEY. Raymond Lloyd ANNAND-SMITH.
Orton Wallace KNIGHT. Jack Carrick BROUGHTON.
Leslie James SMALL. George Condor HITCHCOCK.
John Tristram PETERS. James Alexander HENDRY.
Arthur Orton BETTERIDGE. Albert Ray HEMUS.
Maxwell George STUBBS.
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :—
Dated 1st April, 1944—
Bryan Cranstone SCOTT. Stephen Teasdale GLOVER.
Charles Alexander WATCHLIN. Patrick Sinclair HUNTER.
Anthony St. Aubyn MURRAY. Stanley Goodall ELLIS.
Robert John Finlay PORTER. Ronald William McCARTHY.
Robert Clifford BARCLAY, D.F.C. George Cockburn ARKLEY.
Edwin Peter WILLIAMS, D.F.M. Leonard Adolphus RAYNER, D.F.C.
William Charles Wadsworth FOREMAN. Roderick James PEART.
William Robert ESQUILANT. Rex Dugard LUCAS.
Harold Wilfred MILLARD. Hugh William THOMSON.
Ralph CLAYTON. Sidney Edwin LOADER.
Brian Douglas STRINGER. Raymond Percival WHITTALL.
Francis Sonley JOHNSTONE. George Eric GUDSELL.
Spencer George RADFORD. George William ANNAND.
Charles Campbell WHITE. John COOM.
Herbert Edward Hastings SHARP. Douglas Watson NEWALL, D.F.C.
Peter Douglas GIFFORD. Ian Roderick MCKENZIE.
Melville William WATERS. Leslie Thomas SEWELL.
Ian Wellsted RUSSELL.
Flying Officer (temp.) Bruce Dalrymple KINVIC to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 1st January, 1944.
Transfer and Reversion
Flying Officer Noel Irvine SMITH is transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the General Duties Branch (as Pilot), and reverts to the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 20th August, 1944.
Reversion
Acting Flight Lieutenant Cedric Owen MARSHALL reverts to the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 19th August, 1944.
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Amendment
The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 78, dated 2nd September, 1943, page 1080, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Transfer,” relating to “Flying Officer Douglas Walter Grove KEESING,” is amended to read “Dated 29th August, 1943.”
EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II: TECHNICAL OFFICERS
Promotions
Engineer Duties—
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (temp.) to be Acting Squadron Leaders (paid) :—
Dated 1st July, 1944—
Frederick William THORNTON. Jack HARDY.
Frank Lionel GOLDSMITH, M.B.E. Kelvin Henry DAY.
Henry Christian SALMON.
Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Ronald Foster WELLS to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 1st July, 1944.
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :—
Dated 1st July, 1944—
John Pearce HORSLEY. Norman Arthur Webb KITTO.
Signals Duties—
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Kenneth Arthur SHEARD to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 1st July, 1944.
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :—
Dated 1st July, 1944—
Acting Flight Lieutenant Ferdinand Daniel BITOSSI.
Flying Officer Desmond Frederick JENKINS.
Acting Flight Lieutenant William John FYFE, M.B.E.
Armament Duties—
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :—
Brian Desmond POPE.
William Robert Joseph MONTGOMERY.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotions
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders (temp.) :—
Dated 1st July, 1944—
Patrick George Edward WILLIAMS.
Murray Davy NAIRN.
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :—
Dated 1st July, 1944—
William Colehan THOMSON.
Sydney George McDOUGALL.
Herbert ROGERS-JENKINS.
Neil Douglas HOOD.
Lancelot John Goldsmith BAKER.
William Carl Frederick TEMM.
Graham Lachlan WALLACE.
Robert George Albert BURGESS.
Harold Edward Peart WILSON.
George William MARTIN.
The undermentioned Flying Officers (temp.) to be Acting Flight Lieutenants (paid) :—
Dated 1st July, 1944—
Thornton William Keals SMITH.
John Bowie GORDON.
Raymond William George EMERY.
Walter Frederick INGRAM.
Pilot Officer Walter George NEEDHAM to be Flying Officer (temp.). Dated 11th November, 1943.
MEDICAL BRANCH
Promotions
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders (temp.) :—
Dated 1st July, 1944—
Frederick Charles PLATTS, M.B., Ch.B.
George de Lacey FENWICK, M.B., Ch.B.
Gordon Allan SMITH, M.B., Ch.B.
George Potter ADAMS, M.B., Ch.B.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.)
Relinquishments
The undermentioned Flying Officers are permitted to relinquish their Air Training Corps Commissions :—
Dated 30th June, 1944 : Nowell BROAD.
Dated 10th August, 1944 : Eric Francis WILLCOX.
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Relinquishment
Section Officer Marjorie Irene WOOLLEY is permitted to relinquish her temporary commission. Dated 6th September, 1944
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Royal New Zealand Air Force Appointments and Promotions
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🛡️ Defence & Military6 September 1944
Royal New Zealand Air Force, Appointments, Promotions, Pilot Officer, General Duties Branch
111 names identified
- John WARD, Appointed Pilot Officer
- Ronald Frederick ANDREWS, Appointed Pilot Officer
- Lawrence Alvin WITHERS, Appointed Pilot Officer
- Peter March PRICE, Appointed Pilot Officer
- Arthur Alfred CHANDLER (Warrant Officer), Appointed Pilot Officer
- William Pokeroa MOFFATT, Appointed Pilot Officer
- Harry Alexander RAMSEY (Warrant Officer), Appointed Pilot Officer
- John Charnley SIMPSON, Appointed Pilot Officer
- Norman Rupert OVEREND, Appointed Pilot Officer
- Hugh YOUNG, Appointed Pilot Officer
- Albert Joseph JEEVES, Appointed Pilot Officer
- Walter Oakman John WALKER (Warrant Officer), Appointed Pilot Officer
- Ian Gilbert SUTHERLAND, Appointed Pilot Officer
- Ian Douglas NARBEE (A.C. 2), Appointed Pilot Officer
- Edward FEATHERSTONHAUGH, Appointed Navigator
- Noel Ray HEADIFEN, Appointed Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Francis Eyre Ogilvie EVANS, Appointed Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Theodore Christoph JURGENS, Appointed Air Bomber
- Frederick James MULLON (A.C. 2), Appointed Air Bomber
- Ronald Joseph COHEN (Wing Commander (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Group Captain
- John Reginald Shelton AGAR (Squadron Leader (Acting Wing Commander)), Promoted to Wing Commander
- Philip Ernest HUDSON (Squadron Leader (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Wing Commander
- Lewis Francis Paul TAYLOR (Squadron Leader (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Wing Commander
- Jack BOWER (Flight Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Phillip Ronald CONEY (Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant)), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Raymond Lloyd ANNAND-SMITH (Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant)), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Orton Wallace KNIGHT (Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant)), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Jack Carrick BROUGHTON (Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant)), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Leslie James SMALL (Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant)), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- George Condor HITCHCOCK (Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant)), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John Tristram PETERS (Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant)), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- James Alexander HENDRY (Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant)), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Arthur Orton BETTERIDGE (Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant)), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Albert Ray HEMUS (Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant)), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Maxwell George STUBBS (Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant)), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Bryan Cranstone SCOTT (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Stephen Teasdale GLOVER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Charles Alexander WATCHLIN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Patrick Sinclair HUNTER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Anthony St. Aubyn MURRAY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Stanley Goodall ELLIS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Robert John Finlay PORTER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Ronald William McCARTHY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Robert Clifford BARCLAY (Flying Officer, D.F.C.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- George Cockburn ARKLEY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Edwin Peter WILLIAMS (Flying Officer, D.F.M.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Leonard Adolphus RAYNER (Flying Officer, D.F.C.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William Charles Wadsworth FOREMAN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Roderick James PEART (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William Robert ESQUILANT (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Rex Dugard LUCAS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Harold Wilfred MILLARD (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Hugh William THOMSON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Ralph CLAYTON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Sidney Edwin LOADER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Brian Douglas STRINGER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Raymond Percival WHITTALL (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Francis Sonley JOHNSTONE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- George Eric GUDSELL (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Spencer George RADFORD (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- George William ANNAND (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Charles Campbell WHITE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John COOM (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Herbert Edward Hastings SHARP (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Douglas Watson NEWALL (Flying Officer, D.F.C.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Peter Douglas GIFFORD (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Ian Roderick McKENZIE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Melville William WATERS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Leslie Thomas SEWELL (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Ian Wellsted RUSSELL (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Bruce Dalrymple KINVIC (Flying Officer (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- Noel Irvine SMITH (Flying Officer), Transferred and reverted to Pilot Officer
- Cedric Owen MARSHALL (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Reverted to Flying Officer
- Frederick William THORNTON (Flight Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Jack HARDY (Flight Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Frank Lionel GOLDSMITH (Flight Lieutenant (temp.), M.B.E.), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Kelvin Henry DAY (Flight Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Henry Christian SALMON (Flight Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Ronald Foster WELLS (Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant)), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John Pearce HORSLEY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Norman Arthur Webb KITTO (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Kenneth Arthur SHEARD (Flight Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Ferdinand Daniel BITOSSI (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Desmond Frederick JENKINS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William John FYFE (Acting Flight Lieutenant, M.B.E.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Brian Desmond POPE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William Robert Joseph MONTGOMERY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Patrick George Edward WILLIAMS (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Murray Davy NAIRN (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- William Colehan THOMSON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Sydney George McDOUGALL (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Herbert ROGERS-JENKINS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Neil Douglas HOOD (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Lancelot John Goldsmith BAKER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William Carl Frederick TEMM (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Graham Lachlan WALLACE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Robert George Albert BURGESS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Harold Edward Peart WILSON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- George William MARTIN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Thornton William Keals SMITH (Flying Officer (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- John Bowie GORDON (Flying Officer (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- Raymond William George EMERY (Flying Officer (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- Walter Frederick INGRAM (Flying Officer (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- Walter George NEEDHAM (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Frederick Charles PLATTS (Flight Lieutenant, M.B., Ch.B.), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- George de Lacey FENWICK (Flight Lieutenant, M.B., Ch.B.), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Gordon Allan SMITH (Flight Lieutenant, M.B., Ch.B.), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- George Potter ADAMS (Flight Lieutenant, M.B., Ch.B.), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Nowell BROAD (Flying Officer), Relinquished Air Training Corps Commission
- Eric Francis WILLCOX (Flying Officer), Relinquished Air Training Corps Commission
- Marjorie Irene WOOLLEY (Section Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
🛡️ Amendment to Previous Gazette Notice
🛡️ Defence & Military6 September 1944
Amendment, Gazette Notice, General Duties Branch, Transfer
- Douglas Walter Grove KEESING (Flying Officer), Amendment to transfer date