New Zealand Gazette – 1944 – No. 8

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✨ Military Personnel Notices



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Temp. Lieutenant A. R. Rees, N.Z. Artillery, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 10th April, 1943. Dated 11th August, 1943.

Temp. Lieutenant D. F. Senn, N.Z. Artillery, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 10th April, 1943. Dated 23rd September, 1943.

2nd Lieutenant C. J. Moloughney, and is reposted to The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) with the temporary rank of 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 28th June, 1942. Dated 8th January, 1944.

The Rev. P. L. Aldridge, Chaplain, 4th Class (Roman Catholic), N.Z. Chaplains Department, and is reposted to the Territorial Force. Dated 22nd January, 1944.

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Captain W. P. Hitchcock, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 1st January, 1944.

Captain M. J. Nathan, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 29th January, 1944.

Lieutenant J. S. Harper, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 22nd January, 1944.

Lieutenant G. Hardie-Burt, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 29th January, 1944.

Lieutenant R. A. Ward, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 29th January, 1944.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant G. W. Weeds, and relinquishes his commission. Dated 21st July, 1943.

2nd Lieutenant V. J. C. Smith, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 5th February, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 6th February, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of 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 28th October, 1943—
NZ 413951 Sergeant Robert Maitland ROBINSON.

Dated 16th November, 1943—
NZ 422356 Sergeant Norman Herbert BEARD.
NZ 421541 Sergeant Arthur Duncan STOUT.

Dated 18th November, 1943—
NZ 413929 Flight Sergeant William Albert BARNETT.

Dated 20th November, 1943—
NZ 413127 Flight Sergeant Cyril Francis RYAN.

Dated 30th November, 1943—
NZ 411418 Warrant Officer Frank Louvain LECKIE.

Dated 3rd December, 1943—
NZ 41178 Flight Sergeant Alfred Walter WESTWOOD.
NZ 421812 Flight Sergeant John Henry Summerson MOFFITT.

Dated 17th December, 1943—
NZ 415183 Flight Sergeant Edward William Francis CLARKE.

Dated 18th December, 1943—
NZ 421780 Flight Sergeant Vernon Simons.

As AIR BOMBERS

Dated 23rd December, 1943—
NZ 425886 Sergeant Maurice James CRUTHERS.
NZ 425572 Sergeant Robert William HODGSON.
NZ 421536 Sergeant Bruce Fredric SCOTT.
NZ 42629 Sergeant Frederick Sinclair WILKINSON.

As AIR GUNNERS

Dated 23rd September, 1943—
NZ 404179 Flight Sergeant Trevor James NATION.

Dated 23rd November, 1943—
NZ 414909 Flight Sergeant Hector Copeland MARA.

Dated 23rd December, 1943—
NZ 428984 Sergeant Russell James SCOTT.

As NAVIGATORS

Dated 23rd December, 1943—
NZ 4215806 Sergeant Herbert Patrick CREAN.
NZ 428301 Sergeant William Henry WALKER.
NZ 4214439 Sergeant Daniel Benjamin KENNEDY.
NZ 4216274 Sergeant Irvine Gordon MARTIN.
NZ 4213913 Sergeant Walter Raymond Riggall NEAVE.
NZ 427468 Sergeant Gordon James KNIGHT.

Promotions

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

Dated 10th February, 1943 : Ivon JULIAN.
Dated 20th August, 1943 : William Moffat MURRAY.

Transfer

Flight Lieutenant Philip Francis Alexander William Herbert Le COUTEUR is transferred to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I. Dated 29th January, 1944.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Robert Martin NAYSMITH is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 16th January, 1944.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Appointments

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

Radar Duties—

Dated 6th January, 1944—
NZ 403220 Corporal James Ferguson FISH.
NZ 404658 Corporal Charles Douglas GEORGE.
NZ 404138 Corporal Albert Edgar LARCOMBE.
NZ 404178 Corporal David McWHA.
NZ 404140 Corporal Owen James MORGAN.
NZ 405041 Corporal Roger Allen STEWART.

Dated 4th October, 1943 : Gordon Loversidge BONHAM.
Dated 15th December, 1943 : Frank Noel HOOD.
Dated 19th December, 1943 : Thomas Andrew John KING.
Dated 20th December, 1943 : Stuart Maxwell MCGREGOR.
Peter Francis Locker HALL.
Alfred Bruce ATKINSON.
Dated 21st December, 1943 : Reginald Laurence Wilbur HOWELL.
Dated 22nd December, 1943 : James Risk NAYSMITH.
Ormand William WOOD, D.F.C.
James Gabriel KNIGHT.
Lionel Matthews WILSON.
Dated 26th December, 1943 : Guy Hamilton CORBET.
Dated 29th December, 1943 : Alexander Litchfield CRAIG, D.F.C.

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

Dated 20th May, 1943 : John David DEAN.
Dated 3rd September, 1943 : William James CONIBEAR.
Dated 10th October, 1943 : Henri Winston THOMS.
Harold Reginald WOOTTON.
Dated 24th October, 1943 : John Andrew BURNS.
Dated 27th October, 1943 : Eric Willoughby McDOUGALL.
Dated 8th November, 1943 : Norman James GRANT.
Dated 9th November, 1943 : Francis Colin WOOD.
Dated 11th November, 1943 : Leslie Hayward SKELLERN.
Dated 14th November, 1943 : Charles Hugh Basil GOULTER.
Dated 18th November, 1943 : Inn Armstrong BLAIKIE, D.F.M.
Dated 25th November, 1943 : Robert Bavin GRAHAM.
Dated 1st December, 1943 : Geoffrey Vivien GROVES.
Dated 11th December, 1943 : Douglas Harvey MACGROFT.
Geoffrey Buchanan WILLIAMS.
Eric George BLAKE.
Walter Fred McELWAIN.
Allan ROBERTS.
Frank Royce CHENNELLS.
Francis Henry Clark LUKEY.
Graham COULL.
Hugh Graham GRAY.
Donald Earle ROBERTSON.
Victor John ANDREW.
Selwyn Frank JACKSON.
Ross Victor LEVY.
Douglas Scott JOHNSTONE.
Eric Cawthra HATTON.
Roy King JONES.
Francis Ernest DAVIS.
Lawrence Hugh JOHNSTON.
Harold Malcolm HAWKORN.
George Manrice GIVEN.
Dated 12th December, 1943 : Edward Victor MALCOLM.
Dated 14th December, 1943 : Henry Leonard OWNSWORTH.
Murray Stephen ROBERTS.
Roger GILL.
Dated 15th December, 1943 : Selwyn Martin Dennis WILSON.
Peter Gale HENRY.
Dated 16th December, 1943 : Michael Frederick DILLON.
James Oscar McCABE.
Dated 19th December, 1943 : Balfour Richard John HAY.
Dated 20th December, 1943 : Evan Aylward GRANT.
Raymond Duncan SANDERSON.
David Valentine AVERY.
Edward Roy Taylor.
Dated 22nd December, 1943 : Bernard Alexander GUMBLEY, D.F.M.
Dated 24th December, 1943 : Frederick Anthony RUTHERFURD.
Keith SOUTHWARD.
Dated 25th December, 1943 : Maurice William SMYTH.
Nelson Hastings BRIGHT.
Harold Thomas CRAMPTON.
Frederick George SANDERS.
Dated 26th December, 1943 : Colin Alexander HYND.
Dated 27th December, 1943 : Ernest Ronald RUFFLES.
Dated 28th December, 1943 : Roy Emile Le LONG.
Malcolm James DILKS.
Dated 30th December, 1943 : Arthur Raymond ROWSELL, D.F.M.
Edward William GARNETT.
Dated 23rd December, 1943 : Thomas Reginald Dion KEBBELL.
Kenneth Messines GIBSONE.
Raymond KASSLER.



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🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishments of Temporary Rank, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
12 February 1944
Military appointments, Promotions, Relinquishments, Resignations, Retirements, New Zealand Military Forces
11 names identified
  • A. R. Rees (Temp. Lieutenant), Reposted to Territorial Force
  • D. F. Senn (Temp. Lieutenant), Reposted to Territorial Force
  • C. J. Moloughney (2nd Lieutenant), Reposted to The Auckland Regiment
  • P. L. Aldridge (Rev.), Reposted to Territorial Force
  • W. P. Hitchcock (Captain), Posted to Reserve of Officers
  • M. J. Nathan (Captain), Posted to Retired List
  • J. S. Harper (Lieutenant), Posted to Reserve of Officers
  • G. Hardie-Burt (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • R. A. Ward (Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List
  • G. W. Weeds (Temp. 2nd Lieutenant), Relinquishes commission
  • V. J. C. Smith (2nd Lieutenant), Posted to Retired List

  • F. Jones, Minister of Defence

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

🛡️ Defence & Military
6 February 1944
Royal New Zealand Air Force, Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Relinquishments
106 names identified
  • Robert Maitland Robinson, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Norman Herbert Beard, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Arthur Duncan Stout, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William Albert Barnett (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Cyril Francis Ryan (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Frank Louvain Leckie (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Alfred Walter Westwood (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Henry Summerson Moffitt (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Edward William Francis Clarke (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Vernon Simons (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Maurice James Cruthers (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Robert William Hodgson (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Bruce Fredric Scott (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Frederick Sinclair Wilkinson (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Trevor James Nation (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Hector Copeland Mara (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Russell James Scott (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Herbert Patrick Crean (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William Henry Walker (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Daniel Benjamin Kennedy (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Irvine Gordon Martin (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Walter Raymond Riggall Neave (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Gordon James Knight (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ivon Julian (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • William Moffat Murray (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Philip Francis Alexander William Herbert Le Couteur (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Robert Martin Naysmith (Flying Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
  • James Ferguson Fish (Corporal), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Charles Douglas George (Corporal), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Albert Edgar Larcombe (Corporal), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • David McWhA (Corporal), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Owen James Morgan (Corporal), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Roger Allen Stewart (Corporal), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Gordon Loversidge Bonham, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Frank Noel Hood, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Thomas Andrew John King, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Stuart Maxwell McGregor, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Peter Francis Locker Hall, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Alfred Bruce Atkinson, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Reginald Laurence Wilbur Howell, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ormand William Wood, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Gabriel Knight, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Lionel Matthews Wilson, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Guy Hamilton Corbet, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Alexander Litchfield Craig, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John David Dean (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William James Conibear (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Henri Winston Thoms (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Harold Reginald Wootton (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Andrew Burns (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Eric Willoughby McDougall (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Norman James Grant (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Francis Colin Wood (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leslie Hayward Skellern (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Charles Hugh Basil Goulter (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ian Armstrong Blaikie (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Bavin Graham (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Geoffrey Vivien Groves (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Geoffrey Buchanan Williams (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Eric George Blake (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Walter Fred McElwain (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Allan Roberts (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Frank Royce Chennells (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Francis Henry Clark Lukey (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Graham Coull (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Hugh Graham Gray (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald Earle Robertson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Victor John Andrew (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Selwyn Frank Jackson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ross Victor Levy (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Douglas Scott Johnstone (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Eric Cawthra Hatton (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Roy King Jones (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Francis Ernest Davis (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Lawrence Hugh Johnston (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Harold Malcolm Hawkorn (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Maurice Given (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Edward Victor Malcolm (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Henry Leonard Ownsworth (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Murray Stephen Roberts (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Roger Gill (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Selwyn Martin Dennis Wilson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Peter Gale Henry (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Michael Frederick Dillon (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Oscar McCabe (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Balfour Richard John Hay (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Evan Aylward Grant (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Raymond Duncan Sanderson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • David Valentine Avery (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Edward Roy Taylor (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Bernard Alexander Gumbley (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Frederick Anthony Rutherfurd (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Keith Southward (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maurice William Smyth (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Nelson Hastings Bright (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Harold Thomas Crampton (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Frederick George Sanders (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Colin Alexander Hynd (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ernest Ronald Ruffles (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Roy Emile Le Long (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Malcolm James Dilks (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Arthur Raymond Rowsell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Edward William Garnett (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Thomas Reginald Dion Kebbell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Kenneth Messines Gibsone (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Raymond Kassler (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer