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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 83
NZC 433330 Sergeant John Spence MAISEY.
NZC 433342 Sergeant Derek Raymond MURRAY.
NZC 436018 Sergeant Rex Samuel WILSON.
NZ 4215119 Sergeant Thomas Leo Joseph DANAHER.
NZC 433312 Sergeant Leslie David LAMB.
NZ 4215439 Sergeant George Edward OLSSON.
NZ 4216103 Sergeant Euan Carpenter MARTIN.
NZ 436157 Sergeant George Aubrey JESEN.
NZC 435956 Sergeant James Ramsay FINLAY.
NZC 433281 Sergeant Jack HARBALL.
NZC 436009 Sergeant Stronach Lawson Cay THOMPSON.
NZ 4215137 Sergeant John Frederick WINTLE.
NZC 4213379 Sergeant Robert Ross LAPWOOD.
As Navigators—
Dated 29th July, 1944—
NZ 416138 Warrant Officer Kenneth Gordon MASON.
Dated 8th September, 1944—
NZ 4312418 Sergeant Warren Pete ROWLING.
NZ 4216203 Sergeant Joseph Henry BENSON.
NZ 4312495 Sergeant John Henry YOUNG.
NZ 4312151 Sergeant John Keith BOGUE.
NZ 438648 Sergeant Norman Noble HARRIS.
As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—
Dated 13th July, 1944—
NZ 416664 Warrant Officer Ernest Alexander PILCHER.
Dated 12th August, 1944—
NZ 41655 Warrant Officer Charles Ian MARTYN.
Dated 8th September, 1944—
NZ 426096 Sergeant Alfred Orr FARIS.
NZ 4216692 Sergeant Cecil Edward LEE.
As Air Bombers—
Dated 8th September, 1944—
NZ 433742 Sergeant Eric Francis COLLINSON.
NZ 436950 Sergeant Hugh Osborne Hutton FINDLAY.
NZC 4310787 Sergeant Harry CROSBY.
NZ 431051 Sergeant John Stuart McLEOD.
NZ 439436 Sergeant Edward Crombie DEWHIRST.
NZ 437661 Sergeant Ian Ross CAMERON.
NZ 436781 Sergeant Laurence Mervyn BURT.
As Air Gunner—
Dated 18th August, 1944—
NZ 412332 Warrant Officer Albert George HORSCROFT.
Promotions
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Arthur John BRADSHAW to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 15th August, 1944.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 16th May, 1944 : Norman Herbert BEARD.
Dated 10th June, 1944 : Noel Richard TINGEY.
Dated 3rd July, 1944 : Edwin Alfred HURLEY.
Dated 11th July, 1944 : Bryan Walker TURNBULL, D.F.C.
Dated 22nd July, 1944—
William Peter ANDERSON. Athol Eric KILNER.
Richard George SHIRTCLEFFE. John Frederic NISSEN.
Peter AUSTIN. Pat Vaughan GODDARD.
Neil CARR-SMITH. John Blackwood SEWELL.
Jack Frederick WELLER. John Alexander WYLIE.
Transfers
The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the General Duties Branch in their present rank :—
As Pilots—
Dated 8th September, 1944—
Pilot Officer Cecil William MILLS.
Pilot Officer Evan Peter CAMERON.
As Navigator—
Dated 8th September, 1944 : Pilot Officer Robert Willmot MARKS.
As Air Bombers—
Dated 8th September, 1944—
Pilot Officer Cyril CALKIN.
Pilot Officer Donald McCLELLAND.
Pilot Officer Kenneth Harwood HEMUS.
Pilot Officer Arthur Lawrence RYAN.
Pilot Officer Kenneth Bruce JEFFS.
EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I : EQUIPMENT OFFICERS
Promotions
Equipment Duties—
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 7th July, 1944—
Henry Francis GRIBBLE. Franklin Robert Stanley HALLS.
James Keir SIMPSON. Norman Royle SHORTER.
Eric Gordon MCGEE. Leon Abraham MANNING.
Donald Allen HOGAN. Henry Francis CLARIDGE.
Thomas Edmund DOUDS. William Alder CHARLTON.
Henry DAVIES.
Dated 30th July, 1944—
William McMillan SMELLIE.
Robert Bruce JOHNSTON (NZ 401697).
EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS
Promotions
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Engineer Duties—
Dated 20th July, 1944—
George Alexander FOLSTER
Frederick Lancelot PEARSON.
James Alexander ROBB.
Percy Charles CAMPBELL.
Gonville Course BENSEMAN.
Charles Broadbent BARRACLOUGH.
Roy Samuel Calvert BURGESS.
Nolan John Cram REDSTONE.
Signals Duties—
Dated 20th July, 1944—
Ian Robert WALLACE. Owen Leslie KING.
Radar Duties—
Dated 8th July, 1944 : Walter John WAINWRIGHT.
Armament Duties—
Dated 20th July, 1944—
Harold Duval SMITH. William Hubert HOWE.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotions
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 7th July, 1944 : John COWAN.
Dated 20th July, 1944—
Kenneth BOLTON. Leo Geoffrey MORROW.
Robert Lorenzo HARDIE. Cyril Charles HESLOP.
Stanley David Edmondson WEIR. Finlay Robert FOOTE.
Stanley Joseph BROWN. Boris Richard BEACHMAN.
Henry Hirst HICKEY. Arthur Walter MCGILL.
Alexander Thorsten RELLING. Ralph McFarlane WAITE.
Kenneth Edward HASWELL. Henry Ernest BAINBRIDGE.
Henry Mackay BROWN. Gerald Carolan GRACE.
Hector Heathcote MCKAY.
Transfer and Promotion
Flying Officer Wilfred Charles Finch LEICESTER is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority, and is granted the Acting rank of Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 1st September, 1944.
Promotions
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Works Section—
Dated 20th July, 1944—
Terras Wroxton WALLS. Geoffrey Brandon HARTY.
James William PALMER. Frank Albion HARVEY.
Meteorological Section—
Dated 15th July, 1944—
William Harvey THOMSON. Alexander Bertram ALLEN.
Brian Maurice STEDMAN. Hugh George GILMER.
Maurice James O’CONNOR. Richard Carroll MORPETH.
Educational Section—
Dated 20th July, 1944 : Harry Jones PRIESTLEY.
Dated 30th July, 1944 : John Benjamin THURSTON.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.)
Relinquishments
The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their Air Training Corps Commissions :—
Dated 23rd August, 1944 : Flying Officer Gerald Plimsoll ROXBURGH.
Dated 28th August, 1944 : Pilot Officer Eric Lewis Williams MITCHELL.
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 25th September, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant Arthur Howard STUBBINGS.
Dated 20th August, 1944 : Flying Officer David Alan RITCHIE.
Flight Lieutenant Peter SOUTER is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I. Dated 23rd October, 1944.
CORRIGENDUM
In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 80, dated 21st September, 1944, page 1140, under the heading “General Duties Branch, Appointments—As Pilots,” for “NZ 426088 Flight Sergeant Murray Schofield AITCHISON,” read “NZ 426088 Flight Sergeant Murray Scofield AITCHISON.”
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.
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Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Relinquishments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
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Air Force Appointments, Royal New Zealand Air Force, General Duties Branch, Pilots, Navigators, Wireless Operator/Air Gunners, Air Bombers, Air Gunner, Promotions, Transfers, Equipment Branch, Administrative and Special Duties Branch, Reserve of Air Force Officers, Corrigendum
116 names identified
- John Spence MAISEY (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Derek Raymond MURRAY (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Rex Samuel WILSON (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Thomas Leo Joseph DANAHER (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Leslie David LAMB (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- George Edward OLSSON (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Euan Carpenter MARTIN (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- George Aubrey JESEN (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- James Ramsay FINLAY (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Jack HARBALL (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Stronach Lawson Cay THOMPSON (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- John Frederick WINTLE (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Robert Ross LAPWOOD (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Kenneth Gordon MASON (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Navigator
- Warren Pete ROWLING (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Joseph Henry BENSON (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- John Henry YOUNG (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- John Keith BOGUE (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Norman Noble HARRIS (Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Ernest Alexander PILCHER (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Charles Ian MARTYN (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Alfred Orr FARIS (Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Cecil Edward LEE (Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Eric Francis COLLINSON (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- Hugh Osborne Hutton FINDLAY (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- Harry CROSBY (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- John Stuart McLEOD (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- Edward Crombie DEWHIRST (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- Ian Ross CAMERON (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- Laurence Mervyn BURT (Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
- Albert George HORSCROFT (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Air Gunner
- Arthur John BRADSHAW (Flight Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
- Norman Herbert BEARD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
- Noel Richard TINGEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
- Edwin Alfred HURLEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
- Bryan Walker TURNBULL (Pilot Officer, D.F.C.), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
- William Peter ANDERSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
- Athol Eric KILNER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
- Richard George SHIRTCLEFFE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
- John Frederic NISSEN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
- Peter AUSTIN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
- Pat Vaughan GODDARD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
- Neil CARR-SMITH (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
- John Blackwood SEWELL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
- Jack Frederick WELLER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
- John Alexander WYLIE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
- Cecil William MILLS (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch as Pilot
- Evan Peter CAMERON (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch as Pilot
- Robert Willmot MARKS (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch as Navigator
- Cyril CALKIN (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch as Air Bomber
- Donald McCLELLAND (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch as Air Bomber
- Kenneth Harwood HEMUS (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch as Air Bomber
- Arthur Lawrence RYAN (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch as Air Bomber
- Kenneth Bruce JEFFS (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch as Air Bomber
- Henry Francis GRIBBLE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Equipment Duties
- Franklin Robert Stanley HALLS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Equipment Duties
- James Keir SIMPSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Equipment Duties
- Norman Royle SHORTER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Equipment Duties
- Eric Gordon MCGEE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Equipment Duties
- Leon Abraham MANNING (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Equipment Duties
- Donald Allen HOGAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Equipment Duties
- Henry Francis CLARIDGE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Equipment Duties
- Thomas Edmund DOUDS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Equipment Duties
- William Alder CHARLTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Equipment Duties
- Henry DAVIES (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Equipment Duties
- William McMillan SMELLIE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Equipment Duties
- Robert Bruce JOHNSTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Equipment Duties
- George Alexander FOLSTER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Engineer Duties
- Frederick Lancelot PEARSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Engineer Duties
- James Alexander ROBB (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Engineer Duties
- Percy Charles CAMPBELL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Engineer Duties
- Gonville Course BENSEMAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Engineer Duties
- Charles Broadbent BARRACLOUGH (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Engineer Duties
- Roy Samuel Calvert BURGESS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Engineer Duties
- Nolan John Cram REDSTONE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Engineer Duties
- Ian Robert WALLACE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Signals Duties
- Owen Leslie KING (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Signals Duties
- Walter John WAINWRIGHT (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Radar Duties
- Harold Duval SMITH (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Armament Duties
- William Hubert HOWE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Armament Duties
- John COWAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Kenneth BOLTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Leo Geoffrey MORROW (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Robert Lorenzo HARDIE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Cyril Charles HESLOP (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Stanley David Edmondson WEIR (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Finlay Robert FOOTE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Stanley Joseph BROWN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Boris Richard BEACHMAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Henry Hirst HICKEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Arthur Walter MCGILL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Alexander Thorsten RELLING (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Ralph McFarlane WAITE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Kenneth Edward HASWELL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Henry Ernest BAINBRIDGE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Henry Mackay BROWN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Gerald Carolan GRACE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Hector Heathcote MCKAY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Administrative and Special Duties Branch
- Wilfred Charles Finch LEICESTER (Flying Officer), Transferred to Administrative and Special Duties Branch and promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- Terras Wroxton WALLS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Works Section
- Geoffrey Brandon HARTY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Works Section
- James William PALMER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Works Section
- Frank Albion HARVEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Works Section
- William Harvey THOMSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Meteorological Section
- Alexander Bertram ALLEN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Meteorological Section
- Brian Maurice STEDMAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Meteorological Section
- Hugh George GILMER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Meteorological Section
- Maurice James O’CONNOR (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Meteorological Section
- Richard Carroll MORPETH (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Meteorological Section
- Harry Jones PRIESTLEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Educational Section
- John Benjamin THURSTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.) in Educational Section
- Gerald Plimsoll ROXBURGH (Flying Officer), Relinquished Air Training Corps Commission
- Eric Lewis Williams MITCHELL (Pilot Officer), Relinquished Air Training Corps Commission
- Arthur Howard STUBBINGS (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
- David Alan RITCHIE (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
- Peter SOUTER (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I
- F. JONES, Minister of Defence