New Zealand Gazette – 1944 – No. 83

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✨ Military and Government Appointments



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 4th October, 1944.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

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

As Pilots—
Dated 1st September, 1944—
NZ 4213959 Flight Sergeant Kenneth William WRIGHT.
NZ 4217056 Flight Sergeant Peter Stuart FREYBERG.
NZC 427091 Flight Sergeant John McRoberts CALDER.

Dated 24th September, 1944—
NZ 2315 Allan Beresford SOWDEN.
NZ 4310383 L.A.C. Noel Francis Steventon THOMPSON.
NZ 4312141 L.A.C. William Samuel BEATON.
NZ 431870 L.A.C. William WONG.
NZ 2316 Graham Nicholson RHODES.

As Flight Engineer—
Dated 19th September, 1944—
NZ 40814 Flight Sergeant William Roy STOKES.

Promotions

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants
(temp.):
Dated 11th June, 1944 : Donald Louis CLOW.
Dated 19th June, 1944 : Cyril Stanley Brott.
Dated 26th August, 1944 : Brian COBOROFT.

Dated 28th August, 1944—
Oscar Henry ODEN.
Allan Claude LYNOH.
John Thomas Leonard BARNETT.
William Bryce PHILPOTT.
Kenneth Herbert ANSTICE.
David Hamilton TUDHOPE, D.F.C.
William John WENDELKEN.
John Gaskin CLARIDGE, D.F.C.
John Daniel Woods, D.F.C.
Kenneth Victor James SCHOU.

Dated 31st August, 1944—
John Strang HEGGIE.
James COLQUHOUN.
John Leonard WRIGHT, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Charles Wynne Brunsdon KELLY, D.S.O., D.F.C.

Dated 1st September, 1944 : Neal Wingmore FAGG.

Dated 3rd September, 1944—
Charles Norman GALL.
Thomas Alexander STEWART, D.F.C., D.F.M.

Dated 4th September, 1944 : William George MART.
Dated 5th September, 1944 : James Samuel BATTERSBY.

Flying Officer (temp.) Ronald George BUSH to be Acting Flight
Lieutenant (paid). Dated 22nd September, 1944.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers
(temp.) :
Dated 28th July, 1944 : Richard Leonard PARSLow.
Dated 9th August, 1944 : William Ross LAUDER.
Dated 20th August, 1944 : Anthony Roy CAMPBELL.
Dated 22nd August, 1944 : William Douglas SULLIVAN.

Dated 23rd August, 1944—
Kenneth Lindsay MCDONALD. Hamish Duncan MACFARLANE.
Maurice DRUMMOND. Kelso Wheturere MASON.
Donald Roe MOSSMAN.

Dated 24th August, 1944—
Alan Robert SPEIRS. Frank Ernest STOTT.

Dated 25th August, 1944—
Gordon Ernest ERRIDGE. Alan Garratt BROWN.
John Desmond NASH. Rowland James PAYNE.
Percival McDowell JOHNSTON. George Keith DEE.
Raymond Sinclair TAIT. Lewis Frederick GLASS.
John Gerald BIRCH. Allan Stockdale GRAYSON.
William Arthur FLETCHER. Leo Francis Joseph FARRELLY.
Donald John GLENGARRY. Leslie William UDEN.
Francis Neville SELWOOD. Douglas Roderick MCONCHIE.
Randall HEWITT. Bruce Reford LETHBRIDGE.
Moulton HEWITSON. Anthony Richard Tenison SMITH.
Peter Milstead BIRCH. David Haddow MCMURRAY.

Dated 26th August, 1944—
Jack TOURELL.
Iwikau Te Matauira Te Aika, D.F.C.

Dated 28th August, 1944—
Maxwell Radford WHITE. Leslie Nicholis DAVIDSON.
Gordon Hedley HEWITT. John ORR.

Dated 29th August, 1944—
Ivor Clark BAYLY. Jack WILLIAMS.

Dated 1st September, 1944—
James Graham RYMAN. Ronald Westland BROWN.

Dated 2nd September, 1944 : Reginald HILL.

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Dated 3rd September, 1944—
Cecil Rowland MacCLURE.
Arthur Frank TATE.
George Henry Richmond TREASURE.
Jack Claude TAYLOR.
Ernest Mervyn INGPEN.

Dated 4th September, 1944 : Reginald Morris Fitzallen SIMPSON,
B.E.M.

Dated 6th September, 1944 : George Walter FIELDING.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotion

Pilot Officer Francis Vincent GREY is confirmed in his rank and
granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 6th September,
1944.

Transfer

Flight Lieutenant Hector Arthur McKENZIE is transferred from
the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties
Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 14th September,
1944.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfers

Flight Lieutenant Stanley Gordon WHITE is transferred from
the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I.
Dated 18th September, 1944.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active
List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I:

Dated 5th September, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant Glen Otto Albert
BEU.

Dated 26th August, 1944 : Flying Officer Thomas William
Raymond SHEBBATT.

Dated 15th September, 1944 : Flying Officer Felix Patrick
Anthony CAMPBELL.

Dated 23rd September, 1944 : Flying Officer Nevill Arthur
Lyte STICHBURY.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

American Minister at Wellington

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified
that the

Hon. Kenneth Stuart Patton,

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United
States of America to New Zealand, presented his Letters of Credence
at Government House on Tuesday, 15th August, 1944.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Coroner appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th October, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint

Timothy James Cummings, Esquire, J.P.,
of Whakatane, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Stipendiary Magistrate appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th October, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint

Archibald Albany McLachlan, Esquire,
to be a temporary Stipendiary Magistrate to exercise criminal and
civil jurisdiction within New Zealand for the period from the
10th day of October, 1944, to the 9th day of January, 1945.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the
Provincial District of Auckland appointed

Mental Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 4th October, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint

Mrs. Mary Manson Dreaver
to be an Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911,
within the Provincial District of Auckland.

A. H. NORdMEYER,
Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals.



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🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
4 October 1944
Air Force Appointments, Royal New Zealand Air Force, General Duties Branch, Pilots, Flight Engineers, Promotions, Administrative and Special Duties Branch, Reserve of Air Force Officers
90 names identified
  • Kenneth William WRIGHT, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Peter Stuart FREYBERG, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John McRoberts CALDER, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Allan Beresford SOWDEN, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Noel Francis Steventon THOMPSON, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William Samuel BEATON, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William WONG, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Graham Nicholson RHODES, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William Roy STOKES, Granted temporary commission as Flight Engineer
  • Donald Louis CLOW, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Cyril Stanley Brott, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Brian COBOROFT, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Oscar Henry ODEN, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Allan Claude LYNOH, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Thomas Leonard BARNETT, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • William Bryce PHILPOTT, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Kenneth Herbert ANSTICE, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • David Hamilton TUDHOPE (D.F.C.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • William John WENDELKEN, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Gaskin CLARIDGE (D.F.C.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Daniel Woods (D.F.C.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Kenneth Victor James SCHOU, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Strang HEGGIE, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • James COLQUHOUN, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Leonard WRIGHT (D.S.O., D.F.C.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Charles Wynne Brunsdon KELLY (D.S.O., D.F.C.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Neal Wingmore FAGG, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Charles Norman GALL, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Thomas Alexander STEWART (D.F.C., D.F.M.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • William George MART, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • James Samuel BATTERSBY, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Ronald George BUSH, Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
  • Richard Leonard PARSLOW, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Ross LAUDER, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Anthony Roy CAMPBELL, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Douglas SULLIVAN, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Kenneth Lindsay MCDONALD, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Hamish Duncan MACFARLANE, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maurice DRUMMOND, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Kelso Wheturere MASON, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald Roe MOSSMAN, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alan Robert SPEIRS, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Frank Ernest STOTT, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Gordon Ernest ERRIDGE, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alan Garratt BROWN, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Desmond NASH, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Rowland James PAYNE, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Percival McDowell JOHNSTON, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Keith DEE, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Raymond Sinclair TAIT, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Lewis Frederick GLASS, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Gerald BIRCH, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Allan Stockdale GRAYSON, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Arthur FLETCHER, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leo Francis Joseph FARRELLY, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald John GLENGARRY, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leslie William UDEN, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Francis Neville SELWOOD, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Douglas Roderick MCONCHIE, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Randall HEWITT, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Bruce Reford LETHBRIDGE, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Moulton HEWITSON, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Anthony Richard Tenison SMITH, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Peter Milstead BIRCH, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • David Haddow MCMURRAY, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Jack TOURELL, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Iwikau Te Matauira Te Aika (D.F.C.), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maxwell Radford WHITE, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leslie Nicholis DAVIDSON, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Gordon Hedley HEWITT, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John ORR, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ivor Clark BAYLY, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Jack WILLIAMS, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Graham RYMAN, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Westland BROWN, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Reginald HILL, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Cecil Rowland MacCLURE, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Arthur Frank TATE, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Henry Richmond TREASURE, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Jack Claude TAYLOR, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ernest Mervyn INGPEN, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Reginald Morris Fitzallen SIMPSON (B.E.M.), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Walter FIELDING, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Francis Vincent GREY, Confirmed in rank and promoted to Flying Officer
  • Hector Arthur McKENZIE, Transferred to Administrative and Special Duties Branch
  • Stanley Gordon WHITE, Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Glen Otto Albert BEU, Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Thomas William Raymond SHEBBATT, Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Felix Patrick Anthony CAMPBELL, Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Nevill Arthur Lyte STICHBURY, Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers

  • F. JONES, Minister of Defence

🌏 Presentation of Letters of Credence by American Minister

🌏 External Affairs & Territories
Diplomatic Relations, United States of America, Letters of Credence
  • Kenneth Stuart Patton (Honourable), Presented Letters of Credence as American Minister

  • P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs

⚖️ Appointment of Coroner

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
9 October 1944
Coroner, Appointment, Whakatane
  • Timothy James Cummings (Esquire, J.P.), Appointed Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand

  • H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice

⚖️ Appointment of Temporary Stipendiary Magistrate

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
6 October 1944
Stipendiary Magistrate, Temporary Appointment
  • Archibald Albany McLachlan (Esquire), Appointed temporary Stipendiary Magistrate

  • H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice

🏥 Appointment of Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
4 October 1944
Official Visitor, Mental Defectives Act, Auckland
  • Mary Manson Dreaver (Mrs.), Appointed Official Visitor under the Mental Defectives Act

  • A. H. NORDMEYER, Minister in Charge of Mental Hospitals