New Zealand Gazette – 1944 – No. 87

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✨ Military Promotions and Appointments



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 37]

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

Dated 14th August, 1944: Arthur Wynford Saxton STUCKEY.
Dated 16th October, 1944: John Peter RIDDELL.

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

Dated 26th May, 1944: John Waldour ROUS-MARTEN.
Dated 15th July, 1944: Francis Leveson LA FRANCHI.
Dated 24th September, 1944: Clive Henry MARSHALL-MURPHY.
Rendle Kelway POPE.
Cecil FORSYTH.
Dated 27th September, 1944: Evan William DUTHIE.

Reversion

Acting Wing Commander Kenneth Gordon SMITH reverts to the temporary rank of Squadron Leader. Dated 30th September, 1944.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

The undermentioned are granted honorary commissions in the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 5th October, 1944:—

Paul Kent KINGDOM.
James Bryce JACKSON.

Change of Name

Flying Officer Maurice Thomas FRAMPTON assumes the name of Morris Eugene ERAMTON.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Relinquishment

Assistant Section Officer Elizabeth Wignall BOWMAN is permitted to relinquish her temporary commission. Dated 16th October, 1944.

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

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Stuart Bayly SHEPHERD is permitted to relinquish his Air Training Corps commission. Dated 1st December, 1944.

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 3rd October, 1944: Flying Officer Ross Mansill McEWEN.
Dated 11th October, 1944: Flying Officer Kenneth Frederick MEHRTENS.
Dated 27th October, 1944: Flying Officer Christopher Falcon SCOTT.
Dated 3rd October, 1944: Pilot Officer Allan Robert James BOX, D.F.M.

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

Dated 17th October, 1944: Flight Lieutenant Neville Forsyth HARSTON.
Dated 3rd October, 1944: Flying Officer William Morton BULLEN.
Dated 6th October, 1944: Flying Officer Cecil Roland WHITE, D.F.C.
Dated 7th October, 1944: Flying Officer Arthur Kenneth DIXON.
Dated 13th October, 1944: Flying Officer Maxwell Noel BURTON.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,

Wellington, 1st November, 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 Officer:—

As Pilots—
Dated 14th July, 1944—
NZ 427098 Flight Sergeant Thomas David Ian McDONALD.

Dated 30th August, 1944—
NZ 416896 Flight Sergeant Thomas McKenzie AUSTIN.

Dated 28rd September, 1944—
NZ 40111 Flight Sergeant Herbert Wilfred HOOPER.
NZ 429286 Flight Sergeant Richard Justin ATKINSON.
NZ 429763 Flight Sergeant Fairfax MONCRIEFF.
NZ 429387 Flight Sergeant David Lancelot WILSON.

Dated 24th September, 1944—
NZ 439408 Sergeant Howard Arthur SEXTON.
NZ 2322 John Beveridge STEVENSON.
NZ 4312244 Warrant Officer Douglas Blewett FOOTE.
NZ 438756 Sergeant Malcolm Stanley ROBINSON.
NZ 439413 L.A.C. Norman Bertram BUNNY.
NZ 439460 L.A.C. Phillip Brian MAY.
NZ 4312293 L.A.C. John Patrick HICKEY.
NZ 4312414 Warrant Officer Malcolm James RENNIE.
NZ 439191 L.A.C. Ian James Strang LAIDLAW.
NZ 2323 Alan Allister MACPHERSON.
NZ 438727 Sergeant Thomas Brian MOONEY.
NZ 2324 Lloyd George HOPKINS.
NZ 2325 John Selwyn UPSTON.
NZ 2326 Kevin Thorne CUSACK.
NZ 2327 Scott Holdaway SIMMONDS.
NZ 2328 John Joseph MOLLOY.
NZ 2329 Donald Walton STEWART.
NZ 2330 Averill John THOMPSON.

Dated 2nd October, 1944—
NZ 425264 Flight Sergeant Douglas Arthur William LEE.

As Navigators—
Dated 27th May, 1944—
NZ 404486 Warrant Officer Douglas John LALOLLY.

Dated 28th August, 1944—
NZ 4210135 Flight Sergeant Albert Stephen NASH.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—
Dated 16th June, 1944—
NZ 392085 Warrant Officer William Bruce WILLS.

Dated 18th June, 1944—
NZ 417224 Warrant Officer Norman MAZE.

Dated 28th September, 1944—
NZ 424993 Flight Sergeant Joseph William MURPHY.

As Air Bomber—
Dated 26th September, 1944—
NZ 42464 Flight Sergeant John Lawrence PAGE SHERRIFF.

Promotions

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) George Milne FITZWATER to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 30th October, 1944.

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

Dated 14th July, 1944—
Albert Norman SAWARD.

Dated 17th July, 1944—
David Ashley CORBETT.

Dated 1st August, 1944—
George Raymond HART.

Dated 1st August, 1944—
Charles Alexander McDONALD.

David Keith MULLIGAN:
Maurice Ernest WILLIS.
Eric Duane SMART.
Noel Alexander PIKE.
Seaton George SHARP.
Donald Alfred WILLIAMS.
Thomas Robin RABONE.

Dated 20th August, 1944—
Richard Percy WARRAM.
John Hunter WILL.
Howard Collis IRONSIDE.
Robert Harry GRANGER.
John Douglas PROBERT.
Geoffrey Everard MONK.
Stuart James MACDONALD.
Leonard Selwyn PITCHES.
Noel William JACKSON.

Arthur TOMKINS.
Robert James TYRRELL.
Charles Edward SHAW.
Maurice William ARMSTRONG.
James Brockliss CHURCH.
William George KERRY.
Donald Milham FURNESS.
Leonard James LEWIS.

Transfers

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the General Duties Branch in their present rank. Dated 20th October, 1944:—

As Pilots—
Pilot Officer Richard Donald CLARK.
Pilot Officer Trevor Joseph CALDWELL.
Pilot Officer Ronald Leonard PARTRIDGE.
Pilot Officer Henry Montgomery McHARDY.
Pilot Officer Horace Allan SOMMERVILLE.
Pilot Officer Bernard Stanley MARGETTS.
Pilot Officer John Harry Deacon WICKHAM.
Pilot Officer Fred Greenhalgh HILL.
Pilot Officer Allan William ANDERSON.
Pilot Officer John Allan THATCHER.
Pilot Officer Sydney James Charles PRISCO.
Pilot Officer Harold William FORD.
Pilot Officer Ernest Clive SOUTHWICK.
Pilot Officer John Leslie WOOLCOTT LOGAN.
Pilot Officer Owen Quin CASEY.
Pilot Officer Wilfred Samuel TAYLOR.
Pilot Officer Ian Lawrence CAMPBELL.
Pilot Officer Robert John GILMOUR.
Pilot Officer Keith Stewart TAYLOR.
Pilot Officer John Clive Appleby FAIRE.
Pilot Officer Roger Russell KING.
Pilot Officer Albert Norman McINTOSH.

As Air Bomber—
Pilot Officer Gordon Cyril SMITH.



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

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1 November 2026
Appointments, Promotions, Reversion, Transfers, Relinquishments, Change of Name, Royal New Zealand Air Force
106 names identified
  • Arthur Wynford Saxton Stuckey, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Peter Riddell, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Waldour Rous-Marten, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Francis Leveson La Franchi, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Clive Henry Marshall-Murphy, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Rendle Kelway Pope, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Cecil Forsyth, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Evan William Duthie, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Kenneth Gordon Smith (Acting Wing Commander), Reverted to Squadron Leader
  • Paul Kent Kingdom, Granted honorary commission as Flight Lieutenant
  • James Bryce Jackson, Granted honorary commission as Flight Lieutenant
  • Maurice Thomas Frampton (Flying Officer), Changed name to Morris Eugene Eramton
  • Elizabeth Wignall Bowman (Assistant Section Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
  • Stuart Bayly Shepherd (Flying Officer), Relinquished Air Training Corps commission
  • Ross Mansill McEwen (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Kenneth Frederick Mehrtens (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Christopher Falcon Scott (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Allan Robert James Box (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Neville Forsyth Harston (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I
  • William Morton Bullen (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I
  • Cecil Roland White (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I
  • Arthur Kenneth Dixon (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I
  • Maxwell Noel Burton (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I
  • Thomas David Ian McDonald (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Thomas McKenzie Austin (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Herbert Wilfred Hooper (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Richard Justin Atkinson (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Fairfax Moncrieff (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • David Lancelot Wilson (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Howard Arthur Sexton (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Beveridge Stevenson, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Douglas Blewett Foote (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Malcolm Stanley Robinson (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Norman Bertram Bunny (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Phillip Brian May (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Patrick Hickey (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Malcolm James Rennie (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ian James Strang Laidlaw (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Alan Allister Macpherson, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Thomas Brian Mooney (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Lloyd George Hopkins, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Selwyn Upston, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Kevin Thorne Cusack, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Scott Holdaway Simmonds, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Joseph Molloy, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Donald Walton Stewart, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Averill John Thompson, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Douglas Arthur William Lee (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Douglas John Lalolly (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Albert Stephen Nash (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William Bruce Wills (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Norman Maze (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Joseph William Murphy (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Lawrence Page Sherriff (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • George Milne Fitzwater (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
  • Albert Norman Saward (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • David Ashley Corbett (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Raymond Hart (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Charles Alexander McDonald (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • David Keith Mulligan (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maurice Ernest Willis (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Eric Duane Smart (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Noel Alexander Pike (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Seaton George Sharp (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald Alfred Williams (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Thomas Robin Rabone (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Richard Percy Warram (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Hunter Will (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Howard Collis Ironside (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Harry Granger (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Douglas Probert (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Geoffrey Everard Monk (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Stuart James MacDonald (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leonard Selwyn Pitches (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Noel William Jackson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Arthur Tomkins (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert James Tyrrell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Charles Edward Shaw (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maurice William Armstrong (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Brockliss Church (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William George Kerry (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald Milham Furness (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leonard James Lewis (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Richard Donald Clark (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Trevor Joseph Caldwell (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Ronald Leonard Partridge (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Henry Montgomery McHardy (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Horace Allan Somerville (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Bernard Stanley Margetts (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • John Harry Deacon Wickham (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Fred Greenhalgh Hill (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Allan William Anderson (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • John Allan Thatcher (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Sydney James Charles Prisco (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Harold William Ford (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Ernest Clive Southwick (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • John Leslie Woolcott Logan (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Owen Quin Casey (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Wilfred Samuel Taylor (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Ian Lawrence Campbell (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Robert John Gilmore (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Keith Stewart Taylor (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • John Clive Appleby Faire (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Roger Russell King (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Albert Norman McIntosh (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch
  • Gordon Cyril Smith (Pilot Officer), Transferred to General Duties Branch

  • F. Jones, Minister of Defence