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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 1st May, 1944 : Leslie Charles CURNO, D.F.M.
Dated 21st August, 1944: Victor Gordon ROBERTS.
Dated 21st October, 1944: Raymond Francis BROWN.
Dated 5th November, 1944: Ian Clark WOOLLEY.

Reversion
Acting Wing Commander Lloyd Hern PARRY reverts to the temporary rank of Squadron Leader. Dated 13th November, 1944.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Equipment Branch, Section I, to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in their present rank and seniority :—
Dated 7th September, 1944: Flight Lieutenant Montague Frederick FOATE.
Dated 1st September, 1944: Flying Officer Ernest Wilson John COLLINS.
Dated 9th November, 1944: Flying Officer William Grahame WHITMORE.
Works Section—

Promotion
Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Albert John COLEBOURNE to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.), dated 31st October, 1944, and to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid), dated 1st November, 1944.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Relinquishments
The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions :—
Dated 16th October, 1944: Assistant Section Officer Catherine Elizabeth YOUNG.
Dated 19th October, 1944: Assistant Section Officer Doreen Winifred BARRON.
Dated 25th October, 1944— Assistant Section Officer Shirley Ruve NEVILLE. Assistant Section Officer Coleen PIPER.
Dated 10th November, 1944: Assistant Section Officer Doreen Anastasia KENNEDY.
Dated 15th November, 1944: Assistant Section Officer Patricia Thomasine GREIG.
Dated 24th November, 1944: Assistant Section Officer Lorna Hazel SMITH.
Dated 29th November, 1944— Assistant Section Officer Mavis Lilian HALLIDAY. Assistant Section Officer Betty Lilian BIRD.
Dated 30th November, 1944: Assistant Section Officer Kathleen Mary Winks AMON.

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 28th October, 1944: Flight Lieutenant Donald St. Clair BROWN.
Dated 19th November, 1944— Flight Lieutenant Gordon Whittem PAUL. Flight Lieutenant Spencer George RADFORD.
Dated 19th December, 1944: Flight Lieutenant George William WARDEN, D.F.C.
Dated 22nd December, 1944: Flight Lieutenant Hansford Ward CHAMBERS, D.F.C.
Dated 30th December, 1944: Flight Lieutenant Cyril Wincote PRICE.
Dated 28th October, 1944: Flying Officer Ian Sinclair McGechie.
Dated 9th November, 1944: Flying Officer Lawrence Clark BERG.
Dated 10th November, 1944: Flying Officer Geoffrey Woods PALMER, D.F.C.
Dated 15th November, 1944— Flying Officer Norman Hanson GOULD. Flying Officer Bruce Nelson GRAHAM. Flying Officer Robert Martin BURGESS. Flying Officer Douglas Pickard SCOTT.
Dated 17th November, 1944: Flying Officer John Guy CHEWINGS.
Dated 18th November, 1944: Flying Officer Rex Alexander WEBER, D.F.C.
Dated 19th November, 1944: Flying Officer Ronald Francis TOWNSHEND.
Dated 23rd November, 1944: Flying Officer Alexander Ernest HENDERSON.
Dated 22nd December, 1944: Flying Officer John Francis KEANE.
Dated 23rd December, 1944: Flying Officer William Harry DUIGNAN.
Dated 24th December, 1944: Flying Officer Thomas Roydon HARRISON.
Dated 1st January, 1945: Flying Officer Charles Peter WHITE.
Dated 21st October, 1944: Pilot Officer Murray Scofield AITCHISON, M.M.
Dated 18th November, 1944: Pilot Officer Ian Donald Ormond McINTOSH.
Dated 21st December, 1944: Pilot Officer Frank Christopher PARKES.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I :—
Dated 12th December, 1944: Flight Lieutenant Graham Routh CANAVAN.
Dated 2nd November, 1944: Flying Officer Harry Jones PRIESTLEY.
Dated 11th November, 1944: Flying Officer Leslie Robert ALLEN.
Dated 17th November, 1944: Flying Officer George Henry ANDREWS.
Dated 20th November, 1944: Flying Officer Gordon Henry GRANTHAM.
Dated 22nd November, 1944: Flying Officer Nicholas MATICH, D.S.O., D.F.M.
Dated 23rd November, 1944: Flying Officer David ARMSTRONG.
Dated 25th November, 1944: Flying Officer Allan Henry BAYLISS.
Dated 27th November, 1944: Flying Officer Arthur MacDonald COOPER.
Dated 30th November, 1944: Flying Officer Thomas Selwyn NEWLAND.
Dated 7th December, 1944: Flying Officer Alvar Franklin READ.
Dated 28th December, 1944: Flying Officer James Patrick MOORE.
Dated 12th December, 1944: Pilot Officer William James Gordon Foote.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Operational Awards approved by His Majesty the King
Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 4th November, 1944.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following immediate awards, in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy :—

Distinguished Flying Cross
Flying Officer George Alexander Hughes Field (NZ 416634), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.
Acting Flying Officer Durham Highet Strachan (NZ 422440), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Operational Awards approved by His Majesty the King
Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 11th November, 1944.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following immediate awards, in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy :—

Distinguished Flying Cross
Flying Officer Raymond John Cammock (NZ 414723), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Christchurch.
Pilot Officer Owen David Eagleton (NZ 421689), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards, in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy :—

Distinguished Flying Cross
Flight Lieutenant Thomas Henry Davidson (NZ 412661), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Rotorua.
Flight Lieutenant Charles Norman Gall (NZ 411492), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Waikato.
Flight Lieutenant Ian James McNeil (NZ 401774), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Gisborne.
Flight Lieutenant David Gordon Simpson (NZ 414689), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Alexandra.
Flying Officer John Jardon O'Connor (NZ 415007), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Christchurch.
Flying Officer Charles Millard Tapper (NZ 415038), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Christchurch.
Pilot Officer Vincent Rex Jamieson (NZ 416431), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Operational Awards approved by His Majesty the King
Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 18th November, 1944.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following operational awards, in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy :—

Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross
Flight Lieutenant Ivan Oswald Breckon, D.F.C. (NZ 40963), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

Distinguished Flying Cross
Flight Lieutenant Francis Charles Fox (NZ 40762), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Napier.
Flight Lieutenant Alexander Reynell Galbraith (NZ 403598), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Frankton Junction.
Flight Lieutenant James Risk Naysmith (NZ 39793), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Petone.