New Zealand Gazette – 1944 – No. 98

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✨ Royal New Zealand Air Force notices



1542 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE [No. 98]

Dated 2nd November, 1944-
NZ 416812 Warrant Officer Reginald Walter MITCHELL.
NZ 415348 Warrant Officer Thomas Alexander MALLON.
NZ 42784 Warrant Officer John William MARSHALL.
NZC 424040 Flight Sergeant John Peter HALLIGAN.

Dated 4th November, 1944-
NZ 416449 Warrant Officer Eben Watson BRIGGS.

Dated 6th November, 1944-
NZ 426024 Flight Sergeant Donald James WILLIAMS.
NZ 421746 Warrant Officer Haddon Shaw MILES.
NZ 425698 Flight Sergeant Arthur Basil KENNEDY.
NZ 428040 Flight Sergeant Stephen Malcolm ROBERTON.

Dated 7th November, 1944-
NZ 427207 Warrant Officer Nelson Nolan HILL.
NZ 4210092 Flight Sergeant Lindsay Francis ROBINSON.

Dated 9th November, 1944-
NZ 427262 Flight Sergeant George Stanley DAVIES.

Dated 11th November, 1944-
NZ 422171 Flight Sergeant James William WALLACE.
NZ 427445 Flight Sergeant William LOCKYER.

Dated 12th November, 1944-
NZ 428173 Flight Sergeant Joseph Thomas WESTON.
NZ 427354 Flight Sergeant Donald Rennie WATTERS.
NZ 427549 Flight Sergeant Lewis Sefton YARRALL.
NZ 422284 Warrant Officer Edwin Robert HOPE.

Dated 26th November, 1944-
NZC 427038 Flight Sergeant Rodney Hartley HATHER-ELL.

As Navigators-

Dated 17th August, 1944-
NZ 414537 Warrant Officer Leo Edward SMITH.

Dated 12th September, 1944-
NZ 416452 Warrant Officer William Henry BURNELL.

Dated 21st September, 1944-
NZ 436167 Flight Sergeant Sinclair Athol McKENZIE.

Dated 10th October, 1944-
NZ 428826 Flight Sergeant Charles AGNEW.

Dated 6th November, 1944-
NZ 4213321 Flight Sergeant John Gilbert SCOTT.

Dated 8th November, 1944-
NZ 425439 Flight Sergeant Leo Bruce STUART.

Dated 12th November, 1944-
NZ 425014 Warrant Officer Alan Frederick CASSIDY.

Dated 25th November, 1944-
NZ 2344 Joseph Seymour JOHNSTON.
NZ 2345 Raymond Keith GOULD.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners-

Dated 4th September, 1944-
NZ 403587 Warrant Officer Felix Joseph PAUL.

Dated 26th September, 1944-
NZ 422954 Flight Sergeant George Robert THORNTON.
NZ 425536 Flight Sergeant Ronald Norman McKENZIE.

Dated 8th November, 1944-
NZ 425469 Flight Sergeant Frank Rendall TIBBY.

As Air Bombers-

Dated 3rd November, 1944-
NZC 4210046 Flight Sergeant Reginald John THURSTON.
NZ 42320 Flight Sergeant James Burlace CAUTY.

Dated 8th November, 1944-
NZ 416511 Flight Sergeant Eric Ferguson CASBOLT.

Dated 9th November, 1944-
NZ 405625 Flight Sergeant Leo Patrick O'BRIEN.

Dated 19th November, 1944-
NZ 429063 Flight Sergeant Robert Max RUANE.

As Air Gunners-

Dated 21st September, 1944-
NZ 4213294 Flight Sergeant Robert John STEEL.

Dated 14th November, 1944-
NZ 426141 Flight Sergeant Jabez Alexander McDOWELL.

Promotions

The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (temp.) to be Acting Squadron Leaders (paid):-
Dated 1st July, 1944: Jack McKENZIE.
Dated 8th December, 1944: Lionel Recklaw RENOLDS.

The undermentioned Flying Officers (temp.) to be Acting Flight Lieutenants (paid):-
Dated 15th August, 1944: Walter Lemnos WINCHESTER.
Dated 15th November, 1944: Frederick James READ, D.F.C.
Dated 25th November, 1944: Robert Watson PATERSON.
Dated 27th November, 1944: Anthony George PIERARD.
Dated 8th December, 1944: John Edward PARSONS.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.):-
Dated 24th September, 1944: William David MACRAE, Stanley Hugh PARKER.
Dated 7th October, 1944: Leonard Colin DRUMMOND.
Dated 27th October, 1944: Keith Thomas SHAW.
Dated 10th November, 1944: Raymond BAKER.
Dated 19th November, 1944: Cyril Willis BREWER.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotion
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Robert Steel GRANT to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 1st July, 1944.

Transfer

Flight Lieutenant Stewart DICKSON is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 16th November, 1944.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Relinquishment
Assistant Section Officer Vola WRIGGLESWORTH is permitted to relinquish her temporary commission. Dated 5th December, 1944.

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

Appointment
Allan GORDON is granted an Air Training Corps Commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st November, 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 1st December, 1944: Flight Lieutenant Harold Lane THOMAS.
Dated 30th December, 1944: Flight Lieutenant John Devore BEWLEY.
Dated 22nd November, 1944: Flying Officer Keith Howard LAWRY.
Dated 26th November, 1944: Flying Officer Kenneth Fergus HODSON.
Dated 29th November, 1944: Flying Officer Errol Mervyn GREAVES, D.F.C.; Flying Officer David Aitken SIBBALD, D.F.M.
Dated 2nd December, 1944: Flying Officer Arthur Russell STEPHENSON.
Dated 28th December, 1944: Flying Officer Leo Alexander Charles RUSSELL.
Dated 19th November, 1944: Pilot Officer John Hamilton SWEENY; Pilot Officer Richard Steuart BENNER.
Dated 3rd December, 1944: Pilot Officer William Vernon GAZLEY.
Dated 15th December, 1944: Pilot Officer Cornelius Ashton MCGUINNESS.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I:-
Dated 16th November, 1944: Squadron Leader Frank Douglas MILL.
Dated 27th January, 1945: Squadron Leader John Henry BOND.
Dated 21st November, 1944: Flight Lieutenant Edward Louis POCOCK.
Dated 12th December, 1944: Flight Lieutenant Edward Jack JOHNSTON.
Dated 23rd October, 1944: Flying Officer Lennard Lockwood ANSCOMBE.
Dated 4th November, 1944: Flying Officer Robert George TOSSWILL.
Dated 23rd November, 1944: Flying Officer Leslie Walter GANDAR.
Dated 24th November, 1944: Flying Officer George MYERS, M.M.; Flying Officer John Duncan McKENZIE.
Dated 25th November, 1944: Flying Officer Cyril Frederick RAY.
Dated 11th December, 1944: Flying Officer David Addison RUSSELL.
Dated 29th December, 1944: Flying Officer Duncan Francis FOWLER.
Dated 27th November, 1944: Pilot Officer George Spencley FRY.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE SECTION

Flight Officer Harriette Gertrude McKAY is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve. Dated 2nd December, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department, Wellington, 18th December, 1944
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, promotions, reduction, 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 14th September, 1944-
NZ 413075 Warrant Officer Raymond Charles HUTCHINGS.
Dated 23rd October, 1944-
NZ 422910 Warrant Officer Andrew Cowan LEES.



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

🛡️ Defence & Military
14 December 1944
Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Royal New Zealand Air Force, General Duties Branch, Pilots
82 names identified
  • Reginald Walter MITCHELL (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Pilot
  • Thomas Alexander MALLON (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Pilot
  • John William MARSHALL (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Pilot
  • John Peter HALLIGAN (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Eben Watson BRIGGS (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Pilot
  • Donald James WILLIAMS (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Haddon Shaw MILES (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Pilot
  • Arthur Basil KENNEDY (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Stephen Malcolm ROBERTON (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Nelson Nolan HILL (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Pilot
  • Lindsay Francis ROBINSON (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • George Stanley DAVIES (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • James William WALLACE (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • William LOCKYER (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Joseph Thomas WESTON (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Donald Rennie WATTERS (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Lewis Sefton YARRALL (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Edwin Robert HOPE (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Pilot
  • Rodney Hartley HATHERELL (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Pilot
  • Leo Edward SMITH (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Navigator
  • William Henry BURNELL (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Navigator
  • Sinclair Athol McKENZIE (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
  • Charles AGNEW (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
  • John Gilbert SCOTT (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
  • Leo Bruce STUART (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
  • Alan Frederick CASSIDY (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Navigator
  • Joseph Seymour JOHNSTON, Appointed as Navigator
  • Raymond Keith GOULD, Appointed as Navigator
  • Felix Joseph PAUL (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • George Robert THORNTON (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Ronald Norman McKENZIE (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Frank Rendall TIBBY (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Reginald John THURSTON (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • James Burlace CAUTY (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • Eric Ferguson CASBOLT (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • Leo Patrick O'BRIEN (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • Robert Max RUANE (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • Robert John STEEL (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Jabez Alexander McDOWELL (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Jack McKENZIE (Flight Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader (paid)
  • Lionel Recklaw RENOLDS (Flight Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader (paid)
  • Walter Lemnos WINCHESTER (Flying Officer (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid)
  • Frederick James READ (Flying Officer (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid)
  • Robert Watson PATERSON (Flying Officer (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid)
  • Anthony George PIERARD (Flying Officer (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid)
  • John Edward PARSONS (Flying Officer (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid)
  • William David MACRAE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
  • Stanley Hugh PARKER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
  • Leonard Colin DRUMMOND (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
  • Keith Thomas SHAW (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
  • Raymond BAKER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
  • Cyril Willis BREWER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
  • Robert Steel GRANT (Flight Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader (paid)
  • Stewart DICKSON (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Administrative and Special Duties Branch
  • Vola WRIGGLESWORTH (Assistant Section Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
  • Allan GORDON (Pilot Officer), Granted Air Training Corps Commission
  • Harold Lane THOMAS (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • John Devore BEWLEY (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Keith Howard LAWRY (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Kenneth Fergus HODSON (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Errol Mervyn GREAVES (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • David Aitken SIBBALD (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Arthur Russell STEPHENSON (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Leo Alexander Charles RUSSELL (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • John Hamilton SWEENY (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Richard Steuart BENNER (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • William Vernon GAZLEY (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Cornelius Ashton MCGUINNESS (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Frank Douglas MILL (Squadron Leader), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • John Henry BOND (Squadron Leader), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Edward Louis POCOCK (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Edward Jack JOHNSTON (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Lennard Lockwood ANSCOMBE (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Robert George TOSSWILL (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Leslie Walter GANDAR (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • George MYERS (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • John Duncan McKENZIE (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Cyril Frederick RAY (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • David Addison RUSSELL (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Duncan Francis FOWLER (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • George Spencley FRY (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Harriette Gertrude McKAY (Flight Officer), Transferred to Reserve

  • F. JONES, Minister of Defence