Relinquishments
The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions:
Dated 18th January, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Phillip Ronald CONEY.
Dated 9th January, 1945: Flying Officer Jack Pattison MANLEY.
Dated 30th January, 1945: Flying Officer Noel Horace McKay.
Dismissals
The undermentioned officers were sentenced by General Court-martial to be dismissed the Service. Dated 12th January, 1945:-
Flying Officer Edgar Henry James Wilson.
Flying Officer James Stanley WIGELSWORTH.
Flying Officer Garfield Blackie McGill.
Flying Officer Seaton George SHARP.
Cancellation
The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 53, dated 22nd June, 1944, page 749, under the heading “General Duties Branch—As Pilots,” relating to “NZ 2255 Sydney Weetman Rochford HUGHES, O.B.E.,” is cancelled.
EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I: EQUIPMENT OFFICERS Appointments
Equipment Duties-
NZ 2380 Ronald Galpin THORBY, on relinquishing his commission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from lst March, 1942. Dated 1st October, 1944.
Accountant Duties-
NZ 2351 John Wesley Jago ANDERSON, on relinquishing his commission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer, with seniority as from 18th July, 1943. Dated 1st January, 1944.
Promotions
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :-
Equipment Duties-
Dated 9th September, 1944 : Robert Button SEABROOK.
Dated 25th October, 1944-
Gilbert Kenneth Young. John Douglas McKINLEY. Elliott Lonsdale RAGG.
Accountant Duties-
Dated 18th January, 1944: John Wesley Jago ANDERSON.
EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS Appointments
Engineer Duties-
The undermentioned officers, on relinquishing their commissions in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, are granted temporary commissions in the ranks shown:-
In the rank of Flight Lieutenant-
With seniority as from Ist March, 1942-
NZ 2363 John Burt FLYNN.
Dated 1st January, 1944. With seniority as from 1st January, 1943-
NZ 2361 Richard Austin COLLINS.
Dated 1st January, 1944.
In the rank of Flying Officer-
With seniority as from 23rd April, 1942-
NZ 2375 Oscar Hugh WRIGHT.
Dated 1st January, 1944. With seniority as from 23rd March, 1944-
NZ 2378 Hugh Marshall NIMMO.
Dated 1st June, 1944.
Promotions
Engineer Duties-
Flying Officer Oscar Hugh WRIGHT to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated Ist July, 1944.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :-
Radar Duties-
Dated 9th September, 1944-
Ernest David Lindsay MARSDEEN.
Armament Duties-
Dated 1st October, 1944-
William James HARRINGTON.
Dated 25th October, 1944-
Joseph Rowland STANLEY.
Vincent Maurice DENTICE.
Relinquishment
Flight Lieutenant Robert John JOHNSON is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 4th February, 1945.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH Appointments
The undermentioned officers, on relinquishing their commissions in the Reserve of Air Force Officers (United Kingdom), are granted temporary commissions in the ranks shown :-
In the rank of Squadron Leader-
With seniority as from 1st June, 1942-
NZ 2382 Colin Norman GARDNER.
Dated 1st January, 1944.
In the rank of Flight Lieutenant-
With seniority as from 29th June, 1941-
NZ 2388 Watson Collingwood TURNER. Dated 1st June, 1944.
The undermentioned officers, on relinquishing their commissions in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, are granted temporary commissions in the ranks shown. Dated 1st January, 1944:-
In the rank of Flight Lieutenant-
NZ 2359 Walter Teviot BAKER.
In the rank of Flying Officer :-
With seniority as from 28th February, 1943-
NZ 2370 Lawrence Arthur STAIG.
With seniority as from 22nd October, 1943-
NZ 2376 Eric William PEARCE.
In the rank of Pilot Officer-
With seniority as from 15th December, 1943-
NZ 2384 Kenneth Cecil JAMES.
Promotions
Flight Lieutenant Watson Collingwood TURNER to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 1st July, 1944.
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Ernest William De Suza to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 1st December, 1944.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :
Dated 9th September, 1944-
James Jones. Vincent JAMES. Marcus Attlee INGLE. Reginald Wilfred JARMAN. Ian KIRKCALDIE.
Dated 25th October, 1944-
William Raymond CALLENDER. Kenneth Leslie USMAR. Martin David BURNS.
Amendment
The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 10, dated 24th February, 1943, page 224, under the heading “Administrative and Special Duties Branch—Appointment,” relating to “NZ 1716 Albert Selwyn HENRY,” is amended to read “NZ 424929 Albert Selwyn HENRY.”
Works Section-
Appointment
NZ 2358 Richard Goulden BRICKELL, on relinquishing his commission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Squadron Leader, with seniority as from 1st September, 1942. Dated 1st January, 1944.
Promotion
Pilot Officer Stanley Palmer TUCK to be Flying Officer (temp.). Dated 25th October, 1944.
Educational Section-
Promotions
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :-
Dated 22nd September, 1944 : Reginald Harry HOSIE. Dated 25th October, 1944: Lionel Conrad MEIKLEJOHN.
MEDICAL BRANCH
Appointment
NZ 2372 Frank Finlay SLIGO, M.B., Ch.B., on relinquishing his commission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from 22nd May, 1943. Dated 1st January, 1944.
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE Relinquishment
Assistant Section Officer Bonnie Freda Helen Christian FISHER is permitted to relinquish her temporary commission. Dated 11th January, 1945.
RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Transfers
The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I :-
Dated 30th January, 1945 : Squadron Leader Charles Wynn Squire JERRAM, M.B., Ch.B.
Dated 24th December, 1944: Flying Officer Harold William Boon WEBBER.
Dated 26th December, 1944: Flying Officer Arthur Ernest Hall KNOWLES.
Dated 27th December, 1944: Flying Officer Albert Selwyn HENRY.
Dated 2nd January, 1945: Flying Officer Alan Grant HERMAN.
Dated 11th January, 1945: Flying Officer Cyril John THOMPSON.
Dated 15th January, 1945 : Flying Officer Allan Halsey WINTER.
Dated 18th January, 1945: Flying Officer Malcolm Telfer McLEAN.
Dated 21st January, 1945: Flying Officer Robert William FORBES.
Dated 26th January, 1945: Flying Officer Harold Gerard MORRIS.
Dated 29th January, 1945: Flying Officer James Francis LAVIN.