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Relinquishment

Flying Officer Donald Stuart MACKENZIE is permitted to relinquish his commission. Dated 8th December, 1944.

CORRIGENDUM

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 80, dated 21st September, 1944, page 1140, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments : As Pilots,” for “ NZ 416968 Flight Sergeant Arnell Dean MEYER,” read “ NZ 416968 Flight Sergeant Hotorua Arnel Dean MEYER.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 5th February, 1945.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

As Pilots—

NZ 2401 Charles Aylmer POWNALL, D.F.C., whose Short-service Commission in the Royal Air Force expired on the 17th January, 1945, is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 17th January, 1942. Dated 18th January, 1945.

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

Dated 3rd September, 1944-

NZ 422283 Flight Sergeant Wallace Edwin Higgs.

Dated 27th September, 1944-

NZ 425420 Flight Sergeant William Barry GARVIN.

Dated 31st October, 1944-

NZ 422318 Warrant Officer James Peter ROBERTSON.

Dated 10th November, 1944-

NZ 415330 Warrant Officer Frederick Douglas LANGE.

Dated 14th November, 1944-

NZ 416511 Flight Sergeant Clinton McINNES.

Dated 30th November, 1944-

NZ 422260 Warrant Officer Maxwell Amner COLLETT.

NZ 422246 Warrant Officer Edward George ATKINS.

Dated 1st December, 1944-

NZC 4211651 Flight Sergeant Maurice CAMPBELL.

Dated 9th December, 1944-

NZ 414668 Warrant Officer Stanley Frank PARTRIDGE.

NZC 422911 Warrant Officer Bernard Peter AVERY.

Dated 12th December, 1944-

NZ 4216715 Flight Sergeant Frederick Murray THOMSON.

NZ 4215130 Flight Sergeant Ronald Withy KING.

NZ 4217030 Flight Sergeant Keith Cecil GIBSON.

NZ 436652 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Leo ALBERT.

Dated 13th December, 1944-

NZ 428276 Flight Sergeant John O’MALLEY.

NZ 425926 Flight Sergeant Charles Halvey Thomas MORRISON.

NZ 4212607 Flight Sergeant Eric Peter SHORTHOUSE.

NZ 4216709 Flight Sergeant Peter Fredrick Hodgson ROWLEY.

NZ 4211037 Flight Sergeant Ivan Warwick Berkley TYERMAN.

NZ 4214131 Flight Sergeant Trevor Cameron SIMSON.

NZC 431082 Flight Sergeant Noel William McCREADY.

Dated 14th December, 1944-

NZ 421346 Warrant Officer Laurence Milton BAILEY.

Dated 18th December, 1944-

NZ 412663 Warrant Officer George EASTERBROOK.

Dated 19th December, 1944-

NZ 426235 Flight Sergeant John Henry Thomas Wood.

Dated 20th December, 1944-

NZ 4211799 Flight Sergeant John Strathearn LAWREY.

Dated 24th December, 1944-

NZ 421540 Flight Sergeant Joseph Darcy Keith STERLING.

Dated 28th December, 1944-

NZ 42100 Warrant Officer Reay Mills MacKAY.

Dated 29th December, 1944-

NZ 4211787 Flight Sergeant Norman Alexander WICKES.

NZ 425754 Flight Sergeant Albert Robert Henry WARNER.

NZ 427512 Flight Sergeant Raymond Arthur KING.

Dated 30th December, 1944-

NZC 429998 Flight Sergeant Valentine Richard EGGLE-STONE.

Dated 2nd January, 1945-

NZ 413011 Flight Sergeant Mervyn William BAILEY.

Dated 5th January, 1945-

NZ 414241 Warrant Officer Raymond Shaw CAMP-BELL.

As Navigators-

Dated 24th November, 1944-

NZ 429020 Flight Sergeant Lionel Munroe EMANUEL.

Dated 1st December, 1944-

NZ 429138 Flight Sergeant George Herbert BROOK.

Dated 3rd December, 1944-

NZ 4210984 Flight Sergeant Peter Ernest CAMPBELL.

NZ 427476 Flight Sergeant Basil Tyrel Dodds.

Dated 13th December, 1944-

NZ 4211049 Flight Sergeant Peter Allen Holt.

Dated 18th December, 1944-

NZ 424489 Flight Sergeant Patrick Joseph McCarthy.

Dated 22nd December, 1944-

NZC 439811 Sergeant Frederick Henry MOFFETT.

NZ 4310459 Warrant Officer Edmund James BREWSTER.

NZ 4310391 Sergeant Edward Francis McPADDEN.

Dated 29th December, 1944-

NZ 4310627 Sergeant Brian John HURLE.

NZ 4312129 Sergeant Philip Aubrey Toussaint ABRAHAM.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners-

Dated 14th September, 1944-

NZ 417253 Warrant Officer Joseph Gilbert WRIGHT.

Dated 30th September, 1944-

NZ 42335 Warrant Officer Hugh John MILLS, D.F.M.

Dated 30th November, 1944-

NZ 413788 Warrant Officer William James THOMSON.

Dated 1st December, 1944-

NZ 403033 Warrant Officer Albert William TEMM, D.F.M.

Dated 13th December, 1944-

NZ 425850 Flight Sergeant Derek MASON.

As Air Bombers-

Dated 1st December, 1944-

NZ 428192 Flight Sergeant James Wilfred MuIR.

Dated 11th December, 1944-

NZ 429210 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Duncan SINCLAIR.

As Air Gunners-

NZ 2397 John Beehan Gunnell STRATTON, 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 the 1st June, 1942. Dated 1st September, 1944.

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

Dated 13th November, 1944-

NZ 429073 Flight Sergeant Norman Farquhar MacDONALD.

Dated 12th December, 1944-

NZ 417201 Warrant Officer Ernest Wilfred FAIRWEATHER.

Dated 22nd December, 1944-

NZC 437337 Sergeant Mervyn REEVES.

Promotions

Squadron Leader Leslie Gordon Welldon LILLY to be Wing Commander (temp.). Dated 15th January, 1945.

Squadron Leader (temp.) Percival Guy Haig NEWTON, D.F.C., to be Acting Wing Commander (paid). Dated 15th January, 1945.

Flying Officer (temp.) Alfred Cleal Wendell LAWRENCE to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 1st January, 1945.

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

Dated 21st October, 1944 : Eric Temple WILLIAMS.

Dated 5th November, 1944-

Douglas Bryce ROPE.

Frederick William SAWYER.

Roger Leon CORCORAN.

Dated 10th November, 1944 : Sidney Lewis BUFTON.

Dated 30th December, 1944 : Wallace Vernon BUXTON.

Relinquishment

The temporary commission of Pilot Officer Alfred Charles Linton FORSBERS relinquished. Dated 3rd February, 1945.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Appointments

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

Signals Duties-

Dated 1st July, 1944-

NZ 405020 Flight Sergeant Robert Wilbur DUFFIN.

NZ 413602 Corporal Donald Denzil INNES.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

NZ 2391 John Albert TREWAVAS is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 19th January, 1945.

Transfer

Pilot Officer Kenneth James DOUGLAS is transferred in the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 8th December, 1944.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Promotions

The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (temp.) to be Acting Squadron Leaders (paid). Dated 1st January, 1945:-

Malcolm WATT, M.B., Ch.B.

William Joseph SMITH, M.B., Ch.B.