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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.)

Promotions

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers :—

Dated 1st November, 1944—
Francis Frederick Martin BATTSON.
Avon Cecil TATTON.
William Eadie CLARK.
Harry Osborne ROSEVEAR.
Henry William SCOTT.
Ronald Murray Hamilton REID.
William Herbert ERICKSON.
Clarence Henry Theodore MILLER.
Raymond Selby WILLIAMS.

Dated 1st December, 1944—
Douglas Hamilton HALL.
Harry George SHAKES.
Malcolm Clive BARNETT.
Philip John Henry MILLICHAMP.
Richard Alfred PEARCE.
Ronald Grant MCKENZIE.
Edwin MALKIN.
Albert Kemball FYSON.
Joseph Harry CHAMBERLAIN.

Dated 1st January, 1945—
John Hammond DONALDSON.
Arthur Charles CASELEY.
Zealandia Orlando Octavius McLEOD.
Frank Addis PATTERSON.
Harry George Baden Du FAUR.
Kenneth Gillies Joseph SHRIMPTON.
Frederick Arnold WATERHOUSE.
Herbert William BURROWS.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfer

Wing Commander Leslie Gordon Welldon LILLY is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I. Dated 15th January, 1945.

CORRIGENDA

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 3, dated 18th January, 1945, page 38, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointment: As Pilots,” relating to “NZ 416175 Warrant Officer Darrel Albert SMITH,” is amended to read “NZ 416175 Warrant Officer Darrell Albert Farrar SMITH.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 79, dated 14th September, 1944, page 1118, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments: As Pilots,” relating to “NZ 421521 Flight Sergeant Ian Gilbert SUTHERLAND,” is amended to read “NZ 421251 Flight Sergeant Ian Gilbert SUTHERLAND.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment and Relinquishment of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 7th February, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointment and relinquishment of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

Appointment

Acting Air Commodore Sidney WALLINGFORD, C.B.E., A.D.C., p.s.a., is appointed Air Force Member for Supply and Member of the Air Board. Dated 31st January, 1945.

Relinquishment

Acting Air Commodore Francis Esme Theodore HEWLETT, D.S.O., O.B.E., relinquishes his appointment as Air Force Member for Supply and Member of the Air Board. Dated 15th January, 1945.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 7th February, 1945.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

As Pilots—

NZ 2404 Noel Joseph MOWAT, D.S.O., on relinquishing his commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers (United Kingdom), is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Squadron Leader, with seniority as from 21st June, 1943. Dated 20th January, 1945.

NZ 2399 Richard Devon BALE, on relinquishing his commission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as from 7th August, 1943. Dated 1st January, 1945.

NZ 2318 Robert George GOLDSTONE, on relinquishing his commission in the South African Air Force, is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as from the 2nd July, 1942. Dated 31st July, 1944.

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

Dated 16th September, 1944—
NZ 416546 Warrant Officer Reginald SHAND.

Dated 14th December, 1944—
NZ 427319 Flight Sergeant Wi RANGIUAIА.

Dated 19th December, 1944—
NZ 425966 Flight Sergeant Alexander James Graeme WILSON.

Dated 30th December, 1944—
NZC 4215725 Flight Sergeant Thomas Herbert BILTCLEFFE.

As Navigator—

Dated 20th December, 1944—
NZ 427197 Warrant Officer Donald Edwin GRANT.

As Navigators (W)—

Dated 11th August, 1944—
NZ 4217055 Sergeant Colin Morris HANSON.
NZ 43989 Sergeant Kenneth Wyllie CLARK.

As Air Gunners—

Dated 21st December, 1944—
NZ 422946 Flight Sergeant Arthur Joseph HOWARD.

Dated 12th January, 1945—
NZ 438735 Flight Sergeant Robert SLOAN.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I: EQUIPMENT OFFICERS

Appointment

Equipment Duties—

NZ 2400 Anthony D’Arcy ANDERSON, 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 September, 1942. Dated 1st January, 1944.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

NZ 2398 Francis Gerald BOWLING, on relinquishing his commission in the Auxiliary Air Force (United Kingdom), is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Squadron Leader, with seniority as from the 15th August, 1944. Dated 1st November, 1944.

Promotion

Flying Officer (temp.) Victor Gerald SPILLER to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 22nd January, 1945.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Kenneth Hector MELVIN is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 28th February, 1945.

Works Section—

Promotion

Squadron Leader, (temp.) Percy Lyndon LAING to be Acting Wing Commander (paid). Dated 5th January, 1945.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Transfer

Flying Officer Robert George GOLDSTONE is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I. Dated 13th January, 1945.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 10th 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

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

As Pilots—

Dated 28th January, 1945—
NZ 4311804 L.A.C. Peter Tancred HAMILTON.
NZ 4313210 Sergeant Trevor Winson THIELE.
NZ 439448 L.A.C. David Gillies LYNCH.
NZ 4311667 L.A.C. Alan Russell PAGE.
NZ 4313047 Sergeant Clifton Trevor EAST.
NZ 4312119 L.A.C. Jack Lander KING.
NZ 4313634 Sergeant James Ferguson THOMAS.

Promotions

Squadron Leader Desmond James SCOTT, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C., to be Wing Commander (temp.). Dated 12th January, 1945.

Squadron Leader (temp.) Henry Rodolph WIGLEY to be Acting Wing Commander (paid). Dated 15th January, 1945.

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

Dated 20th November, 1944 : Leslie Thomas William SMALE.

Dated 1st January, 1945 : John Matheson NICOLSON.

Dated 5th January, 1945—
Geoffrey Stockbridge MOORE. Nolan Wentworth FAIRCLOTH.

Dated 7th January, 1945 : Arnold Haigh LAMB.