Feb. 15] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 155

Dated 9th January, 1945—
Kenneth IRWIN.
Roy Robert George FISHER.

Dated 10th January, 1945 : Herbert Leonard STUART.
Dated 11th January, 1945 : Thomas Chaplin HILLS.
Dated 14th January, 1945 : Arthur WILLIS.
Dated 15th January, 1945 : John Hetrick HIGGINS.

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

Dated 3rd September, 1944 : Thomas James LADD.
Dated 9th September, 1944 : John Duncan GARRETT.
Dated 21st October, 1944 : Colin Alexander WALDEN.

Dated 5th November, 1944—
Jack Kenneth THIELE.
Albert Douglas FRASER.
Stanley Thomas SMYTH.

Dated 6th November, 1944 : George Edward BRANCHER.
Dated 19th December, 1944 : Peter ASHWELL.
Dated 26th December, 1944 : Cyril Francis Patrick HUGHES.

Dated 1st January, 1945—
Raoul John WISKER, D.F.C.
James Arthur TROTT.
Alan McHutchon SPEEDY.

Dated 3rd January, 1945—
Allan James RENSHAW.
Cecil WRAY.
John Philip TARBuck.
Walter Reginald BENNETT.

Dated 4th January, 1945—
Lionel Basil BRIGGS.
Thomas Harold SINCLAIR, D.F.C.
Vincent William BEMROSE.

Dated 6th January, 1945—
Alfred Powdrell GAMLIN.
Charles Erni Bond WOOD.

Dated 7th January, 1945 : Edward Roberts BARLOW, D.F.C.
Dated 8th January, 1945 : Austen Geoffrey Trevallyn JONES.

Dated 9th January, 1945—
Arthur Aran HOFFMAN.
Vincent Rex JAMIESON, D.F.C.

Dated 10th January, 1945 : William Albert CRAIG.

Dated 11th January, 1945—
Eric Jasper WALKER, D.F.C.
Brian Charles ROBINSON.
Raymond Arthur CUMBERPATCH.
Donald William MCKENZIE, D.F.C.
John Rees LAYTON.

Dated 12th January, 1945—
Ronald Callender MCMILLAN.
Francis Geoffrey ROBB.
Ronald Robert KERSEY.
John Nesbitt BEATTIE.

Dated 13th January, 1945—
Patrick John McVERRY.
Maurice Leonard HUNT.
Kenneth MANGOS.
Ernest Alexander PILCHER.
George David LEAN.

Dated 14th January, 1945—
Douglas John McCALL.
Bryan Edward BELTON.
David Allan THOM.
John Duncan WHITE.
Thomas Noel ELLERY.
David Vincent BARRY.
David Allen ANDERSON.
Maurice Ian BISHOP.
Ralph Arnold BRAY.
Eric Morrison JONES.
Charles Andrew MORONEY.
Jack BUTTERWORTH.
Eric Charles Russell PENNAL-LIGEN.
Frank Edward WALKER.
Rex Clarke HILL.
Frank Lloyd CHAPMAN.
Raymond CHESNEY.
John OSBORNE.
Donald Wilfred GOBLE.
Stephen Jack HILLS.
Robert John McDONALD.
Harold Jack PRIOR.
Basil Guy Timaru QUAIFE.
Ronald Maddox Hector WEBBER.
Alan George DALE.
Arthur Edward JENVEY.
James Adam RAMSAY.
John Barry FORD.
Thomas David Ian McDONALD.
John Anthony Mason HASTINGS.

Dated 15th January, 1945—
William Charles WILSON.
Thomas Dawsett AITKEN.

Dated 15th February, 1945 : Ian Gilbert SUTHERLAND.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Henry Lyman TAPP is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 17th April, 1944.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I: EQUIPMENT OFFICERS
Promotion

Equipment Duties—
Flying Officer (temp.) Wesley Leonard JACOBSEN to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 18th January, 1945.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II: TECHNICAL OFFICERS
Promotions

Engineer Duties—
The undermentioned Flying Officers (temp.) to be Acting Flight Lieutenants (paid). Dated 5th January, 1945 :—
Augustus George ANDREWS.
John REES

MEDICAL BRANCH
Promotion

Squadron Leader (Acting Wing Commander) Noel Hunter NORTH M.B., Ch.B., to be Wing Commander (temp.). Dated 29th January, 1945.

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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 26th January, 1945 : Squadron Leader Ian Costin PATTERSON, D.S.O.

Dated 31st January, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Clarence Robert PARKER.
Flight Lieutenant Peter Sedgley HANAN.

Dated 6th February, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Wyndham Maurice MEARES.

Dated 7th February, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Edmund Douglas CROSSLEY, M.C.

Dated 8th February, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant George Esmond JAMESON, D.S.O., D.F.C.

Dated 10th February, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Peter Stanley VOSS.
Flight Lieutenant Archibald William JACKSON.

Dated 11th February, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Leonard CHAMBERS, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Alfred Bruce SMITH, D.F.C.

Dated 12th February, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Peter TONKIN.
Dated 12th March, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Neal Aubrey WARD, D.F.C.

Dated 20th December, 1944 : Flying Officer Arthur David LEES.

Dated 23rd December, 1944 : Flying Officer Donald Grant GORDON.

Dated 6th January, 1945 : Flying Officer Douglas William ROBERTSON.

Dated 13th January, 1945—
Flying Officer Walter Dearden DUNKLEY.
Flying Officer George Walter FIELDING.
Flying Officer Morvyn William Field PETRIE.

Dated 25th January, 1945 : Flying Officer Murdo Harrison HANCOX.

Dated 2nd February, 1945 : Flying Officer Arnold James OLIVER.

Dated 4th February, 1945—
Flying Officer Allan Sinclair WILLIAMSON.
Flying Officer Rex Ashley RUDKIN.

Dated 7th February, 1945—
Flying Officer John Andrew BURNS.
Flying Officer Cecil Frank HAWKER.
Flying Officer Albert Francis GARFATH.

Dated 8th February, 1945—
Flying Officer James Stanfield EMMERSON.
Flying Officer Hugh WYLLIE.
Flying Officer Donald Stuart LEIGHTON.

Dated 9th February, 1945—
Flying Officer George Douglas LISTER.
Flying Officer Clair William SHIRRIFS.
Flying Officer Clifford Ralph MILLER.
Flying Officer Thomas Eric BAYLISS.

Dated 12th February, 1945 : Flying Officer Joseph Nolan CULLETON.

Dated 13th February, 1945 : Flying Officer Kenneth Evan FORSYTH, D.F.C.

Dated 13th March, 1945 : Flying Officer Leith Lander THOMPSON.

Dated 25th December, 1944 : Pilot Officer Howard Matthew HALLAM.

Dated 31st December, 1944 : Pilot Officer Bruce Valentine DAVIS.

Dated 3rd January, 1945 : Pilot Officer Robert James FINDLAY.
Dated 8th January, 1945 : Pilot Officer Edward Henry SMITH, D.F.M.

Dated 16th February, 1945 : Pilot Officer Leslie John Morse DIDHAM.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I :—

Dated 29th January, 1945 : Wing Commander Noel Hunter NORTH, M.B., Ch.B.

Dated 29th December, 1944 : Squadron Leader Alan Arthur BOON.

Dated 25th December, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant Colin Ernest SHORTER.

Dated 16th January, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant George Munro BERTRAM.

Dated 8th February, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Edward Alexander BARKER.

Dated 11th February, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant James Keith WARD.

Dated 12th January, 1945 : Flying Officer Frank England WHIMP.

Dated 13th January, 1945—
Flying Officer Jack Brian SMALL.
Flying Officer Sydney Macfarlane ELLIFFE.
Flying Officer Valentine Goodricke Kynaston BARNES.
Flying Officer Trevor Mark Edward LAMBERT.

Dated 15th January, 1945—
Flying Officer William BUSBY.
Flying Officer Arne Leth MOLLER.

Dated 16th January, 1945 : Flying Officer Ralph Kraeft TRIMMER.