New Zealand Gazette – 1945 – No. 16

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✨ Military Appointments and Promotions



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 26th February, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
approve the following appointments, promotions, 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 6th October, 1944-
NZ 413902 Warrant Officer Glen Darel STEWART.
Dated 22nd November, 1944-
NZ 421047 Warrant Officer Fredrick Edward HALL,
D.F.C.
Dated 24th November, 1944-
NZ 422287 Warrant Officer James Alastair HOWARD.
Dated 19th December, 1944-
NZ 424542 Warrant Officer Gordon Paine WYLIE.
Dated 20th December, 1944-
NZ 42429 Warrant Officer Ian Douglas MCLEOD.
Dated 2nd January, 1945-
NZ 39745 Flight Sergeant Gilbert McGraw HEN-
DERSON.
Dated 3rd January, 1945-
NZ 416697 Warrant Officer Alan Thomas POWELL.
Dated 17th January, 1945-
NZ 425296 Flight Sergeant Graham Gordon SMALL.
Dated 18th January, 1945-
NZ 4212665 Flight Sergeant Robert Malcolm HARRIS.
NZ 4213251 Flight Sergeant Athol Edward ADDISON.
NZ 4212604 Flight Sergeant Ivan Edgar REDDISH.
Dated 19th January, 1945-
NZ 4213149 Flight Sergeant James Sedman CHISHOLM.
Dated 26th January, 1945-
NZC 439909 Sergeant Harry Wilfrid Everard JONES.
NZ 436953 Sergeant Esmond Revans Cook.
NZ 438695 Sergeant Andrew McFarlane RUDDENKLAU.
NZ 436902 Sergeant Douglas GILLIAN.
NZ 438325 Sergeant Francis Roy KENNERLEY.

As Navigators-
NZ 2336 Peter Lindly Dick CUMMINS, 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 25th April, 1943. Dated 1st January, 1944.

Dated 22nd November, 1944-
NZ 4212783 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Raffill Wood.
Dated 14th January, 1945-
NZ 425946 Flight Sergeant Derek James SIM.
Dated 18th January, 1945-
NZ 412751 Warrant Officer Douglas Gilbert SIMES.
Dated 26th January, 1945-
NZ 392047 Warrant Officer Raymond Anthony LINDSAY,
B.E.M.
NZ 4312266 Sergeant William Henry HUGHES.
NZ 4310529 Sergeant Daniel Robert COSTER.
NZ 4311928 Sergeant Roydon Granville WALKER.
NZ 4313135 Sergeant William Duncan Robert ANDERSON.
Dated 2nd February, 1945-
NZ 438660 Sergeant Brian Trevor POPE.

As Navigator Radio-
NZ 2335 Terence Patrick RYAN, on relinquishing his com-
mission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, is granted a
temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer, with seniority
as from 14th September, 1943. Dated 1st January, 1944.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners-
Dated 20th September, 1944-
NZ 414499 Warrant Officer Norman William FLAVELL.
Dated 2nd November, 1944-
NZ 428003 Flight Sergeant Colin Gordon McARLEY.
Dated 10th January, 1945-
NZ 392072 Flight Sergeant Dugald John SHUKER.
Dated 11th January, 1945-
NZ 428004 Flight Sergeant Robert Thomas McCONNELL.
Dated 15th January, 1945-
NZ 422008 Warrant Officer Lindsay Roy SWITZER.
Dated 2nd February, 1945-
NZ 4311288 Sergeant Lindsey Horace BURTON.

As Air Bombers-
Dated 22nd November, 1944-
NZ 421686 Flight Sergeant Richard Godfrey DAWSON.
Dated 1st December, 1944-
NZ 4214070 Flight Sergeant Clayton Dickson WILLIAMS.
Dated 18th December, 1944-
NZ 421741 Flight Sergeant Inia Whangataua MAKA.
Dated 8th January, 1945-
NZ 429389 Flight Sergeant John William WINSTONE.
Dated 10th January, 1945-
NZ 424785 Flight Sergeant Stanley Anthony WHITE.
Dated 22nd January, 1945-
NZ 421493 Flight Sergeant Graham Blair BALE.

As Air Gunners-
Dated 21st December, 1944-
NZ 422949 Flight Sergeant Jack Russell MORRISON.
Dated 28th December, 1944-
NZ 4214136 Flight Sergeant Evan Claude TEMPERTON.
Dated 30th December, 1944-
NZ 42109 Flight Sergeant Arthur John COOPER.
Dated 18th January, 1945-
NZ 413331 Warrant Officer William James TAIT.

Promotions
Group Captain (Acting Air Commodore) Francis Esme Theodore
HEWLETT, D.S.O., O.B.E., to be Air Commodore (temp.). Dated
15th January, 1945.
Wing Commander (temp.) Charles Campbell HUNTER to be
Acting Group Captain (paid). Dated 7th February, 1945.
The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (temp.) to be Acting
Squadron Leaders (paid) :-
Dated 5th February, 1945-
Francis Dewar BETHWAITE. Ian Alexander EWEN.
Dated 15th February, 1945 : Alexander Gardyne Stanley GEORGE,
D.F.C.
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants
(temp.) :-
Dated 25th October, 1944: Peter Lindly Dick CUMMINS.
Dated 16th January, 1945 : Francis MURPHY, D.F.C.
Dated 18th January, 1945-
Irvine Watt RENNER, D.F.C. Romilly Percival WEBB.
Dated 19th January, 1945 : Gilbert William SYMONS.
Dated 20th January, 1945 : Albert Roy Hunter STEVENSON.
Dated 22nd January, 1945-
Ralf BRATTON. Harold Greenup ALLCOCK.
Ronald Henry FOSTER. Charles Francis WILKINSON.
Albert Vernon CADWALLADER. John Raymond MASSEY.
Kenneth Allister SAWYER. Raymond Bowen YULE.
Edmund Frederick ROBERTSON. John Donald PERRY.
Cyril Laurence SIEGERT, D.F.C. Albert Hart Robertson ZILL-
Ross Braithwaite PULHAM. wood, D.F.C.
Dated 23rd January, 1945-
James Sutton PRENTICE. Raymond Harold NEWTON.
Dated 24th January, 1945 : Alfred Clement RELPH.
Dated 25th January, 1945 : Leslie Thomas Elding YOUNG.
Dated 26th January, 1945-
John Alfred SCOTT. William Henry HICKSON.
Dated 28th January, 1945 : Deane Graham PALLISER.
Dated 30th January, 1945-
Leicester George SMITH. Trevor Winston PEEK.
Charles Alexander GEORGE.
Dated 1st February, 1945 : Stanley Maurice George PERYER, D.F.C.
The undermentioned Flying Officers (temp.) to be Acting Flight
Lieutenants (paid) :-
Dated 15th February, 1945-
Vincent Dudley RABONE. Robert Alexander MARTIN.
Dated 19th February, 1945 : Neale Cook SUTHERLAND.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers
(temp.) :-
Dated 12th August, 1944 : Leonard Cecil SADLER, A.F.C.
Dated 21st October, 1944 : Thomas George SAMSON.
Dated 15th November, 1944 : Ernest James CARR.
Dated 19th November, 1944 : Lawrence GRANT.
Dated 12th December, 1944 : Francis Raymond HOOKWAY.
Dated 18th December, 1944-
Norman MAZE. Thomas Henry RENDALL.
Dated 30th December, 1944-
Albert PRISK. Eugene Claude ILLINGWORTH.
Dated 14th January, 1945 : James Leonard Hyland HUNT.
Dated 16th January, 1945-
John Stone MARRIS. Eric Ian WATERS.
Dated 17th January, 1945-
Eric Alfred WHITWORTH. Ronald Charles AXten.
Dated 18th January, 1945-
Eric Frank BUTLER. Douglas James GAPES.
George STEWART. Douglas Forrester CLARKE.
Roland Stanley BISHOP.
Dated 19th January, 1945-
Ronald Frederick ANDREWS. Nigel Maurice CAMPBELL.
Lawrence Alvin WITHERS.
Dated 20th January, 1945-
Harold Murray WHITE. John Devon LETHBRIDGE.
Victor Arnold ADOLPH.
Dated 22nd January, 1945-
Alexander Dunbar SIMPSON. Matthew Andrew BARRY.
Ronald Athol STONE.
Dated 24th January, 1945-
Arthur Alfred CHANDLER. Alfred Owen WELLS.
Dated 25th January, 1945 : John Stuart MacDONALD.
Dated 26th January, 1945-
Hugh Henry SKILLING. Donald Alexander MacGILLIV-
Maurice Raymond OLIVER. RAY.
Dated 27th January, 1945-
Edward FEATHERSTONHAUGH, D.F.M.
William John Keand ENDEAN.
Phillip Stanley BAKER, D.F.M.

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

🛡️ Defence & Military
26 February 1945
Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Relinquishments, Royal New Zealand Air Force
119 names identified
  • Glen Darel STEWART, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Fredrick Edward HALL (D.F.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Alastair HOWARD, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Gordon Paine WYLIE, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ian Douglas MCLEOD, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Gilbert McGraw HENDERSON, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Alan Thomas POWELL, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Graham Gordon SMALL, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Robert Malcolm HARRIS, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Athol Edward ADDISON, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ivan Edgar REDDISH, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • James Sedman CHISHOLM, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Harry Wilfrid Everard JONES, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Esmond Revans COOK, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Andrew McFarlane RUDDENKLAU, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Douglas GILLIAN, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Francis Roy KENNERLEY, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Peter Lindly Dick CUMMINS, Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • Kenneth Raffill WOOD, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Derek James SIM, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Douglas Gilbert SIMES, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Raymond Anthony LINDSAY (B.E.M.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William Henry HUGHES, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Daniel Robert COSTER, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Roydon Granville WALKER, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William Duncan Robert ANDERSON, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Brian Trevor POPE, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Terence Patrick RYAN, Granted temporary commission as Flying Officer
  • Norman William FLAVELL, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Colin Gordon McARLEY, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Dugald John SHUKER, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Robert Thomas McCONNELL, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Lindsay Roy SWITZER, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Lindsey Horace BURTON, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Richard Godfrey DAWSON, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Clayton Dickson WILLIAMS, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Inia Whangataua MAKA, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John William WINSTONE, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Stanley Anthony WHITE, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Graham Blair BALE, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Jack Russell MORRISON, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Evan Claude TEMPERTON, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Arthur John COOPER, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William James TAIT, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Francis Esme Theodore HEWLETT (D.S.O., O.B.E.), Promoted to Air Commodore
  • Charles Campbell HUNTER, Promoted to Acting Group Captain
  • Francis Dewar BETHWAITE, Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
  • Ian Alexander EWEN, Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
  • Alexander Gardyne Stanley GEORGE (D.F.C.), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
  • Peter Lindly Dick CUMMINS, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Francis MURPHY (D.F.C.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Irvine Watt RENNER (D.F.C.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Romilly Percival WEBB, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Gilbert William SYMONS, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Albert Roy Hunter STEVENSON, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Ralf BRATTON, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Harold Greenup ALLCOCK, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Ronald Henry FOSTER, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Charles Francis WILKINSON, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Albert Vernon CADWALLADER, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Raymond MASSEY, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Kenneth Allister SAWYER, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Raymond Bowen YULE, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Edmund Frederick ROBERTSON, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Donald PERRY, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Cyril Laurence SIEGERT (D.F.C.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Albert Hart Robertson ZILLWOOD (D.F.C.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Ross Braithwaite PULHAM, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • James Sutton PRENTICE, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Raymond Harold NEWTON, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Alfred Clement RELPH, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Leslie Thomas Elding YOUNG, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Alfred SCOTT, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • William Henry HICKSON, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Deane Graham PALLISER, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Leicester George SMITH, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Trevor Winston PEEK, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Charles Alexander GEORGE, Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Stanley Maurice George PERYER (D.F.C.), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Vincent Dudley RABONE, Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
  • Robert Alexander MARTIN, Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
  • Neale Cook SUTHERLAND, Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
  • Leonard Cecil SADLER (A.F.C.), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Thomas George SAMSON, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ernest James CARR, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Lawrence GRANT, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Francis Raymond HOOKWAY, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Norman MAZE, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Thomas Henry RENDALL, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Albert PRISK, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Eugene Claude ILLINGWORTH, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Leonard Hyland HUNT, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Stone MARRIS, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Eric Ian WATERS, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Eric Alfred WHITWORTH, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Charles AXTEN, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Eric Frank BUTLER, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Douglas James GAPES, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George STEWART, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Douglas Forrester CLARKE, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Roland Stanley BISHOP, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Frederick ANDREWS, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Nigel Maurice CAMPBELL, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Lawrence Alvin WITHERS, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Harold Murray WHITE, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Devon LETHBRIDGE, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Victor Arnold ADOLPH, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alexander Dunbar SIMPSON, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Matthew Andrew BARRY, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Athol STONE, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Arthur Alfred CHANDLER, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alfred Owen WELLS, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Stuart MacDONALD, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Hugh Henry SKILLING, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald Alexander MacGILLIVRAY, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maurice Raymond OLIVER, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Edward FEATHERSTONHAUGH (D.F.M.), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William John Keand ENDEAN, Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Phillip Stanley BAKER (D.F.M.), Promoted to Flying Officer

  • HIS Excellency the Governor-General