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Dated 28th January, 1945—
Richard Walter BAUNTON.
Harry Harvey Toy.
Kenneth James REW.
Walter Bruce BUTLER.
John Langlois WELLINGTON.
Peter Fordham BLACK.
Ivan Thomas EDWARDS.
Evan James DAWES.
Noel Ernest LILLEY.
John Murray BLACK.
Leonard Murray Boot.

John Geoffrey REVELL.
John WHATNALL.
Derek Olsen TURNER.
Lawrence David COONEY.
George Leslie GIBBON.
Raymond John HOGAN.
Morice Edwin JONES.
Douglas James MORELAND.
Nigel Colin McKENZIE.
Hotorua Arnel Dean MEYER,
D.F.C.

Dated 29th January, 1945—
William Pokeroa MOFFATT.
Theodore Christoph JURGENS.

Dated 30th January, 1945 : George Gavin LAW.

Dated 31st January, 1945—
Vincent Hazledine HURREY.
Thomas Hugh Ross.

Transfers

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the General Duties Branch in their present rank :

As Pilots—

Dated 26th January, 1945—
Pilot Officer Ian James BOTTING.
Pilot Officer Egerton Colin SIDDELLS.
Pilot Officer Robert Ramsay STEVENS.
Pilot Officer John Henry ELLIOTT.
Pilot Officer Ralph FRIZZELL.
Pilot Officer Albert Henry FULTON.

As Navigators—

Dated 30th June, 1944—
Pilot Officer Albert PRISK.
Pilot Officer Eugene Claude ILLINGWORTH.

Dated 3rd November, 1944 : Pilot Officer Stanley Grenville Wilfred Long.

Dated 15th December, 1944 : Pilot Officer James GREENWOOD.

Dated 22nd December, 1944 : Pilot Officer Ivan George RANDAL.

Dated 29th December, 1944 : Pilot Officer Pete Balfour EVANS.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—

Dated 3rd November, 1944 : Pilot Officer John HARDIE.

Dated 6th November, 1944—
Pilot Officer Berin SPIRO.
Pilot Officer Gordon Francis BREW.

As Air Bomber—

Dated 2nd February, 1945 : Pilot Officer Vernon Thomas Beresford Rout.

As Air Gunner—

Dated 26th January, 1945 : Pilot Officer George Thomas WAKELIN.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I : EQUIPMENT OFFICERS

Promotion

Accountant Duties—
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Harold McFADDEN to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 12th February, 1945.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Transfer

Flying Officer Donald Allan Rosie is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1st February, 1945.

Relinquishment

The temporary commission of Flying Officer Frank Boyce CHENNELLS is relinquished. Dated 17th January, 1945.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.) Relinquishments.

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their Air Training Corps commissions :

Dated 1st February, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Herbert Leslie LONGBOTTOM.
Dated 11th January, 1945 : Flying Officer Selim Rex William TOVEY.

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 15th March, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Roy Oldfield CALVERT, D.F.C.

Dated 2nd February, 1945 : Flying Officer William George KERRY.

Dated 8th February, 1945 : Flying Officer Lionel Peter GAVIN.

Dated 14th February, 1945 : Flying Officer Arthur George CLAYDON.

Dated 18th February, 1945 : Flying Officer Jack Arthur FOWLER.

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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

Dated 15th January, 1945 : Air Commodore Francis Esme Theodore HEWLETT, D.S.O., O.B.E.

Dated 15th March, 1945 : Wing Commander John Blundell PRICE.

Dated 20th December, 1944 : Squadron Leader Ian Chisholm HORTON.

Dated 7th February, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Hardie Ker TAIT.

Dated 13th February, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Fraser John Edward BAILLIE.

Dated 17th February, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Vincent John CLARKE.

Dated 11th March, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant John Charles Lawson PETTIT.

Dated 23rd January, 1945 : Flying Officer Claude Maurice Hoare BENNETT.

Dated 21st February, 1945 : Flying Officer John Russell VINCENT.

Dated 22nd February, 1945 : Pilot Officer Alfred Chisholm HAWKINS.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Operational Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1944.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following immediate appointment and awards, in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy :

To be a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order

Flight Lieutenant George Esmond Jameson, D.F.C. (NZ 41479), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Rotherham.

26th January, 1945

Distinguished Flying Cross

Flying Officer Geoffrey Forbes Bale (NZ 421001), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Palmerston North.

21st January, 1945

Distinguished Flying Medal

NZ 425568 Flight Sergeant Maxwell Henry John Graham, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards, in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy :

26th January, 1945

Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross

Squadron Leader James Chilton Francis Hayter, D.F.C. (NZ 2349), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Nelson.

Distinguished Flying Cross

Flying Officer James Lovett (NZ 415539), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Waipukurau.

Flying Officer John Clement Stuart (NZ 421402), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 2nd January, 1945.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following appointment :—

To be an Additional Officer of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Acting Squadron Leader Ronald Williams Baird (NZ 2340), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

8th January, 1945

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following immediate appointment and award, in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty :

To be a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order

Acting Squadron Leader George Alfred Patrick, D.F.C. (NZ 411442), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Dunedin.

Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross

Acting Squadron Leader Alfred William Gordon Cochrane, D.S.O., D.F.C. (NZ 403429), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Rawene.

23rd January, 1945

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following award, in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy :

Distinguished Flying Cross

Flight Lieutenant Claude Rafel Stephenson (NZ 411511), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Opotiki.