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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 18

Dated 1st October, 1944—
Alfred Mather WILKINSON.
Anthony Francis HOUGH.
Arthur Heaton O’NEILL.
Selwyn Charles HOUGHTON.

Dated 4th October, 1944 : Ernest William BUCHANAN.

Dated 14th October, 1944—
Robert Balfour JOHNSTON.
Rendle Hugh ARMSTRONG.

Dated 16th October, 1944 : Colin Robert CARNACHAN.

Dated 1st November, 1944—
Robert Alfred FOWELL.
Robert William SMITH.
Phillip John REID.
Edward MILLAR.
David William REGAN.
Charles Neil O’LOUGHLIN.

Dated 5th November, 1944 : Ronald Raymond HITCHCOCK.

Dated 14th November, 1944—
Ross David YETTON.
Stanley Robert SPARROW.
Cyril Toynbee CHEESEMAN.
Lester John WILSON.
Edward Ambrose DOBSON.
Gerard Mortimer LAGAN.
Eric Allen Richard Lawrence THOMPSON.
Raymond James Hugh LEETE.

Dated 1st December, 1944—
Arthur Stewart MILLS.
John Corfe EVISON.
Leslie Hunter JOLLY.
Haydn CLARK.
Richard Basil ROBERTON.
Walter Owen NICHOLSON.
Clarence James BERRYMAN.
Alexander Stuart TIE.
William John Lindsay TAYLOR.
Ronald WAKELIN.
William James MARSHALL.
James Suyla Ross ROBERTSON.
Ronald George VAUGHAN.
Raymond John HOWELL.
Roy Burt ANDERSON.
Edward George LEATHAM.
Lawrence CURREEN.
George Milton GREEN.
David William GRINDELL.

Dated 10th December, 1944—
John Heathcote GARLAND.
Basel Colmar CAMPBELL.
Allan John Carson RUNCIMAN.
John Buckhurst MIRAMS.

Dated 11th December, 1944—
Colin Fergus BROWN.
Frank Dingwall CULLIFORD.
Lloyd Kenrick BURCH.
John Keith BELL.
James Rudd HAY.
Thomas Palmer McLEAN.
Edward Maxwell STEEL.
John Phillip HUNT.
John Boyd HARGRAVE.
Alfred Warwick COURTS.
Peter Charles Croxton SHEPPARD.
Harry Neville Ross JACKSON.
Alexander Leonard WATSON.

Dated 16th January, 1945 : Albert Luke STOUGIE.

Reductions in Seniority

Flight Lieutenant Francis Sonley JOHNSTONE was sentenced by General Court-martial to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flight Lieutenant bore date the 15th February, 1945.

Flying Officer James Victor EVANS was sentenced by General Court-martial to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flying Officer bore date the 19th October, 1944.

Flying Officer Sydney PATTERSON was sentenced by General Court-martial to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flying Officer bore date the 15th February, 1945.

Flying Officer Russell Lowten HARDING was dealt with summarily under section 47 of the Air Force Act and was sentenced to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flying Officer bore date the 17th April, 1944.

Transfer

Pilot Officer Stafford Eric BROOKS is transferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers to the Active List in his present rank. Dated 12th February, 1945.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I : EQUIPMENT OFFICERS

Promotions

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

Equipment Duties—
Dated 8th December, 1944—
Walter Cecil HENDERSON.
William Bruce THOMSON.
Leslie John JONES.
Charles Daniel SMITH.
Hamilton CUMING.

Dated 25th January, 1945 : Albert Hector BREED.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Appointment

Engineer Duties—
NZ 2412 Kenneth Albert ROUSE, on relinquishing his commission in the Royal Air Force, is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from 1st July, 1944. Dated 3rd November, 1944.

Promotion

Armament Duties—
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 8th December, 1944—
John Peter WALTON.
Francis Albert Jack Greenwood TAYLER.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotions

Squadron Leader (temp.) Arnold Ewart William McDONALD to be Acting Wing Commander (paid). Dated 3rd February, 1945.

The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (temp.) to be Acting Squadron Leaders (paid) :—
Dated 7th February, 1945 : Grevis GOETZ.
Dated 26th February, 1945 : Montague Frederick FOATE.

Flying Officer (temp.) Harold Lewis DE LA PERBELLE to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 9th February, 1945.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 8th December, 1944—
Lewis Hay Irvine WATSON.
Maxwell Arthur GREENSLADE.
Walter Hedley HUTHNANCE.
Basil Main MARSACK.
Harold George SHAW.
Kenneth BALLANTYNE.

Transfers

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in their present rank and seniority :—
Dated 1st February, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Herbert Keele HORNE.
Pilot Officer Denis John BOURKE.

Flying Officer Dudley Alfred SANDERS is transferred from the Equipment Branch, Section II, to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 7th February, 1945.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Appointment

NZ 2396 Allan Neil WHITE, M.B., Ch.B., is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 16th January, 1945.

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 1st March, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey John FOX.
Dated 19th February, 1945 : Flying Officer Clive William ELLIOTT.
Dated 20th February, 1945 : Flying Officer Drummond Blair LIVINGSTONE.
Dated 24th February, 1945 : Flying Officer Claude Leslie GARNER.
Dated 15th March, 1945—
Flying Officer Allan Mason Forbes ALEXANDER, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Frederick Bernard SILL.
Dated 23rd March, 1945 : Flying Officer William Arthur HAMILTON, D.F.M.
Dated 9th April, 1945—
Flying Officer Iwikau Te Matauira Te AIKA, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Arthur Ralph KITTO, D.F.C.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I :—
Dated 2nd March, 1945 : Squadron Leader Maurice Reginald JACKSON.
Dated 15th March, 1945 : Squadron Leader Robert MacDonald KAY.
Dated 13th February, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant William George TURNBULL.
Dated 24th February, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Charles Benedict WAREHAM, D.F.M.
Dated 6th February, 1945—
Flying Officer Leicester Waby PEAK.
Flying Officer Frank Granville TAYLOR.
Dated 10th February, 1945 : Flying Officer John Roger NIXON.
Dated 15th February, 1945 : Flying Officer Robert John PASK.
Dated 20th February, 1945 : Flying Officer Leslie Richards LANDER.
Dated 26th February, 1945 : Flying Officer Samuel Levi BREYDON.
Dated 3rd March, 1945 : Flying Officer Terras Wroxton WALLS.
Dated 7th March, 1945 : Flying Officer William Noel WILLIAMS, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Dated 9th March, 1945 : Flying Officer Robert William AHERNE.
Dated 24th February, 1945 : Pilot Officer Newton Trevor SAMPSON.

CORRIGENDA

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 11, dated 15th February, 1945, page 154, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments : As Pilots,” for “NZ 4313210 Sergeant Trevor Winson THIELE,” read “NZ 4313210 Sergeant Trevor Vinson THIELE.”

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 11, dated 15th February, 1945, page 154, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments : As Pilots,” relating to “NZ 2399 Richard Devon BALE,” for Dated 1st January, 1945,” read “Dated 1st January, 1944.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Member of the Canteen Board

Office of the Canteen Board,
Wellington, 7th March, 1945.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Defence Canteen Emergency Regulations 1939, appointed

Air Commodore Sidney Wallingford, C.B.E., A.D.C.,
to be a member of the Canteen Board in the place of Air Commodore F. E. T. Hewlett, D.S.O., O.B.E., retired.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.