New Zealand Gazette – 1945 – No. 20

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✨ Military Promotions and Transfers



Mar. 22] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 311

Dated 22nd January, 1945—
NZ 4211935 Flight Sergeant Alexander CUNNINGHAM.
NZ 4211781 Flight Sergeant James Augustine KNOWLES.
NZ 4215772 Flight Sergeant Oswald Charles ABBOTT.
NZC 4213413 Flight Sergeant Leslie Alexander McLEOD.
NZ 4215842 Flight Sergeant Reginald William HENDERSON.
NZ 428288 Flight Sergeant Robert William WEIR.

Dated 25th January, 1945—
NZ 4212771 Flight Sergeant Peter George MOORE.
NZ 4213752 Flight Sergeant Alan Jordan EWERT.
NZ 432201 Flight Sergeant Alexander Reginald HORN.
NZ 432209 Flight Sergeant Leslie Cecil JEFFS.
NZ 431194 Flight Sergeant Ronald Robert MITCHELL.

Dated 26th January, 1945—
NZ 421528 Flight Sergeant Douglas Weston PURDIE.

Dated 1st February, 1945—
NZ 4211715 Flight Sergeant Colin Wylmer HARRISON.
NZ 429370 Flight Sergeant Mervyn James SCHROEDER.

Dated 9th February, 1945—
NZ 4210936 Flight Sergeant Rupert BLAIR.

As Navigator—
Dated 5th December, 1944—
NZ 412794 Warrant Officer Vernon Buchanan MCKENZIE.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—
Dated 5th October, 1944—
NZ 391696 Flight Sergeant John Lawrence COONEY.

Dated 8th November, 1944—
NZ 415997 Warrant Officer Arthur Buckendahl GOULD.

Dated 20th November, 1944—
NZ 417305 Warrant Officer Allan GRAY.

Dated 29th December, 1944—
NZ 415995 Warrant Officer Kevin George FOOTE.

Dated 24th January, 1945—
NZ 416663 Warrant Officer Phillip Murray OLIVER.

Dated 2nd February, 1945—
NZ 4312314 Sergeant Frederick James LATHAM.
NZ 43654 Sergeant Basil WHITEHOUSE.
NZ 436734 Sergeant Geoffrey James HILTON.

Dated 7th February, 1945—
NZ 422727 Warrant Officer Earle Clarence SANDIFORD.

As Air Bomber—
Dated 31st January, 1945—
NZ 4213303 Flight Sergeant John Alan TAYLOR.

As Air Gunners—
Dated 28th December, 1944—
NZC 424228 Flight Sergeant John Hawkins CREEVEY.

Dated 26th January, 1945—
NZ 425707 Flight Sergeant Richard Edward TALBOT.
NZC 4210017 Flight Sergeant William Patrick BURKE.

Dated 9th February, 1945—
NZ 436720 Sergeant Robert William PERKS.

Promotions

Squadron Leader (Acting Wing Commander) John Vallance Avery REID to be Wing Commander (temp.). Dated 12th February, 1945.

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

Dated 15th July, 1944 : Roy Charles PRICHARD.
Dated 31st July, 1944 : Richard Nicholson SHAW.
Dated 10th September, 1944 : William David JONES.

Dated 19th September, 1944—
Peter Lochhead KENNEDY. Keith Alfred HALL.

Dated 10th October, 1944 : Roy Alexander HENDERSON.

Dated 16th October, 1944—
Percy Frederick HENDERSON. Raymond Ingram WILKINSON.
Keith Maxwell GRAHAM.

Dated 21st October, 1944 : Hugo Roy Francis SMITH.
Dated 24th October, 1944 : Geoffrey Trevor WALFORD.

Dated 1st November, 1944—
John Joseph MCDONALD. Archibald Gerrard MCLAUCHLAN.
Frederick John HARVEY

Dated 27th November, 1944 : Douglas John LALOLI.

Dated 1st December, 1944—
Charles Morgan O’NEILL. Billie BODEN.
Neville Leslie KELLY. David William GRAY.
Colin Sidney Fraser REID. Robert Wilson CULLEN.
Jack Clarence WEBB-PULLMAN.

Dated 2nd December, 1944 : Ronald Thomas SIM.
Dated 16th December, 1944 : William Bruce WILLS.
Dated 20th December, 1944 : Jack JONES.
Dated 27th December, 1944 : Henry Douglas Haig PARKINSON.

Dated 1st January, 1945—
Donald Macnearnie Frank Donald Wilson KIDD.
YEATES. Vernon Charles DUCKMANTON.
John Alexander MURRAY. Jack Lancelot CALLANDER.
Stewart McKenzie BALLANTYNE. Henry Charles BROUGHAM.
Bernard Keith KNOWLES. Alfred Chisholm HAWKINS.
James Kitchener CALLISTER, Norman Harold BENTON.
D.F.M. Leslie Francis William EGGINTON.
Ivan Robert CRAILL. James Murray McNAUGHTON.
Graham Spencer BAYLEY.

Dated 2nd January, 1945 : Maurice Newton WALKER.
Dated 3rd January, 1945 : Edward Mangahuka KARATAU.
Dated 7th January, 1945 : John Robert Loughnan CAMPBELL.

Dated 9th January, 1945—
Allan Francis Sheasby HORGAN. Laurence Tremain HIGGS.
Norman Victor FARBELL. Jim Victor THAME.
John Beswick WILKINSON. Ronald William Arthur YORKE.
Peter Chidley COOTE. Eric John NANCEKIVELL.
Donald James SUCKLING. Douglas Lindsay HASLETT.
Athol Sprott CARRINGTON. Donald MUNRO.
Stephen George CARTER. Henry BOWE.
Laurence Henry BRITTAIN. James Tweedie WILSON.
Robert William STEELE. Roland Maxwell WEBB.
George Ernest LINDSAY. Owen Mayfield TERRY.
Maxwell Wilson DOWNES.

Dated 11th January, 1945 : Ronald Edward WITCOMBE.

Dated 22nd January, 1945—
Owen William Gladstone LEWIS. Phillip John WILSON.

Dated 30th January, 1945—
Lorraine Harold COOK. Maxwell PARMENTER.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer David William NEWMAN is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 10th March, 1945.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Promotions

Engineer Duties—

The undermentioned Flying Officers (temp.) to be Acting Flight lieutenants (paid) :—

Dated 19th February, 1945—
Jack MACKERSY. Keith Rex ORSBORN.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotions

The undermentioned Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders (temp.) :—

Dated 6th March, 1945 : Philip Kenning FOWLER.
Dated 7th May, 1945 : Maurice Robert Desmond TREWBY, A.F.C.

Transfer

Flying Officer Murray Jackson WYATT is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 15th February, 1945.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Promotion

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Charles SWANSTON, M.B., Ch.B., to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 23rd February, 1945.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Relinquishment

Assistant Section Officer Prudence Anne LAING (née DAVIES) is permitted to relinquish her temporary commission. Dated 18th January, 1945.

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

Relinquishment

Pilot Officer Frank Hill GOODEY is permitted to relinquish his Air Training Corps commission. Dated 1st 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 12th February, 1945 : Wing Commander John Vallance Avery REID.
Dated 23rd March, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Harold James CRAWFORD.
Dated 13th April, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Stockbridge MOORE.
Dated 8th February, 1945 : Flying Officer Lorraine Harold COOK.
Dated 27th February, 1945 : Flying Officer Andrew John MOLLER, D.F.M.
Dated 8th March, 1945 : Flying Officer Peter FERGUSSON.
Dated 9th March, 1945 : Flying Officer George Milton GREEN.
Dated 11th March, 1945—
Flying Officer Murray Stephen ROBERTS, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Wilbert ANDERSON, D.F.C.
Dated 23rd February, 1945 : Pilot Officer William WONG.

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

Dated 6th March, 1945 : Wing Commander Philip Kenning FOWLER.
Dated 7th May, 1945 : Wing Commander Maurice Robert Desmond TREWBY, A.F.C.
Dated 17th February, 1945 : Flying Officer William Francis TITT.
Dated 22nd February, 1945 : Flying Officer Peter Anders JACOBSEN.



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

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Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Relinquishments, Royal New Zealand Air Force
124 names identified
  • Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Promoted to Flight Sergeant
  • James Augustine KNOWLES, Promoted to Flight Sergeant
  • Oswald Charles ABBOTT, Promoted to Flight Sergeant
  • Leslie Alexander McLEOD, Promoted to Flight Sergeant
  • Reginald William HENDERSON, Promoted to Flight Sergeant
  • Robert William WEIR, Promoted to Flight Sergeant
  • Peter George MOORE, Promoted to Flight Sergeant
  • Alan Jordan EWERT, Promoted to Flight Sergeant
  • Alexander Reginald HORN, Promoted to Flight Sergeant
  • Leslie Cecil JEFFS, Promoted to Flight Sergeant
  • Ronald Robert MITCHELL, Promoted to Flight Sergeant
  • Douglas Weston PURDIE, Promoted to Flight Sergeant
  • Colin Wylmer HARRISON, Promoted to Flight Sergeant
  • Mervyn James SCHROEDER, Promoted to Flight Sergeant
  • Rupert BLAIR, Promoted to Flight Sergeant
  • Vernon Buchanan MCKENZIE (Warrant Officer), Promoted as Navigator
  • John Lawrence COONEY (Flight Sergeant), Promoted as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Arthur Buckendahl GOULD (Warrant Officer), Promoted as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Allan GRAY (Warrant Officer), Promoted as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Kevin George FOOTE (Warrant Officer), Promoted as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Phillip Murray OLIVER (Warrant Officer), Promoted as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Frederick James LATHAM (Sergeant), Promoted as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Basil WHITEHOUSE (Sergeant), Promoted as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Geoffrey James HILTON (Sergeant), Promoted as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Earle Clarence SANDIFORD (Warrant Officer), Promoted as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • John Alan TAYLOR (Flight Sergeant), Promoted as Air Bomber
  • John Hawkins CREEVEY (Flight Sergeant), Promoted as Air Gunner
  • Richard Edward TALBOT (Flight Sergeant), Promoted as Air Gunner
  • William Patrick BURKE (Flight Sergeant), Promoted as Air Gunner
  • Robert William PERKS (Sergeant), Promoted as Air Gunner
  • John Vallance Avery REID (Squadron Leader (Acting Wing Commander)), Promoted to Wing Commander
  • Roy Charles PRICHARD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Richard Nicholson SHAW (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William David JONES (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Peter Lochhead KENNEDY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Keith Alfred HALL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Roy Alexander HENDERSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Percy Frederick HENDERSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Raymond Ingram WILKINSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Keith Maxwell GRAHAM (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Hugo Roy Francis SMITH (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Geoffrey Trevor WALFORD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Joseph MCDONALD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Archibald Gerrard MCLAUCHLAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Frederick John HARVEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Douglas John LALOLI (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Charles Morgan O’NEILL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Billie BODEN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Neville Leslie KELLY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • David William GRAY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Colin Sidney Fraser REID (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Wilson CULLEN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Jack Clarence WEBB-PULLMAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Thomas SIM (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Bruce WILLS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Jack JONES (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Henry Douglas Haig PARKINSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald Macnearnie Frank Donald Wilson KIDD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • YEATES (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Vernon Charles DUCKMANTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Alexander MURRAY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Jack Lancelot CALLANDER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Stewart McKenzie BALLANTYNE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Henry Charles BROUGHAM (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Bernard Keith KNOWLES (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alfred Chisholm HAWKINS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Kitchener CALLISTER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Norman Harold BENTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leslie Francis William EGGINTON (Pilot Officer, D.F.M.), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ivan Robert CRAILL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Murray McNAUGHTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Graham Spencer BAYLEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maurice Newton WALKER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Edward Mangahuka KARATAU (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Robert Loughnan CAMPBELL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Allan Francis Sheasby HORGAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Laurence Tremain HIGGS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Norman Victor FARBELL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Jim Victor THAME (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Beswick WILKINSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald William Arthur YORKE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Peter Chidley COOTE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Eric John NANCEKIVELL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald James SUCKLING (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Douglas Lindsay HASLETT (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Athol Sprott CARRINGTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald MUNRO (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Stephen George CARTER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Henry BOWE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Laurence Henry BRITTAIN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Tweedie WILSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert William STEELE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Roland Maxwell WEBB (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Ernest LINDSAY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Owen Mayfield TERRY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maxwell Wilson DOWNES (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Edward WITCOMBE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Owen William Gladstone LEWIS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Phillip John WILSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Lorraine Harold COOK (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maxwell PARMENTER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • David William NEWMAN (Flying Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
  • Jack MACKERSY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
  • Keith Rex ORSBORN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
  • Philip Kenning FOWLER (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Wing Commander
  • Maurice Robert Desmond TREWBY (Squadron Leader, A.F.C.), Promoted to Wing Commander
  • Murray Jackson WYATT (Flying Officer), Transferred to Administrative and Special Duties Branch
  • Charles SWANSTON (Flight Lieutenant, M.B., Ch.B.), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader
  • Prudence Anne LAING (Assistant Section Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
  • Frank Hill GOODEY (Pilot Officer), Relinquished Air Training Corps commission
  • John Vallance Avery REID (Wing Commander), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Harold James CRAWFORD (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Geoffrey Stockbridge MOORE (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Lorraine Harold COOK (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Andrew John MOLLER (Flying Officer, D.F.M.), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Peter FERGUSSON (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • George Milton GREEN (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Murray Stephen ROBERTS (Flying Officer, D.F.C.), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Wilbert ANDERSON (Flying Officer, D.F.C.), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • William WONG (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Philip Kenning FOWLER (Wing Commander), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Maurice Robert Desmond TREWBY (Wing Commander, A.F.C.), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • William Francis TITT (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
  • Peter Anders JACOBSEN (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers