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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 24

Appointing Five Non-elective Members of the Rangitikei Catchment Board

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by section forty-four of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act, 1941, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint—

Gerard William Sampson, Esquire, A.M.I.C.E., Acting District Engineer, Public Works Department, Wanganui,

Gerard Hoyte Hocking, Esquire, B.Sc. (For.), Assistant Forester, State Forest Service, Palmerston North,

Charles John Hamblyn, Esquire, B.Agr. Sc., Fields Superintendent, Agriculture Department, Palmerston North,

Thomas Strathallan Roe, Esquire, Chief Surveyor, Lands and Survey Department, Wellington, and

Leslie Isott Grange, Esquire, D.Sc., A.O.S.M., F.G.S., Director Soil Survey Division, Scientific and Industrial Research Department, Wellington,

to be non-elective members of the Rangitikei Catchment Board for a term commencing on the eleventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, and expiring on the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 11th day of April, 1945.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 75/10.)

Appointments in the Royal New Zealand Navy

Navy Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments and promotions in the Royal New Zealand Navy:—

Commander Christopher Michael Jacob, D.S.C., R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed (date to be reported).

Lieutenant Francis Henry Foster, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 23rd October, 1944.

Surgeon Lieutenant Derek Henry Symes, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.), granted the acting rank of Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander whilst holding present appointment, to date 12th February, 1945.

Mr. James Bradley Myles, Acting-Boatswain, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 17th June, 1943.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL RESERVE

Temporary Lieutenant William John Teasdel, appointment and temporary commission terminated, to date 29th December, 1944 (to retain use of naval rank). Re-entered in rank of Temporary Lieutenant with seniority of 16th February, 1943, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 12th February, 1945.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

Surgeon Commander Harold Keith Corkill, O.B.E., V.D., M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), F.R.C.S.E., granted the status of “Qualified Officer,” to date 5th December, 1944.

Lieutenant John Neat Allan, promoted to the rank of Acting Lieutenant-Commander, to date 31st December, 1944.

Temporary Lieutenant Oscar Weldon Carter, appointment and temporary commission terminated, to date 14th January, 1945. Reappointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed in the rank of Lieutenant Commander (retired), to date 15th January, 1945.

Temporary Lieutenant Herbert John Bull, D.S.C., appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, as Senior Officer, Motor-launch Flotilla, to date 25th January, 1945, and granted the acting rank of Temporary Lieutenant-Commander whilst holding this appointment.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Leslie Mortimer Chapman, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 15th December, 1944.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Stanley Richard Brown, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 15th December, 1944.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Trevor Albert Rockell, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 15th December, 1944.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Raymond Cornelius Hannan, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 25th December, 1944.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Jack Charles Wilson, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 17th January, 1945.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) Donald Alan Kirkby, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (A) and reappointed, to date 19th February, 1944.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) Gavin Waite, promoted to rank of Temporary Lieutenant (A) and reappointed, to date 8th November, 1944.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (A) Roy William Murray, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (A) and reappointed, to date 31st January, 1945.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch) Langley Frederick Manning, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch) and reappointed, to date 22nd November, 1944.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch) Henry Edgar Garrett, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch) and reappointed, to date 15th January, 1945.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch) Charles Gillitt Schumacher, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch) and reappointed, to date 4th January, 1945.

Donald Colebrook, Petty Officer (M.B.), N.Z. 10270, Arthur Russel Howard, Petty Officer (M.B.), N.Z. A/1890, Cecil Darnley Noonan, Petty Officer (A.V.), C/5369, and Frank Swinburne, Petty Officer (A.V.), W/3644, promoted to the rank of Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 20th January, 1945.

Mr. Harman Gilbert Smith, M.B., Ch.B., entered as Probationary Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 15th January, 1945.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 7th April, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, promotion, 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 7th December, 1944—
NZ 429306 Flight Sergeant Athol Nelson CHING.

Dated 23rd December, 1944—
NZ 422414 Warrant Officer Ronald LEE.

Dated 12th February, 1945—
NZ 415262 Flight Sergeant Louis Eldon Bernhard KLITSCHER.

Dated 17th February, 1945—
NZ 413993 Warrant Officer Roderick Francis David BOURKE.

Dated 23rd February, 1945—
NZ 428130 Warrant Officer Alfred Churchill LOCKYER.

Dated 1st March, 1945—
NZC 435964 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Henry HARPIN.
NZC 4213402 Flight Sergeant John Thompson BARR.
NZ 4211882 Flight Sergeant Alan Bert JOHANSON.
NZ 4216523 Flight Sergeant Trevor Keith ADAMS.

Dated 2nd March, 1945—
NZ 4310937 Sergeant Dickson Henry SLADDEN.
NZ 436774 Sergeant John Charles Ashley PARKER.
NZ 438721 Sergeant Maurice Raymond ROBINSON.
NZC 439226 Sergeant Burne Albert Colley NUNN.
NZ 4310415 Sergeant Allen Edward ESTALL.

Dated 5th March, 1945—
NZ 415680 Warrant Officer Frank BESWICK.

As Navigators—

Dated 12th September, 1944—
NZ 415285 Warrant Officer James Hughes BOUNDY.

Dated 29th December, 1944—
NZ 4212824 Flight Sergeant William Warwick BOUSKILL.

Dated 1st March, 1945—
NZ 403438 Warrant Officer Malcolm Jack FRY.
NZ 432118 Flight Sergeant Hugh Kilsby KELLEHER.
NZ 431188 Flight Sergeant William Mackreth SWINBURN.
NZ 423564 Warrant Officer Whitford James BROWN.
NZ 4312498 Flight Sergeant Shirley HARRISON.
NZ 415265 Warrant Officer John Marr SIMPSON.

Dated 9th March, 1945—
NZ 435809 Flight Sergeant Theodore Cyril MORETON.
NZ 434692 Sergeant David James Kirkwood FYFE.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—

Dated 1st March, 1945—
NZ 427254 Flight Sergeant Reginald George BUCK.
NZ 403023 Warrant Officer Sydney Francis O’WARN.

As Air Bomber—

Dated 25th February 1945—
NZ 426911 Flight Sergeant David Edward COLE.

As Air Gunner—

Dated 1st March, 1945—
NZ 4214419 Flight Sergeant Owen Gibson SHAW.

Promotion

Squadron Leader (temp.) Theodore Jasper MACLEAN DE LANGE, D.F.C., to be Acting Wing Commander (paid). Dated 20th March, 1945.

Transfer

Pilot Officer James Edward ELLIS is transferred from the Administrative and Special Duties Branch to the General Duties Branch in his present rank. Dated 2nd March, 1945.

Relinquishment

Flight Lieutenant Stanley James BEATTIE is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 23rd February, 1945.