APRIL 12] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 385

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Transfer

Flying Officer Dawson John PERCIVAL is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 1st March, 1945.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Leslie Donegan MURPHY is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 5th June, 1945.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Lawrence Herbert SIMPSON, M.B., Ch.B., is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 17th April, 1945.

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

Relinquishments

The undermentioned Flying Officers are permitted to relinquish their Air Training Corps commissions :—

Dated 1st March, 1945—
Raymond Jack TUCKER. John Rowland MARKS.

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 7th April, 1945 : Squadron Leader Frank EDWARDS.
Dated 12th March, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Lindsay JAMES.
Dated 24th March, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Lloyd Harry BUTLER, D.F.C.

Dated 28th March, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Bruce St. John Campbell THOMSON, D.F.C.
Dated 29th March, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Anthony Ashley COOPER.

Dated 30th March, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant William Wood Weir BURGESS, A.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant James Henry NORMAN, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant John COOM.

Dated 9th April, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant James Pringle MCKENZIE.

Dated 10th April, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Ellett Forbes PAGE.
Flight Lieutenant Ross Stuart MCHARDY, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Alan Gordon CUTTEN.

Dated 11th April, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Lewis William MARSON.

Dated 12th April, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Royd Asquith WADHAM.
Flight Lieutenant Vaughan St. Clair COOKE.

Dated 13th April, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Brian Thomas VERRY.
Flight Lieutenant Benjamin Donald NEW.
Flight Lieutenant Howard Arthur John ALLDRED.

Dated 30th April, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Roy Reginald RAYNER.
Dated 15th May, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Harold Stewart LUSK.

Dated 8th March, 1945 : Flying Officer Robert William SMITH.
Dated 15th March, 1945 : Flying Officer Maxwell PARMENTER.

Dated 17th March, 1945—
Flying Officer Hugh Marchweil JENNINGS.
Flying Officer Keith Thomas SHAW.

Dated 19th March, 1945 : Flying Officer Jack JONES.
Dated 21st March, 1945 : Flying Officer Reginald HILL.
Dated 22nd March, 1945 : Flying Officer Bernard HEFFERNAN.
Dated 28th March, 1945 : Flying Officer Clifford Hector GILBERTSON.

Dated 29th March, 1945—
Flying Officer George Harold Frederick HUTCHISON, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Stratford Frederick JUDD.
Flying Officer Hugh Godfrey ROSS.

Dated 30th March, 1945 : Flying Officer Raymond Richard Andrew MCLAUCHLAN, D.F.C.
Dated 31st March, 1945 : Flying Officer Jack WILLIAMS.
Dated 2nd April, 1945 : Flying Officer Tom Hamilton MORGAN.
Dated 6th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Donald Peter BARBER.

Dated 9th April, 1945—
Flying Officer Desmond Arthur ROBERTS.
Flying Officer John Plumer WALKER.
Flying Officer Ronald Edward WITCOMBE.

Dated 10th April, 1945—
Flying Officer Colin Stuart MARTIN, D.F.C.
Flying Officer James Owen FINN.
Flying Officer Francis Daniel GREHAN.
Flying Officer Malcolm Cyprian BRIDGE.
Flying Officer William Bruce WILLS.

Dated 11th April, 1945—
Flying Officer John George LIDDINGTON.
Flying Officer Lloyd William MARTIN.
Flying Officer William Alexander CAIRNCROSS.

Dated 12th April, 1945 : Flying Officer George Collingwood FORREST.
Dated 13th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Patrick Lawder CONNOLLY.
Dated 14th April, 1945 : Flying Officer William McKenzie JONES.
Dated 16th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Harold Trevor NINNES.
Dated 21st April, 1945 : Flying Officer John Aitken ROSS.
Dated 5th May, 1945 : Flying Officer Alister Keith SAUNDERS, D.F.C.
Dated 3rd March, 1945 : Pilot Officer Henry Montgomery MCHUGH.
Dated 9th March, 1945 : Pilot Officer Harold William FORD.
Dated 4th April, 1945 : Pilot Officer George Frederick SHERWIN.
Dated 10th April, 1945—
Pilot Officer Trevor Alexander GILLARD, D.F.C.
Pilot Officer Robert Erle RATHBONE.

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

Dated 13th March, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Trevor James BAYLISS.
Dated 21st March, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Basil Howard GRAY, D.F.C.
Dated 22nd March, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Charles Albert FOUNTAINE, D.F.C.
Dated 7th April, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant James Robert ANDERSON, D.F.C.
Dated 12th April, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Gray HUNTER.
Dated 29th May, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant William McDOWALL.
Dated 20th March, 1945 : Flying Officer Leonard Colin DRUMMOND.
Dated 21st March, 1945 : Flying Officer Stewart Angus MCINTYRE.

Dated 26th March, 1945—
Flying Officer Graham Arthur BICE.
Flying Officer Owen Walter BAYLY.

Dated 29th March, 1945 : Flying Officer Ian KIRKCALDIE.
Dated 30th March, 1945 : Flying Officer George Richard MCLAREN.
Dated 1st April, 1945 : Flying Officer Ivan Francis GREEN.
Dated 2nd April, 1945—
Flying Officer Jack Forsyth BRISTED.
Flying Officer William James CONIBEAR.
Flying Officer James Ferguson FISH.

Dated 5th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Eric Perry SEMESTER.
Dated 14th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Ian Birrell SLY.
Dated 16th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Vernon Orison SMALL.

Dated 19th April, 1945—
Flying Officer George William JOHNSTON.
Flying Officer Neville Joseph HARRIS.

Dated 28th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Leonard John BEALE.
Dated 2nd April, 1945 : Pilot Officer Robert Henry GOODALL.
Dated 5th April, 1945 : Pilot Officer Melton Ross MCNABB.
Dated 26th April, 1945 : Pilot Officer Bertram Matthew WILMSHURST.

Relinquishment

Flight Lieutenant Vincent John CLARKE is permitted to relinquish his commission. Dated 1st March, 1945.

Amendment

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 85, dated 26th October, 1944, page 1284, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Flying Officer William Michael SELLAR,” for “Dated 25th September, 1944,” read “Dated 27th October, 1944.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Coroner appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th April, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Ernest Park Moir, Esquire, J.P.,

of Kerikeri, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th April, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Arthur Evan Dobbie, Esquire, S.M.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Central Otago from the 1st day of January, 1945, vice H. J. Dixon, Esquire, S.M., retired.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.