APRIL 19] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 413

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 11th April, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, promotions, and transfers 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 9th January, 1945—
NZ 4210972 Flight Sergeant Edward Laurence GALE.
Dated 6th February, 1945—
NZ 403947 Flight Sergeant Lawrence Irvine Joseph DOYLE.
NZ 424871 Warrant Officer Joseph Raymon MOFFAT.
Dated 10th February, 1945—
NZ 416216 Warrant Officer John Clutha MCPHEE.
Dated 20th February, 1945—
NZ 416486 Warrant Officer William John Henry HENLEY.
Dated 10th March, 1945—
NZ 416529 Warrant Officer Eric Morton OHLSON.

As Navigators—
Dated 14th January, 1945—
NZ 413456 Warrant Officer Bruce William O’CONNOR.
Dated 5th February, 1945—
NZ 425875 Warrant Officer Wilfred Walter ARMSTRONG.
Dated 4th March, 1945—
NZ 2418 Henry James von DADELSZEN.
NZ 2419 Bruce Harry STINEAR.
Dated 22nd March, 1945—
NZ 412262 Warrant Officer Alexander Ninion OLIVER.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—
Dated 9th January, 1945—
NZ 422997 Warrant Officer Alan Jack MONK.
Dated 11th January, 1945—
NZ 425151 Warrant Officer Maurice Costello JOHNSON.

As Air Bomber—
Dated 10th February, 1945—
NZ 427490 Flight Sergeant Arthur Wellesley WESLEY.

Promotions

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) James Ralph COURT to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 28th March, 1945.
Flying Officer (temp.) Allan Archibald WATSON to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 28th March, 1945.
Pilot Officer Clive Leslie BLOWS to be Flying Officer (temp.). Dated 22nd February, 1945.

Transfers

Squadron Leader (temp.) Ernest William BARNETT, A.F.C., is transferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers to the Active List in his present rank, with seniority as from 1st January, 1944. Dated 2nd September, 1944.
Pilot Officer John Scott DENNISON is transferred from the Equipment Branch to the General Duties Branch in his present rank. Dated 4th March, 1945.

Amendment

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 82, dated 5th October, 1944, page 1183, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments: As Pilots,” relating to “NZ 427451 Flight Sergeant Clive Leslie BLOWS,” for “Dated 22nd April, 1944,” read “Dated 22nd August, 1944.”

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II: TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Appointments

Signals Duties—
The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer:—
Dated 2nd March, 1945—
NZ 43088 Flight Sergeant John Rankin WILLIAMS.
NZ 4216594 Acting Flight Sergeant Harold Norman John TRUSTRUM.
NZ 4216595 Acting Sergeant William SCOTT.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

NZ 412919 Warrant Officer Edwin WORSDALE is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 2nd March, 1945.

Promotion

Flying Officer (temp.) William George SEABROOK to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 17th March, 1945.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Promotions

The undermentioned Assistant Section Officers to be Section Officers (temp.):—

Dated 1st January, 1945—
Agnes Annie BRACKENRIDGE. Gwenifer Ann GRIFFITHS.
Beatrix Lilla Sanderson TONKIN. Dorothy GRYLLS.
Janet Buchanan WILLIAMS. Ngaire Joyce GOODMAN.
Doris Myra HODGSON. June Leeson LUCKIE.
Anna GILLIES. Elspeth Beresford McARTHUR.
Constance Margaret HANSON. Mavis Powell GIERSEN.
Joyce Alison ARMITAGE. Patricia Daniell McVEAGH.
Patricia Marie HILL. Dorothy Bossley REID.
Marion May WATSON. Annie Mildred HAYBITTLE.
Nicoline Elizabeth Swanston HEAD. Patricia Nancy HESP.
Vylvian Nora DAWSON. Minnie Noeline McChesney THOMPSON.
Kathleen Mary COOK. Rona Margaret BROWN.
Margaret MacDonald BATLEY. Thelma Mabel DICK.
Heather Jane MACKIE. Helen Mary DUFFIN.
Valda Joyce ROGERS. Mabel Charlotte HAASE.
Adelaide Ellen MILLS. Jean Emme GRAY.
Yvonne Mary BEERE. Ernestine Graham HUME.
Margaret Joyce RICH.

Dated 17th January, 1945—
Dorothy Irene McKENZIE. Mary Beatrice KENNETT.

Dated 7th March, 1945—
Phillida Beatrix DIVE. May Catherine MIDDLETON.
Leila Dorothy Mave BEDFORD. Dorothy Joan SMITH.
Eileen Joyce PEAT. Helene Augusta SALMON.
Molly Jean ROBERTSON. Mary ILLINGWORTH.
Margaret May WILLIAMS. Marion May STENBERG.
Margaret Eleanor GALL. Vera HOLT.
Dorothy Lois HERVEY. Norma Marion DAVEY.

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 29th March, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Harry Graham JENKINS.
Dated 13th April, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Ian Herbert DUFF.
Dated 29th January, 1945: Flying Officer Edmund LEADLEY.

Dated 11th April, 1945—
Flying Officer Selwyn Martin Dennis WILSON.
Flying Officer Horace Victor SOLE.

Dated 12th April, 1945—
Flying Officer James Glenny WILSON.
Flying Officer Leslie Charles CURNO, D.F.M.

Dated 13th April, 1945: Flying Officer Robert William RONDEL.

Dated 16th April, 1945—
Flying Officer Maurice James COSTELLO.
Flying Officer Leonard Cecil SADLER, A.F.C.

Dated 11th May, 1945: Flying Officer Clifford John BERRY.
Dated 13th April, 1945: Pilot Officer William Thomas GUNN, D.F.M.

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

Dated 19th April, 1945: Squadron Leader Strachan Agnew GOLDINGHAM.
Dated 26th April, 1945: Flight Lieutenant John Clifford CROFT.
Dated 27th April, 1945: Flight Lieutenant William Robert Joseph MONTGOMERY.
Dated 1st May, 1945: Flying Officer John Sinclair BURNS.

Amendment

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 11, dated 15th February, 1945, page 150, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Flying Officer Arthur Ernest Hall KNOWLES,” for “Dated 26th December, 1944,” read “Dated 24th December, 1944.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 1st March, 1945.

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

Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross
Flight Lieutenant John Mathers Bailey, D.F.C. (NZ 412183), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Ohingaiti.

Distinguished Flying Cross
Acting Flight Lieutenant Martin Adam Kilpatrick (NZ 421919), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Inglewood.
Pilot Officer Athol Robert Cresswell (NZ 414965), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Hamilton.