APRIL 26] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 435

Dated 8th March, 1945—
John Anthony WALLER.
Derek Raymond MURRAY.
George Edward OLSSON.
Euan Carpenter MARTIN.
George Aubrey JENSEN.
James Ramsay FINLAY.
John Frederick WINTLE.
Cecil William MILLS.
Evan Peter CAMERON.
Warren Pete ROWLING.
Joseph Henry BENSON.
John Keith BOGUE.
Norman Noble HARRIS.

Dated 9th March, 1945—
Philip Samuel WESTON.
Edward Kimpton WHITECHURCH.

Dated 10th March, 1945—
Ian Kirk ADAMS.
David John Robert WILCOX.

Dated 11th March, 1945—
Joseph Dixon BUDDLE.

Dated 12th March, 1945—
John Kitchener MULDREW.
Peter Davidson SIM.
Thomas Allan MACLEAN.

Dated 14th March, 1945—
George Gosling ABBOTT.
James Lewis BATHGATE.
Eric Prior SCOTT.
Norman William Trevor BEETHAM, D.F.C.
Raymond Charles HUTCHINGS.
Joseph Gilbert WRIGHT.

Dated 15th March, 1945 : William John FARR.

Robert Willmot MARKS.
Alfred Orr FARIS.
Eric Francis COLLINSON.
Hugh Osborne Hutton FINDLAY.
Harry CROSBY.
John Stuart McLEOD.
Edward Crombie DEWHIRST.
Ian Ross CAMERON.
Laurence Mervyn BURT.
Donald McCLELLAND.
Kenneth Harwood HEMUS.
Arthur Lawrence RYAN.
Kenneth Bruce JEFFS.

Roland Leslie WERNER.

John ELSMORE.

Albert Alfred JARVIE.

Anthony Armstrong THOMPSON.
William Henry BURNELL.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions. Dated 13th February, 1945 :—
Flying Officer Kenneth Victor Peach Buxton ROGERS.
Flying Officer Adrian Orengard BEETHAM.
Flying Officer Gordon Finlay HENDERSON.
Flying Officer John Joseph BISHOP.
Flying Officer Melvyn Harold ROWE.
Flying Officer Evan Gillon HARRIS.
Flying Officer Bernard Godfrey PIESSE.
Flying Officer John Matthew HARVEY.
Flying Officer Norman Rowellan JONES.
Flying Officer Wallace Randolph ROBERTSON.
Flying Officer Maxwell Hubert SIMPSON.
Flying Officer Hugh Montgomery GOOD.
Pilot Officer Charles Norman MOFFAT.
Pilot Officer Thomas Leo Joseph DANAHER.
Pilot Officer Peter Rogerson BYRNE.
Pilot Officer Robert McKelvie RUSSELL.
Pilot Officer Samuel John MORROW.
Pilot Officer Alexander Donald HENDERSON.
Pilot Officer Lance Raymond CORICH.
Pilot Officer Bruce John SHIRLEY.
Pilot Officer Marsden Roy McNEILL.
Pilot Officer Russel Lawrence VOYSEY.

The temporary commission of Flying Officer Albert Cyril REGISTER is relinquished. Dated 27th February, 1945.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotion

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Harold Arthur Charles DAVY to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 17th March, 1945.

Reduction

Pilot Officer Allan James CARSON was dealt with summarily under section 47 of the Air Force Act and sentenced to take rank and precedence as if his appointent as Pilot Officer bore date the 5th March, 1945.

WORKS SECTION

Promotion

Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Alfred Manby FLETCHER to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 30th April, 1945.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Promotion

Squadron Leader (temp.) Anthony Howard MARSH, M.B., Ch.B., to be Acting Wing Commander (paid). Dated 1st April, 1945.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Relinquishment

Section Officer Cushla Joyce McGREGOR-TURNBULL is permitted to relinquish her temporary commission. Dated 7th 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 15th March, 1945—
William Lyall WISEMAN. William James TUCKER.
Dated 31st March, 1945 : William Herbert ERICKSON.

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 17th April, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant James Blane PATON.

Dated 23rd April, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Terence Bernard MARRA.
Flight Lieutenant Lloyd George MASON, D.F.C.

Dated 29th May, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Alexander Stuart KEITH, D.F.C.

Dated 26th August, 1944 : Flying Officer Thomas John SHERBORNE.

Dated 6th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Douglas Errol NELSON.
Dated 28th May, 1945 : Flying Officer Ernest Mervyn INGREN.
Dated 29th May, 1945 : Flying Officer Ronald Daniel Walter DRAKE.

Dated 29th September, 1944 : Pilot Officer Ronald Huia BADLAND.

Dated 6th April, 1945 : Pilot Officer Andreas Carl IVERSEN.
Dated 14th April, 1945 : Pilot Officer Clifford Frederick BRYAN.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I :—
Dated 7th April, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Robert George RICHARDSON.

Dated 27th April, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Cecil Gillon CHRISTOPHERS.

Dated 30th April, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Alfred Manby FLETCHER.

Dated 9th September, 1944 : Flying Officer Colin Thomas McGILL.

Dated 24th September, 1944 : Flying Officer Bryan Bishop MARTIN.

Dated 3rd November, 1944 : Flying Officer Frederick John HARVEY.

Dated 3rd April, 1945 : Flying Officer Donald Jack STRADWICK.
Dated 7th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Frank Noel LAURIE.
Dated 9th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Leonard John Russell BENJAMIN.

Dated 21st April, 1945 : Flying Officer Sydney Gerald STRINGER.

Dated 14th September, 1944 : Pilot Officer Herbert James KEENAN.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE SECTION

Flight Officer Nell GOLDINGHAM is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve. Dated 2nd April, 1945.

Amendments

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 91, dated 23rd November, 1944, page 1428, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” is amended, so far as relates to “Flying Officer William Joffre REID,” to read “Dated 31st October, 1944.”

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 3, dated 18th January, 1945, page 38, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Pilot Officer John Power CRAWFORD,” for “Dated 25th December, 1944,” read “Dated 22nd January, 1945.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Staff of His Excellency the Governor-General

Wellington, 2nd April, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments :—

HONORARY AIDES-DE-CAMP

Navy

Commodore William Keith Dene Dowding, D.S.C., R.N.
Acting-Captain Alexander David Boyle, R.N.
Acting-Captain Mark Taylor, O.B.E., R.N.
Acting-Commander Gordon Bridson, D.S.O., D.S.C., V.D., R.N.Z.N.V.R.

Army

Brigadier Albert Edward Conway, O.B.E., N.Z.S.C.
Colonel Leslie Wilton Andrew, V.C., D.S.O., N.Z.S.C.
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick James Gwilliam, E.D.
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Lockhart Walter, D.S.O., E.D.
Lieutenant-Colonel Dudley Sedman Chisholm, V.D.

Air Force

Acting Air Commodore Ronald Burns Bannerman, D.F.C., R.N.Z.A.F.
Group Captain Cyril Eyton Kay, O.B.E., D.F.C., R.N.Z.A.F.
Acting Group Captain Charles Campbell Hunter, R.N.Z.A.F.

HONORARY PHYSICIAN

Acting Wing Commander John Eaton Hardwick-Smith, M.B., Ch.B. (Cantab.), R.N.Z.A.F.

HONORARY SURGEON

Colonel Alan Arnold Tennent, E.D., M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S., N.Z.M.C.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.