✨ Military Personnel Updates
Jan. 18] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 39
As Navigators—
Dated 22nd October, 1944—
NZ 4210083 Flight Sergeant Alfred Trevor HARVEY.
Dated 26th October, 1944—
NZ 4212674 Flight Sergeant Aage Colridge JENSEN.
As Wireless Operator/Air Gunner—
Dated 19th October, 1944—
NZ 391075 Warrant Officer Mervyn Campbell STEEL.
Promotions
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :—
Dated 19th June, 1944 : Edward James CRANG.
Dated 18th November, 1944 : William John Muir Low BARCLAY, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Dated 19th November, 1944—
Anthony Martin SINGER, D.F.C. Peter Lloyd SINGER, D.F.C.
Dated 20th November, 1944—
Colin Cavell ROOTS. Harold Verdun OLLIVER.
John Allison WHELAN. Colin Wells HITCHCOCK.
John David DEAN. Owen David STAPLE.
Harold Bert HAYWARD. William Horatio CLEGG.
Frank SCOTT. Leslie Ian TAYLOR.
Christian Eric ERIKSEN. Albert James Murray LABES.
Robert Hunter Leslie PATERSON. Edward Te Keu BENNETT.
Dated 21st November, 1944 : John Lawrence BLAIR.
Dated 23rd November, 1944—
Maurice Turner WILSON. Major William EADE.
Charles Edward BAXTER. Donald William PARKHOUSE.
Dated 27th November, 1944 : William Reginald JAGGER.
Dated 28th November, 1944—
William Pembroke BELL, D.F.C. Arnold Thane KING, D.F.C.
Leonard Edwin LANCASTER. Vivian McKendrick JACK.
Dated 29th November, 1944 : Bruce Alexander MCKENZIE.
Dated 30th November, 1944 : Kenneth James MACKENZIE.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 12th March, 1944 : David Malcolm McILROY.
Dated 29th March, 1944 : Robert Ernest STOWERS, D.F.M.
Dated 25th October, 1944 : Richard Edward Ralph ROBERTSHAWE.
Dated 16th November, 1944—
Maurice Edward DARE. Charles Le Gallais GARDNER.
Jack Ernest PATTERSON. Edwin Walter John POWE.
Lester Harold MATTSON. Clifford Hector GILBERTSON.
Dated 17th November, 1944—
Mervyn Richard CROKER. Robert Miller NICHOL.
David Arthur COSTER. Donald Wedgwood BOON.
Mervyn Leslie Thomas HARPER. Thomas Chamney JONES.
Dated 18th November, 1944—
Douglas Lloyd WILSON. Eric Clifton HARRIS.
Edwin Fitzherbert George Donald Grattan GUINNESS.
BURROWES.
Dated 19th November, 1944—
Thomas William BRAITHWAITE. John Brian HARTLAND.
Edwin Brian MEACHEN. John HAZLEWOOD.
Thomas Lindsay FORMAN. James Lawrence GRAYBURN.
Peter Arnott TACON. John Milne THOMPSON.
Meihana Mason MCDONALD. William Gordon DUNCAN.
Owen Bagshaw PROBERT. Colin Ilford MUNRO.
Desmond Albert WARMINGTON. Allen James COSTER.
Dated 20th November, 1944—
Jack Edwin DAWBER. Jeffery Alexander MILLAR.
Dated 23rd November, 1944—
Malcolm Albert PETERSON. Brian Anderson MURRAY.
Terrence Stanley KELLY.
Dated 24th November, 1944 : Albert Frederick SWAN.
Dated 25th November, 1944 : David Graham BUCHANAN.
Dated 26th November, 1944—
Alan Guthrie BROWN. Clifford Raeburn PIPER.
Dated 27th November, 1944—
Glenelg Clarence EARL. John William GILLGREN.
Dated 30th November, 1944 : Albert William PRISK.
Relinquishments
The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions :—
Dated 6th January, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Edward William Girdwood MCKENZIE.
Dated 21st December, 1944 : Flying Officer Alexander GREY.
Dated 12th January, 1945 : Flying Officer Gordon Thomas Ian COWAN.
EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS
Appointment
Armament Duties—
NZ 391143 Warrant Officer James Robinson SMITH is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 14th December, 1944.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments
The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 9th December, 1944 :—
NZ 411982 Flight Sergeant Graham Samuel Ward HAWKINS.
NZ 413817 Sergeant Owen Frederick COSSEY.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.)
Promotions
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 12th February, 1944 : Horace Hudson BROWN.
Dated 1st May, 1944—
Charles BUTTERWORTH. Colin Campbell NICHOLSON.
Harold JOHNSTON.
Dated 1st June, 1944 : Walter Oliver HAYES.
Dated 1st July, 1944—
Gerald Patrick GILL. Victor Arthur LEWIS.
John Lambert KERR.
Relinquishment
Flying Officer John Alexander COLQUHOUN is permitted to relinquish his Air Training Corps commission. Dated 31st December, 1944.
RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I :—
Dated 13th October, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant Ormond Patrick BAYLEY.
Dated 21st November, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant Clifford John Harold Le COUTEUR, D.F.C.
Dated 26th December, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant Derek John PARSONSON.
Dated 28th December, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant James Kenneth CLIMIE, D.F.C.
Dated 15th November, 1944 : Flying Officer Claude Hereward BAIGENT.
Dated 16th November, 1944 : Flying Officer Gordon Vincent BUICK.
Dated 21st November, 1944 : Flying Officer Howard Percival WHITLOCK.
Dated 28th November, 1944 : Flying Officer Kenneth Oscar LAW, D.F.M.
Dated 1st December, 1944 : Flying Officer Thomas Edward ARMSTRONG.
Dated 5th December, 1944 : Flying Officer Alexander McKenzie McLEOD.
Dated 6th December, 1944 : Flying Officer Leonard Henry Ferris BROWN.
Dated 19th December, 1944 : Flying Officer Maurice Ernest WILLIS.
Dated 22nd November, 1944—
Pilot Officer Ivan SPARKS.
Pilot Officer Richard Clemas RYMAN.
Dated 25th November, 1944 : Pilot Officer George Alibate TUBOU.
Dated 16th December, 1944 : Pilot Officer Harry FINCH.
Dated 21st December, 1944 : Pilot Officer Colvin Laidlaw ROBERTSON.
Dated 22nd December, 1944 : Pilot Officer John Lloyd JOYCE.
Dated 30th December, 1944 : Pilot Officer Douglas Bicket STEVENSON.
The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I :—
Dated 30th November, 1944 : Squadron Leader Noel Edgar CHANDLER.
Dated 27th November, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant William Frederick PARKE.
Dated 28th November, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Frederick de MALMANCHE.
Dated 9th December, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant Ralph Arundel STEDMAN.
Dated 12th December, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant Cyril William MACE.
Dated 21st November, 1944 : Flying Officer Leo Richard BEDGOOD.
Dated 22nd November, 1944 : Flying Officer John Alexander McDERMOTT.
Dated 24th November, 1944 : Flying Officer Ronald James WEENINK.
Dated 30th November, 1944 : Flying Officer Leslie Malcolm PAGE.
Dated 4th December, 1944 : Flying Officer James Percy Munro BERTRAM.
Dated 6th December, 1944 : Flying Officer Frederick Robert Lindo BENNETT.
Dated 7th December, 1944 : Flying Officer Arnold Lloyd GILMORE.
Dated 9th December, 1944 : Flying Officer Ian Marshall PAGE, D.F.M.
Dated 12th December, 1944 : Flying Officer John Irvine BECKETT.
Dated 14th December, 1944—
Flying Officer Stanley Roy ANSTICE.
Flying Officer Ngata Ewart BARNETT.
Flying Officer Robert Donald SALTER.
Dated 17th December, 1944 : Flying Officer Walter Paradise HART.
Dated 20th December, 1944—
Flying Officer Eslie Arnold HART.
Flying Officer Patrick Andrew TILYARD, D.F.M.
Dated 25th December, 1944 : Flying Officer Frederick JONES.
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Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishments, and Transfers of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
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🛡️ Defence & Military8 January 1945
Air Force, Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishments, Transfers, Royal New Zealand Air Force
133 names identified
- Alfred Trevor HARVEY (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Aage Colridge JENSEN (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Navigator
- Mervyn Campbell STEEL (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Edward James CRANG (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William John Muir Low BARCLAY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Anthony Martin SINGER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Peter Lloyd SINGER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Colin Cavell ROOTS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Harold Verdun OLLIVER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John Allison WHELAN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Colin Wells HITCHCOCK (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John David DEAN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Owen David STAPLE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Harold Bert HAYWARD (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William Horatio CLEGG (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Frank SCOTT (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Leslie Ian TAYLOR (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Christian Eric ERIKSEN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Albert James Murray LABES (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Robert Hunter Leslie PATERSON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Edward Te Keu BENNETT (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John Lawrence BLAIR (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Maurice Turner WILSON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Major William EADE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Charles Edward BAXTER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Donald William PARKHOUSE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William Reginald JAGGER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William Pembroke BELL (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Arnold Thane KING (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Leonard Edwin LANCASTER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Vivian McKendrick JACK (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Bruce Alexander MCKENZIE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Kenneth James MACKENZIE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- David Malcolm McILROY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Robert Ernest STOWERS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Richard Edward Ralph ROBERTSHAWE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Maurice Edward DARE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Charles Le Gallais GARDNER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Jack Ernest PATTERSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Edwin Walter John POWE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Lester Harold MATTSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Clifford Hector GILBERTSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Mervyn Richard CROKER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Robert Miller NICHOL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- David Arthur COSTER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Donald Wedgwood BOON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Mervyn Leslie Thomas HARPER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Thomas Chamney JONES (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Douglas Lloyd WILSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Eric Clifton HARRIS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Edwin Fitzherbert George BURROWES (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Donald Grattan GUINNESS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Thomas William BRAITHWAITE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- John Brian HARTLAND (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Edwin Brian MEACHEN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- John HAZLEWOOD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Thomas Lindsay FORMAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- James Lawrence GRAYBURN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Peter Arnott TACON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- John Milne THOMPSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Meihana Mason MCDONALD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- William Gordon DUNCAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Owen Bagshaw PROBERT (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Colin Ilford MUNRO (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Desmond Albert WARMINGTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Allen James COSTER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Jack Edwin DAWBER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Jeffery Alexander MILLAR (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Malcolm Albert PETERSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Brian Anderson MURRAY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Terrence Stanley KELLY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Albert Frederick SWAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- David Graham BUCHANAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Alan Guthrie BROWN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Clifford Raeburn PIPER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Glenelg Clarence EARL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- John William GILLGREN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Albert William PRISK (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Edward William Girdwood MCKENZIE (Flight Lieutenant), Relinquished temporary commission
- Alexander GREY (Flying Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
- Gordon Thomas Ian COWAN (Flying Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
- James Robinson SMITH (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Graham Samuel Ward HAWKINS (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Owen Frederick COSSEY (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Horace Hudson BROWN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Charles BUTTERWORTH (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Colin Campbell NICHOLSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Harold JOHNSTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Walter Oliver HAYES (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Gerald Patrick GILL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Victor Arthur LEWIS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- John Lambert KERR (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- John Alexander COLQUHOUN (Flying Officer), Relinquished Air Training Corps commission
- Ormond Patrick BAYLEY (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Clifford John Harold LE COUTEUR (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Derek John PARSONSON (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- James Kenneth CLIMIE (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Claude Hereward BAIGENT (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Gordon Vincent BUICK (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Howard Percival WHITLOCK (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Kenneth Oscar LAW (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Thomas Edward ARMSTRONG (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Alexander McKenzie McLEOD (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Leonard Henry Ferris BROWN (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Maurice Ernest WILLIS (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Ivan SPARKS (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Richard Clemas RYMAN (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- George Alibate TUBOU (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Harry FINCH (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Colvin Laidlaw ROBERTSON (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- John Lloyd JOYCE (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Douglas Bicket STEVENSON (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Noel Edgar CHANDLER (Squadron Leader), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- William Frederick PARKE (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Lawrence Frederick DE MALMANCHE (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Ralph Arundel STEDMAN (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Cyril William MACE (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Leo Richard BEDGOOD (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- John Alexander McDERMOTT (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Ronald James WEENINK (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Leslie Malcolm PAGE (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- James Percy Munro BERTRAM (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Frederick Robert Lindo BENNETT (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Arnold Lloyd GILMORE (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Ian Marshall PAGE (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- John Irvine BECKETT (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Stanley Roy ANSTICE (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Ngata Ewart BARNETT (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Robert Donald SALTER (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Walter Paradise HART (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Eslie Arnold HART (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Patrick Andrew TILYARD (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Frederick JONES (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers