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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I: EQUIPMENT OFFICERS

Promotion
Accountant Duties—
Flying Officer (temp.) Terence James Butler to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 26th March, 1945.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II: TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Promotions
Radar Duties—
Flying Officer Frederick William Campbell to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 13th March, 1945.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.):
Engineer Duties—
Dated 1st March, 1945 : James McArthur Anzac Grant.
Armament Duties—
Dated 8th March, 1945 : Henry James Powell.
Dated 21st March, 1945 : John William Montgomery.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotions
Squadron Leader (temp.) Kenneth James Crichton to be Acting Wing Commander (paid). Dated 28th February, 1945.
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Bernard Harold Beale to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 28th February, 1945.
Flying Officer Malcolm Douglas Beresford Graham to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 19th March, 1945.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.):
Dated 1st December, 1944 : Ronald Alfred Johnson.
Dated 8th March, 1945 : Ronald Spencer Greening.
Dated 23rd March, 1945 : Herbert Edwin Manning.

Relinquishment
Pilot Officer Jack Lord Rollo is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 28th May, 1945.

WORKS SECTION

Promotion
Flying Officer (temp.) Walter Charles Bignell to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 26th March, 1945.

CHAPLAINS BRANCH

Appointment
NZ 2425 The Reverend Robert Frederick Clement is granted a temporary commission in the relative rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 16th April, 1945.

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

Appointments
The undermentioned are granted Air Training Corps Commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st April, 1945:
John Dennis Fowler.
Patrick Cremer Huggett.

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 24th April, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Eric John Morey.
Dated 27th May, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Leo Patrick Garvey.
Dated 10th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Hoani Richard Metekingi.
Dated 13th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Thomas Philip Shand.
Dated 22nd April, 1945 : Flying Officer David Athol Whitwell.
Dated 23rd April, 1945 : Flying Officer Alfred Henry Knewstubb.
Dated 30th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Robert Blundell Wynyard.
Dated 5th May, 1945 : Flying Officer Charles Edwin Weinberg.
Dated 28th May, 1945 : Flying Officer Trevor Henry Morrison.
Dated 30th May, 1945 : Flying Officer Frank Ernest Coates.
Dated 14th June, 1945 : Flying Officer Ronald Francis Dodds.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I:-
Dated 11th April, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Rev. John Churchill.
Dated 27th April, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Robert Hamish Balfour, D.F.C.
Dated 28th April, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant David Graham Goodwin, D.F.C.
Dated 11th May, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Douglas Westland Garland.
Dated 4th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Edwin Robert Dalziel.
Dated 7th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Sidney Taiaroa Tisdall.
Dated 12th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Arthur Bertrum Baker.
Dated 20th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Roger Allen Stewart.
Dated 21st April, 1945 : Flying Officer Trevor Hamilton Daniell.
Dated 24th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Walter Thomas Killgour.
Dated 28th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Raymond Baker.
Dated 30th April, 1945 : Flying Officer Edgar Neil Wilson.
Dated 1st May, 1945 : Flying Officer Leonard Dalziell Bell.
Dated 18th May, 1945 : Flying Officer James Archibald.

Amendment

In the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 16, dated 1st March, 1945, page 241, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Pilot Officer Alfred Chisholm Hawkins,” for “Dated 22nd February, 1945,” read “Dated 10th March, 1945.”

Cancellation

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 18, dated 15th March, 1945, page 283, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Flying Officer Arthur Ralph Kitto, D.F.C.,” is cancelled.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 9th March, 1945.

IS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following award to a member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy:-
Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross
Acting Flight Lieutenant William Makepeace Strathern, D.F.C. (NZ 42476), of Invercargill.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following immediate award to a member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy:-
Distinguished Flying Cross
6th April, 1945
Pilot Officer Norman William Trevor Beetham (NZ 412190), of Masterton.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards to members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy:-
Distinguished Flying Cross
27th March, 1945
Pilot Officer Mons Edwin Murrell (NZ 39774), of Auckland.

3rd April, 1945
Flight Lieutenant Eric Kemp Buchanan (NZ 415743), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant John Pierson Ford (NZ 412673), of Christchurch.
Flight Lieutenant William James Murphy (NZ 414660), of Gisborne.
Flying Officer Patrick Lawder Connolly (NZ 41979), of Auckland.
Flying Officer James Herbert Moore (NZ 415351), of Auckland.
Pilot Officer Horace Victor Sole (NZ 404419), of Cambridge.

6th April, 1945
Flying Officer Brook Abbott Taylor (NZ 4213899), of Wellington.

Distinguished Flying Medal
3rd April, 1945
NZ 412727 Sergeant (later Pilot Officer) Nigel Manfred Park.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1945.

IS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following honours and awards to members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy:-
To be Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Acting Squadron Leader Arthur Percy Gainsford, D.F.C., A.F.C. (NZ 402863), of Rotorua.
Flight Lieutenant Trevor Windsor Allen, D.F.C. (NZ 413007), of Auckland.

Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross
Acting Squadron Leader Allan Roy Scott, D.F.C. (NZ 414686), of North Auckland.
Acting Squadron Leader James Menzies Smith, D.F.C. (NZ 404957), of Te Awamutu.
Flying Officer John Forbes Thomson, D.F.C. (NZ 413509), of Rotorua.
Flying Officer Leslie Bryant Winsloe, D.F.C. (NZ 404983), of Invercargill.

Distinguished Flying Cross
Flight Lieutenant Ian Hugh Hanlon (NZ 404463), of Feilding.
Acting Flight Lieutenant William Reginald Birdling (NZ 415283), of Whangarei.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Lionel Basil Briggs (NZ 427183), of Waipukurau.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Noel Varley Spanhake (NZ 421399), of North Auckland.
Flying Officer Donald Cook (NZ 422373), of Auckland.
Flying Officer Arthur Lindo Dickison (NZ 421687), of Hastings.
Flying Officer John Stephen Harris (NZ 4211015), of Southland.