THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 39

Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishments, and Transfers of Officers

Royal New Zealand Air Force

General Duties Branch

As Pilots—

Captain G. C. Gaze, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 22nd May, 1945.

Captain L. F. Mather, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 22nd May, 1945.

Captain A. D. Moran, N.Z. Corps of Signals, and is posted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Captain, with seniority from 13th December, 1944. Dated 22nd May, 1945.

Captain G. W. Stewart, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 22nd May, 1945.

Captain I. M. Bell, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 24th May, 1945.

Captain N. G. H. Browne, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 24th May, 1945.

Captain A. I. Cottrell, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 24th May, 1945.

Captain A. L. Graham, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 24th May, 1945.

Captain B. Graham, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 24th May, 1945.

Captain N. H. Stratford, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 25th May, 1945.

Hon. Captain (Bandmaster) F. Bowes, B.E.M., and is posted to The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) with the Hon. rank of Captain (Bandmaster), with seniority from 20th July, 1944. Dated 24th May, 1945.

Lieutenant (Acting-Captain) J. D. K. Logan, and is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 23rd April, 1945.

Lieutenant I. A. McLennan, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 14th May, 1945.

Lieutenant C. W. Gower, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 20th May, 1945.

Lieutenant K. F. McLauchlan, M.M., and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 21st May, 1945.

Lieutenant O. C. Mountain, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 21st May, 1945.

Lieutenant L. A. Cropp, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 22nd May, 1945.

Lieutenant J. B. Arlidge, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 23rd May, 1945.

Lieutenant R. S. Liddell, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 23rd May, 1945.

Lieutenant P. J. Louisson, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 23rd May, 1945.

Lieutenant H. R. Martin, D.C.M., and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 23rd May, 1945.

Lieutenant J. R. Johnston, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 24th May, 1945.

Lieutenant J. P. Lookie, and is posted to The Southland Regiment with the temporary rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 2nd January, 1945. Dated 24th May, 1945.

2nd Lieutenant R. J. Morrissey, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List... Dated 5th June, 1945.

2nd Lieutenant F. D. Dyer, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 7th April, 1945.

2nd Lieutenant H. A. Sutton, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 6th May, 1945.

Mr. R. M. McIntyre, Cinema Unit. Dated 20th May, 1945.

Appointments and Promotions

Dated

13th June, 1944: James Thomas Peresley.

6th August, 1944: Harold Denis Houston.

1st October, 1944: Douglas Graham Kennedy.

12th October, 1944: Ronald Krissansen.

14th October, 1944: Kenneth Keremehana Bevan.

17th October, 1944: Edward Daniel Casey, Desmond Leo Hogan, Claude Hector Ansley, William Samuel Goffe, Philip James Warnes, Geoffrey Reid Burton Highet, Acting Flight Lieutenant Arthur George Stanley, D.F.C., Acting Flight Lieutenant Edwin Robert Emery Weston, John Alexander Porteous, Leonard Avery, Kenneth David Lumsden, David William Ashley Faulkner, James Thomas Colman.

Hugh Keith Anderson, Charles Graham Parker, D.S.O., Robert Watson Paterson, Ronald Leslie House, Edward Fancy.

19th October, 1944: Peter Chalmers McKinlay.

20th October, 1944: Horace Percival Jensen.

Acting Flight Lieutenant Aitken Maxwell Davis, D.F.C.

23rd October, 1944: Robert Blundell Wynyard.

2nd November, 1944: Colin Douglas Milne, Norman Lewis Augustus Howard, Albert Aubrey Beer, John McKay Petriegew.

6th November, 1944: Bernard Joseph Jefferson.

25th November, 1944: Lawrence Peter Jordan.

28th November, 1944: Bryan Jeffrey Antcliff, Keith Henry Dockery, Douglas Vivian Gallaeher, Harold Dale Ellerington, Peter Morris Reynolds, Maurice Francis Morrissey, Ronald Frank Boyce, D’Arey John Collins Freeman, Edwin Pattison Booth Ebrett, Vincent Dudley Roxborrow, Robert Phinn Gunn, Kenneth Ewen Stanley Fenwick.

5th December, 1944: Leslie Colin Woods, Harold Reginald Hamberton, D.F.C.

19th December, 1944: Peter Franklin Robertson, Alan Menaffey Boyes, James McIntosh, Manson Harry Barraclough, Alfred Terence Rolince, Peter Charles Albrecht, Thomas George Murphy, Rex Bruce Goodchap, Victor Alfred Stack, Walter Gordon Jacobs, Arthur Charles Jones, Oscar Camille Miller, Samuel Mills.

30th April, 1945: Ian James Wilson.

3rd May, 1945: Raymond Clarence Prince, MacDonald Fraser Kearney.

Harold Tomlinson, Keith Calvert Noble-Campbell, Stanley Charles Brown, Harvey Hammersley.

4th May, 1945: Leonard Charles Parker.

5th May, 1945: Colin James McDonald, Brian Lanselot Autridge.

2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force (Middle East)

Officers seconded to Indian Army

N.Z. Engineers

The undermentioned are seconded for duty with the Indian Army:—

Captain A. A. Treloar.

Lieutenant L. G. Bell.

Dated 6th May, 1945:

Richard Bruce Bolt.

Henry Edward Richmond.

Dated 8th May, 1945:

Norman James Grant, D.F.C.

Arthur Carey, D.F.C.

Dated 9th May, 1945:

Francis Colin Woon.

Dated 10th May, 1945:

Paul Windermere Wilson Brunton, D.F.C.

John Henry Verral, D.F.C.

Air Department

Wellington, 31st May, 1945.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, promotions, relinquishment, and transfers of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:

General Duties Branch

Appointments

As Pilots—

NZ 2439 Henry Macule Murray, on relinquishing his commission in the Reserve of Air Force Officers (United Kingdom), is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from 3rd September, 1941. Dated 1st June, 1944.

NZ 2438 Ivan Herbert Auliff, whose short-service commission in the Royal Air Force expired on 9th April, 1945, is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from 9th April, 1942. Dated 10th April, 1945.

Promotions

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Dennis Edward Hogan, D.F.C., to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 28th May, 1945.

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.)…

Dated 31st January, 1944: Acting Flight Lieutenant Bruce Dalrymple Kearney.

Dated 1st April, 1944: Arthur Brian Chitty.

Equipment Branch, Section I: Equipment Officers

Promotions

The undermentioned Flying Officers (temp.) to be Acting Flight Lieutenants (paid):

Dated 1st January, 1945: Equipment Duties—

Frederick Carpenter, Edward William Sinton, Arthur Derek Vaughan Archley, Harold Warrington Thompson, Roland Archibold Seymour Dobbs, Henry Charles Becer, Mark Joseph Ross, Charles Albert Nielsen.

Accountant Duties—

Arthur Geoffrey Smith, Geoffrey Leonard Bletcher, William Moore Burke, John Hill Sutherland, John Martin Molloy.