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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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Dated 12th June, 1945 : Squadron Leader John McAllister TORRANCE.
Dated 26th May, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant John Forbes THOMSON, D.F.C.
Dated 28th May, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Thomas William Overbury Fox.
Dated 31st May, 1945 --
Flight Lieutenant William Hastings HEWITT.
Flight Lieutenant John Alexander PORTEOUS.
Dated 1st June, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Joseph Benedict MULLAN.
Dated 12th June, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Charles Gordon WASHER, D.F.C.
Dated 13th June, 1945 --
Flight Lieutenant Bernard CULLINANE, D.F.M.
Flight Lieutenant Edward William GARNETT, D.F.C.
Dated 15th June, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Ronald Deans MILNE, D.F.C.
Dated 17th July, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant James Edward SANDERS.
Dated 23rd May, 1945 --
Flying Officer William John LAKE.
Flying Officer Allen Leonard HICKINBOTHAM.
Dated 28th May, 1945 --
Flying Officer Joseph Ronald POTTER.
Flying Officer Terence Patrick DEBENHAM.
Flying Officer Maurice STEVENS.
Dated 29th May, 1945 --
Flying Officer James Russell KINGAN.
Flying Officer Albert Park HAYES.
Dated 30th May, 1945 : Flying Officer Colin Malcolm WALLACE, D.F.M.
Dated 1st June, 1945 --
Flying Officer Norman Ernest BAILEY.
Flying Officer Kenneth Albert CAMMELL.
Dated 4th June, 1945 : Flying Officer Sydney Treyton Francis DOWNIE.
Dated 11th June, 1945 --
Flying Officer William Henry PILOT, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Stanley Raymond HAYNES.
Flying Officer Charles Desmond JOHNSON.
Flying Officer Cecil Roy GRIFFIN.
Flying Officer Cecil WRAY.
Flying Officer Clive Medhurst WHITE.
Dated 12th June, 1945 : Flying Officer Richard Trevor HOWELLS.
Dated 13th June, 1945 --
Flying Officer John Kitchener TAYLOR.
Flying Officer David Valentine AVERY.
Flying Officer Kenneth Charles BACON.
Flying Officer Phillip Stanley BAKER, D.F.M.
Dated 15th June, 1945 --
Flying Officer Alan Guthrie BROWN.
Flying Officer Norman MAZE.
Dated 16th June, 1945 : Flying Officer Thomas Harris HARRISON, D.F.C.
Dated 16th July, 1945 : Flying Officer Roy Lawrence AUSTIN.
Dated 28th May, 1945 : Pilot Officer Frank Gilbert HIDE.
Dated 1st June, 1945 : Pilot Officer Francis William John MANNTAN.
Dated 12th June, 1945 : Pilot Officer William James THOMSON.
Dated 25th June, 1945 : Pilot Officer Frank Thomas SYMON.
The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I :-
Dated 10th June, 1945 : Squadron Leader John Davis CANNING.
Dated 14th May, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Rex Bruce GOOD. CHAP.
Dated 18th June, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Garry Ramsey CRAIG.
Dated 17th July, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Jack Harvey KEEDWELL.
Dated 15th May, 1945 --
Flying Officer Andrew GRAY.
Flying Officer John Barrington SMYTHE.
Dated 18th May, 1945 --
Flying Officer Roland Archibald Seymour DOBBS.
Flying Officer Stewart Hill PHILIP.
Dated 26th May, 1945 : Flying Officer Frederick Baynton FORGE.
Dated 29th May, 1945 : Flying Officer William Raymond CALLENDER.
Dated 31st May, 1945 : Flying Officer Herbert Maurice SHATTKY.
Dated 1st June, 1945 : Flying Officer Hunter Barrett THOMPSON.
Dated 4th June, 1945 : Flying Officer David Glyn OWEN.
Dated 14th June, 1945 : Flying Officer John Wesley Jago ANDERSON.
Dated 2nd July, 1945 : Flying Officer Arthur William SHEPHERD.
Dated 12th June, 1945 : Pilot Officer John WILDING.
Dated 18th June, 1945 : Pilot Officer Andrew SHEEHAN.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer John Rhys RICHARDSON is permitted to relinquish his commission. Dated 31st May, 1945.

Amendment

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 24, dated 12th April, 1945, page 384, under the heading "Reserve of Air Force Officers-Transfers," is amended, so far as it relates to "Flying Officer William Alexander CAIRNCROSS," to read "Dated 23rd April, 1945."

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 15th June, 1945.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

As Pilot-
NZ 2445 John Charles GOLIGHTLY, on relinquishing his commission in the Royal Air Force, is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as from 16th October, 1943. Dated lst March, 1945.
The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer :-
As Pilots-
Dated 25th April, 1945-
NZ 426229 Flight Sergeant Richard John URLICH.
Dated 26th May, 1945 -
NZ 402840 Warrant Officer Ian Leslie BARY.
NZ 4214118 Warrant Officer Norman Joseph LIGGINS.
NZ 432146 Flight Sergeant Henry John CORBETT.
NZC 435946 Flight Sergeant Maurice Allen CHOAT.

As Navigator-
Dated 26th May, 1945-
NZ 413885 Warrant Officer Daniel O'DEA.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners-
Dated 26th May, 1945-
NZ 391960 Warrant Officer Duncan Alister ANDERSON.
NZ 413763 Warrant Officer Stanley Lionel LINTON.
NZ 414013 Warrant Officer Alfred Francis Gerrard MACHARPER.
NZ 405631 Warrant Officer Harold Leslie THOROUGHGOOD.
NZ 39248 Warrant Officer Clarence Herbert McKAY.
NZ 413270 Warrant Officer John Joseph McVICAR.
NZ 403020 Warrant Officer Joseph Cassidy NABRA.
NZ 412978 Warrant Officer Mervyn James DAVIES.

As Air Bomber-
Dated 28th February, 1945-
NZ 422915 Warrant Officer Raymond Julian JORGENSEN.

Promotions

Flight Lieutenant (Acting Squadron Leader) Hubert Cameron CARTER, D.F.C., to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 4th June, 1945.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :-
Dated 1st December, 1944 : Keith Frederick OUTTRIM.
Dated 11th December, 1944 : Desmond Geoffrey HOLLISS.
Dated 17th January, 1945 : David John MORIARTY, C.G.M.
Dated 14th February, 1945 : Geoffrey Martin GOLDSACK.
Dated 19th February, 1945 : Gilbert Lewis CLOTWORTHY.
Dated 26th March, 1945 : John Lawrence Page SHERIFF.
Dated 2nd April, 1945 : Wilfred Everleigh WILDEY.
Dated 6th April, 1945-
John WILDING. Glen Darel STEWART.
Dated 8th April, 1945 : Albert HARKNESS.
Dated 19th April, 1945 : Mervyn Campbell STEEL.
Dated 20th April, 1945-
Owen Quin CASEY. John Robert GREEN.
Ronson William CLARKE. John Huntly HAY.
William Pitt RANGER. Arthur Claude RUDD.
Paul Anton PASALICH. David Douglass BUTCHER.
John Roger BOSCAWEN. Harold Francis FITZGIBBONS.
John Charles MACKERSEY. Gordon Cyril SMITH.
Jonathan James JACOBS.
Dated 27th April, 1945 : Frederick John O'NEILL.
Dated 8th May, 1945-
Noel MORLEY.
David John Stanley WALKER-REDMOND.
Dated 10th May, 1945 : Frederick Douglas LANGE.
Dated 14th May, 1945 : Jabez Alexander McDOWELL.
Dated 21st May, 1945 : Ernest Charles INGRAM.
Dated 28th May, 1945 : John Linton KING.
Dated 30th May, 1945-
Philip Roderick DONOVAN. William James THOMSON.
Dated 1st June, 1945-
Thomas Kenneth PARKER. John Sylvester WILKINS.
Hamish Alexander HOGG. Garth MORGAN.
William James PORTER, D.F.C. Albert William TEMM, D.F.M.
Dated 12th June, 1945-
Frederick Murray THOMSON. Keith Cecil GIBSON.
Ronald Withy KING. Kenneth Leo ALBERT.