Military Notices




JULY 12] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 899

Captain E. G. Sandelin, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 25th June, 1945.
Lieutenant W. J. Herbert, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 25th June, 1945.
Lieutenant G. H. Sands, and is reposted to the N.Z. Permanent Army Service Corps. Dated 26th June, 1945.
Lieutenant U. R. McDonald, and is retired. Dated 28th June, 1945.
2nd Lieutenant J. Ben-Porath, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 5th January, 1944.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 5th July, 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

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer:—

As Pilots—
Dated 16th May, 1945—
NZ 39270 Warrant Officer Ernest Edward Stanton PROBERT.

Dated 28th May, 1945—
NZ 425904 Warrant Officer Leonard Arthur HILL.
NZ 426217 Warrant Officer Clyde Edgar HART.

Dated 20th June, 1945—
NZC 43476 Flight Sergeant Eric Trevor GREEN.
NZC 4210040 Warrant Officer Richard Augustine Murray SOAR.

As Navigators—
Dated 29th May, 1945—
NZ 2450 Jack Wallace GANDELL.

Dated 9th June, 1945—
NZ 443445 L.A.C. Ralph Stephen Wallis SKINNER.
NZ 442248 L.A.C. Lewis Charles BAKER.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—
Dated 5th May, 1945—
NZ 425548 Flight Sergeant Donald Gordon HUSBAND.

Dated 28th May, 1945—
NZ 421294 Warrant Officer Melvin Maurice STEVENS.
NZ 4212642 Flight Sergeant Edgar Ernest William CLARK.

Promotions

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

Dated 20th November, 1944: John Charles IBBETSON.
Dated 15th April, 1945: Rex William BOYENS.
Dated 25th May, 1945: Stanley Arthur Joseph ASKEW.

Dated 1st June, 1945—
George Willis KIDD, A.F.C. John Desmond GREGORY.

Dated 2nd June, 1945: Wilfred Eric ELDER, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Dated 3rd June, 1945: John Hancock SCOTT.
Dated 4th June, 1945: Wallace Wentworth PEET.

Dated 5th June, 1945—
Douglas Royd BRITTON, D.F.C. Peter Graham BROWN, D.F.C.
Grahame Harvey TURNER, D.F.C.

Dated 11th June, 1945—
Douglas Harvey MAYCROFT, D.F.C. Allan ROBERTS.
Graham COULL. Donald Earle ROBERTSON.
Selwyn Frank JACKSON, D.F.C. Victor John ANDREW, D.F.C.
George Maurice GIVEN, D.F.C. Eric Cawthra HEATON.
Geoffrey Buchanan WILLIAMS. Harold Malcolm HAWTHORN.
Walter Fred McELWAIN, D.F.C.

Dated 14th June, 1945—
Henry Leonard OWNSWORTH. Roger GILL.

Dated 15th June, 1945: James McLean PEARSON.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.):—

Dated 25th November, 1944: John Henry Campbell MOLLOY.
Dated 5th February, 1945: William Alexander Graham BISHOP.
Dated 2nd March, 1945: James Douglas BALFOUR.
Dated 10th March, 1945: Barry John RILEY.

Dated 20th April, 1945—
Bernard Stanley MARGETTS. William Renals BARNETT.
Ian Lawrence CAMPBELL.

Dated 22nd April, 1945: Alfred Trevor HARVEY.
Dated 1st May, 1945: Andrew SHEEHAN.

Dated 3rd May, 1945—
Leslie Philip WALDEN. John HARDIE.

Dated 6th May, 1945: Arthur Basil KENNEDY.
Dated 9th May, 1945: Ivan Douglas DAWSON.

Dated 1st June, 1945—
Alfred Ernest DICKINSON. John Valentine INGRAM.
Peter Lloyd TREVARTHEN. Douglas Bengamin HARDY.
Adrian Cecil RAY. Thomas Blair WHYTE.
Donald Wallis HERD. Maurice CAMPBELL.
Leonard Horace EVERSON. James Wilfred MUIR.
William John MARTIN. Leslie Arthur ADAMS.
Donald Kennedy WHITE. Clayton Dickson WILLIAMS.

Dated 2nd June, 1945: John Walter MCKENZIE.

Dated 3rd June, 1945—
Peter Ernest CAMPBELL. Basil Tyrel DODDS.

Dated 5th June, 1945: Ronald Stanley BRYSON.

Dated 7th June, 1945—
Patrick Henry BYRNE. Athol Nelson CHING.

Dated 9th June, 1945—
Stanley Frank PARTRIDGE. Bernard Peter AVERY.

Dated 10th June, 1945: Jack McLean GADDES.

Dated 11th June, 1945: Kenneth Duncan SINCLAIR, D.F.C.

Dated 12th June, 1945—
Gordon Thomson WOODROOFE. Walter Joseph SCOTT.
Ernest Wilfred FAIRWEATHER. John MITCHELL.

Dated 13th June, 1945—
John O'MALLEY. Derek MASON.
Peter Allen HOLT.

Dated 14th June, 1945—
Laurence Milton BAILEY. Wi RANGIUAIА.

Dated 16th June, 1945: Douglas Sinclair SWINBURNE.

Dated 17th June, 1945: Fane Francis George FLAWS.

Dated 24th June, 1945: Noel Francis Steventon THOMPSON.

Dated 28th June, 1945: Reay Mills MACKAY.

Dated 1st July, 1945—
Henry Peter BRADY Frank Charles TOMLINSON.

Dated 3rd July, 1945—
Geoffrey Herbert STRANGE. Paul LEONARD.
Percy Evan KELLAND. Lawson Albert FRASER.
Clutha Nantes MACKENZIE. Graham Laurence NICHOLAS.
Walter Riley SCOTT. Alexander Roger SPEDEN.

Dated 5th July, 1945—
Ivor William ROBYNS. William BOOCK.
Ernest Bryant BOULTON. John George WILLIAMS.

Dated 6th July, 1945—
James Francis GREEN. Peter Lloyd JONES.
Graeme Jackson RONAYNE. George Tynan WATT.
Gerald GEORGE.

Dated 20th July, 1945—
Graham Turpie ROLLO. Ian Gordon LYONS.
Ronald William Frederick MIERS. Malcolm Stanley ROBINSON.

Dated 22nd July, 1945—
Alexander CUNNINGHAM. Leslie Alexander McLEOD.
James Augustine KNOWLES. Reginald William HENDERSON.
Oswald Charles ABBOTT. Robert William WEIR.

Dated 25th July, 1945—
Alan Jordan EWERT. Ronald Robert MITCHELL.
Leslie Cecil JEFFS.

Dated 26th July, 1945—
William Frederick BROOKING. Ralph FRIZZELL.
William Brandon HIGGINS. Albert Henry FULTON.
Cyril Charles WILD. William George HUGHES.
James Mervyn POTTS.

Dated 28th July, 1945—
Peter Tancred HAMILTON. Alan Russell PAGE.
Trevor Vinson THIELE. Jack Lander KING.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Clifton Ernest SHANKS is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 23rd July, 1945.

Amendment

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 38, dated 11th May, 1944, page 559, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments—As Navigators,” is amended, so far as it relates to “NZ 4215252 Sergeant Alan Clarence MARSHALL,” to read “As Navigator W.”

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II: TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Armament Duties—

Promotion

Pilot Officer James Robinson SMITH to be Flying Officer (temp.). Dated 14th June, 1945.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotion

Flight Lieutenant (Acting Squadron Leader) Robert Steel GRANT to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 18th July, 1945.

Transfer

Flying Officer Derek Aylmer LESLIE is transferred from the Equipment Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 18th June, 1945.



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🛡️ Defence & Military
8 July 1945
Promotions, Relinquishments, Temporary Rank, N.Z. Armoured Corps, N.Z. Artillery, N.Z. Engineers, N.Z. Infantry, N.Z. Ordnance Corps, N.Z. Divisional Cavalry, N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
  • E. G. Sandelin (Captain), Posted to the Retired List
  • W. J. Herbert (Lieutenant), Posted to the Retired List
  • G. H. Sands (Lieutenant), Reposted to the N.Z. Permanent Army Service Corps
  • U. R. McDonald (Lieutenant), Retired
  • J. Ben-Porath (2nd Lieutenant), Posted to the Retired List

  • F. Jones, Minister of Defence

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

🛡️ Defence & Military
5 July 1945
Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishment, Transfers, Royal New Zealand Air Force, General Duties Branch, Equipment Branch, Administrative and Special Duties Branch
133 names identified
  • Ernest Edward Stanton Probert (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Leonard Arthur Hill (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Clyde Edgar Hart (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Eric Trevor Green (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Richard Augustine Murray Soar (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Jack Wallace Gandell, Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Ralph Stephen Wallis Skinner (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Lewis Charles Baker (L.A.C.), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Donald Gordon Husband (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Melvin Maurice Stevens (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Edgar Ernest William Clark (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Charles Ibbetson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Rex William Boyens (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Stanley Arthur Joseph Askew (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • George Willis Kidd (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Desmond Gregory (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Wilfred Eric Elder (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Hancock Scott (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Wallace Wentworth Peet (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Douglas Royd Britton (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Peter Graham Brown (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Grahame Harvey Turner (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Douglas Harvey Maycroft (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Allan Roberts (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Graham Coull (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Donald Earle Robertson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Selwyn Frank Jackson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Victor John Andrew (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • George Maurice Given (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Eric Cawthra Heaton (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Geoffrey Buchanan Williams (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Harold Malcolm Hawthorn (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Walter Fred McElwain (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Henry Leonard Ownsworth (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Roger Gill (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • James McLean Pearson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Henry Campbell Molloy (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Alexander Graham Bishop (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Douglas Balfour (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Barry John Riley (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Bernard Stanley Margetts (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Renals Barnett (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ian Lawrence Campbell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alfred Trevor Harvey (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Andrew Sheehan (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leslie Philip Walden (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Hardie (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Arthur Basil Kennedy (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ivan Douglas Dawson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alfred Ernest Dickinson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Valentine Ingram (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Peter Lloyd Trevarthen (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Douglas Bengamin Hardy (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Adrian Cecil Ray (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Thomas Blair Whyte (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald Wallis Herd (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maurice Campbell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leonard Horace Everson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Wilfred Muir (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William John Martin (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leslie Arthur Adams (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald Kennedy White (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Clayton Dickson Williams (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Walter McKenzie (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Peter Ernest Campbell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Basil Tyrel Dodds (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Stanley Bryson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Patrick Henry Byrne (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Athol Nelson Ching (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Stanley Frank Partridge (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Bernard Peter Avery (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Jack McLean Gaddes (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Kenneth Duncan Sinclair (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Gordon Thomson Woodroofe (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Walter Joseph Scott (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ernest Wilfred Fairweather (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Mitchell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John O'Malley (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Derek Mason (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Peter Allen Holt (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Laurence Milton Bailey (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Wi Rangiuia (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Douglas Sinclair Swinburne (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Fane Francis George Flaws (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Noel Francis Steventon Thompson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Reay Mills Mackay (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Henry Peter Brady (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Frank Charles Tomlinson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Geoffrey Herbert Strange (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Paul Leonard (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Percy Evan Kelland (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Lawson Albert Fraser (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Clutha Nantes MacKenzie (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Graham Laurence Nicholas (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Walter Riley Scott (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alexander Roger Speden (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ivor William Robyns (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Boock (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ernest Bryant Boulton (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John George Williams (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Francis Green (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Peter Lloyd Jones (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Graeme Jackson Ronayne (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Tynan Watt (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Gerald George (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Graham Turpie Rollo (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ian Gordon Lyons (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald William Frederick Miers (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Malcolm Stanley Robinson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alexander Cunningham (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leslie Alexander McLeod (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Augustine Knowles (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Reginald William Henderson (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Oswald Charles Abbott (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert William Weir (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alan Jordan Ewert (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ronald Robert Mitchell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leslie Cecil Jeffs (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Frederick Brooking (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ralph Frizzell (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William Brandon Higgins (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Albert Henry Fulton (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Cyril Charles Wild (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William George Hughes (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Mervyn Potts (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Peter Tancred Hamilton (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alan Russell Page (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Trevor Vinson Thiele (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Jack Lander King (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Clifton Ernest Shanks (Flying Officer), Permitted to relinquish his temporary commission
  • James Robinson Smith (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Steel Grant (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • Derek Aylmer Leslie (Flying Officer), Transferred from the Equipment Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch