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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 53

Dated 25th July, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant James Banfield Rogers.
Dated 31st July, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Frank Cattell.
Dated 31st August, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Weston Woods Mahood.
Dated 5th September, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Hector Arthur McKenzie.
Dated 20th July, 1945—
Flying Officer Ledger William Allan Crawley.
Dated 23rd July, 1945—
Flying Officer Allan William Eden.
Dated 26th July, 1945—
Flying Officer Peter Daysh Davey.
Dated 1st August, 1945—
Flying Officer David McWha.
Dated 6th September, 1945—
Flying Officer James William Alexander Johnston.
Dated 13th September, 1945—
Flying Officer Vincent Rex Jamieson, D.F.C.

Amendments

The notices appearing in New Zealand Gazette No. 43, dated 21st June, 1945, page 815, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Pilot Officer William James Thomson” and “Pilot Officer John Wilding,” are amended to read “Flying Officer William James Thomson” and “Flying Officer John Wilding.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 11th July, 1945.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following honours and awards to members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:—

To be an Additional Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Military Division)

Wing Commander Alfred John Turner (NZ 1103), of Auckland.
Squadron Leader John Desmond Paterson (NZ 1298), of Auckland.

To be an Additional Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Military Division)

Flying Officer Victor Hjorring (NZ 34143), of Auckland.

Distinguished Flying Cross

Squadron Leader Paul Stanley Green (NZ 401269), of Hamilton.
Squadron Leader Jack Selwyn Knobloch (NZ 403963), of Waipukurau.
Squadron Leader Robert Wilson McSkimming (NZ 1314), of Benhar, Otago.
Flight Lieutenant Edwin Leonard Avery (NZ 42355), of Hamilton.
Flight Lieutenant Douglas Walter Cocks (NZ 41878), of Wellington.
Flight Lieutenant Bruce Telford Drummond (NZ 401262), of Masterton.
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Hood (NZ 403961), of Hamilton.
Flight Lieutenant Alistair McDonald Stevenson (NZ 413143), of Tuai, Hawke’s Bay.
Flight Lieutenant Victor William Hall Trayes (NZ 415797), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant Stewart D’Arcy Walker (NZ 401734), of Nelson.
Flying Officer Irvine Alexander Ralston Campbell (NZ 404018), of Dunedin.
Flying Officer Harold Binnie Cassie (NZ 401616), of Wellington.
Flying Officer Clifford John Garvie (NZ 402127), of Auckland.
Flying Officer Robert Ainslie Harper (NZ 412228), of Dannevirke.
Flying Officer James Joseph Oliver (NZ 403022), of Petone.
Pilot Officer Ian Leslie Bary (NZ 402840), of Tauranga.

British Empire Medal (Military Division)

Acting-Corporal Peter Duncan Patton (NZ 210409), of Invercargill.

Mention in Despatches

Squadron Leader Kenneth William Barclay Anderson (NZ 1190), of New Plymouth.
Acting Squadron Leader John Crayley Blundell (NZ 39898), of Wellington.
Acting Squadron Leader Alexander Gardyne Stanley George, D.F.C. (NZ 415758), of Auckland.
Acting Squadron Leader Mervyn Charles Pryce Jones (NZ 402873), of Wellington.
Acting Squadron Leader Clarence Robert Parker (NZ 1301), of New Plymouth.
Acting Squadron Leader Albert Edward Pope (NZ 35168), of Blenheim.
Flight Lieutenant George William Annand (NZ 412181), of Wellington.
Flight Lieutenant George Munro Bertram (NZ 402513), of Rotorua.
Flight Lieutenant Ronald George Bush (NZ 412402), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant David Thomas Clouston (NZ 404337), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant James Thomas Coltman (NZ 42494), of Wellington.
Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey John Fox (NZ 401205), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant John Murray Fraser (NZ 41892), of Wellington.
Flight Lieutenant James Edwin Fullarton (NZ 411031), of Takapau.
Flight Lieutenant John McConachie Goddard (NZ 404060), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant Bruce Stafford Hay (NZ 413846), of Taihape.
Flight Lieutenant Augustus Richard Loader (NZ 405288), of Taihape.
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Bertram Malpas (NZ 401209), of Tauranga.
Flight Lieutenant Edric James Medwin (NZ 415433), of Hamilton.
Flight Lieutenant Desmond Fenwick Neville (NZ 412799), of Christchurch.
Flight Lieutenant Richard John O’Dea (NZ 415433), of Hawera.
Flight Lieutenant John Tristram Peters (NZ 401230), of Gisborne.
Flight Lieutenant John Peter Riddell (NZ 413894), of Christchurch.
Flight Lieutenant Guyon Moncrieff Robertson (NZ 405320), of Ashburton.
Flight Lieutenant Hugh Douglas Stewart (NZ 405458), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant Eric John Tresidder (NZ 412911), of Invercargill.
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Frederick Tucker (NZ 414703), of Auckland.
Flight Lieutenant Douglas Alan Youngs (NZ 401297), of Auckland.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Albert George Anderson (NZ 1866), of Auckland.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Jasper Ernest Lewis Baldwin (NZ 1761), of Wellington.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Laurence Arthur Farnley (RAF 51011), Royal Air Force (on loan), of Christchurch.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Donald Charles McGlashan (NZ 37161), of Timaru.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Robert Alexander Martin (NZ 416137), of Te Puke.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Eric Alwyn Roussell (NZ 4214212), of Wellington.
Flying Officer Archibald Currie Beazer (NZ 416442), of Wellington.
Flying Officer William David Messent Bennett (NZ 413247), of Christchurch.
Flying Officer Thomas Arthur Burt (NZ 42368), of Wellington.
Flying Officer John McRoberts Calder (NZ 427091), of Dunedin.
Flying Officer Arthur George Claydon (NZ 412046), of Christchurch.
Flying Officer Harold Patrick Crump (NZ 4211707), of Dargaville.
Flying Officer Leslie Hamilton Dobbs (NZ 42378), of Matamata.
Flying Officer Donald Ernest Hagenson (NZ 4210068), of Hastings.
Flying Officer William Dudley Holmes (NZ 415695), of Whangarei.
Flying Officer Ansell Clifford James (NZ 403623), of Middlemarch.
Flying Officer Donald Wilson Kidd (NZ 429180), of Palmerston North.
Flying Officer Leo James Lyons (NZ 4216285), of Invercargill.
Flying Officer Albert William McClelland (NZ 412985), of North Canterbury.
Flying Officer Arthur Stewart Mills (NZ 427097), of Dunedin.
Flying Officer Randal Frederick O’Keefe (NZ 404643), of Martinborough.
Flying Officer Noel Alexander Pirie (NZ 421093), of Napier.
Flying Officer Douglas Bertrand Skellon (NZ 415032), of Auckland.
Flying Officer Ivo Clements Tisch (NZ 34160), of Christchurch.
Flying Officer John Richard Wenden (NZ 412771), of Greytown.
Pilot Officer Nelson Ramsay Boyd (NZ 428074), of Manaia.
Pilot Officer Roydon Kensley Newcombe (NZ 39261), of Wellington.
Pilot Officer Eric Peter Shorthouse (NZ 4212607), of Auckland.
Pilot Officer Robert William Smith (NZ 428161), of Taihape.
Pilot Officer Leonard Charles Strawbridge (NZ 429215), of Kingcountry.
Warrant Officer William Alfred Maxwell Hardy (NZ 401226), of Wanganui.
Warrant Officer George Christopher Korte (NZ 413432), of Gisborne.
Warrant Officer George Andrew Miller (NZ 412896), of Taihape.
Warrant Officer Cyril John Shaw (NZ 414912), of Ta Kawa.
Flight Sergeant George Wynyard Bertram Browne (NZ 432183), of Te Awamutu.
Flight Sergeant John Robert Granwal (NZ 401625), of Auckland.
Acting Flight Sergeant Ernest Percival Herrick (NZ 39306), of Christchurch.
Flight Sergeant Benjamin David St. John (NZ 4210010), of Nelson.
Flight Sergeant Thomas Arthur Stephenson (NZ 4211624), of Napier.
Flight Sergeant Francis Cecil Joseph Taunton (NZ 416351), of Wanganui.
Flight Sergeant Thomas Leslie Welsh (NZ 391647), of Christchurch.
Sergeant Glen Boyce Johnston (NZ 405129), of Auckland.
Sergeant Josiah Julian (NZ 4214644), of Auckland.
Sergeant George Little Moultrie (NZ 403715), of Christchurch.
Corporal Walter Sidney Hartnell (NZ 4217205), of Christchurch.
Corporal Frederick William Herries (NZ 41676), of Hastings.
Corporal John Kenneth Longville (NZ 405704), of Auckland.
Leading Aircraftsman Thomas Walter Niblett (NZ 40696), of Christchurch.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 17th July, 1945.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following appointments 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 a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order

Acting Wing Commander Cyril Henry Baigent, D.F.C. (NZ 411973), of Rotorua.
Acting Squadron Leader Wallis George Finlay, D.F.C. (NZ 403776), of Katikati.

Distinguished Flying Cross

Squadron Leader George Harvey (NZ 1181), of Thames.
Flight Lieutenant James Frederick Ashby (NZ 413169), of Lower Hutt.
Flight Lieutenant Thomas Arthur Empson (NZ 414606), of Otaki.
Flight Lieutenant Andrew Albert Haydon (NZ 40559), of Gisborne.