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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 59

Transfer

Squadron Leader Ronald Alexander Thomson is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated 7th April, 1945.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions:—

Dated 1st September, 1945: Flying Officer Henry Cockburn D’Arcy Irvine.

Dated 3rd September, 1945: Flying Officer Brylon Huxley Walker.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Appointment

NZ 2468 Alastair Arthur MacGibbon, M.B., Ch.B., on relinquishing his commission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from 11th March, 1942. Dated 1st July, 1945.

Promotion

Squadron Leader (Acting Wing Commander) Alan McKenzie Gunn, M.B., Ch.B., to be Wing Commander (temp.). Dated 5th September, 1945.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions:—

Dated 5th September, 1945: Section Officer Agnes Annie Brackenridge.

Dated 11th September, 1945: Section Officer June Leeson Luckie.

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 25th August, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Peter Jordan.

Dated 24th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Ian James McNeil, D.F.C.

Dated 28th August, 1945: Flying Officer Edward Thomas Haughey.

Dated 30th August, 1945: Flying Officer James Plant Roscoe.

Dated 5th September, 1945: Flying Officer Allin James McNeil.

Dated 13th September, 1945: Flying Officer Darrell Albert Farrar Smith.

Dated 19th September, 1945: Flying Officer David Robertson.

Dated 20th September, 1945: Flying Officer Kenneth John Summerhays.

Dated 7th September, 1945—

Pilot Officer Peter Edward Cheal.

Pilot Officer Claude Leslie Hickey.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I:—

Dated 5th September, 1945: Wing Commander Alan McKenzie Gunn, M.B., Ch.B.

Dated 3rd September, 1945: Squadron Leader Frederick Brayshaw McWhannell, M.C.

Dated 24th August, 1945—

Flight Lieutenant Garth Seymour Griffiths.

Flight Lieutenant Wilfred Charles Finch Leicester.

Dated 20th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Jasper Ernest Lewis Baldwin.

Dated 24th August, 1945: Flying Officer Leonard William Penhey.

Dated 31st August, 1945: Flying Officer Dalziel Alan Stott.

Dated 15th September, 1945: Flying Officer Walter George Juno.

Dated 24th September, 1945: Flying Officer Stanley Gordon Cocks.

Relinquishment

Flight Lieutenant Ian Connon McColl is permitted to relinquish his commission. Dated 25th August, 1945.

Amendments

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,” relating to “Pilot Officer Henry Montgomery McHugh,” is amended to read “Dated 17th March, 1945.”

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,” relating to “Pilot Officer Harold William Ford,” is amended to read “Dated 23rd March, 1945.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Operational Award approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 8th June, 1945.

His 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:—

Distinguished Flying Cross

Acting Squadron Leader Rex Donald Daniell, A.F.C. (NZ 2435), of Masterton.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Visiting Justices appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 17th September, 1945.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Herbert Percival Lawry, Esquire, S.M., and Raymond Ferner, Esquire, S.M.,

to be Visiting Justices to the Paparua Prison, Templeton, and the Addington Reformatory, Christchurch.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th September, 1945.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Clarence David Cox, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Napier.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Members of Licensing Committees appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th September, 1945.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Douglas Crichton McKechnie, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Temuka, and

Frederick William Roland Graham, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of the Bay of Plenty.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Producers’ Representatives on New Zealand Meat-producers Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4218)

Office of Minister of Agriculture,
Wellington, 14th September, 1945.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 2 of the Meat-export Control Act, 1921–22, to appoint—

Gilbert Hutton Grigg, Esquire,

Frederick Campbell Johnstone, Esquire, and

William Walter Mulholland, Esquire,

to be members of and representatives of the producers of meat for export on the New Zealand Meat-producers Board established under the said Act.

B. ROBERTS, Minister of Agriculture.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1945.

It is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made:—

Ernest Baden Anderson

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Otaki, on and from the 27th day of August, 1945.

Bernard Tucker

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Rongotea, on and from the 31st day of August, 1945.

Charles William Saunders

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Auckland at Birkenhead, on and from the 24th day of August, 1945.

Howard Gerald Sievert

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Weber, on and from the 30th day of August, 1945.

Alexander Gordon Hogg

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Pahiatua, on and from the 11th day of September, 1945.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.