New Zealand Gazette – 1945 – No. 63

Page 1267

✨ Military Notices



Oct. 11] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1267

TERRITORIAL FORCE
RESERVE OF OFFICERS
Supplementary List

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) B. D. FitzGerald is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major. Dated 28th July, 1945.

OFFICERS CEASING TO BE SECONDED TO THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Major M. P. Whatman, and is reported to The Canterbury Regiment with the temporary rank of Major, with seniority from 9th September, 1944. Dated 2nd October, 1945.

Captain (temp. Major) T. G. Bedding, E.D., and is reported to The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own) with the temporary rank of Major, with seniority from 3rd May, 1941. Dated 3rd October, 1945.

Captain R. B. Burke, and is reported to The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own) with the temporary rank of Captain, with seniority from 1st January, 1941. Dated 10th September, 1945.

Charge Sister A. E. Newcombe, N.Z. Army Nursing Service, and is reported to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Charge Sister, with seniority from 1st October, 1944. Dated 27th September, 1945.

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Major (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) G. P. Cade, D.S.O., and is reported to The Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery. Dated 10th September, 1945.

Captain P. G. Patton, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 18th September, 1945.

Captain T. C. Buchanan, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 20th September, 1945.

Captain D. G. McHardy, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 27th September, 1945.

Captain E. G. MacPherson, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 27th September, 1945.

Captain T. Allen, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 28th September, 1945.

Captain G. P. Latimer, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 29th September, 1945.

Captain J. H. Eccleton, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 30th September, 1945.

Captain R. McD. Morton, D.C.M., and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 1st October, 1945.

Captain H. Thompson, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 4th October, 1945.

Lieutenant A. Te A. Bennett, and is posted to The Hauraki Regiment with the temporary rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 20th February, 1943. Dated 25th September, 1945.

Lieutenant A. W. Kay, and is posted to The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) with the temporary rank of Lieutenant, with seniority from 12th June, 1941. Dated 25th September, 1945.

Lieutenant A. A. Stronach, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 25th September, 1945.

Lieutenant L. A. Murtagh, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 1st October, 1945.

2nd Lieutenant R. J. H. Airth, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 28th September, 1945.

2nd Lieutenant H. S. Triggs, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List. Dated 2nd October, 1945.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1945.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments

As Pilots—

NZ 2467 Thomas Arthur FREKE, 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 10th December, 1941. Dated 1st June, 1945.

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

Dated 26th June, 1945—
NZ 414945 Warrant Officer David Colin McMURCHY.

Dated 6th July, 1945—
NZC 43507 Warrant Officer Foster Malcolm Neill TAPLIN.

Promotions

The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders (temp.) :—

Dated 1st July, 1945—
Hugh Johnstone McClymont.
John Rushton GARD’NER.

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

Dated 18th July, 1944: William Alexander PULLAR.

Dated 1st February, 1945: Grahame Mitford ASHTON.

Dated 16th August, 1945—
Morris Edward PINFOLD.
Arthur Bevan WHEELER.

Dated 19th August, 1945: John Cunningham ALLAN, D.F.C.

Dated 20th August, 1945—
Douglas Barry WILKIE.
Ronald CAMM.
Albert Edward FITZSIMONS.
Linsey NEES.
James Stuart DICK.
Frederick Harry DENTON, D.F.C.
Kenneth Gerald ORMAN, D.F.C.
Allen Cyril REID.

Dated 21st August, 1945: Leslie Samuel McQueen WHITE, D.F.C.

Dated 22nd August, 1945—
Claude ROWLAND.
Walter Bradley LAMBERT, D.F.C.

Dated 24th August, 1945: Graham Stanley WHYTE, D.F.C.

Dated 26th August, 1945—
Davidson Herbert STRATTON.
Leonard William CROWE, D.F.C.
James Himiona WETERE, D.F.C.

Dated 27th August, 1945: Ronald James JAMIESON.

Dated 28th August, 1945—
Aylmer Derrick WESTENRA.
Warren Alister BLAIN.
Daniel George Raymond McKONE.
Ross Bertram BARLOW.
Robert Harold FAWCETT.
Gerrit Keeley van ASCH.

Dated 31st August, 1945—
Bruce James CALDWELL.
John Stewart LEECH, D.F.C.

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

Dated 1st May, 1945: Maurice Ralph SKEET.

Dated 18th June, 1945: George EASTERBROOK.

Dated 20th July, 1945: Ernest Clive SOUTHWICK.

Dated 15th August, 1945: Sydney Francis GRAF.

Dated 16th August, 1945—
Ralph Arthur PORTER.
Keith George Beresford WILSON.
John Lindsay IRVINE.
Donald Benjamin POLLARD.
Melville ANDERSON.
James Avon POTTER.
Donald PAGE.
Darcy George PACKWOOD.
Anthony Alexander Sinclair TROTTER.
Rewi Richard Thomas ROACH.
Robert James TIZARD.
Leonard Roy PETTERSON.
James DYSON.
Thomas John William JULIAN.
Noel Vernon LOUGH.
Keith Merritt PILKINGTON.
George Edward ROSOMAN.
Geoffrey Oakden WOODWARD.

Dated 17th August, 1945—
Robert PETRIE.
Harold HARVEY.
Hector Duncan McLEOD.

Dated 20th August, 1945: William John Henry HENLEY.

Dated 21st August, 1945: Maurice Spire POWELL.

Dated 23rd August, 1945: Kendrick Gilbert SMITH.

Dated 25th August, 1945—
Rodney James SMITH.
William John SHAW.
Ross Alexander MELLES.

Dated 26th August, 1945: Alistair Bruce STRUTHERS.

Dated 28th August, 1945—
Naylor George HILLARY.
Raymond Julian JORGENSEN.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Kynaston LYONS-MONTGOMERY is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 6th August, 1945.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I: EQUIPMENT OFFICERS
Promotion

Equipment Duties—

Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Harold Warrington THOMPSON to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 19th September, 1945.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotions

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

Dated 13th September, 1945: Roy Thomas TABRUM.

Dated 24th September, 1945: Ernest Keith EASTWOOD.



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🛡️ Appointment and retirements of officers in New Zealand Military Forces (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
11 October 1945
Military appointments, Retirements, Territorial Force, Reserve of Officers, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
21 names identified
  • B. D. FitzGerald (Lieutenant (temp. Captain)), Posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major
  • M. P. Whatman (Major), Reported to The Canterbury Regiment with the temporary rank of Major
  • T. G. Bedding (Captain (temp. Major)), Reported to The Wellington Regiment with the temporary rank of Major
  • R. B. Burke (Captain), Reported to The Wellington Regiment with the temporary rank of Captain
  • A. E. Newcombe (Charge Sister), Reported to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Charge Sister
  • G. P. Cade (Major (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel)), Reported to The Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery
  • P. G. Patton (Captain), Posted to the Retired List
  • T. C. Buchanan (Captain), Posted to the Retired List
  • D. G. McHardy (Captain), Posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List
  • E. G. MacPherson (Captain), Posted to the Retired List
  • T. Allen (Captain), Posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List
  • G. P. Latimer (Captain), Posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List
  • J. H. Eccleton (Captain), Posted to the Retired List
  • R. McD. Morton (Captain), Posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List
  • H. Thompson (Captain), Posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List
  • A. Te A. Bennett (Lieutenant), Posted to The Hauraki Regiment with the temporary rank of Lieutenant
  • A. W. Kay (Lieutenant), Posted to The Auckland Regiment with the temporary rank of Lieutenant
  • A. A. Stronach (Lieutenant), Posted to the Retired List
  • L. A. Murtagh (Lieutenant), Posted to the Retired List
  • R. J. H. Airth (2nd Lieutenant), Posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List
  • H. S. Triggs (2nd Lieutenant), Posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List

  • F. Jones, Minister of Defence

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

🛡️ Defence & Military
2 October 1945
Air Force appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Relinquishments, Royal New Zealand Air Force
72 names identified
  • Thomas Arthur Freke (Flight Lieutenant), Granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant
  • David Colin McMurchy (Pilot Officer), Granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer
  • Foster Malcolm Neill Taplin (Pilot Officer), Granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer
  • Hugh Johnstone McClymont (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • John Rushton Gard’ner (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Squadron Leader
  • William Alexander Pullar (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Grahame Mitford Ashton (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Morris Edward Pinfold (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Arthur Bevan Wheeler (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Cunningham Allan (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Douglas Barry Wilkie (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Ronald Camm (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Albert Edward Fitzsimons (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Linsey Nees (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • James Stuart Dick (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Frederick Harry Denton (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Kenneth Gerald Orman (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Allen Cyril Reid (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Leslie Samuel McQueen White (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Claude Rowland (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Walter Bradley Lambert (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Graham Stanley Whyte (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Davidson Herbert Stratton (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Leonard William Crowe (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • James Himiona Wetere (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Ronald James Jamieson (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Aylmer Derrick Westenra (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Warren Alister Blain (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Daniel George Raymond McKone (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Ross Bertram Barlow (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Robert Harold Fawcett (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Gerrit Keeley van Asch (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Bruce James Caldwell (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • John Stewart Leech (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Maurice Ralph Skeet (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Easterbrook (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ernest Clive Southwick (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Sydney Francis Graf (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ralph Arthur Porter (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Keith George Beresford Wilson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • John Lindsay Irvine (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald Benjamin Pollard (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Melville Anderson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Avon Potter (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Donald Page (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Darcy George Packwood (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Anthony Alexander Sinclair Trotter (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Rewi Richard Thomas Roach (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert James Tizard (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Leonard Roy Peterson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • James Dyson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Thomas John William Julian (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Noel Vernon Lough (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Keith Merritt Pilkington (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • George Edward Rosoman (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Geoffrey Oakden Woodward (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Robert Petrie (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Harold Harvey (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Hector Duncan McLeod (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William John Henry Henley (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Maurice Spire Powell (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Kendrick Gilbert Smith (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Rodney James Smith (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • William John Shaw (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Ross Alexander Melles (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Alistair Bruce Struthers (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Naylor George Hillary (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Raymond Julian Jorgensen (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
  • Kynaston Lyons-Montgomery (Flying Officer), Permitted to relinquish his temporary commission
  • Harold Warrington Thompson (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Roy Thomas Tabrum (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
  • Ernest Keith Eastwood (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant

  • His Excellency the Governor-General