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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 63

CHAPLAINS BRANCH

Appointments

The undermentioned, on relinquishing their commissions in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, are granted commissions in the relative rank of Squadron Leader :-

With seniority as from 15th July, 1941— NZ 2457 Rev. Esmond Louis KLIMECK.

Dated 1st June, 1945

With seniority as from 15th January, 1942— NZ 2423 Rev. Melville Edward HOLMES.

Dated 1st September, 1944.

With seniority as from 23rd February, 1942— NZ 2417 Rev. Stuart Barton BABBAGE.

Dated 1st January, 1944.

With seniority as from 11th January, 1943— NZ 2420 Rev. Seering John MATTHEWS.

Dated 1st July, 1944.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Relinquishments

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

Dated 13th September, 1945 : Section Officer Ngaire Joyce GOODMAN.

Dated 25th September, 1945 : Section Officer Vyvian Nora DAWSON.

Dated 26th September, 1945 : Section Officer Rona Margaret BROWN.

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 6th September, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Peter Morris REYNOLDS.

Dated 7th September, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Laurence Edgar HADLOW.

Dated 8th September, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Francis Davitt Mandival MORAN.

Dated 12th September, 1945- Flight Lieutenant Leslie Carlton MAUD.

Flight Lieutenant Allen CALVERT.

Dated 15th September, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Noel Rupert KING, D.F.C.

Dated 24th September, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Roderick James PEART.

Dated 6th September, 1945 : Flying Officer Kenneth John URWIN.

Dated 8th September, 1945 : Flying Officer Herbert Tomlinson PEARSE.

Dated 9th September, 1945 : Flying Officer John HARDIE.

Dated 11th September, 1945- Flying Officer Patrick William MILLTON.

Flying Officer Percy Evan KELLAND.

Dated 12th September, 1945- Flying Officer Peter Chidley Coote.

Flying Officer John Blackwood SEWELL.

Flying Officer Alfred William BARTLETT.

Dated 13th September, 1945— Flying Officer Maurice Kenneth HAMMOND.

Flying Officer Geoffrey HARDWICK-SMITH.

Flying Officer David Rowland McLAREN.

Flying Officer Graham Turpie ROLLO.

Dated 14th September, 1945 : Flying Officer Cecil FORSYTH.

Dated 15th September, 1945 : Flying Officer Peter AUSTIN.

Dated 16th September, 1945— Flying Officer Robert Harry GRANGER.

Flying Officer Ove Ahnfeldt SCANNELL.

Dated 18th September, 1945— Flying Officer Frank Victor HONEY.

Flying Officer Samuel Henry LOWRY.

Flying Officer William Paul SILVERWOOD.

Dated 19th September, 1945 : Flying Officer Norman Euan Russell DONALD.

Dated 20th September, 1945— Flying Officer James Preston DAVIES.

Flying Officer William Peter ANDERSON.

Flying Officer David Heathcote GARLAND.

Flying Officer Leo Patrick MULLIGAN.

Dated 21st September, 1945— Flying Officer Guy Richard YOUNGS.

Flying Officer John Hunter WILLS.

Flying Officer Marshall David MERCER.

Flying Officer Donald Glenwyn IVEY.

Dated 22nd September, 1945 : Flying Officer Owen Mayfield TERRY.

Dated 23rd September, 1945 : Flying Officer Leslie Hunter JOLLY.

Dated 27th September, 1945 : Flying Officer Norman Bertram BUNNY.

Dated 6th September, 1945 : Pilot Officer Eric John WRATTEN.

Dated 7th September, 1945 : Pilot Officer Vernon James DULEY.

Dated 8th September, 1945— Pilot Officer Robin Alan WRIGHT.

Pilot Officer George Robert KELLY.

Dated 11th September, 1945 : Pilot Officer Norman Joseph LIGGINS.

Dated 12th September, 1945 : Pilot Officer Allen Edward ESTALL.

Dated 13th September, 1945 : Pilot Officer Lloyd Valentine PETROWSKI.

Dated 15th September, 1945 : Pilot Officer John Charles Ashley PARKER.

Dated 19th September, 1945— Pilot Officer Francis James GILL.

Pilot Officer Dickson Henry SLADDEN.

Dated 21st September, 1945— Pilot Officer Alexander David BLAIN.

Pilot Officer John Victor EVANS.

Dated 22nd September, 1945 : Pilot Officer Maurice Raymond ROBINSON.

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

Dated 27th September, 1945 : Squadron Leader Francis James Auchmuty FULTON.

Dated 29th September, 1945 : Squadron Leader John te Herekiekie GRACE.

Dated 11th September, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Cyril Henry PLUMTREE.

Dated 13th September, 1945— Flight Lieutenant Roy Thomas TABRUM.

Flight Lieutenant Edward Alan WYATT.

Dated 19th September, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Harold Warrington THOMPSON.

Dated 24th September, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Ernest Keith EASTWOOD.

Dated 6th September, 1945 : Flying Officer Frederick John Walter BILLINGS.

Dated 13th September, 1945— Flying Officer Charles Wesley George FAULKNER.

Flying Officer Reginald Roderick DEANE.

Dated 15th September, 1945 : Flying Officer Gerald Carolan GRAC.

Dated 27th September, 1945 : Flying Officer Frank Albion HARVEY.

Amendments

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 87, dated 9th November, 1944, page 1324, under the heading "Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers," relating to "Flying Officer Eric Thomas BOYLE," is amended to read "Dated 29th September, 1944."

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 31, dated 11th May, 1945, page 483, under the heading "Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers," relating to "Flying Officer Grahame Mitford ASHTON," is amended to read "Flight Lieutenant Grahame Mitford ASHTON."

Cancellation

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 53, dated 17th August, 1945, page 1030, under the heading "Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers," relating to "Flight Lieutenant Brian Guinness GLOVER, D.F.C.," is cancelled.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,

Wellington, 14th September, 1945.

H IS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the following appointment and awards to members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operatons against the enemy :-

To be a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order

Squadron Leader William Papillion Kemp, D.F.C. (NZ 403550), of Opotiki.

Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross

Acting Squadron Leader Allan Henderson Smith, D.F.C. (NZ 411947), of Auckland.

Flight Lieutenant Stanley Franklin Browne, D.F.C. (NZ 411853), of Wellington.

Flight Lieutenant Owen Leslie Hardy, D.F.C. (NZ 411399), of Auckland.

Distinguished Flying Cross

Acting Wing Commander Henry Maurice Mason (NZ 413104), of Waipawa.

Flight Lieutenant Alfred William Burge (NZ 414238), of Napier.

Flight Lieutenant John Colin Worthington (NZ 415727), of Hamilton.

Flying Officer Maurice Louis Crequer (NZ 421360), of Christchurch.

Flying Officer Frederick Allan Friar (NZ 425694), of Ormonde.

Flying Officer Lance Dixon Gilbertson (NZ 421368), of Wanganui.

Flying Officer Garnet John Hooper (NZ 413231), of Wellington.

Flying Officer William Gordon McConnochie (NZ 41517), of Blenheim.

Flying Officer Alan Thomas Powell (NZ 416697), of Auckland.

Flying Officer Eric Prior Scott (NZ 422320), of Auckland.

Flying Officer James Himiona Wetere (NZ 404975), of Morrinsville.

Flying Officer John Edward Wood (NZ 422339), of Christchurch.

Pilot Officer Albert Henry Lethaby (NZ 421733), of Dunedin.