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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 66

Dated 4th September, 1945: Claude Theodore Vignoles PAGE.
Dated 6th September, 1945: George Michael BUCHANAN.
Dated 8th September, 1945: John Lawrence William DUNN.
Dated 9th September, 1945: Norman Bernhard BERNTSEN.
Dated 12th September, 1945: Ian Selwyn Jack WOODS.

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

Dated 12th February, 1945: Desmond Yarborough ANDREWES.

Dated 2nd September, 1945—
James Edward ELLIS.
Colin Brian ELMSLY.
Thomas Patrick LAFFEY.
Ronald Gordon SMYTH.
Henry Richard Waine SKINNER.
Frank Henry Albert PRIOR.
Cyril John ALLAN.
Geoffrey Millis FINDLEY.
Donald Calder GLASS.
Walter William HODGES.
Philip John Alfred POWER.
Wallace YORKE.

Dated 4th September, 1945: Ridgwell CULLUM, D.F.C.
Dated 5th September, 1945: Douglas Haig MANN, D.F.C.
Dated 6th September, 1945: Stanley Frederick LOCK.
Dated 8th September, 1945: Rex James WILLIAMS.

Dated 10th September, 1945—
Eric Morton OHLSON.
Alan Counsell STEPHENS.

Dated 12th September, 1945: Richard Shaw TILSON.

Dated 13th September, 1945—
Utiku Albert POTAKA.
Wallace William GIFFORD.

Relinquishments

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

Dated 16th October, 1945: Squadron Leader Francis MURPHY, D.F.C.
Dated 4th October, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Eric William Ernest BUTCHER.
Dated 7th October, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Ronald John ADAMS.
Dated 8th October, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Bryce Drummond JONES, D.F.C.
Dated 12th September, 1945: Flying Officer Jack EMANUEL.
Dated 27th September, 1945: Flying Officer Peter Allen HOLT.

Amendment

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 58, dated 13th September, 1945, page 1144, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments,” relating to “NZ 4213750 Warrant Officer Allan Forde MITCHELL,” is amended to read “Dated 27th June, 1945.”

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I: EQUIPMENT OFFICERS

Reduction

Equipment Duties—

Flying Officer William FLEMING was dealt with summarily under section 47 of the Air Force Act and was sentenced to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flying Officer bore date the 25th April, 1945.

Promotion

Accountant Duties—

Flying Officer (temp.) Robert William LITHGOW to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 1st August, 1945.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II: TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Promotion

Engineer Duties—

Flight Lieutenant Henry Lionel HOMER to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 25th September, 1945.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotion

Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) James Esmond FARRELL to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 7th October, 1945.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Roy Lewis FISHER is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 15th October, 1945.

WORKS SECTION

Promotion

Flight Lieutenant (Acting Squadron Leader) Ellis Carl SCHNACKENBERG to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 2nd October, 1945.

METEOROLOGICAL SECTION

Appointments

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

Dated 22nd September, 1945—
NZ 435923 L.A.C. Owen Fillbridge HAYLOCK.
NZ 4312054 L.A.C. George Farquhar RIDLEY.
NZ 42788 Sergeant Alan Riddle BURNET.
NZ 4216589 Corporal Harley Wesley SPRAGG.
NZ 431301 Corporal Evan James WRIGHT.
NZ 44181 L.A.C. William James Graham WATSON.

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 13th October, 1945: Squadron Leader Ian Alexander EWEN.
Dated 19th October, 1945: Squadron Leader James Norman RITCHIE.
Dated 8th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant David Dennis Morris WILKINSON, D.F.M.
Dated 12th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Harold Ernest Moss.
Dated 14th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Maxwell Barrington STEVENS.
Dated 15th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant John Herbert PENNEY.
Dated 19th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Noel MacDonald GApES.
Dated 20th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Keith Frederick PARKER.
Dated 21st September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant David Ronald STEWART, D.F.M.
Dated 22nd September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Jack Stanford ALLAN.

Dated 25th September, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Charles Geoffrey Jamieson CUNNINGHAM.
Flight Lieutenant Gerald Francis BURTON.

Dated 26th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Allan Frank CRANE.
Dated 27th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Keith Kingsmill John COLEMAN, D.F.M.
Dated 29th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Gerard Alphonsus WARD.

Dated 30th September, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Peter Douglas GIFFORD.
Flight Lieutenant Donald Percy TRIM.

Dated 1st October, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Adrian Philip WEDDING.
Dated 2nd October, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Keith Douglas SARGINSON, D.F.C.
Dated 3rd October, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Neil Dougall WATKINS.
Dated 4th October, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Leonard George William BROWN.

Dated 6th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Gerald Frodsham WATKINSON.
Flight Lieutenant John Alfred SCOTT, D.F.C.

Dated 7th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Leonard BURSELL, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Trevor Pitts HARRIS.
Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Goss SUCKLING.
Flight Lieutenant Allan Claude LYNCH.

Dated 8th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Stephen John SHAYLE-GEORGE.
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Reginald CARROLL.
Flight Lieutenant Donald William PARKHOUSE.
Flight Lieutenant Keith Ross SIMPSON.
Flight Lieutenant Stewart Thomas THOMSON.
Flight Lieutenant Stanley Goodall ELLIS.
Flight Lieutenant Herbert Leonard STUART.
Flight Lieutenant Horace Percival JENSEN.
Flight Lieutenant Maurice Turner WILSON.

Dated 9th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Lloyd ELLIOTT, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Claris GORDON, D.F.C., D.F.M.
Flight Lieutenant Thomas Henry DAVIDSON, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Alexander SHANKS.
Flight Lieutenant Frederick William McKAY.
Flight Lieutenant John SHAW, D.F.C.

Dated 10th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant George Story THOMSON.
Flight Lieutenant James Hugh McCAW, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Russell James NOONAN, D.F.M.

Dated 11th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant John Ralph GRANT.
Flight Lieutenant Andrew McRobbie MALCOLM.

Dated 12th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Dugald Louis POPPELWELL, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant William Baker PARKER.
Flight Lieutenant Paul Windermere Wilson BRUNTON, D.F.C.