New Zealand Gazette – 1945 – No. 7

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✨ Military Promotions and Honours

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 7

Dated 20th January, 1945—
Pilot Officer Graham Turpie ROLLO.
Pilot Officer Ian Gordon LYONS.
Pilot Officer Ronald William Frederick MIERS.
Pilot Officer Malcolm Stanley ROBINSON.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II: TECHNICAL OFFICERS
Promotions

Radar Duties—
Pilot Officer John Lloyd RICHARDS is confirmed in his rank
and granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 8th
December, 1944.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Transfer

Flying Officer Malcolm Douglas Beresford GRAHAM is trans-

ferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and
Special Duties Branch in his present rank and seniority. Dated
14th December, 1944.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.)
Promotions

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants :—

Dated 1st October, 1944—
George William MORICE.
Ronald Malcolm McGregor.
William Henry SADLIER.
Ian Alexander CAMPBELL.
Geoffrey Noel Townshend GREEN-
BANK.
Paul-Dudley EVANS.

Francis Howard Beare PAUL.
Daniel Noel DOOHAN.
William Alexander SIMPSON.
Brian McKenzie BARY.
John Neville COBB.
Lauritz Christian RASMUSSEN.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers :—

Dated 1st August, 1944—
William John GILMOUR.
Thomas Fulbert PICKETT.
Stanley WILDE.

Colin Campbell McLEOD.
John Howard YOLLAND.
William James TUCKER.

Dated 1st September, 1944—
Arthur Gordon Perham HOLLO-
WAY.
Ernest Rowland DUNCAN.

Geoffrey Hampton THORP.
Edward Tench SHORE.
Gordon GILLESPIE.

Dated 15th September, 1944 : John Clyde DUTHIE.

Dated 23rd September, 1944—
Sydney WHITWORTH.
Francis Vivian Coleman HAYNES.

Dated 24th September, 1944 : James Edgar Alphonsus MCKEENRY.

Dated 29th September, 1944—
Maurice Benjamin MARKS.
Norman Leonard KNELL.

Bernard John DRAKE.

Dated 1st October, 1944—
William Neill PICKARD.
Herbert John Clement BURD.
Allan Leslie LOCKHART.
George Alexander LYALL.

Dudley Leggoe WADE.
Cyril Gordon CALVERT.
George William SOAL.

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 2nd January, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Horace George
COPLAND.
Dated 11th January, 1945 : Flying Officer Ross Ashmere
Fleming LAURENSON.
Dated 24th January, 1945 : Flying Officer Keith Morton
SMITH.
Dated 22nd December, 1944 : Pilot Officer Cyril CALKIN.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active

List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I :—

Dated 9th December, 1944 : Squadron Leader George de Lacey
FENWICK, M.B., Ch.B.
Dated 19th December, 1944 : Squadron Leader Henry Hugh
BLACKWELL.
Dated 13th November, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant David Leslie
EADIE.
Dated 28th December, 1944 : Flight Lieutenant Norman
Alexander SUTTIE.
Dated 18th May, 1944 : Flying Officer Reginald Leonard
CLARKE.
Dated 12th December, 1944 : Flying Officer Thomas Kenneth
FRASER.
Dated 15th December, 1944 : Flying Officer John Keith
MATTHEWSON.
Dated 22nd December, 1944 : Flying Officer D’Arcy LISTER.
Dated 4th January, 1945 : Flying Officer Malcolm CHISHOLM.
Dated 15th January, 1945 : Flying Officer Robert Charles
BROWN.
Dated 18th January, 1945 : Flying Officer John Bowie GORDON.
Dated 3rd January, 1945 : Pilot Officer George William
NINNESS.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 17th November, 1944.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve
the following immediate appointments and awards, in
recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in air operations
against the enemy :—

To be Companions of the Distinguished Service Order

Squadron Leader Derek Harold Hammond, D.F.C. (NZ 401493),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Christchurch.
Acting Squadron Leader James Arnold Harrison, D.F.C. (NZ 404870),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Dunedin.

23rd November, 1944

Acting Squadron Leader Alfred William Gordon Cochrane, D.F.C.
(NZ 403429), Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Rawene.

Distinguished Flying Cross

11th November, 1944

Acting Flying Officer Donald William McKenzie (NZ 421518),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

14th November, 1944

Flying Officer Roy Emile Le Long (NZ 42419), Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of Auckland.

16th November, 1944

Flight Lieutenant Duncan Le Quesne Badley (NZ 416998), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Taradale.

25th November, 1944

Flying Officer Kenneth Gerald Orman (NZ 425590), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.

1st December, 1944

Flight Lieutenant Campbell Edward Lye (NZ 415333), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.
Acting Flight Lieutenant Leonard Bursell (NZ 415309), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve
the following operational awards, in recognition of gallantry and
devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy :—

Distinguished Flying Cross

8th December, 1944

Flight Lieutenant Robin Keith Craw (NZ 421684), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Canterbury.
Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Robert Head, D.S.O. (NZ 413414),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.
Flight Lieutenant Charles Gordon Washer (NZ 415392), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Hawera.
Acting Flight Lieutenant William Makepeace Strathern (NZ 42476),
Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Invercargill.
Flying Officer John Keiller Aitken (NZ 421488), Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of Gisborne.
Flying Officer Gordon Ernest Gibson (NZ 422386), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.
Flying Officer Norman James Grant (NZ 404561), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Invercargill.

12th December, 1944

Flying Officer Douglas Ellwood Hawker (NZ 42401), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Christchurch.
Flying Officer Gordon Hedley Hewitt (NZ 415225), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.
Flying Officer Joseph William Lennon (NZ 421732), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Whangarei.
Flying Officer James Alan Pearce (NZ 411097), Royal New Zealand
Air Force, of Christchurch.
Flying Officer Trevor George Wilson (NZ 401356), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.
Acting Flying Officer Thomas Harold Sinclair (NZ 391424), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Gisborne.
Pilot Officer Edward Robert Barlow (NZ 427179), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Feilding.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 4th December, 1944.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve
the following immediate award, in recognition of gallantry
and devotion to duty in air operations against the enemy :—

Distinguished Flying Medal

NZ 428025 Flight Sergeant John Anderson Nicholson, Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Dunedin.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve
the following awards, in recognition of gallantry and devotion to
duty in air operations against the enemy :—

Distinguished Flying Cross

29th December, 1944

Flight Lieutenant Raymond Batenburg (NZ 415731), Royal New
Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.
Flight Lieutenant William Charles Henderson (NZ 415435), Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Southland.

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🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (continued from previous page)

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
KeywordsAir Force Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Royal New Zealand Air Force
👱🏽 Names

59 names identified

Graham Turpie ROLLO (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Ian Gordon LYONS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Ronald William Frederick MIERS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Malcolm Stanley ROBINSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
John Lloyd RICHARDS (Pilot Officer), Confirmed in rank and promoted to Flying Officer
Malcolm Douglas Beresford GRAHAM (Flying Officer), Transferred to Administrative and Special Duties Branch
George William MORICE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
Ronald Malcolm McGregor (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
William Henry SADLIER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
Ian Alexander CAMPBELL (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
Geoffrey Noel Townshend GREENBANK (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
Paul-Dudley EVANS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
Francis Howard Beare PAUL (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
Daniel Noel DOOHAN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
William Alexander SIMPSON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
Brian McKenzie BARY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
John Neville COBB (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
Lauritz Christian RASMUSSEN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
William John GILMOUR (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Thomas Fulbert PICKETT (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Stanley WILDE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Colin Campbell McLEOD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
John Howard YOLLAND (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
William James TUCKER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Arthur Gordon Perham HOLLOWAY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Ernest Rowland DUNCAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Geoffrey Hampton THORP (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Edward Tench SHORE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Gordon GILLESPIE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
John Clyde DUTHIE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Sydney WHITWORTH (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Francis Vivian Coleman HAYNES (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
James Edgar Alphonsus MCKEENRY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Maurice Benjamin MARKS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Norman Leonard KNELL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Bernard John DRAKE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
William Neill PICKARD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Herbert John Clement BURD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Allan Leslie LOCKHART (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
George Alexander LYALL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Dudley Leggoe WADE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Cyril Gordon CALVERT (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
George William SOAL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
Horace George COPLAND (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
Ross Ashmere Fleming LAURENSON (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
Keith Morton SMITH (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
Cyril CALKIN (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
George de Lacey FENWICK (Squadron Leader), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
Henry Hugh BLACKWELL (Squadron Leader), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
David Leslie EADIE (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
Norman Alexander SUTTIE (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
Reginald Leonard CLARKE (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
Thomas Kenneth FRASER (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
John Keith MATTHEWSON (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
D’Arcy LISTER (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
Malcolm CHISHOLM (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
Robert Charles BROWN (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
John Bowie GORDON (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
George William NINNESS (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers

👩‍💼 Officials

F. JONES, Minister of Defence

🛡️ Honours and Awards for Gallantry in Air Operations

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated17 November 1944
KeywordsDistinguished Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Gallantry
👱🏽 Names

23 names identified

Derek Harold Hammond (Squadron Leader), Awarded Distinguished Service Order
James Arnold Harrison (Acting Squadron Leader), Awarded Distinguished Service Order
Alfred William Gordon Cochrane (Acting Squadron Leader), Awarded Distinguished Service Order
Donald William McKenzie (Acting Flying Officer), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Roy Emile Le Long (Flying Officer), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Duncan Le Quesne Badley (Flight Lieutenant), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Kenneth Gerald Orman (Flying Officer), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Campbell Edward Lye (Flight Lieutenant), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Leonard Bursell (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Robin Keith Craw (Flight Lieutenant), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Malcolm Robert Head (Flight Lieutenant), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Charles Gordon Washer (Flight Lieutenant), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
William Makepeace Strathern (Acting Flight Lieutenant), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
John Keiller Aitken (Flying Officer), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Gordon Ernest Gibson (Flying Officer), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Norman James Grant (Flying Officer), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Douglas Ellwood Hawker (Flying Officer), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Gordon Hedley Hewitt (Flying Officer), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Joseph William Lennon (Flying Officer), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
James Alan Pearce (Flying Officer), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Trevor George Wilson (Flying Officer), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Thomas Harold Sinclair (Acting Flying Officer), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Edward Robert Barlow (Pilot Officer), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross

👩‍💼 Officials

F. JONES, Minister of Defence

🛡️ Distinguished Flying Medal Award

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated4 December 1944
KeywordsDistinguished Flying Medal, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Gallantry
👱🏽 Names

John Anderson Nicholson (Flight Sergeant), Awarded Distinguished Flying Medal

👩‍💼 Officials

F. JONES, Minister of Defence

🛡️ Additional Distinguished Flying Cross Awards

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated29 December 1944
KeywordsDistinguished Flying Cross, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Gallantry
👱🏽 Names

Raymond Batenburg (Flight Lieutenant), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
William Charles Henderson (Flight Lieutenant), Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross

👩‍💼 Officials

F. JONES, Minister of Defence

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