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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer :-
As Pilots—
Dated 19th March, 1945—
NZ 414562 Warrant Officer Robert David GEAR.
Dated 23rd June, 1945—
NZ 429350 Warrant Officer Raymond Stuart PIPER.
Dated 30th June, 1945—
NZ 43590 Warrant Officer Patrick Joseph MELLOR.
Dated 3rd July, 1945—
NZ 427517 Warrant Officer William Wood BECKLEY.
Dated 18th July, 1945—
NZ 4215803 Warrant Officer Eric Paris Brooke CARPENTER.
Dated 20th August, 1945—
NZ 4213968 Flight Sergeant Clive YEOMAN.
Dated 21st August, 1945—
NZ 428914 Warrant Officer Brian Charles ODLIN.
Dated 4th September, 1945—
NZ 422430 Warrant Officer Sydney Decimus Hugh PAYNTER.
As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—
Dated 2nd July, 1945—
NZ 425462 Warrant Officer Joseph DAVISON.
Dated 17th July, 1945—
NZ 4215129 Flight Sergeant Alan Lloyd JONES.
Dated 24th July, 1945—
NZ 422688 Warrant Officer Thomas Michael CAMMOCK.
Promotions
Flight Lieutenant Warren Edward SCHRADER, D.F.C., to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 2nd August, 1945.
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :-
Dated 21st August, 1945 : Gordon Ballingall PAGE, D.F.C.
Dated 26th August, 1945 : Richard Hugh THORBURN.
Dated 16th September, 1945 : David Leslie IGGO.
Dated 17th September, 1945—
Robert Gordon CUMING.
Allan Graham MOFFITT.
Frank Nevil ENGLAND.
Alexander Edward ANDERSON.
James Hugh HANNA.
William Denis Fitzgerald MAY.
Alfred David LONG.
John Stephen HARRIS, D.F.C.
Ronald Huia SELBY.
Harold William SHILTON, D.F.C.
Dated 18th September, 1945—
John Henry KAY, D.F.C.
James George WILSON.
Frank TRANSOM.
Dated 19th September, 1945 : Keith Aicheson BEATTIE, D.F.C.
Dated 20th September, 1945—
Douglas Leslie FORSTER.
Bernard Maurice LEONARD.
Dated 23rd September, 1945—
George Saunders MCDONALD.
Trevor Cyril COX.
Ewen McGregor ELMSLIE.
Dated 24th September, 1945—
Ralph James BUCKHAM.
Walter Frank MORICE.
John HAY.
Dated 25th September, 1945—
William Roy BRINSDEN.
William Jack NICCOLLS.
Alexander Robert BENTON.
Robert James SOUTAR.
Christopher William WEIR.
Cedric Stanley GAY, D.F.C.
Dated 26th September, 1945 : Frederick James SHEPPARD.
Dated 27th September, 1945—
James Huia PLATT.
Rawdon Lambton CARTER.
Dated 28th September, 1945 : Alexander Agnew APPLEBY, A.F.C.
Dated 29th September, 1945—
Frederick Barnabas WILD.
Alec Gordon LEECH, D.F.C.
Ewen John Campbell GUTHRIE, D.F.C.
Dated 30th September, 1945—
John Hoani MACDONALD.
Maurice Jamison WELLS, D.F.M.
Clifford James TOON.
Albert Noel WARD.
Dated 1st October, 1945—
Albert Kenneth CARR.
Ivor Simpson SMITH.
Jack Brusso SPENCER.
Charles Cyril VERRY.
Frederick John BROOKER.
Wilfred Harold FORBES.
Robert Alfred HEANEY.
Philip Robert Perry BRYERS.
John Talbot CHAPMAN.
Harold Edward BRUMBY, D.F.C.
James Stewart WILKINSON.
Andries Willem VERMEULEN.
Maxwell Raeburn COLHOUN.
Athol Albert THOMAS.
Thomas Alexander McLeod MORGAN.
William Tildesley HOWARD.
William Ernest BRIZLEY.
Baden Gordon CLARE.
Roy Ronald THOMPSON.
Douglas Cooper WESTWOOD.
George Robert BLUNDELL.
Harold Hamon BLAMPIED, D.F.C.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :-
Dated 15th June, 1945 : James GREENWOOD.
Dated 18th July, 1945 : Edward Philip ADAMS.
Dated 14th September, 1945—
John Somers McLEBON.
Tatio Tuaine NICHOLAS.
Dated 15th September, 1945—
Clive Woodward ESTCOURT.
Donald Babington SHEARER.
Robert Norman WILLIAMSON.
Dated 16th September, 1945—
Harold James Dean TREWHEELA.
Leonard Ayers RULE.
Dated 17th September, 1945—
William Richard SUTT0N.
Oliver Joseph Tate HODGSON.
Frederick Robert BADER.
Albert George BONE.
Dated 18th September, 1945—
Allen White ELLIS.
Albert Geoffrey HABGOOD.
Alfred James Cyril ROGERS.
Dated 19th September, 1945—
Ronald Thomas CLARKSON.
Ivan Silvester CARROLL.
Dated 20th September, 1945—
Henare Matua KANI.
William Alexandra PARTRIDGE.
Dated 22nd September, 1945 : Allan Francis THOMPSON.
Dated 23rd September, 1945 : Percy Ernest LONGSTAFF.
Dated 24th September, 1945—
Charles Raymond WAGSTAFF.
John Percy FURNESS.
Dated 25th September, 1945 : Richard John URLICH.
Dated 26th September, 1945—
John Peace BRIGHTLING.
Douglas FAIRBAIRN.
Norman Hewlett McIVOR.
Dated 27th September, 1945 : Sydney Walter GOODALL.
Dated 28th September, 1945—
Leslie Andrew HENDERSON.
Mervyn Robert BISHOP.
Dated 29th September, 1945—
Robert Jackson MCCULLY.
Roderick Donald MACLEOD.
Charles Minett PRIESTLEY.
Henry Haakon HANSEN.
Dated 1st October, 1945—
Maurice Hugh EYRE.
Raymond Henry TUCK.
William George REAY.
Alexander Vaea SYDDALL.
Dated 2nd October, 1945—
William Kemp PATERSON.
Ian Campbell COWIE.
Frank Cyril BROOKES.
Dated 4th October, 1945—
Neil McPherson NOBLE.
Thomas Hugh MACGIBBON.
Reversion
Acting Squadron Leader Percival Patrick O’BRIEN reverts to the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 31st October, 1945.
Relinquishment
Squadron Leader Arthur Gerald HILL is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 19th May, 1945.
EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS
Appointments
Engineer Duties—
The undermentioned officers, on relinquishing their commissions in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Flight Lieutenant :-
With seniority as from 1st January, 1943—
NZ 2476 Charles Roderick HEAZLEWOOD, M.B.E.
Dated 1st July, 1945.
With seniority as from 1st July, 1943—
NZ 2477 Peter Donald MCNEIL.
Dated 1st August, 1945.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Relinquishments
The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary Commissions :-
Dated 17th October, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Henry Archibald ELLINGHAM, M.C.
Dated 11th October, 1945 : Flying Officer William Grahame WHITMORE.
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Relinquishments
The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions :-
Dated 6th October, 1945 : Section Officer Dorothy Lois HERVEY.
Dated 23rd October, 1945 : Section Officer Lelia Dorothy Mave BEDFORD.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.)
Relinquishments
The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their Air Training Corps commissions :-
Dated 1st October, 1945 : Flying Officer Edward Tench SHORE.
Dated 10th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant William Henry SADLIER.
Flying Officer Hugh Eustace RUSSELL.
Flying Officer Charles BUTTERWORTH.
Flying Officer Lester Francis MOLLER.
Flying Officer William Harry TUCKER.
Flying Officer Cyril Robert HART.
Flying Officer Thomas Fulbert PICKETT.
Flying Officer George John William ALLEN.
Flying Officer Frank Marcus HANAN.
RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Relinquishments
The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their commissions. Dated 30th September, 1945 :—
Flight Officer Nell GOLDINGHAM.
Flight Officer Harriette Gertrude McKAY.
Assistant Section Officer Rita Lois MacEWEN.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.
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141 names identified
- Robert David GEAR (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Raymond Stuart PIPER (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Patrick Joseph MELLOR (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- William Wood BECKLEY (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Eric Paris Brooke CARPENTER (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Clive YEOMAN (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Brian Charles ODLIN (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Sydney Decimus Hugh PAYNTER (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
- Joseph DAVISON (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Alan Lloyd JONES (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Thomas Michael CAMMOCK (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
- Warren Edward SCHRADER (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Gordon Ballingall PAGE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Richard Hugh THORBURN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- David Leslie IGGO (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Robert Gordon CUMING (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Allan Graham MOFFITT (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Frank Nevil ENGLAND (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Alexander Edward ANDERSON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- James Hugh HANNA (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William Denis Fitzgerald MAY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Alfred David LONG (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John Stephen HARRIS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Ronald Huia SELBY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Harold William SHILTON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John Henry KAY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- James George WILSON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Frank TRANSOM (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Keith Aicheson BEATTIE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Douglas Leslie FORSTER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Bernard Maurice LEONARD (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- George Saunders MCDONALD (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Trevor Cyril COX (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Ewen McGregor ELMSLIE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Ralph James BUCKHAM (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Walter Frank MORICE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John HAY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William Roy BRINSDEN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William Jack NICCOLLS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Alexander Robert BENTON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Robert James SOUTAR (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Christopher William WEIR (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Cedric Stanley GAY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Frederick James SHEPPARD (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- James Huia PLATT (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Rawdon Lambton CARTER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Alexander Agnew APPLEBY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Frederick Barnabas WILD (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Alec Gordon LEECH (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Ewen John Campbell GUTHRIE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John Hoani MACDONALD (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Maurice Jamison WELLS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Clifford James TOON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Albert Noel WARD (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Albert Kenneth CARR (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Ivor Simpson SMITH (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Jack Brusso SPENCER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Charles Cyril VERRY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Frederick John BROOKER (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Wilfred Harold FORBES (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Robert Alfred HEANEY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Philip Robert Perry BRYERS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- John Talbot CHAPMAN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Harold Edward BRUMBY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- James Stewart WILKINSON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Andries Willem VERMEULEN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Maxwell Raeburn COLHOUN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Athol Albert THOMAS (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Thomas Alexander McLeod MORGAN (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William Tildesley HOWARD (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- William Ernest BRIZLEY (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Baden Gordon CLARE (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Roy Ronald THOMPSON (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Douglas Cooper WESTWOOD (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- George Robert BLUNDELL (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Harold Hamon BLAMPIED (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- James GREENWOOD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Edward Philip ADAMS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- John Somers MCLEBON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Tatio Tuaine NICHOLAS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Clive Woodward ESTCOURT (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Donald Babington SHEARER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Robert Norman WILLIAMSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Harold James Dean TREWHEELA (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Leonard Ayers RULE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- William Richard SUTTON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Oliver Joseph Tate HODGSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Frederick Robert BADER (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Albert George BONE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Allen White ELLIS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Albert Geoffrey HABGOOD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Alfred James Cyril ROGERS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Ronald Thomas CLARKSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Ivan Silvester CARROLL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Henare Matua KANI (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- William Alexandra PARTRIDGE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Allan Francis THOMPSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Percy Ernest LONGSTAFF (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Charles Raymond WAGSTAFF (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- John Percy FURNESS (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Richard John URLICH (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- John Peace BRIGHTLING (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Douglas FAIRBAIRN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Norman Hewlett MCIVOR (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Sydney Walter GOODALL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Leslie Andrew HENDERSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Mervyn Robert BISHOP (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Robert Jackson MCCULLY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Roderick Donald MACLEOD (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Charles Minett PRIESTLEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Henry Haakon HANSEN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Maurice Hugh EYRE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Raymond Henry TUCK (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- William George REAY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Alexander Vaea SYDDALL (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- William Kemp PATERSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Ian Campbell COWIE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Frank Cyril BROOKES (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Neil McPherson NOBLE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Thomas Hugh MACGIBBON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer
- Percival Patrick O'BRIEN (Acting Squadron Leader), Reverts to temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant
- Arthur Gerald HILL (Squadron Leader), Relinquishes temporary commission
- Charles Roderick HEAZLEWOOD (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission in Equipment Branch
- Peter Donald MCNEIL (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission in Equipment Branch
- Henry Archibald ELLINGHAM (Flight Lieutenant), Relinquishes temporary commission
- William Grahame WHITMORE (Flying Officer), Relinquishes temporary commission
- Dorothy Lois HERVEY (Section Officer), Relinquishes temporary commission
- Lelia Dorothy Mave BEDFORD (Section Officer), Relinquishes temporary commission
- Edward Tench SHORE (Flying Officer), Relinquishes Air Training Corps commission
- William Henry SADLIER (Flight Lieutenant), Relinquishes Air Training Corps commission
- Hugh Eustace RUSSELL (Flying Officer), Relinquishes Air Training Corps commission
- Charles BUTTERWORTH (Flying Officer), Relinquishes Air Training Corps commission
- Lester Francis MOLLER (Flying Officer), Relinquishes Air Training Corps commission
- William Harry TUCKER (Flying Officer), Relinquishes Air Training Corps commission
- Cyril Robert HART (Flying Officer), Relinquishes Air Training Corps commission
- Thomas Fulbert PICKETT (Flying Officer), Relinquishes Air Training Corps commission
- George John William ALLEN (Flying Officer), Relinquishes Air Training Corps commission
- Frank Marcus HANAN (Flying Officer), Relinquishes Air Training Corps commission
- Nell GOLDINGHAM (Flight Officer), Relinquishes commission
- Harriette Gertrude McKAY (Flight Officer), Relinquishes commission
- Rita Lois MacEWEN (Assistant Section Officer), Relinquishes commission
- F. JONES, Minister of Defence