Amendments

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 51, dated 2nd August, 1945, page 974, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Appointments — As Pilots,” relating to “NZ 427532 Warrant Officer Bernard Roy Cale,” is amended to read “Dated 17th May, 1945.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 69, dated 1st November, 1945, page 1371, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Relinquishments,” relating to “Flying Officer Gordon Ballingall Page, D.F.C.,” is amended to read “Flight Lieutenant Gordon Ballingall Page, D.F.C.”

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I: EQUIPMENT OFFICERS

Promotion

Equipment Duties—

Flying Officer (temp.) Norman Hillary Meyers to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 25th October, 1945.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer John William Lister is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 27th October, 1945.

Promotions

Accountant Duties—

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

Dated 27th October, 1945 : John Hill SUTHERLAND.
Dated 29th October, 1945 : William Moore Burge.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II: TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Promotions

Engineer Duties—

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

Dated 19th October, 1945: Thomas Clyde Smith.
Dated 26th October, 1945: William Maxwell Cameron.
Dated 5th November, 1945: Arthur Vernon Butcher.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotions

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

Dated 8th Octchoer, 1945: Edwin Perrett Richardson.
Dated 5th November, 1945: Arthur Newman Vickery Dobbs.
The undermentioned Flying Officers (Acting Flight Lieutenants) to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.):—

Dated 19th October, 1945: Harold Lewis de la Ferrelle.
Dated 28th October, 1945: Charles Robert Williamson.
Dated 1st November, 1945: Albert George Anderson.

Relinquishment

Flight Lieutenant Neil Douglas Hoop is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 27th October, 1945.

Corrigendum

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 66, dated 25th October, 1945, page 1317, under the heading “Administrative and Special Duties Branch—Meteorological Section—Appointments,” relating to “NZ 431301 Corporal Evan James Wright,” is amended to read “NZ 431301 Corporal Euan James Wright.”

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Relinquishments

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

Dated 20th October, 1945: Section Officer Joyce Alison Armitage.
Dated 22nd October, 1945: Section Officer Marion May Stenberg.
Dated 26th October, 1945: Section Officer Doris Myra Hodgson.
Dated 5th November, 1945: Assistant Section. Officer Janice Gifford Moore.

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

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their Air Training Corps commissions:—

Dated 30th October, 1945—

Flight Lieutenant John Neville Cobb.
Flying Officer Harry Osborne Rosevear.

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 20th September, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Arthur Keith Emerson MacEwan.
Dated 22nd September, 1945: Pilot Officer Graham Nicholson Rhodes.
Dated 1st October, 1945—

Flight Lieutenant James John McMath.
Flying Officer Geoffrey Herbert Strange.

Dated 5th October, 1945: Flying Officer Elvet Taliesin Evans.
Dated 6th October, 1945: Flying Officer William Alexander Graham Bishop.
Dated 8th October, 1945: Flying Officer Douglas Alexander Morrison.
Dated 9th October, 1945: Pilot Officer Ian Ormonde Stace.
Dated 11th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Douglas Wharepouri Riddler.
Flying Officer Alan Vernon Frewer.
Flying Officer Rex Walter O'Rourke.
Dated 12th October, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Rex Dugard Lucas.
Dated 13th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant James Slaven Muir, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Frederick John O'Neill.
Flying Officer Stafford Eric Brooks.
Pilot Officer Eric Philip Prebble.
Dated 16th October, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Harold Laurie Street.
Dated 17th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Harry Burnard Tucker.
Flying Officer John Duncan Brown.
Flying Officer Wilfred Samuel Taylor.
Pilot Officer Humphrey Ian Glanville Southwell.
Dated 18th October, 1945: Squadron Leader Jack Sandford Nelson.
Dated 19th October, 1945: Flight Lieutenant William Albert Bird.
Dated 20th October, 1945—
Wing Commander John Anderson Oldfield, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant John Edward Parsons.
Flight Lieutenant William James Murphy, D.F.C.
Dated 21st October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Hughes Greenwood.
Flying Officer Edward Millar.
Flying Officer Bruce William O'Connor.
Dated 23rd October, 1945—
Wing Commander Graham Carrick Martin.
Flight Lieutenant Byron Court Lumsden.
Dated 24th October, 1945—
Wing Commander Frederick John Lucas, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Maurice Charles Edward Cammock.
Dated 25th October, 1945—
Flying Officer Arthur Claude Rudd.
Pilot Officer Lewis Charles Baker.
Dated 26th October, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Maxwell George Stubbs.
Dated 27th October, 1945—
Squadron Leader Lionel Recklaw Reynolds, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Raymond Jack Nelson Archibald D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Keith Ian Street, D.F.M.
Flying Officer Garth Morgan.
Dated 28th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Donald Thornton Shakes.
Flying Officer Ronald Charles Cecil Nairn, D.F.M.
Flying Officer William James Porter, D.F.C.
Pilot Officer Francis Murray Haslett Henderson, D.F.M
Dated 29th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Burns Green, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Claude Hector Ansley.
Flying Officer Charles Oscar Larsen.
Flying Officer Walter Alexander McCaul.
Flying Officer Allan D'Arcy Low.
Pilot Officer Jack Wallace Gandell.
Pilot Officer Graham Harwood Friss.
Dated 30th October, 1945—
Flying Officer Louis Eldon Bernhard Klitscher.
Flying Officer William John Lovell-Smith.
Flying Officer Donald Macnearnie Frank Yeates.
Dated 3lst October, 1945—
Wing Commander William Angus Cameron.
Flight Lieutenant William James McLay.
Flight Lieutenant Raymond Snellgrove Challis.
Flight Lieutenant William Charles Henderson, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Edwin Topham.
Flying Officer John Francis Gregory Anderson.
Flying Officer William David Messent Bennett.
Dated 1st November, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant George Oliver Whatnall.
Flight Lieutenant Ian Frederick Lock.
Flight Lieutenant Lloyd Mackay Ralph, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant George Bayne MacDonald.
Flight Lieutenant Warren Hornby August.
Flight Lieutenant Edward Roy Taylor, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Ian Hugh Hanlon, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Colin Fred Craven.
Flight Lieutenant Ray Milsom Peterson.
Flight Lieutenant Brian Douglas Stringer.
Flight Lieutenant John Cossens.
Flying Officer Gordon Stephens.
Flying Officer William Allan Ayton.
Flying Officer Vernon John Zinzan.
Flying Officer John Parker Franklin.
Flying Officer Phillip Murray Oliver.
Flying Officer Lawrence Harold McEwen.
Flying Officer Keith Alexander Smith.
Pilot Officer Alan Douglas Hart.