18
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 1]

Appointments, Promotions, Relinquishments, and Transfers of Officers
of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 21st December, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
approve the following appointments, promotions, relinquish-
ments, and transfers of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air
Force :-

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotions

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

Dated 18th September, 1945 : Donald Campbell ROBBINS.
Dated 8th October, 1945 : Pax Gilbert Frank SMITH, D.F.M.
Dated 15th November, 1945 : Mervyn Ernest HOCKEN.

Dated 16th November, 1945—
Maxwell Roy HARWOOD.
Norman Herbert BEARD.

Dated 19th November, 1945 : Joseph John DINGLE.

Dated 20th November, 1945—
John Barry BLOODWORTH.
Gordon Fraser JONES.

Dated 26th November, 1945—
Lewis James DAY.
Robert ELLIOT.
Kenneth John GRAY.
Brook Abbott TAYLOR, D.F.C.
Robert William NURSE.
Ivan Alfred PORTER.
Norman James GREEN.
Tasman Wallace SMITH.
David Rayner SHANNON.
Ronald Thomas Ewen BAKER.
Francis Hamilton TIPPING.
Robert Alexander WATT.
Gilbert William ALINGTON.

Dated 30th November, 1945 : Frank Louvain LECKIE.

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

Dated 11th July, 1945 : Ernest William GULLIVER.
Dated 29th September, 1945 : Nelson Keith Haldane RENNER.
Dated 3rd October, 1945 : Arthur Gordon BREWER.
Dated 10th October, 1945 : George Ronald Victor YATES.
Dated 29th October, 1945 : Colin Craigie FLETT.

Dated 14th November, 1945—
Arthur Edward Noel UNWIN.
Thomas Duncan MACKENZIE.

Dated 16th November, 1945—
George William PARRY.
Ernest Edward Stanton PROBERT.

Dated 17th November, 1945 : Bernard Roy CAIE.

Dated 18th November, 1945—
Gordon Murray HASLOP.
Trevor Beattie MORLEY.

Dated 19th November, 1945—
Ernest William PERRIN.
Malcolm David BUCHANAN.
Frederick Mansill SPEIGHT.

Dated 20th November, 1945 : John Cedric WARD.
Dated 22nd November, 1945 : Allan William HARRIS.

Dated 25th November, 1945—
Francis Wilson SPRINGFORD
Ian Morrison COMRIE.

Dated 27th November, 1945 : Robert Andrew Louis ANDERSON.
Dated 28th November, 1945 : Ian Dalrymple ROWE.

Dated 29th November, 1945—
Ashley James GREER.
William Arthur HOSKINS.

Dated 30th November, 1945 : Kenneth Marne HAUGHEY.

Relinquishments

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

Dated 31st October, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Henry George
Fuller Cox.
Dated 21st November, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant William Roy
BRINSDEN.
Dated 5th December, 1945 : Flying Officer Ralph Arthur
PORTER.
Dated 12th December, 1945 : Flying Officer Leslie Nicholis
DAVIDSON.
Dated 2nd January, 1946 : Flight Lieutenant Patrick Stewart
MCBRIDE.
Dated 8th January, 1946 : Flight Lieutenant Thomas Reginald
Dion KEBBELL.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

The undermentioned officers, on relinquishing their commissions
in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, are granted temporary
commissions in the rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as from
2nd July, 1942 :-

Dated 1st June, 1944—
NZ 2491 Eric Douglas REX.
NZ 2492 William James Henry WALKER.

Promotions

Wing Commander (Acting Group Captain) George Alfred
NICHOLLS to be Group Captain (temp.). Dated 6th November, 1945.
Squadron Leader (Acting Wing Commander) William Johnston
SHANLY to be Wing Commander (temp.). Dated 3rd January, 1946.
Flight Lieutenant (Acting Squadron Leader) Gordon Rufus
LEE to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 3rd January, 1946.

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

Dated 20th November, 1945 : Kenneth Scott GLENDINNING.
Dated 29th November, 1945 : Raymond Keith GUNN.
Flying Officer (temp.) Henry Leopold THOMPSON to be Acting
Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 1st November, 1945.

Relinquishments

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

Dated 17th December, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Herbert
Roger BISLEY.
Dated 9th January, 1946 : Flying Officer Malcolm Douglas
Beresford GRAHAM.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Relinquishments

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

Dated 19th September, 1945 : Section Officer Margaret Joyce
RICH.
Dated 6th October, 1945 : Section Officer Constance Margaret
HANSON.
Dated 21st October, 1945 : Section Officer Heather Jane MACKIE.

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

Promotions

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers :-

Dated 1st July, 1945—
Arthur Redfern WEBB.
Denis George REVELL.
Raymond John Maltby HAGGETT.
Edward Bannerman LOTHIAN.
Harold Lester George HALL.
Horace Percival THOMPSON.
Clinton John WAY.

Dated 1st August, 1945—
William Winter WOOD.
Albert George SMITH.
Ewart Neil James HANNAH.
William Nichol MUIRHEAD.
George Alexander SPEARS.

Dated 16th August, 1945 : Geoffrey Philip RYAN.

Dated 1st September, 1945—
William Bruce CARSWELL.
Gordon Harry ROGERS.

Dated 1st October, 1945 : Ernest William STEWART.
Dated 1st November, 1945 : Allan GORDON.

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 19th October, 1945 : Pilot Officer Owen Melville
Glendower WILMSHURST.
Dated 1st November, 1945 : Flying Officer John STEEDMAN.
Dated 8th November, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Leslie Thomas
Elding YOUNG.

Dated 21st November, 1945—
Flying Officer Eric Allen Richard Lawrence THOMPSON.
Flying Officer James MATHESON.

Dated 22nd November, 1945—
Flying Officer Robert Eric GAWLER.
Pilot Officer Clinton Sidney Darlington SYMONS.

Dated 23rd November, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Albert WILLIAMS, D.F.M.
Pilot Officer Donald Robert THORP.

Dated 24th November, 1945—
Flying Officer Edwin Ronald WINTERS.
Flying Officer Alexander George Peter WOLFF.

Dated 26th November, 1945—
Flying Officer Herbert Gaskell HORTON.
Pilot Officer David Noel HERBURN.