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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Transfer
Flying Officer John Robert Loughnan CAMPBELL is transferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers to the Active List in his present rank, with seniority as from 7th January, 1945. Dated 22nd December, 1945.
Relinquishments
The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions:—
Dated 17th October, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Richard Albert FLAVELL.
Dated 30th January, 1946—
Flying Officer Arthur Ralph KITTO, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Thomas Llywelln Powick.
Dated 9th February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Richard Devon BALE.
Dated 12th February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Henri Winston THOMS.
Dated 13th February, 1946—
Flying Officer Kelso Wheturere MASON.
Dated 14th February, 1946—
Flying Officer James TYSON.
Dated 19th February, 1946—
Flying Officer Douglas Ian STEWART.
Dated 9th March, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Owen Ellis FOSTER.
EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I: EQUIPMENT OFFICERS
Promotions
Equipment Duties—
Flight Lieutenant Anthony D’Arcy ANDERSON to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 28th January, 1946.
Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Wesley Leonard JACOBSEN to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 26th January, 1946.
EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II: TECHNICAL OFFICERS
Appointment
Armament Duties—
NZ 2496 Charles Lester WIGGINS, on relinquishing his commission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, with seniority as from 1st January, 1943. Dated 1st January, 1945.
Relinquishments
Signals Duties—
Flight Lieutenant Victor HALL is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 10th December, 1945.
Radar Duties—
The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions:—
Dated 21st January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Frederick William CAMPBELL.
Dated 16th February, 1946—
Flying Officer Henry Ainsley BROOK.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotions
The undermentioned Flying Officers (Acting Flight Lieutenants) to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.):—
Dated 23rd January, 1946: Alexander George WILSON.
Dated 29th January, 1946: Henry Alfred McGREGOR.
Dated 18th February, 1946: Walter Frederick INGRAM.
Dated 27th February, 1946: Reginald Gustav LUND, M.B.E.
Works Section—
Squadron Leader Richard Goulden BRICKELL to be Wing Commander (temp.). Dated 21st January, 1946.
Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Charles Millward WHEELER to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 4th February, 1946.
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Relinquishments
The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions:—
Dated 19th January, 1946: Section Officer Janet Buchanan WILLIAMS.
Dated 1st February, 1946: Section Officer Dorothy Bossley REID.
RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Promotion
Flying Officer Harold James EVANS to be Acting Flight Lieutenant. Dated 1st February, 1946.
Transfers
The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I:—
Dated 15th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Gordon HENRY.
Dated 21st January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant John Murray FRASER.
Dated 26th January, 1946—
Squadron Leader Mervyn Charles Pryce JONES.
Flying Officer George Thomas WAKELIN.
Flying Officer Arthur Graham GUNN.
Dated 27th January, 1946—
Wing Commander Roy Currie BUCHANAN, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Oscar HUNTER.
Flying Officer Robert Harold LOWRY.
Dated 28th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant David Rhys MORGAN.
Flying Officer Ronald James McLEAN.
Flying Officer Ronald David BENNETT.
Dated 29th January, 1946—
Squadron Leader William Charles Kingston HENDER.
Flight Lieutenant Robert Ainslie HARPER, D.F.C.
Dated 30th January, 1946—
Squadron Leader Ian Dousland WADDY, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Harold Arthur POOLE, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Charles Alexander IRVINE.
Dated 31st January, 1946—
Squadron Leader Norman Benjamin BLAKEY, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant George Edwin ATKINSON.
Flight Lieutenant Charles William FRANCIS.
Flight Lieutenant Norman SOUTHERN.
Flying Officer Clifford Renwick PURVIS.
Dated 1st February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Bruce John OLIVER, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant William Bolton COOKSON, D.F.C.
Flying Officer John CHURCH.
Flying Officer John David REID.
Flying Officer Allen James COSTER.
Dated 2nd February, 1946—
Flying Officer Ernest Alexander PILCHER.
Flying Officer Richard James Cope FORD.
Flying Officer Russell Atkinson HUTCHINSON.
Dated 4th February, 1946—
Flying Officer William Henry SMART.
Flying Officer Walter Moreton Scott HINDMARSH.
Flying Officer Leslie Arthur ADAMS.
Dated 5th February, 1946—
Flying Officer Francis George SNEDDEN.
Dated 6th February, 1946—
Squadron Leader Donald Belton COLLIE, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Stuart Earle SINCLAIR.
Flight Lieutenant Frederick John BROOKER.
Dated 7th February, 1946—
Flying Officer Thomas Hugh Ross, D.F.C.
Dated 8th February, 1946—
Wing Commander James Richard MALING, A.F.C.
Flying Officer Lawrence Edward DOVEY, D.F.C.
Dated 9th February, 1946—
Flying Officer John Robert George ANDERSON.
Dated 10th February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Hilton James Valentine ATKINS.
Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Howes Langston SHAW.
Flying Officer Peter Frederick CALVERT.
Dated 11th February, 1946—
Flying Officer Raymond Anthony LINDSAY, B.E.M.
Dated 13th February, 1946—
Squadron Leader Wilfred Ronald GELLATLY.
Flight Lieutenant Harold Verdun OLLIVER.
Flight Lieutenant Walter James BUCHAN.
Flying Officer Vincent William BEMROSE.
Dated 14th February, 1946—
Pilot Officer Edgar Ernest William CLARK.
Dated 15th February, 1946—
Squadron Leader Sexton Ivan BAIRD.
Flying Officer David McKenzie BLACKMORE.
Dated 17th February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Grahame Barker APPLEBY.
Flight Lieutenant Robert George EVANS, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Francis Neville SELWOOD.
Dated 20th February, 1946—
Flying Officer David John Robert WILCOX.
Dated 21st February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant James Huia PLATT.
Dated 22nd February, 1946—
Flying Officer Noel Frank COSTER.
Dated 23rd February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant William McLeod Crosby IRVINE.
Dated 25th February, 1946—
Flying Officer Lewis Pat MILLER.
Dated 26th February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant David JACKSON.
Dated 8th March, 1946—
Flying Officer Alan Dorrington GIBSON, D.F.M.
Dated 13th March, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Jack McGifford CLELAND.
Dated 14th March, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Ralph Carson DUNN.
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88 names identified
- John Robert Loughnan Campbell (Flying Officer), Transferred from Reserve to Active List
- Richard Albert Flavell (Flight Lieutenant), Relinquished temporary commission
- Arthur Ralph Kitto (Flying Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
- Thomas Llywelln Powick (Flying Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
- Richard Devon Bale (Flight Lieutenant), Relinquished temporary commission
- Henri Winston Thoms (Flight Lieutenant), Relinquished temporary commission
- Kelso Wheturere Mason (Flying Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
- James Tyson (Flying Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
- Douglas Ian Stewart (Flying Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
- Owen Ellis Foster (Flight Lieutenant), Relinquished temporary commission
- Anthony D’Arcy Anderson (Flight Lieutenant), Promoted to Squadron Leader
- Wesley Leonard Jacobsen (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Charles Lester Wiggins (Flight Lieutenant), Granted temporary commission
- Victor Hall (Flight Lieutenant), Relinquished temporary commission
- Frederick William Campbell (Flight Lieutenant), Relinquished temporary commission
- Henry Ainsley Brook (Flying Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
- Alexander George Wilson (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Henry Alfred McGregor (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Walter Frederick Ingram (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Reginald Gustav Lund (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Richard Goulden Brickell (Squadron Leader), Promoted to Wing Commander
- Charles Millward Wheeler (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant
- Janet Buchanan Williams (Section Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
- Dorothy Bossley Reid (Section Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
- Harold James Evans (Flying Officer), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant
- Ronald Gordon Henry (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- John Murray Fraser (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Mervyn Charles Pryce Jones (Squadron Leader), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- George Thomas Wakelin (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Arthur Graham Gunn (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Roy Currie Buchanan (Wing Commander), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Leslie Oscar Hunter (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Robert Harold Lowry (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- David Rhys Morgan (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Ronald James McLean (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Ronald David Bennett (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- William Charles Kingston Hender (Squadron Leader), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Robert Ainslie Harper (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Ian Dousland Waddy (Squadron Leader), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Harold Arthur Poole (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Charles Alexander Irvine (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Norman Benjamin Blakey (Squadron Leader), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- George Edwin Atkinson (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Charles William Francis (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Norman Southern (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Clifford Renwick Purvis (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Bruce John Oliver (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- William Bolton Cookson (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- John Church (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- John David Reid (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Allen James Coster (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Ernest Alexander Pilcher (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Richard James Cope Ford (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Russell Atkinson Hutchinson (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- William Henry Smart (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Walter Moreton Scott Hindmarsh (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Leslie Arthur Adams (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Francis George Snedden (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Donald Belton Collie (Squadron Leader), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Stuart Earle Sinclair (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Frederick John Brooker (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Thomas Hugh Ross (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- James Richard Maling (Wing Commander), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Lawrence Edward Dovey (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- John Robert George Anderson (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Hilton James Valentine Atkins (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Geoffrey Howes Langston Shaw (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Peter Frederick Calvert (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Raymond Anthony Lindsay (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Wilfred Ronald Gellatly (Squadron Leader), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Harold Verdun Olliver (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Walter James Buchan (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Vincent William Bemrose (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Edgar Ernest William Clark (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Sexton Ivan Baird (Squadron Leader), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- David McKenzie Blackmore (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Grahame Barker Appleby (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Robert George Evans (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Francis Neville Selwood (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- David John Robert Wilcox (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- James Huia Platt (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Noel Frank Coster (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- William McLeod Crosby Irvine (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Lewis Pat Miller (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- David Jackson (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Alan Dorrington Gibson (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Jack McGifford Cleland (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers
- Ralph Carson Dunn (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers