Mar. 14] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 333

Relinquishments

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

Dated 1st February, 1946: Flying Officer William Noel Stanley BROOKMAN.

Dated 5th March, 1946: Flight Lieutenant John Maxwell WARNOCK.

Dated 14th March, 1946: Flying Officer Archibald Scott Ritchie MACALISTER.

Dated 16th March, 1946: Flying Officer Kenneth Cecil JAMES.

Works Section—

Dated 20th March, 1946: Flight Lieutenant (Acting Squadron Leader) Albert John COLEBOURNE.

Meteorological Section—

Dated 23rd February, 1946: Squadron Leader Clarence Edgar PALMER.

Educational Section—

Dated 30th January, 1946: Flying Officer Archibald Douglas WALLACE.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Appointment

Dental Duties—

NZ 2504 Charles Derrick LIGGINS, B.D.S., is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer, with seniority as from 3rd January, 1945. Dated 13th February, 1946.

Relinquishment

Flight Lieutenant (Acting Squadron Leader) David Lloyd RICHWHITE, M.B., Ch.B., is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 11th March, 1946.

CHAPLAINS BRANCH

Relinquishment

Squadron Leader the Reverend Melville Edward HOLMES is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 26th March, 1946.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Relinquishment

Section Officer Dorothy GRYLLS is permitted to relinquish her temporary commission. Dated 10th September, 1945.

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 18th January, 1946—
Squadron Leader Douglas Walter COCKS, D.F.C.

Dated 26th January, 1946—
Wing Commander Derek Harold HAMMOND, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Flying Officer Jack Ernest PATTERSON.
Flying Officer Alfred Hugh WOOLCOCK.
Flying Officer Henry David YEOMAN.

Dated 1st February, 1946—
Wing Commander Stuart Lindsay GILKISON.
Squadron Leader Jeffery George WEST, D.F.M.
Flight Lieutenant Francis Hamilton TIPPING.
Flying Officer Erin Jasper WALKER, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Douglas Arthur BROWNIE.
Flying Officer John Milne THOMPSON.
Flying Officer John Frazer ROBERTSON.

Dated 12th February, 1946—
Squadron Leader Allen Edward BROWNE, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant William Leslie HARDIE.
Flight Lieutenant Richard William Hamilton CROUCH.
Flight Lieutenant Alex Logan MACE.
Flying Officer Henry Haakon HANSEN.
Flying Officer Edwin Jefferson SPARROW.
Flying Officer Athol Nelson CHING.
Flying Officer John Anthony BETTS.

Dated 15th February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant John Benjamin BRAZIER.
Flight Lieutenant Raymond Dudley STEEL.
Flight Lieutenant John Barry BLOODWORTH.
Flight Lieutenant John David Monroe HERRON, D.F.M.
Flying Officer Thomas George SAMSON.
Flying Officer Basil Franklyn BOLT.
Flying Officer Leslie Raymond MURRAY.
Flying Officer Cyril William SHARP.
Flying Officer William Douglas SULLIVAN.
Flying Officer Albert George BONE.
Flying Officer Bernard Roy CAIE.
Flying Officer Leslie George HALLAM.
Flying Officer Roy George Tawa ILES.

Dated 17th February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Wi RANGIUAIA.
Flight Lieutenant Maurice James ADAMSON.
Flying Officer Mervyn George McLISKY.
Flying Officer Raymond Burton PINEL.

Flying Officer Mervyn Robert BISHOP.
Flying Officer Raymond Michael LYONS.
Flying Officer Albert Frederick SWAN.
Flying Officer Bernard Rostron NICHOLSON.
Flying Officer Desmond John COLEMAN.
Flying Officer Harold Spencer DAY.
Flying Officer Kenneth Wyllie CLARK.
Pilot Officer Alwyn George Marshall ROBINSON.
Pilot Officer John Hurst ALEXANDER.
Pilot Officer Keith Victor DRUMMOND.

Dated 21st February, 1946—
Squadron Leader Wallace Morton SAMSON.
Flying Officer Douglas Gerald PARSONS.
Pilot Officer George Maitland Doig FINDLAY.

Dated 11th March, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Matthew Arthur RAMSDEN.
Flight Lieutenant Frank Horace JOHNSON.
Flying Officer Douglas Gilbert SIMES.

Dated 15th March, 1946—
Squadron Leader Alexander Daniel GREER.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I:—

Dated 6th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Brian Desmond Joseph WELCH.

Dated 19th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Edward James PALMER.
Flying Officer Arthur Geoffrey FLOWER.

Dated 20th January, 1946—
Flying Officer Basil John Francis BRETHERTON, D.F.C.

Dated 23rd January, 1946—
Pilot Officer Basil WHITEHOUSE.

Dated 24th January, 1946—
Flying Officer Maurice James O’CONNOR.

Dated 25th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant the Reverend Wilfrid William AINSWORTH.
Flying Officer Douglas Haswell VAHRY.

Dated 30th January, 1946—
Squadron Leader Alan Antill GAWITH, D.F.C.

Dated 31st January, 1946—
Flying Officer Walter Cecil HENDERSON.

Dated 1st February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Frank Orsborn SPACKMAN.
Flying Officer Douglas George LAWSON.
Flying Officer John Haslett HANNAN.

Dated 2nd February, 1946—
Squadron Leader Lionel Esmond COOKE.

Dated 4th February, 1946—
Wing Commander Percy Lyndon LAING.
Flying Officer Roy George PARSONS.
Flying Officer Ian Elliot McCHESNEY.

Dated 5th February, 1946—
Flying Officer Richard Shaw TILSON.
Flying Officer Edward Athol KNOWLES.
Flying Officer John Leonard CLEGG.

Dated 6th February, 1946—
Group Captain John Joseph BUSCH, O.B.E.
Flight Lieutenant John Cowley HAZLEDINE, M.B., Ch.B.
Flight Lieutenant Vernon Hector Waggstaff GROVES.

Dated 7th February, 1946—
Flying Officer Frederick Lewis GRAY.

Dated 9th February, 1946—
Flying Officer Eric LAWRENCE.
Flying Officer John Felix de LISLE.
Flying Officer Hugh Robert WALLACE.
Flying Officer Eric WHITELEY.
Flying Officer Henry Francis CLARIDGE.

Dated 10th February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Donald Malcolm MacKENZIE, A.F.C.

Dated 11th February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Charles Oldfield BARNETT.

Dated 12th February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant the Reverend Vincent Charles VENIMORE.
Flying Officer Maxwell Arthur GREENSLADE.
Flying Officer George Victor KELSALL.

Dated 14th February, 1946—
Squadron Leader Joseph Langmuir HUNTER.
Squadron Leader Eric William PEARCE.
Flying Officer Thomas Edward ROFF.

Dated 15th February, 1946—
Squadron Leader Harold Arthur Charles DAVY.
Flight Lieutenant James Barrie COLLIER.
Flying Officer Norman Royle SHORTER.
Flying Officer Edward Frank DODSON.
Flying Officer Bernard William HARE.

Dated 18th February, 1946—
Flying Officer Harold Gordon HUNT.
Flying Officer John Beresford OWEN.

Dated 19th February, 1946—
Flying Officer Morton Dearsly FOUNTAIN.
Flying Officer Adam STEIN.