APRIL 11] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 467

Dated 15th April, 1946—
Flying Officer Joseph Ronald VERITY.
Dated 16th April, 1946—
Squadron Leader Ormand William WOOD, D.F.C.
Dated 17th April, 1946—
Squadron Leader Hugh Johnstone McClymont.
Squadron Leader Trevor Nelmes SILK.
Flight Lieutenant John Stephen MURRAY.
Flight Lieutenant Gerald William Wallis SMITH.
Dated 18th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Maurice Frederick FIFIELD.
Dated 19th April, 1946—
Squadron Leader Norman Dudley GREENAWAY, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Francis Linford GRETTON.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I :—
Dated 25th September, 1945—
Flying Officer John Charles MACKERSEY.
Dated 29th December, 1945—
Flying Officer William Ross LAUDER.
Dated 2nd January, 1946—
Flying Officer Colin William TAYLOR.
Dated 14th February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Trevelyan William TREMAYNE.
Dated 11th March, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Noel James BROWN.
Dated 19th March, 1946—
Wing Commander Frederick Charles PLATTS, M.B., Ch.B.
Dated 24th March, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Howard Cottle MULLENGER.
Dated 20th April, 1946—
Squadron Leader Alfred Douglas MCCLELLAND.
Dated 18th May, 1946—
Wing Commander Ronald Williams BAIRD, O.B.E.

Amendments

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 5, dated 31st January, 1946, page 79, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” is amended, so far as it relates to “Flying Officer Harold Muir PARLANE,” to read “Dated 26th December 1945.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 5, dated 31st January, 1946, page 79, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” is amended, so far as it relates to “Flying Officer Richmond DOBBIE,” to read “Dated 22nd December, 1945.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 5, dated 31st January, 1946, page 79, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Flying Officer John Alexander THORBURN,” is amended to read “Dated 22nd January, 1946.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 7, dated 7th February, 1946, page 126, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” is amended, so far as it relates to “Pilot Officer John Scott DENNISON,” to read “Dated 9th February, 1946.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 7, dated 7th February, 1946, page 126, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” is amended, so far as it relates to “Flying Officer Donald Wilfred GOBLE,” to read “Dated 9th February, 1946.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 7, dated 7th February, 1946, page 129, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” is amended, so far as it relates to “Flying Officer Evan Wilfrid WRIGHT,” to read “Dated 2nd February, 1946.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 7, dated 7th February, 1946, page 126, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” is amended, so far as it relates to “Flying Officer Rodney James SMITH,” to read “Dated 29th January, 1946.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 9, dated 14th February, 1946, page 217, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Flying Officer Mitford William Charles RIDDLE,” is amended to read “Dated 6th February, 1946.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 9, dated 14th February, 1946, page 217, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” is amended, so far as it relates to “Flying Officer Robert Edward CAMPION,” to read “Dated 26th January, 1946.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 13, dated 7th March, 1946, page 301, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Flying Officer John Lloyd RICHARDS,” is amended to read “Dated 2nd March, 1946.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 74, dated 29th November, 1945, page 1488, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” is amended, so far as it relates to “Flying Officer Edward Victor MALCOLM,” to read “Dated 20th December, 1945.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 80, dated 19th December, 1945, page 1574, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” is amended, so far as it relates to “Flight Lieutenant Mervyn Ryburn BREED, D.F.C.,” to read “Dated 27th February, 1946.”

Cancellations

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 69, dated 1st November, 1945, page 1371, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” so far as it relates to “Flying Officer John Charles MACKERSEY,” is cancelled.

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 5, dated 31st January, 1946, page 79, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” so far as it relates to “Flying Officer William Ross LAUDER,” is cancelled.

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 7, dated 7th February, 1946, page 129, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” so far as it relates to “Flight Lieutenant John Robert MCCORKINDALE,” is cancelled.

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 10, dated 21st February, 1946, page 242, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “Flight Lieutenant Sydney George McDOUGALL,” is cancelled.

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 11, dated 28th February, 1946, page 273, under the heading “Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” so far as it relates to “Flight Lieutenant James Gordon BELL,” is cancelled.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Transfers of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 5th April, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following transfers of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

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 24th October, 1945—
Pilot Officer Harold Gordon William WHALE.
Dated 24th December, 1945—
Squadron Leader Maurice Richard CLARKE.
Dated 3rd January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Alfred David LONG.
Dated 4th February, 1946—
Flying Officer Raymond Cargill ANDERSON.
Dated 8th February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Rex William ORR.
Dated 13th February, 1946—
Flying Officer David Robert RITCHIE.
Dated 14th February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant James Dennis AITKEN.
Flying Officer Victor Arnold ADOLPH.
Dated 15th February, 1946—
Flying Officer John OSBORNE.
Flying Officer William Alan FROST.
Flying Officer Bernard Peter AVERY.
Flying Officer Ian Kirk ADAMS.
Dated 18th February, 1946—
Flying Officer Paul Saxon Alexander FOSTER.
Dated 19th February, 1946—
Flying Officer Edwin Brian MEACHEN.
Flying Officer Philip Samuel WESTON.
Flying Officer Kendrick Gilbert SMITH.
Dated 23rd February, 1946—
Flying Officer John Strathearn LAWREY.
Dated 26th February, 1946—
Flying Officer Edward Mason LUKEY, D.F.C.
Dated 27th February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Frederick Harry DENTON, D.F.C.
Dated 1st March, 1946—
Flying Officer Fraser Chapman LITTLEJOHN.
Pilot Officer Hilton Digby Ronald RAYMENT.
Dated 2nd March, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Brian CHITTY.
Flying Officer William Walter WILLIAMS.
Dated 4th March, 1946—
Flying Officer Alexander YOUNG.
Dated 6th March, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Anthony Clement KRAUSE.
Flying Officer Harry Harvey TOY.
Dated 7th March, 1946—
Flying Officer Clifford KERSHAW.
Pilot Officer Peter MEHRTENS.
Dated 8th March, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Donald Garth Allan PRICE.
Flying Officer Dudley BADHAM.
Flying Officer Joseph Dixon BUDDLE.
Dated 9th March, 1946—
Flying Officer Raymond Augustus COPLAND.
Dated 10th March, 1946—
Flying Officer Leonard Ayers RULE.
Flying Officer James Robinson BROWN.
Pilot Officer Warren John King HART.