MAY 16] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 681

N.Z. Infantry
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—
P. H. Bell. A. Preece. M. R. Kennedy.
Dated 21st February, 1946.

APPOINTMENT TO COMMISSION
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenant:—
257481 William Wilfred Nockels, N.Z.M.C. (Q.M.). Dated
19th February, 1946.

LIST No. 3
PROMOTIONS
N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
2nd Lieutenant J. G. Whiteman to be Lieutenant. Dated 5th
March, 1946.

N.Z. Postal Corps
2nd Lieutenant A. R. Barker to be Lieutenant. Dated 25th
March, 1946.

N.Z. Medical Corps
Lieutenant G. P. Hallwright to be Captain. Dated 7th March,
1946.
2nd Lieutenant W. Dunn to be Lieutenant. Dated 15th
February, 1946.

N.Z. Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (Medical Division)
2nd Subaltern (Miss) J. M. Chandler to be Subaltern. Dated
3rd February, 1946.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK
N.Z. Artillery
Lieutenant H. P. Whitlock to be temp. Captain. Dated 23rd
March, 1946.

N.Z. Engineers
Lieutenant-Colonel G. P. Sanders, D.S.O., to be temp. Colonel.
Dated 19th February, 1946.

N.Z. Postal Corps
Lieutenant A. R. Barker to be temp. Captain. Dated 23rd
March, 1946.

N.Z. Medical Corps
Major W. E. Henley, M.B.E., to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel.
Dated 19th February, 1946.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED
N.Z. Engineers
Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) G. P. Sanders, D.S.O.,
relinquishes the temporary rank of Colonel. Dated 23rd March,
1946.

N.Z. Medical Corps
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) W. E. Henley, M.B.E.,
relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated
23rd March, 1946.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Transfers of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 9th May, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government 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 8th March, 1946—
Flying Officer Maurice JOHNSTON, D.F.C.
Dated 27th March, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Basil William PERYMAN.
Dated 1st April, 1946—
Flying Officer George Edward MILLER.
Dated 3rd April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Frank Warrington John OAKDEN.
Dated 4th April, 1946—
Flying Officer Colin Roger BELL.
Dated 6th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Ivor Simpson SMITH.
Flying Officer Ernest John Hatton FOLLEY.
B

Dated 7th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Charles Grey BEALE.
Flying Officer Leicester Wilson STANILAND.
Flying Officer Geoffrey Ernest Hamon LEWIS.
Dated 8th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Jack Raymond KEARSE.
Flying Officer Richard Lyall SMITH.
Dated 10th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Robert Inglis LAING, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Arthur Henry George MULLIGAN.
Dated 11th April, 1946—
Flying Officer Ernest Lindsay JONES.
Dated 12th April, 1946—
Flying Officer Douglas Lloyd WILSON.
Dated 13th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Linsey NEES.
Dated 14th April, 1946—
Flying Officer William Francis Reece JACKSON.
Flying Officer Douglas Weston PURDIE.
Dated 15th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Donald Louis CLOW, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Gerrit Keeley van ASCH.
Flying Officer Thomas Francis Clive GEARY.
Dated 16th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Allan Atholstan GERRIE.
Flight Lieutenant Alfred Victor LANGFORD.
Flying Officer Hugh Osborne Hutton FINDLAY.
Flying Officer Robert James Heseltine MCILRAITH.
Flying Officer John Harry STAFFORD, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Colby Graham FROST.
Flying Officer James Adam RAMSAY.
Dated 17th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Edward Leonard HAYDON.
Flight Lieutenant Colin Garvin BROWN.
Dated 18th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Malcolm George ELLIS.
Flying Officer Robert Willmot MARKS.
Dated 19th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Leo George TROTT, D.F.C.
Dated 20th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Brenton Murray SHEPPARD.
Flight Lieutenant James COLQUHOUN.
Flying Officer Charles Leonard PARKER.
Dated 21st April, 1946—
Flying Officer Ian James BOTTING.
Dated 22nd April, 1946—
Flying Officer Ralph Arnold BRAY.
Flying Officer Ronald Keith DAVISON.
Flying Officer Harry CROSBY.
Dated 23rd April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Charles Henry BAKER.
Flight Lieutenant Charles Hugh Basil GOULTER.
Flight Lieutenant James Himiona WETERE, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Maurice Joseph O’SULLIVAN.
Dated 24th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant John Edward Norman MASON.
Flight Lieutenant Terence Stephen Franklin KEARNS.
Flight Lieutenant Terence Jeffares MCCASHIN.
Flight Lieutenant Henry Keith PATIENCE, A.F.C.
Flying Officer Colin Charles BELCHER.
Flying Officer Robert George Manson CURRIE.
Flying Officer Murray SMITH.
Dated 26th April, 1946—
Flying Officer Charles Brian McCOWAN.
Dated 27th April, 1946—
Flying Officer Robert Edward George THOMSON.
Dated 28th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant George Keith PATERSON.
Dated 29th April, 1946—
Flying Officer Clifford Montague ENTING.
Flying Officer Kenneth Douglas LAURENSON.
Dated 30th April, 1946—
Flying Officer Rollin Hamilton BATES.
Flying Officer George Henry Barrington CHILDS.
Dated 2nd May, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Brian Guinness GLOVER, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Colin Herbert McISAAC.
Flying Officer Allan Francis THOMPSON.
Dated 3rd May, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Lewis James DAY.
Flying Officer Walter Graham HUGHES.
Dated 6th May, 1946—
Flying Officer John Burgess HERBERT.
Flying Officer Donald Wedgwood BOON.
Dated 10th May, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Allan Graham MOFFITT.
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Howe WARREN.
Dated 12th May, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Lyndon Poynton GRIFFITH, D.F.C.
Flying Officer James Alwyn WHITE.
Dated 13th May, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Norton Stockley ATKINSON.