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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 32

Dated 14th May, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Allan ROBERTS.
Flying Officer John Gerald BIRCH.

Dated 18th May, 1946—
Flying Officer Thomas Patrick MONAGHAN.

Dated 19th May, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Eric James OSBORNE.
Flight Lieutenant Eric David VALLANCE.

Dated 20th May, 1946—
Flying Officer Noel Alfred Florance ATKINS, D.F.C.

Dated 21st May, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant John Thomas Leonard BARNETT.
Flying Officer Fairfax MORESBY.

Dated 22nd May, 1946—
Flying Officer William John HUNTER.

Dated 27th May, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Albert George CHATFIELD, D.F.C.

Dated 28th May, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant William Francis GARLICK.

Dated 29th May, 1946—
Flying Officer Joseph William COLLINS.

Dated 31st May, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Edward William Francis CLARKE.
Flying Officer Ronald Stanley BRYSON.

Dated 2nd June, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant James Frederick TAYLOR, A.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Victor Gordon ROBERTS.

Dated 3rd June, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Colin Hayes HENRY, D.F.C.

Dated 12th June, 1946—
Flying Officer Norman William FLAVELL.

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

Dated 28th March, 1946—
Flying Officer Ivo Clements TISCH.

Dated 30th March, 1946—
Squadron Leader Gilbert Alexander HUTCHINSON.
Flying Officer John Beresford OWEN.

Dated 5th April, 1946—
Squadron Leader Eric William Jim MILLTON.
Flying Officer Raymond Edward Charles HOGG, D.F.C.

Dated 8th April, 1946—
Flying Officer James McArthur Anzac GRANT, B.E.M.

Dated 10th April, 1946—
Pilot Officer George Farquhar RIDLEY.

Dated 11th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Ronald CAMM.

Dated 15th April, 1946—
Flying Officer Wilfrid Louis OSBORN.

Dated 17th April, 1946—
Squadron Leader Bruce Robert RAE, M.B.E.

Dated 20th April, 1946—
Flying Officer Patrick Francis NOBLE.

Dated 23rd April, 1946—
Flying Officer Geoffrey Neville DYER.
Flying Officer Eldrid Duke O’CALLAGHAN, D.F.M.
Pilot Officer Raymond Henning WALKER.

Dated 24th April, 1946—
Squadron Leader Owen EVANS.
Flying Officer Gerald Hood CLAY.
Flying Officer Dudley Alfred SANDERS.

Dated 27th April, 1946—
Flying Officer Kenneth BOLTON.
Flying Officer Bruce Charles JAMES.

Dated 29th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Alexander John MCDONALD.

Dated 30th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant John Joseph PALMER.
Flying Officer John William FOY.
Flying Officer Richard Edward TALBOT.

Dated 1st May, 1946—
Squadron Leader Donald George SINCLAIR.

Dated 2nd May, 1946—
Flying Officer Charles Napier RICHARDS.

Dated 3rd May, 1946—
Flying Officer Robert George PAYNE.

Dated 7th May, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant William Douglas FOSTER.

Dated 12th May, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Henry MEAGHER.

Dated 18th May, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Selwyn Guy COOPER.

Dated 19th May, 1946—
Flying Officer Ian Keir MARTIN.

Dated 26th May, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant George Henry MYERS.

Dated 6th June, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Robert Garth STARK, M.B.E.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 10th May, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve the following promotions, relinquishments, and transfers of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Promotions

Group Captain (Acting Air Commodore) Keith Logan CALDWELL, C.B.E., M.C., D.F.C., to be Air Commodore (temp.). Dated 18th March, 1946.

Flight Lieutenant Harold Stewart LUSK to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 10th January, 1946.

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

Dated 25th February, 1946: Percival McDowell JOHNSTON.

Dated 24th March, 1946—
Raymond Mansell DAVIES.
Joseph KETKO.
Bruce Gordon MILLAR.
Knud Leslie PEDERSEN.

Pilot Officer Laurence Martin WILSON to be Flying Officer (temp.). Dated 13th December, 1945.

Relinquishments

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

Dated 19th February, 1946: Pilot Officer John Windsor GREEN.
Dated 13th January, 1946: Flight Lieutenant Harvey Colin O’LOUGHLIN.
Dated 27th January, 1946: Flight Lieutenant Hugh William THOMSON.

Transfer

Flight Lieutenant Harold Stewart LUSK is transferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers to the Active List in his present rank and seniority. Dated 29th November, 1945.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II: TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Promotion

Radar Duties—

Flying Officer John Edward Stephen FITZGERALD to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 6th June, 1946.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Relinquishments

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

Dated 6th July, 1945: Flying Officer Eric Hoeta OLIVER.
Dated 25th October, 1945: Flight Lieutenant William Robert CATON.

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

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their Air Training Corps commissions:—

Dated 1st March, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Sloan TROUP.
Flight Lieutenant George Eric Maxwell KEYS.
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Walter STEWART.
Flying Officer Havelock Russell FOUNTAIN.
Flying Officer John Oxley KIDSON.
Flying Officer Alan Clifford PERRY.
Flying Officer Charles Henry TAYLOR.
Flying Officer John Lambert KERR.
Flying Officer Carleton Hunter PERKINS.
Flying Officer Harry Robson LAKE.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Promotion

Section Officer (Acting Flight Officer) Winifred Prebble SMITH to be Acting Squadron Officer (paid). Dated 15th March, 1946.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Hector Heathcote MCKAY is permitted to relinquish his commission. Dated 3rd March, 1946.

Transfers

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

Dated 10th January, 1946—
Squadron Leader Harold Stewart LUSK.

Dated 19th February, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Sydney Ernest SCALES.

Dated 10th March, 1946—
Flying Officer William LOCKYER.

Dated 7th April, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Ian Laurence JOINER.