Jan. 31] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 81

Dated 21st December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Robert Paterson REID.
Flight Lieutenant Donald Henry PRICE.
Flight Lieutenant Grahame Harvey TURNER, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Douglas James MORELAND.
Flying Officer Ian Desmond GRANT.
Flying Officer Eric Alfred WHITWORTH.
Flying Officer Walter Douglas WILLIAMSON.
Flying Officer Raymond Francis BROWN.
Flying Officer John Desmond NASH.
Flying Officer Mervyn Leslie Thomas HARPER, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Brian Sarsfield KILPATRICK.

Dated 22nd December, 1945—
Squadron Leader Francis William DAVISON.
Flight Lieutenant Harold Bert HAYWARD.
Flying Officer Magnus Whitefield Wilson JOHNSON.
Flying Officer Louis Cudworth SINCLAIR.
Flying Officer Russell James Kerr HUME.
Flying Officer Donald GORDON.
Flying Officer Alfred LONGSTAFF.
Flying Officer Allenby HARRISON.
Flying Officer Robin Douglas MATTHEWS.
Pilot Officer Graeme Gould BARNETT.

Dated 23rd December, 1945—
Flying Officer Theo Kilpon ORR.
Flying Officer Alan George DALE.
Flying Officer Aeneas Hendry MCLEOD.
Flying Officer Douglas Earl REID.
Flying Officer William Andrew CARSON.
Flying Officer Allan Stockdale GRAYSON.

Dated 24th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Maurice Raymond ANDREWS.
Flying Officer Alan Garratt BROWN.
Flying Officer William Gordon DUNCAN.
Flying Officer Evan William DUTHIE.
Flying Officer Roy Lewis Stewart HATHAWAY.
Flying Officer Arthur Desmond CARTER.
Flying Officer Jack Cresswell RICHARDSON.
Flying Officer William Patrick BURKE.
Flying Officer Leslie William UDEN.
Flying Officer Macnab BETTJEMAN.
Flying Officer Brian Morton WILSON.
Flying Officer William Kemp PATERSON, D.F.C.
Flying Officer William Caverhill TURNBULL.
Flying Officer Meihana Mason MCDONALD.

Dated 25th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Tom DUNN.
Flight Lieutenant Hugh Colin KIMPTON.
Flying Officer Hotorua Arnel Dean MEYER, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Alfred Owen WELLS.
Flying Officer Laurence Richard MACDONALD.
Flying Officer Trevor O’BRIEN.
Flying Officer Godfrey William DEERY.
Flying Officer John Hawkins CREEVEY.
Flying Officer Irvine Gordon MARTIN.
Flying Officer Peter GRANT.
Flying Officer William George WINCHESTER, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Joseph Henry JOHNSON.
Flying Officer Hector John BROCK.
Pilot Officer Arnold Frank BIRD.
Pilot Officer Maurice Patrick POWER.

Dated 26th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Anthony George PIERARD.
Flight Lieutenant Harry Elgin DOBSON.
Flying Officer Robert Ernest KENNEDY, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Leonard William COTTERILL.
Flying Officer Ivor Geoffrey RICHARDS, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Keith George SAUNDERS.
Flying Officer John Langlois WELLINGTON.
Flying Officer Walter Raymond Riggall NEAVE.
Flying Officer Trevor Raymond TEAGUE.
Flying Officer John Allan THATCHER.
Flying Officer John White CREAMER, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Leslie George SCOTT.
Flying Officer Ross PALMER.
Pilot Officer Eric Dudley EDWARDS.
Pilot Officer Laurence MOIR.

Dated 27th December, 1945—
Flying Officer Maurice Spire POWELL.
Flying Officer Hugh St. Clair FAUCHELLE.
Flying Officer John Alan TAYLOR.
Flying Officer John Alister SANDERSON.
Flying Officer John Edward GREER.
Flying Officer Alan Mervyn TREVARTHEN.
Flying Officer Robert PETRIE.
Flying Officer Arthur Norman ADLAM.
Flying Officer William Tinnes ANDERSON.
Flying Officer Thomas HINDLEY.

Dated 28th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Douglas Royd BRITTON, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Peter Eden HENRY.
Flying Officer Arthur Wellesley WESLEY.
Flying Officer Albert Joseph JEEVES, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Philip James FAULKNER.
Flying Officer Peter Lloyd TREVARTHEN.
Flying Officer Richard Leonard PARSLOW.
Flying Officer Joseph GOLDBLATT.
Flying Officer Aage Colridge JENSEN, D.F.C.
Pilot Officer Douglas James CRUICKSHANK.

Dated 29th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Elphinstone BELL.
Flight Lieutenant Robert George CUMING.
Flight Lieutenant Joseph Alexander BRYERS.
Flying Officer Lionel Munroe EMANUEL.
Flying Officer William Warwick BOUSKILL.
Flying Officer Francis William BLYTH.
Flying Officer Ernest George ROGERS.
Flying Officer William Ross LAUDER.
Pilot Officer Leonard Arthur HILL.

Dated 30th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Maurice Colgan MAYSTON.
Flight Lieutenant John Talbot CHAPMAN.
Flight Lieutenant Percival Leonard DAUBNEY.
Flying Officer Alfred Edgar NICKLIN, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Owen Bagshaw PROBERT.
Flying Officer James Wilfred MUIR.
Flying Officer Ivan George Walter ROWLANDS.

Dated 31st December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Rowland James HENSON.
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Huia SELBY.
Flying Officer Frederick Robert WORKER.
Flying Officer Albert William Maxwell GODFREY.
Flying Officer Gordon Morris COLDICOTT.
Flying Officer Basil Tyrel DODDS.
Pilot Officer Kenneth Stuart MCNEIL.

Dated 1st January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Martin Adam KILPATRICK, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Donald George GIBSON.
Flying Officer William Herringshaw EDGAR.
Flying Officer Douglas Ellwood HAWKER, D.F.C.

Dated 2nd January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Selwyn James GRAY.
Flying Officer John Philip TARBÜCK.

Dated 5th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Robin Keith HARRIS.
Flying Officer Reginald John THURSTON.
Flying Officer Vincent Lucien BROCHERIE.

Dated 12th January, 1946 : Squadron Leader James Kerrow PORTEOUS, D.F.C.

Dated 13th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant William Allison KELLY.
Flying Officer Bernard CHAFFE.

Dated 14th January, 1946 : Squadron Leader Keith James MACDONALD, D.F.C.

Dated 16th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Patrick Charles Kenneth MORRISON.
Flying Officer James DYSON.

Dated 17th January, 1946 : Flying Officer Allan James RENSHAW.

Dated 18th January, 1946 : Flight Lieutenant Arthur Brian CHITTY.

Dated 22nd January, 1946 : Flight Lieutenant John Raymond JONES.

Dated 28th January, 1946—
Squadron Leader Victor Bosanquet Strachan VERITY, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Alan Edward Woodford DAY.

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

Dated 22nd November, 1945 : Flying Officer Geoffrey Ian Franklyn TRELEAVEN.

Dated 30th November, 1945 : Flying Officer Harold William JOHNSON.

Dated 1st December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Jack Lister BRATHWAITE, M.C.
Flying Officer Francis Henry HOY.
Pilot Officer Lester John CASTLE.

Dated 3rd December, 1945 : Flying Officer Ralph Howard EXTON.

Dated 5th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant George Edmund GUTHRIE.
Flight Lieutenant Robert Thomson SUTHERLAND, M.B., Ch.B.
Flight Lieutenant Thomas Ritchie ANDERSON, M.B., Ch.B.

Dated 6th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant David Upham STEVEN, M.B., Ch.B.
Flying Officer Bryan Burnard BOLAND.
Flying Officer Archibald Keith JAMIESON.
Flying Officer Herbert Elmer Lorraine PICKERING.
Flying Officer John Henry TIZARD.
Pilot Officer Raymond Thomas MCMILLAN.

Dated 7th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Lindsay Alfred Stendahl THOMAS.
Flight Lieutenant Joseph Walter Pountney WATTS.
Flight Lieutenant Dean Frederick Sherrar BULLEN.
Flying Officer Eric Francis TOWNSEND.
Flying Officer Lawrence McINTYRE.
Flying Officer Bruce Meredith DEIGHTON.

Dated 8th December, 1945—
Flying Officer Douglas Gray THOMPSON.
Pilot Officer Alan James FLANAGAN.

Dated 9th December, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Garth Edward BUTTON.

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