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Promotions

The undermentioned Squadron Leaders (Acting Wing Commanders) to be Wing Commanders (temp.) :— Dated 7th December, 1945 : William Robert KofOED, D.S.O., D.F.C. Dated 26th December, 1945 : Kenneth Godfrey King, A.F.C.

The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (Acting Squadron Leaders) to be Squadron Leaders (temp.) :— Dated 19th December, 1945 : Denis Edward Hogan, D.F.C. Dated 7th January, 1946 : Denys Staples Hamilton, D.F.C.

The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders (temp.) :— Dated 29th December, 1945 : Reginald Jack Hyde, A.F.C. Dated 18th January, 1946 : Athol Larry McGrath, D.F.C.

Flying Officer Desmond George Geddes Horgan to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 16th January, 1946.

Flying Officer (temp.) Geoffrey Ernest Hamon Lewis to be Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid). Dated 16th November, 1945.

Reduction in Seniority

Flight Lieutenant Robert Surtees Bruce was dealt with summarily under section 47 of the Air Force Act and was sentenced to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flight Lieutenant bore date the 1st August, 1944.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their temporary commissions :— Dated 14th June, 1945 : Flying Officer Thomas James LADD. Dated 1st January, 1946 : Flying Officer Maurice Newton WALKER.

Cancellation

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 66, dated 25th October, 1945, page 1317, under the heading “General Duties Branch—Relinquishments,” relating to “Flight Lieutenant Bryce Drummond Jones, D.F.C.,” is cancelled.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointments

The undermentioned officers, on relinquishing their commissions in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, are granted temporary commissions in the ranks shown :—

In the rank of Flight Lieutenant— With seniority as from 1st March, 1942— NZ 2490 Maurice Fredric Lamb. Dated 1st June, 1944. With seniority as from 1st September, 1942— NZ 2499 Thomas Ness. Dated 14th November, 1945.

In the rank of Flying Officer— With seniority as from 2nd July, 1942— NZ 2493 George Melville Louisson. Dated 1st June, 1944.

Promotions

Squadron Leader (Acting Wing Commander) Arnold Ewart William McDonald to be Wing Commander (temp.). Dated 10th January, 1946. Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Edward James Maiden to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 15th January, 1946.

Works Section—

Promotion

Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Arthur Hamilton Fisk to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 28th December, 1945.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Arthur Norris McCall is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 11th January, 1946.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE

Relinquishment

Section Officer Patricia Daniell McVeagh is permitted to relinquish her temporary commission. Dated 5th December, 1945.

Amendment

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 79, dated 13th December, 1945, page 1547, under the heading “New Zealand Women’s Auxiliary Air Force—Relinquishments,” relating to “Section Officer Kathleen Mary Cook,” is amended to read “Dated 24th November, 1945.”

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

Appointment

James Ernest Henderson is granted an Air Training Corps commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st December, 1946.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their Air Training Corps commissions :— Dated 18th December, 1945— Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Noel Townshend Greenbank. Flying Officer Joseph Stanley Smith, M.M., M.S.M.

Dated 19th December, 1945 : Flying Officer Herbert John Clement Burd.

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 October, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Bryce Drummond Jones, D.F.C. Dated 28th November, 1945 : Pilot Officer Donovan Russell Hindson. Dated 5th December, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Robert John Smith. Dated 6th December, 1945 : Flying Officer Stewart Donald Francis Erikson. Dated 7th December, 1945— Wing Commander William Robert Kofoed, D.S.O., D.F.C. Flying Officer Reay Mills Mackay. Dated 10th December, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Stephenson. Dated 12th December, 1945— Flight Lieutenant George Duncan Askew. Flight Lieutenant Douglas Watson Lockhart. Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Dawick. Pilot Officer John Scott Dennison. Dated 13th December, 1945— Flying Officer Ernest Clive Southwick. Flying Officer William Hansen. Dated 15th December, 1945 : Flying Officer James Lawrence Grayburn. Dated 16th December, 1945 : Flying Officer Stewart Balfour Urquhart McKenzie. Dated 17th December, 1945— Flying Officer Allan William Anderson. Pilot Officer Roy John Scott. Dated 19th December, 1945 : Squadron Leader Denis Edward Hogan, D.F.C. Dated 20th December, 1945 : Flying Officer William Henry Gray, D.F.M. Dated 22nd December, 1945— Flying Officer Athol Edward Addison. Flying Officer Douglas McClellan, D.F.C. Pilot Officer William Arthur French. Dated 24th December, 1945— Flight Lieutenant Harry Robert Hern. Flying Officer William John Morrison. Dated 25th December, 1945— Flight Lieutenant Thomas Henry Worsp. Flying Officer Henry Douglas Haig Parkinson. Flying Officer Ronald Charles Noice. Dated 26th December, 1945— Wing Commander Kenneth Godfrey King, A.F.C. Flight Lieutenant Albert Kenneth Carr. Pilot Officer Allan Forde Mitchell. Dated 27th December, 1945— Flight Lieutenant Robert Phinn Gunn. Flying Officer Robert John Steel. Dated 28th December, 1945— Flight Lieutenant James Stewart Wilkinson. Flight Lieutenant Frank Nevil England. Flying Officer Robert Miller Nichol. Flying Officer Alfred Orr Faris. Dated 29th December, 1945 :— Squadron Leader Reginald Jack Hyde, A.F.C. Flight Lieutenant William Gordon Morgan. Flying Officer George Spencer Anderson. Dated 30th December, 1945— Flight Lieutenant Victor Digger Hendry. Flying Officer Henry Edward Buckland. Flying Officer Maurice James Cruthers. Flying Officer Walter James Jennings. Dated 31st December, 1945— Flight Lieutenant Eric John Tresidder. Flight Lieutenant John Hector MacDonald. Flight Lieutenant Douglas Nevill Robinson, D.F.C. Flying Officer Frank Wayland Gilbert. Flying Officer Edward Windsor Colban. Dated 1st January, 1946— Flight Lieutenant Leslie Gordon Sinclair. Flight Lieutenant William Denis Fitzgerald May. Flight Lieutenant Roy Ronald Thompson. Flying Officer Maxwell Albert Nolan. Flying Officer Russell Murray Clarke, D.F.C. Flying Officer James Venton Castles. Flying Officer Arthur Duncan Stout. Flying Officer Maurice Hugh Eyre. Flying Officer Ivor William Robyns. Flying Officer Alexander John Crawford. Flying Officer Eric Prior Scott, D.F.C. Flying Officer James Scott Henderson. Flying Officer Ferguson Richard Nicol. Flying Officer Douglas Haig Robertson. Dated 2nd January, 1946— Flight Lieutenant Cyril James Ward. Flight Lieutenant Ronald Desmond Mayhill. Flight Lieutenant Donald Earle Robertson. Flight Lieutenant Wilfred Harold Forbes. Flying Officer Ian Campbell Cowie. Flying Officer Murray McLaren Milne, D.F.C. Flying Officer Archibald Currie Beazer. Pilot Officer Clyde Edgar Hart.