Dated 3rd January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Alan Rodger WALKER, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Richard Pascoe PERRY.
Flight Lieutenant Leonard Joseph WEBB.
Flying Officer Charlie PARKER.
Flying Officer Kenneth George EDGINGTON.
Flying Officer Alan McHutchon SPEEDY, D.F.C.
Flying Officer John Pearce BRIGHTLING.
Flying Officer Edward James SINCLAIR.
Flying Officer Maxwell John IRWIN.
Flying Officer Eric James ANDERSON.
Flying Officer Peter Arthur HORROBIN.
Flying Officer Graham Blair BALE.

Dated 4th January, 1946—
Flying Officer Andrew Cowan LEES.
Flying Officer Peter John TRAVERS.

Dated 5th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Henry James WEBB.
Flight Lieutenant Edwin William WATERHOUSE.
Flying Officer Raoul John WISKER, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Durham Highet STRACHAN, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Charles Edward ANSLEY, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Alec REWETI.
Flying Officer Lancelot Osgood WAUGH.

Dated 6th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Maurice William SMYTH.
Flying Officer Alexander KANE.
Flying Officer Archibald Millar MOFFATT.
Pilot Officer Frederick Ian DUFFETT.

Dated 7th January, 1946—
Squadron Leader Denys Staples HAMILTON, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Colin CLARK.
Flight Lieutenant William Pembroke BELL, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Morris Hinkson MEE.
Flying Officer Arthur John PRESCOTT, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Colin PARKIN.
Flying Officer Roy HERCOCK.
Flying Officer John Francis William WHELAN.

Dated 8th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant John Hale NOBLE.
Flight Lieutenant Ross Weatherley BANKS.
Flying Officer Thomas Chamney JONES.
Flying Officer Colin Archibald Gunn McKENZIE.
Flying Officer Maurice Raymond OLIVER, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Stephen William HOLDER, D.F.C.

Dated 9th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Frederick James PARKER.
Flying Officer Bruce Henry PACKER.
Flying Officer Athol James DOWNER.

Dated 10th January, 1946—
Squadron Leader Arthur William MACK, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Malcolm James DILKS.
Flight Lieutenant Ralph Edwin SPICER.
Flying Officer Donald Wilfred GOBLE.
Flying Officer Gerald Erle GIFKINS.
Flying Officer Glenelg Clarence EARL.
Flying Officer Charles Minett PRIESTLEY.
Pilot Officer Arthur Francis GLOVER.

Dated 11th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Thomas Leslie Milton PORTEOUS.
Flight Lieutenant Alexander Annandale SOMERVILLE.
Flying Officer Reginald Walter MITCHELL.
Flying Officer Charles Le Gallais GARDNER.
Flying Officer Noel Kenderdine BRABANT, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Edward FEATHERSTONHAUGH, D.F.M.
Pilot Officer Alfred Francis Gerrard MACHARPER.

Dated 12th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant William Tildesley HOWARD.
Flight Lieutenant Osric Hartnell WHITE, C.G.M.
Flying Officer Frederick James MULLON.
Flying Officer Albert William CLIFFE.
Pilot Officer Donald Gordon HUSBAND.

Dated 13th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant William John WILLS.
Flying Officer Bruce BENNETTS, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Walter Oakman John WALKER, D.F.C.

Dated 14th January, 1946—
Flying Officer William Newton MOYES.
Flying Officer Harold John KING, D.F.C.

Dated 15th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant John Henry George GORVIN.
Flight Lieutenant George Saunders McDONALD.
Flying Officer Maxwell Amner COLLETT.
Flying Officer James Horton McKINNON.

Dated 16th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant John HAY.
Flight Lieutenant Harold Greenup ALLCOCK.
Flight Lieutenant Desmond George Geddes HORGAN.

Dated 17th January, 1946 : Flight Lieutenant Raymond Bowen YULE.

Dated 18th January, 1946—
Squadron Leader Athol Larry McGRATH, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant Colin Wells HITCHCOCK.
Flight Lieutenant MacDonald Fraser KEANE.
Flight Lieutenant Eugene Augustus BREEN.
Flying Officer William Archibald STEEL.

Dated 19th January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Wallace CAMMELL.
Flight Lieutenant Harold EAGLES.
Flight Lieutenant John METTAM.
Flying Officer James Burlace CAUTY, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Charles Harold LUMSDEN.
Flying Officer Malcolm Carige SCOTT.

Dated 20th January, 1946 : Flying Officer John Jardon O’CONNOR, D.F.C.

Dated 21st January, 1946—
Flying Officer Gordon Stewart PATRICK.
Flying Officer Alexander Cameron THOMPSON.

Dated 22nd January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Wilfred Leslie FAIRHALL.
Flight Lieutenant Ewen McGregor ELMSLIE.
Flying Officer Rodney James SMITH.

Dated 23rd January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant Marsden Frederick MOREY.
Flight Lieutenant Ivan James DAVIS.
Flying Officer Leslie Andrew HENDERSON.
Flying Officer Joseph Charles WILLIAMS.

Dated 28th January, 1946 : Flight Lieutenant Vincent Henry WILLIAMS.

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

Dated 8th October, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant (Honorary) George James BROCKLEHURST.

Dated 11th December, 1945 : Pilot Officer Edwin WORSDALE.

Dated 12th December, 1945 : Flying Officer James Tait ALLAN.

Dated 13th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant John Donald McMILLAN.
Flying Officer William FLEMING.
Flying Officer James William PALMER.

Dated 17th December, 1945 : Flying Officer Geoffrey Harington DUNKLEY.

Dated 18th December, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Alan Brown McLAUCHLAN.

Dated 21st December, 1945 : Flying Officer Alexander Bertram ALLEN.

Dated 24th December, 1945 : Wing Commander Gerald Lomax STEDMAN, E.D.

Dated 25th December, 1945—
Flying Officer Leon Abraham MANNING.
Pilot Officer Lloyd William DIVERS.

Dated 27th December, 1945—
Squadron Leader Graham Brook BELL.
Flying Officer David Edward HEBON.
Pilot Officer John Richard MOORE.

Dated 28th December, 1945 : Flight Lieutenant Arthur Hamilton FISK.

Dated 1st January, 1946—
Flight Lieutenant James Stuart DICK.
Flying Officer Dawson John PERCIVAL.
Flying Officer William Barry GARVIN.

Dated 3rd January, 1946 : Flying Officer John Charles RENOUF.
Dated 7th January, 1946 : Flying Officer Frederick Charles SANDERS.

Dated 9th January, 1946 . Flying Officer Arthur John COOPER.

Dated 10th January, 1946 : Wing Commander Arnold Ewart William McDONALD.

Dated 15th January, 1946 : Flight Lieutenant Edward James MAIDEN.

Cancellation

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 45, dated 28th June, 1945, page 843, under the heading “ Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “ Flying Officer Thomas James LADD,” is cancelled.

Amendments

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 53, dated 17th August, 1945, page 1030, under the heading “ Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “ Flight Lieutenant James Banfield ROGERS,” is amended to read “ Dated 20th August, 1945.”

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,” relating to “ Flight Lieutenant James Wylie FRANKLIN,” is amended to read “ Dated 15th October, 1945.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 70, dated 8th November, 1945, page 1397, under the heading “ Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” is amended, so far as it relates to “ Flying Officer Ronald Frederick ANDREWS,” to read “ Dated 4th October, 1945.”

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 71, dated 15th November, 1945, page 1417, under the heading “ Reserve of Air Force Officers—Transfers,” relating to “ Flying Officer Norman William Trevor BEETHAM, D.F.C.,” is amended to read “ Dated 29th October, 1945.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.