Feb. 7] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 129

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 1st February, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
approve the following appointment, promotions, relinquish-
ment, and transfers of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air
Force:—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotions

Group Captain (Acting Air Commodore) Geoffrey Newland
ROBERTS, A.F.C., to be Air Commodore (temp.). Dated 6th January,
1946.

The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (Acting Squadron
Leaders) to be Squadron Leaders (temp.):—
Dated 5th January, 1946: John Rae HUTCHESON, D.F.C.
Dated 15th January, 1946: Patrick Bernard DIGNAN.
Dated 16th January, 1946: John Henry MILLS.

Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Clifford David LETT
to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 11th January, 1946.

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants
(temp.):—
Dated 9th July, 1945: David Rhys MORGAN.
Dated 6th September, 1945: Thomas David STEWART.
Dated 17th September, 1945—
Eric Douglas CLEARY.
Bernard Charles BAKER.
Dated 26th November, 1945: Owen Frederic Stafford MARTINI.
Dated 3rd December, 1945—
Sidney Antonie LUYK, D.F.C.
Edwin Elijah CARPENTER.
Terence Stephen Franklin KEARNS.
Dated 5th December, 1945: William Richard BURNS.
Dated 9th December, 1945: Albert George CHATFIELD, D.F.C.
Dated 17th December, 1945: Edward William Francis CLARKE.
Dated 19th December, 1945: Richard Colin FLOWER.
Dated 21st December, 1945: Francis Harold TURNER.
Dated 23rd December, 1945—
Trevor Ernest WOODFIELD.
John Joseph LEECH.
Royden Matthews JARRETT.
Joseph Ian JOLLEY.
Jack Wilfrid PEAKE.
Allan Atholstan GERRIE.
Charles Laurence BROOMFIELD.
Edward Ralph PLOWMAN.
Herbert Patrick CREAN.
William Henry WALKER.
Gordon James KNIGHT.
Noel Philip FIELDING.
William Francis GARLICK.
Dated 25th December, 1945: Ronald Christie FLAMANK.
Dated 27th December, 1945: Brian Bartholomew GASCOIGNE.
Dated 30th December, 1945: Mervyn James SPARKS, D.F.C.
Dated 6th January, 1946: Harold STURROCK, D.F.C.
Dated 20th January, 1946: Lionel Basil BRIGGS, D.F.C.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers
(temp.):—
Dated 16th August, 1945: Stuart James HARVEY.
Dated 16th October, 1945: David Robert RITCHIE.
Dated 29th October, 1945: Archibald Graham STEWART.
Dated 19th November, 1945: Kenneth James McCLEARY.
Dated 1st December, 1945—
Ronald Nisbet SWALES.
Eric Alexander McMILLAN.
Dated 4th December, 1945: John Roi HENDERSON.
Dated 7th December, 1945: Alan Jermain JOHN.
Dated 11th December, 1945: Reginald John ATKINSON.
Dated 13th December, 1945: James Drummond MILLER.
Dated 15th December, 1945—
Colin Roger BELL.
Michael Collins McVEIGH.
Dated 16th December, 1945: Henry George GAFFNEY.
Dated 21st December, 1945—
James Alexander SUTHERLAND.
Alfred George DALY.
Dated 23rd December, 1945: Raymond Stuart PIPER.
Dated 26th December, 1945: David Colin McMURCHY.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION I: EQUIPMENT OFFICERS
Equipment Duties—
Promotions

The undermentioned Flying Officers (Acting Flight Lieutenants)
to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.):—
Dated 26th December, 1945—
Charles Magnus LENNIE.
Jack Warwick WILSON.
Dated 5th January, 1946: Stanley Burnell BROWNE.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Wilfred Monk SIMPSON is permitted to relinquish
his temporary commission. Dated 26th January, 1946.

Accountant Duties—
Promotion

Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Arthur Geoffrey
SMITH to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 8th January, 1946.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II: TECHNICAL OFFICERS
Promotions

Signals Duties—
Pilot Officer Donald Denzil INNES to be Flying Officer (temp.).
Dated 28th December, 1945.

Radar Duties—
Pilot Officer Robert Wilbur DUFFIN to be Flying Officer (temp.).
Dated 17th December, 1945.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotions

Flying Officer (Acting Squadron Leader) Nicholas Edward
WILKINS to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 9th January, 1946.
Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) John McDonald
KENNEDY to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 15th January,
1946.

Works Section—
Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Frederick de Mulford
HYDE, M.B.E., A.F.C., to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated
18th January, 1946.

MEDICAL BRANCH
Appointment

NZ 2501 Gwentb Jean Elizabeth JORDAN, M.B., Ch.B., on
relinquishing her commission in the Royal Air Force, is granted a
temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer, with seniority
as from 10th May, 1945. Dated 1st September, 1945.

Promotion

Squadron Leader (Acting Wing Commander) Gavin Hannay
FORREST, O.B.E., M.B., Ch.B., to be Wing Commander (temp.).
Dated 17th January, 1946.

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 29th November, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Neil
LEWIS.
Dated 11th December, 1945: Flying Officer James Reynold
BOWEN.
Dated 15th December, 1945: Pilot Officer Norman Lonsdale
KIDDLE.
Dated 16th December, 1945: Flight Lieutenant John William
WINEFIELD.
Dated 17th December, 1945—
Flying Officer David Robert RITCHIE.
Flying Officer Thomas Herbert BILTCLIFFE.
Dated 19th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Charles JONES.
Flying Officer David Serpell BROKENSHIRE.
Dated 20th December, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Vincent Dudley
RABONE.
Dated 21st December, 1945—
Flying Officer Donald Roe MOSSMAN.
Flying Officer Ronald Wynn RUSSELL.
Pilot Officer Joseph Thomas WESTON.
Dated 22nd December, 1945: Flying Officer Graham Francis
Rohan HUME.
Dated 23rd December, 1945: Flight Lieutenant Stanley
RUTHERFORD, D.F.M.,
Dated 24th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Francis Emslie HOGG, D.F.C.
Flying Officer Jack Trevor BOWLES.
Flying Officer Donald Cecil ADAMS.
Flying Officer Robert FANTL.
Dated 25th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Christie FLAMANK.
Flight Lieutenant David Antill GAWITH.
Flying Officer Stuart James HARVEY.
Flying Officer Evan Peter CAMERON.
Pilot Officer Geoffrey Frazer WINTER.
Dated 26th December, 1945—
Flying Officer Ronald Arthur Robert ALEXANDER.
Flying Officer Graham Alexander ADAMS.
Pilot Officer Richard Maurice WESTRUPP.
Pilot Officer James Maurice LANGDON.
Dated 27th December, 1945—
Flying Officer Richard James SMEATON.
Flying Officer Neil CARR-SMITH.
Flying Officer Bernard Stanley MARGETTS.
Flying Officer Humphrey Clarence ACTON-ADAMS.
Dated 28th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Frank BOYCE.
Flight Lieutenant Henry Richard DEAN.
Flying Officer Leo Patrick McCLOY.
Flying Officer Ronald Robert MITCHELL.
Flying Officer Campbell Clark LANGLANDS.
Dated 30th December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Robert Stanley SHEWRY.
Flight Lieutenant Hector Alfred JAMIESON, D.F.C.
Flight Lieutenant George Maurice GIVEN, D.F.C.
Dated 31st December, 1945—
Flight Lieutenant Norman Lewis Augustus HOWARD.
Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Peter KELLER.
Flying Officer Ian Lawrence CAMPBELL.
Flying Officer William Ian Ferguson MACLEOD.