Feb. 20] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 231

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 14th February, 1947.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotions

NZ 41520 Squadron Leader Evan Dall MACKIE, D.S.O., D.F.C.,
to be Wing Commander (temp.). Dated 4th April, 1947.

The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron
Leaders (temp.) :—

Dated 11th January, 1947 : NZ 39931 John Gordon PATTISON,
D.S.O., D.F.C.

Dated 19th February, 1947 : NZ 405320 Guyon Moncrieff
ROBERTSON.

Dated 13th March, 1947 : NZ 402187 Edwin Lee HOUGHTON.

Relinquishments

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

Dated 16th January, 1947 : NZ 405362 Pilot Officer James
George BARNES, M.B.E.

Dated 25th January, 1947 : NZ 414562 Flying Officer Robert
David GEAR.

Dated 12th February, 1947 : NZ 1926 Flying Officer Raymond
Burton PINEL.

Dated 11th March, 1947 : NZ 41487 Flight Lieutenant Irvine
Philip John MASKILL, D.F.C.

Dated 13th March, 1947 : NZ 2214 Squadron Leader Alexander
FRAME, D.F.C.

Dated 9th April, 1947 : NZ 412232 Flight Lieutenant Lawrence
William HITCHINS, D.F.M.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotion

NZ 1199 Squadron Leader (Acting Wing Commander) Ken-
eth James CRICHTON, O.B.E., to be Wing Commander (temp.).
Dated 28th February, 1947.

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

Robert Trevor MAWLEY is granted an Air Training Corps
Commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 13th January, 1947.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Transfers

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

Dated 15th May, 1946 : NZ 425881 Flying Officer Percy Ian
BURBURY.

Dated 19th February, 1947 : NZ 405320 Squadron Leader
Guyon Moncrieff ROBERTSON.

Dated 13th March, 1947 : NZ 402187 Squadron Leader
Edwin Lee HOUGHTON.

Dated 4th April, 1947 : NZ 41520 Wing Commander Evan
Dall MACKIE, D.S.O., D.F.C.

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

Dated 11th January, 1947 : NZ 39931 Squadron Leader
John Gordon PATTISON, D.S.O., D.F.C.

Dated 28th February, 1947 : NZ 1199 Wing Commander
Kenneth James CRICHTON, O.B.E.

Dated 23rd March, 1947—
NZ 1439 Flight Lieutenant Edwin Henry HOWELL.
NZ 403947 Flying Officer Lawrence Irvine Joseph DOYLE.

Relinquishments

The undermentioned officers are permitted to relinquish their
commissions :—

Dated 6th January, 1947 : NZ 422587 Flying Officer Lawrence
Clark BERG.

Dated 17th January, 1947 : NZ 416960 Flying Officer Cecil
Rowland MACCLURE.

Dated 31st January, 1947 : NZ 416099 Flight Lieutenant
Wallace Noel D’AUDNEY.

Dated 1st March, 1947 : NZ 41927 Flight Lieutenant Thomas
Walter MONAGHAN.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotion, and Transfers of Officers of the Royal
New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 14th February, 1947.

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

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointment

As Pilot—
NZ 2500 Squadron Leader John Albert Axel GIBSON, D.S.O.,
D.F.C., on relinquishing his commission in the R.A.F.O. (United
Kingdom), is granted a temporary commission in the rank of
Squadron Leader, with seniority as from 1st July, 1944. Dated
1st December, 1945.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II : TECHNICAL OFFICERS
Promotion

Signals Duties—
NZ 37161 Flying Officer (Acting Flight Lieutenant) Donald
Charles MCGLASHAN to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.) and is appointed
to the rank of Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 1st February,
1947.

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

George Raymond TESTER is granted an Air Training Corps
commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 13th January,
1947.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Transfers

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

Dated 12th February, 1947 : NZ 391347 Flight Lieutenant
William Thorpe EIBY.

Dated 26th February, 1947 : NZ 41505 Flight Lieutenant
Robert Clifford BARCLAY, D.F.C.

Dated 7th March, 1947 : NZ 4216263 Flight Lieutenant Lloyd
Miller NOBLE.

Dated 8th March, 1947 : NZ 424255 Flight Lieutenant Peter
James MCARTHUR.

Dated 12th March, 1947—
NZ 2431 Squadron Leader Leslie Ernest DUKE.
NZ 422396 Flight Lieutenant John Eustace HAYCOCK,
D.F.C.
NZ 428244 Flying Officer Arthur Leonard HUMPHRIES,
D.F.M.

Dated 13th March, 1947 : NZ 42455 Flight Lieutenant Ivan
READING.

Dated 17th March, 1947 : NZ 404633 Flight Lieutenant John
Alister MacDonald STUART.

Dated 28th March, 1947 : NZ 427455 Flight Lieutenant
Alexander Edward ANDERSON.

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

Dated 4th February, 1947 : NZ 1284 Squadron Leader Ernest
William ANNAND.

Dated 19th February, 1947 : NZ 37167 Flying Officer Frederick
Lancelot PEARSON.

Dated 25th February, 1947 : NZ 1951 Flight Lieutenant
James Angus HILDYARD.

Dated 12th March, 1947 : NZ 404144 Flying Officer Angus
McMillan TAIT.

Dated 14th March, 1947 : NZ 403527 Flight Lieutenant
John Padraic Weippert POLLARD, M.B.E.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Honours and Awards approved by His Majesty the King

Air Department,
Wellington, 11th February, 1947.

HIS Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve
the following award to the undermentioned member of the
Royal New Zealand Air Force in recognition of meritorious and
gallant services rendered during the war :—

The Distinguished Flying Cross
23rd July, 1945

NZ 429967 Flight Lieutenant Ronald Desmond Mayhill.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 18th February, 1947.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the appointment
of

Herbert Willard Lyda, Esquire,

as Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington has
been recognized.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.

Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 18th February, 1947.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the appointment
of

Donald L. Woolf, Esquire,

as Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington has
been recognized.

P. FRASER, Minister of External Affairs.