1960
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 75

Temp. Captain A. J. Slade is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 5 November 1952.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) E. M. Clark is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 5 November 1952.
Temp. Lieutenant J. Fyfe is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 31 October 1952.
Lieutenant M. E. Morris (N.Z.W.R.A.C.) is posted to the Retired List. Dated 5 November 1952.
Temp. Lieutenant L. E. Anderson is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 5 November 1952.
Temp. Lieutenant A. H. M. Farrell is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 5 November 1952.
Temp. Lieutenant C. G. MacDiarmid is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 5 November 1952.
Temp. Lieutenant B. G. Smith is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 5 November 1952.
2nd Lieutenant N. E. Fergus is posted to the Retired List. Dated 5 November 1952.
2nd Lieutenant T. McManus is posted to the Retired List. Dated 5 November 1952.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant K. O. Potter is posted to the Retired List with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 5 November 1952.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) G. G. McNickle, B.D.S., resigns his commission. Dated 5 November 1952.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. F. Murray resigns his commission. Dated 5 November 1952.
Temp. Lieutenant R. M. Densem resigns his commission. Dated 5 November 1952.
Temp. Lieutenant R. E. Jones resigns his commission. Dated 5 November 1952.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant H. C. Bradley resigns his commission. Dated 5 November 1952.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant L. H. Hegley resigns his commission. Dated 5 November 1952.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant F. C. G. Rusk resigns his commission. Dated 5 November 1952.

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE EMERGENCY FORCE
Captain C. W. N. Stanbridge, R.N.Z.A., and is reposted to the Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own), with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 9 January 1947. Dated 24 October 1952.
Captain P. B. Penlington, R.N.Z. Sigs., and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force in his Regular Force rank of Lieutenant. Dated 8 November 1952.
Captain J. Brown, R.N.Z.A.C., and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force in his Regular Force rank of Lieutenant. Dated 11 November 1952.
Lieutenant I. Bojesen-Trepka, R.N.Z.A., and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force. Dated 24 October 1952.
Lieutenant M. N. Velvin, R.N.Z.E. Dated 24 October 1952.
Lieutenant J. Brooke, R.N.Z. Inf. Corps, and is reposted to the N.Z. Regular Force in his Regular Force rank of Lieutenant. Dated 4 November 1952.
Lieutenant G. Holdaway, R.N.Z.A., and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, General List, The Royal N.Z. Artillery, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 6 November 1952.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of November 1952.

W. SULLIVAN,
For the Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Extensions of Commissions, Extension of Age for Retirement, Promotions, Transfers, Termination of Commission, and Resignation of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve the following appointments, extensions of commissions, extension of age for retirement, promotions, transfers, termination of commission, and resignation of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:—

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Alfred Sidney Pipe, D.F.C. (73657), is granted a commission for a period of three years with his present rank and seniority. Dated 1 April 1951.
Arthur Desmond Ashworth (133489) is granted a temporary commission with the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 5 March 1951.

Extension of Age for Retirement
The age for retirement of Group Captain George Carter, C.B.E., A.F.R.Ae.S., is extended for a period of two years. Dated 4 August 1950.
The age for retirement of Group Captain George Carter, C.B.E., A.F.R.Ae.S., is further extended until 1 May 1953. Dated 4 August 1952.

Promotions
The undermentioned Acting Pilot Officers (on prob.) are confirmed in the rank of Pilot Officer:—
Robert Birks Parker (76078).
Norman Eric Richardson (76079).
Kenneth Leslie Thorn (76080).
Dated 8 August 1952.

Resignation
Pilot Officer (on prob.) Arthur Desmond Ashworth (133489) resigns his commission. Dated 25 July 1952.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Transfer and Appointment
Secretarial Division
Flight Lieutenant Norman Johnathon Ingram, D.F.C., D.F.M. (73500), on transfer from the General Duties Branch is granted a permanent commission with his present rank and with seniority as from 1 March 1949. Dated 23 May 1952.

Extension of Commission
Flight Lieutenant Raymond Blair Somerville (70269) is granted an extension of his commission for a period of five months. Dated 1 October 1952.

Transfer and Appointment
Special Duties Division
Flying Officer Geoffrey Bentley (73881) on transfer from the Secretarial Division is granted a permanent commission with his present rank and seniority. Dated 16 October 1952.

Extension of Commission
The service on the Active List of Flying Officer Maxwell Edward Dalroy Webster, B.Sc. (74216), is extended for a period of eighteen months to expire on 11 September 1957.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Transfer
Flight Lieutenant Jack Brusso Spencer (133708) is transferred from the Air Force Reserve to the Territorial Air Force for a period of three years with the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant and with seniority as from 23 April 1952, to be followed by a period of four years in the Air Force Reserve. Dated 23 September 1952.

TECHNICAL BRANCH
Transfer
Engineer Division
Flight Lieutenant Peter Donald McNeil (130681) is transferred from the Active Reserve to the Territorial Air Force for a period of five years with the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant and with seniority as from 26 October 1949, to be followed by a period of four years in the Air Force Reserve. Dated 26 September 1952.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Transfer
Special Duties Division
Flight Lieutenant Kenric Clement Harvey Banfield (130342) is transferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers to the Territorial Air Force for a period of five years with the temporary rank of Flying Officer and with seniority as from 5 February 1942, to be followed by a period of four years in the Air Force Reserve. Dated 8 September 1952.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Appointment
Stanley Kelvin Clement, B.A., is granted a commission for a period of five years with the temporary rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 20 August 1952.

Termination of Commission
The commission of Flying Officer Donald Balfour Joseph is terminated. Dated 9 November 1951.

AIR FORCE RESERVE
ACTIVE RESERVE
Appointments
Desmond Ivor Leonard White (130851) is granted a commission in the General Duties Branch for a period of four years with the rank of Flying Officer and with seniority as from 6 April 1945. Dated 29 September 1952.
Sergeant Peter Richmond Climie, B.Sc., A.M.I.E.E. (130153), is granted a commission in the Technical Branch, Signals Division, for a period of four years with the rank of Pilot Officer (on prob.). Dated 27 August 1952.

Transfers
Flight Lieutenant Norman Gardiner, D.F.C. (74109), is transferred from the Active List to the General Duties Branch for a period of four years. Dated 6 October 1952.
Flight Lieutenant Alain John Wayman Crofton, D.F.C. (72940), is transferred from the Active List to the General Duties Branch for a period of four years. Dated 18 October 1952.
Flying Officer Utiku Albert Potaka (70183) is transferred from the Active List to the General Duties Branch for a period of four years. Dated 13 October 1952.

GENERAL RESERVE
Transfer
Flying Officer Phillips Stratton Thompson, B.Com., A.P.A.N.Z., A.I.A.N.Z. (132453), is transferred from the General Duties Branch to the Administrative and Supply Branch (Secretarial Division) with his present rank and seniority. Dated 21 October 1952.