18

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 1

TECHNICAL BRANCH
Promotion
Armament Division
Flying Officer Trevor Lyall Blomfield (130678) to be temporary Flight Lieutenant, with seniority from 2 October 1955, with effect from 4 June 1956.

Extension of Commission
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Trevor Lyall Blomfield (130678) is granted an extension of his present commission for a period of two years, with effect from 2 October 1956.

Promotion
Signals Division
Flying Officer Mervyn Andrew Jillings (134052) to be temporary Flight Lieutenant, with effect from 11 August 1956.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Appointment
Secretarial Division
Aircraftman Robert Val Tait (923132) is granted a commission in the Administrative and Supply Branch (Secretarial Division), Territorial Air Force, for a period of five years, to be followed by four years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers. He is appointed to the rank of Acting Pilot Officer, with effect from 8 November 1956.

MEDICAL BRANCH
Extension of Commission
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Ray McKenzie, M.B., CH.B. (133955), is granted an extension of his present commission for a period of six months, with effect from 17 July 1956.

Termination of Commission
The commission of Flying Officer Murray Spencer Robertson, M.B., CH.B. (133994), is terminated, with effect from 15 October 1956.

WOMEN'S ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE
TERRITORIAL SECTION
Appointment
Aircraftwoman Marie Alison Wornall (134067) is granted a commission in the Women's Royal New Zealand Air Force (Territorial Section) for a period of three years. She is appointed to the rank of Assistant Section Officer, with effect from 1 December 1956.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Appointment
The Rev. Leonard John Silverwood is granted a commission in the Air Training Corps with the rank of Pilot Officer and with seniority from 28 November 1955, with effect from 28 November 1956.

Resignation
Pilot Officer Christopher Barfoot, B.A., resigns his commission, with effect from 14 November 1956.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Promotions
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Frederick Lancelot Pearson (130684) to be temporary Squadron Leader, with effect from 2 November 1956.

The under-mentioned Flying Officers to be temporary Flight Lieutenants, with seniority from 1 January 1955, with effect from 27 February 1956:

James Rudd Hay, M.B., CH.B. (131692).
Gordon McConnell Jennings (130758).

Flying Officer Noel Ager Mackay, B.E.(MECH.), A.M.I. (MECH.)E., M.S.A.E. (133917), to be temporary Flight Lieutenant, with seniority from 4 August 1956, with effect from 1 September 1956.

Flying Officer Noel Alfred Florance Atkins, D.F.C. (133791), to be temporary Flight Lieutenant, while attached to the Air Training Corps, with effect from 1 December 1956.

Transfers
Squadron Leader Robert John Croke, M.B., CH.B. (72875), is transferred from the Medical Branch, Regular Air Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years, with effect from 30 October 1956.

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Keith Forsyth Rollo (131716) is transferred from the General Duties Branch, Territorial Air Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years, with effect from 1 January 1957.

Extensions of Commissions
The under-mentioned Flight Lieutenants are granted extensions of their present commissions for a period of four years, with effect from the dates shown:

Norman Gardiner, D.F.C. (74109), 6 October 1956.
Robert John Finlay Porter, A.M.I.(MECH.)E., C.R.A.E.S., A.M.S.A.E., M.I.I.A.E. (133418), 13 October 1956.
Edward Francis Edwards, B.A. (133560) 14 November 1956.
James Kerrow Porteous, D.F.C. (133756), 19 December 1956.

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Eric Steele Doherty, D.F.M. (130107), is granted an extension of his present commission for a period of four years, with effect from 1 December 1956.

Terminations of Commissions
The commissions of the under-mentioned officers are terminated, with effect from the dates shown:

Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Vivien Groves (70120), 11 May 1956.
Flying Officer Mervyn Desmond Cox (131683), 19 November 1956.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of December 1956.
T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Extensions of Commissions, and Transfers of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotions
Group Captain Thomas Francis Gill, D.S.O., J.S.S.C. (70018), to be acting Air Commodore with effect from 1 January 1957, and temporary Air Commodore with effect from 24 January 1957.

The under-mentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants, with effect from the dates shown:

Norwood Brian Ussher (76076), 7 November 1956.
Ronald Chippindale (74210), 15 December 1956.
Rutherford Moncrieff Hancock (74211), 15 December 1956.
John David Saundersson Cooper (74962), 16 December 1956.
David Roger Hugh Thomas (76067), 16 December 1956.

The under-mentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers, with seniority from 13 December 1955, with effect from 13 December 1956:

Graham Colin Derby (594353).
Geoffrey Charles Hubbard (774712).

The under-mentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers, with seniority from 14 December 1955, with effect from 14 December 1956:

John Jeremy Gordon (74999).
Noel Joseph McGuire (74998).

The under-mentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers, with effect from 14 December 1956:

Lawrence Francis Jackson (77804).
Maarten Willem Krepel Van De Stolpe (77751).
Philip John Rickard (818134).
Geoffrey Arthur Roud (77786).
Frederick Edgar Arthur Rowe (77533).
Arthur Maldwyn Rowlands (822938).
Denis William Roworth (690585).

Flying Officer John Clark Buckmaster (708262) to be temporary Flight Lieutenant, with effect from 1 January 1957.

WOMEN'S ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE
REGULAR SECTION
Extension of Commission
Flight Officer Geraldine Moana Lapthorn (73792) is granted an extension of her present commission for a period of one year, with effect from 14 November 1956.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotion
Pilot Officer Peter James Gillespie Mardon (568401) to be Flying Officer, with effect from 24 August 1956.

MEDICAL BRANCH
Promotion
Flight Lieutenant Peter Knowles Renshaw, M.A., M.B., B.CH., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.P. (133832), to be temporary Squadron Leader, with effect from 1 November 1956.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Appointments
Ivan McRae Moses, B.A., B.COM., is granted a commission in the Air Training Corps with the rank of Flying Officer, with effect from 1 August 1956.

The Rev. Michael Leonard Tomasi is granted a commission in the Air Training Corps with the rank of Pilot Officer, with seniority from 17 April 1955, with effect from 17 April 1956.

Frank David Ward is granted a commission in the Air Training Corps with the rank of Pilot Officer, with effect from 1 June 1956.