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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 13

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

Pursuant to section 15 of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, promotions, extensions of commissions and dates of retirement, transfers, and resignation of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

Douglas Murray Dallison (79214) is granted a short-service commission in the General Duties Branch, Regular Air Force, for a period of four years, to be followed by four years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers. He is appointed to the rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority from 11 June 1953, with effect from 20 December 1957.

Promotions

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

Brian Alexander Neal Greer (75169), 11 December 1957. Guy Xavier Edwin McLeod (328111), 14 December 1957. Geoffrey Wallingford (621800), 14 December 1957.

Pilot Officer Comyn Campbell McAllister (75127) to be Flying Officer, with seniority from 10 December 1956, with effect from 10 December 1957.

Pilot Officer Richard Francis Lawry (774793) to be Flying Officer, with effect from 14 October 1957.

The under-mentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers, with effect from 14 December 1957:

Leslie John Raymond Allen (345053). Stephen England Gillingham (784848). Stephen Truby King (341749). Peter Ferguson Martin (594806). Peter MacDonald Rhodes (825175). Bruce Nicholas Tunley (77286).

Extensions of Commissions

Flight Lieutenant Mervyn Ryburn Breed, D.F.C. (133718), is granted an extension of his present commission for a period of one year, with effect from 15 January 1958.

The under-mentioned Flying Officers are granted extensions of their present commissions until 3 January 1962.

Stephen England Gillingham (784848). Richard Francis Lawry (774793).

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Extension of Date of Retirement

Equipment Division

The age for retirement of Wing Commander (temp.) Andrew Robertson Grimwood (70295) is extended for a further period of one year, with effect from 8 January 1958.

Transfer and Promotion

Special Duties Division

Acting Pilot Officer Robert Val Tait (923132) is transferred from the Administrative and Supply Branch (Secretarial Division), Territorial Air Force, to the Administrative and Supply Branch (Special Duties Division), Regular Air Force, for a period of five years, to be followed by four years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, and is granted the rank of Pilot Officer, with effect from 21 January 1958.

EDUCATION BRANCH

Promotion

Flight Lieutenant Peter Brotherhood Andrews, B.A. (74970), to be temporary Squadron Leader, with effect from 15 January 1958.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Appointment

Douglas Peter Wallace, M.A., M.B., Ch.B. (79197), is granted a short-service commission in the Medical Branch, Regular Air Force, for a period of four and a half years, to be followed by twelve years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers. He is appointed to the rank of Flying Officer with seniority from 13 January 1956, with effect from 13 January 1958.

Extension of Date of Retirement

The age for retirement of Squadron Leader Vivian D'Arcy Blackburn, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H. (77808), is extended for a further period of one year, with effect from 10 January 1958.

WOMEN'S ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE

REGULAR SECTION

Resignation

Section Officer Joan Marion Dyer (née Ruscoe) (77091) resigns her commission, with effect from 3 February 1958.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Appointment

Special Duties Division

Gerald Russell Rowe (134192) is granted a commission in the Administrative and Supply Branch (Special Duties 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 Flight Lieutenant, with effect from 2 December 1957.

AIR TRAINING CORPS

Promotions

Flight Lieutenant Raymond Leonard Woodfield, B.E.M., to be Squadron Leader, with effect from 17 December 1957. Flying Officer James Augustine Knowles to be Flight Lieutenant, with effect from 13 October 1957. Pilot Officer George Rattray to be Flying Officer, with effect from 16 May 1957.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Promotion

Flying Officer Heywood Allen Foster (134078) to be temporary Flight Lieutenant, with effect from 23 September 1957.

Transfers

The under-mentioned officers are transferred from the General Duties Branch, Regular Air Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period of four years with effect from the dates shown:

Flight Lieutenant Norwood Brian Ussher (76076), 2 January 1958. Flight Lieutenant Leon Thomas McCready (621304), 7 January 1958. Flight Lieutenant Neil Francis Anderson (815351), 24 January 1958. Flight Lieutenant John Jeffrey Patterson (73886), 30 January 1958. Flying Officer Brian Alan Horne (339005), 4 January 1958. Flying Officer Murray Charles Taylor (924791), 29 January 1958.

The under-mentioned Pilot Officers are transferred from the General Duties Branch, Regular Air Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, for a period of eight years, with effect from 9 January 1958:

Warrick Anthony Batten (920725). Roger Andrew Gray (921110).

Transfer and Promotion

Acting Pilot Officer Arnold Ernest Bainbridge, B.Sc. (970702), is transferred from the Technical Branch (Signals Division), Territorial Air Force, to the Administrative and Supply Branch (Special Duties Division), Reserve of Air Force Officers, for a period of four years and is granted the rank of Pilot Officer, with effect from 17 December 1957.

Transfer

Flying Officer Geoffrey Everard Mansfield (134064) is transferred from the Administrative and Supply Branch (Special Duties Division), Territorial Air Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, for a period of four years, with effect from 21 November 1957.

Extensions of Commissions

Squadron Leader Montague Frederick Foate, B.COM., F.I.A.A. (133058), is granted an extension of his present commission until 7 February 1962.

The under-mentioned Flight Lieutenants (temp.) are granted extensions of their present commissions for a period of four years, with effect from 1 January 1958:

Ronald Walter King (130380). Morice Hubert McKenzie (130385).

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

Peter George Guinness Kissel (130837), 13 January 1958. Geoffrey Morris White (72500), 14 February 1957.

The under-mentioned officers are granted extensions of their present commissions until 31 December 1961:

Flight Lieutenant William Bolton Cookson, D.F.C. (130552). Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Walter Parish (130568). Flight Lieutenant Harvie Llewellyn Piper (130571). Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Ronald Marshall Lewis Hopping (130096).

Amendment

The notice in Gazette, No. 66, 12 September 1957, page 1645, relating to Flying Officer William John Keand Endean is amended to read "133759" instead of "133729".

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of February 1958.

PHILLIP G. CONNOLLY, Minister of Defence.