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Rotorua Boys High School Cadets
Bruce Howard Garner to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.).
Dated 26 May 1961.

St. Bede's College Cadets
Lieutenant W. F. Spillane to be Captain. Dated 1 February
1961.

St. John’s College Cadets
2nd Lieutenant the Rev. M. E. O’Meeghan resigns his
commission. Dated 8 June 1961.

Seddon Memorial Technical College Cadets
2nd Lieutenant H. F. Kiddell to be Lieutenant. Dated
3 April 1961.

South Otago High School Cadets
Flight Lieutenant K. R. Hunter, Air Training Corps, ceased
to be attached. Dated 30 November 1961.

Tokomairiro District High School Cadets
2nd Lieutenant H. D. Browett, 1st Battalion, The Otago
and Southland Regiment, RNZ Inf, attached, to be temp.
Lieutenant. Dated 14 June 1961.

Wairarapa College Cadets
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) S. B. Zavos
lapses. Dated 27 June 1961.

Wellington College Cadets
2nd Lieutenant T. A. Donnelly, B.A., to be Lieutenant.
Dated 9 February 1961.

Westlake High School Cadets
Captain (temp. Major) J. Bremner, E.D., M.M., to be
Major. Dated 14 May 1961.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS
Regimental List
1st Battalion, The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki
Regiment, RNZ Inf
Major Richard Ernest Michael Greville is posted to the
Retired List. Dated 1 June 1961.

General List
Royal Regiment of N.Z. Artillery
Captain William Carleton Haythorn-Thwaite, E.D., is posted
to the Retired List. Dated 7 June 1961.

Royal N.Z. Infantry Corps
Major Selwyn Robert Jensen, E.D., is posted to the Retired
List. Dated 2 July 1961.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of July 1961.
DEAN J. EYRE, Minister of Defence.

Appointment, Promotions, Extensions of Commissions, and
Date of Retirement, Termination of Commission, and Retire-
ment 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 appointment, promotions,
extensions of commissions, and date of retirement, termination
of commission, and retirement of officers of the Royal New
Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotion
Flying Officer Albert Edward Thomson (75004) to be Flight
Lieutenant with seniority from 13 April 1960, with effect from
29 July 1961.

Extension of Commission
Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Allen Parkinson (327877) is
granted an extension of his commission until 1 January 1974.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Promotion
Secretarial Division
Squadron Leader (temp.) Hugo Roy Francis Smith, s.c.
(70153), to be Squadron Leader, with effect from 7 May 1961.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Appointment
Special Duties Division
Alan Stuart Wilson (130415) 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 in the rank of Squadron Leader, with seniority and
effect from 26 June 1961.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 47

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Termination of Commission
The commission of Flying Officer Fredrick John Flowers,
B.SC., is terminated, with effect from 11 July 1961.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Extension of Date of Retirement
The age for retirement of Wing Commander John Howard
Marcus Smith, A.F.C., M.A., A.R.Ae.S. (131801), is extended for
a period of two years, with effect from 29 June 1961. This
cancels notice in Gazette, 1 June 1961, No. 36, page 782.

Extensions of Commissions
The under-mentioned officers are granted extensions of their
commissions until the date shown:
Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Gordon Brock, B.SC., M.B., CH.B.
(133836), 24 October 1979.

Flight Lieutenants (temp.):
James Lewis Bathgate (130583), 16 August 1965.
William Robert Ensor (815642), 4 January 1988.
Flying Officer Christopher Vivian Currie (822410), 5 Decem-
ber 1990.

Retirement
Flight Lieutenant Frederick John O'Neill (70189) is retired,
with effect from 22 June 1961.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of July 1961.
DEAN J. EYRE, Minister of Defence.
(Air 12/11/9)

Appointments, Promotions, Extensions of Commissions,
Transfers, Termination and Cancellation of Commissions,
Resignation, and Retirements 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, transfers, termination and cancellation of commis-
sions, resignation, and retirements of officers of the Royal New
Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotions
The under-mentioned Squadron Leaders to be Wing Com-
manders, with effect from the date shown:
Thomas Alexander McLeod Morgan, A.F.C., s.c. (70128),
3 July 1961.
Nelson Hastings Bright, p.s.a. (a) (70140), 12 July 1961.

Cancellation of Commission
The commission of Acting Pilot Officer Jeffrey Lewis Oliver
(80038) is cancelled, with effect from 28 July 1961.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Appointments
Robert Val Tait is granted a commission in the Air Training
Corps in the rank of Pilot Officer with seniority from 30
September 1959, with effect from 30 May 1961.
The under-mentioned are granted commissions in the Air
Training Corps in the rank of Pilot Officer, with seniority and
effect from 29 June 1961:
Norman Gilbert Bibby.
George Andrew Smale.

Promotions
Flying Officer George Rattray to be Flight Lieutenant, with
effect from 16 May 1961.
The under-mentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers,
with effect from the date shown:
Bryan Drummond Batten, 20 April 1961.
Rodney Harries, M.SC., 4 May 1961.

Transfer to the Retired List
Squadron Leader John Lawrence Dawson Woolloxall, M.SC.,
B.A., is transferred to the Retired List “B”, with effect from 21
June 1961.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Appointment
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Keith Bogue, B.A. (133715),
to be temporary Squadron Leader while commanding No. 3
Mount Albert Grammar School Air Training Corps Unit, with
effect from 8 June 1961.