19 DECEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
2415

Appointments, Promotions, Adjustment of Seniority, Transfer, Transfer to Retired List, Resignation, and Retirements of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

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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, adjustment of seniority, transfer, transfer to retired list, resignation, and retirements of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH

Appointment

Wing Commander Harold Gordon Moss, A.F.C., p.s.c. (72349), to be Acting Group Captain, with effect from 28 October 1968.

Promotions

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Neil George Osborne (81456) to be Flight Lieutenant, with seniority and effect from 19 November 1968.

The under-mentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants, with seniority and effect from 19 November 1968:

Richard John Metcalfe (81177).

William Arthur Waterhouse (81179).

Uwe Jens Sobiecki (79320).

TECHNICAL BRANCH

Appointment

Signals Division

Flying Officer Neville John Milne (78317) to be temporary Flight Lieutenant, with effect from 1 August 1968.

Promotion

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Gordon Waugh, A.N.Z.I.M. (76819), to be Flight Lieutenant, with seniority and effect from 1 August 1968.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Appointment

Equipment Division

Flying Officer Maurice John Williams (81410) to be temporary Flight Lieutenant, with effect from 2 September 1968.

Promotion

Pilot Officer Dieter John Woods (82476) to be Flying Officer, with seniority and effect from 9 November 1968.

EDUCATION BRANCH

Appointment

Flying Officer William Keith Beagley (82622) is granted a career commission in the Education Branch, Regular Air Force, for a period ending 10 January 1986.

Promotion

Flight Lieutenant John Kendrick Barry (621324) to be Squadron Leader, with seniority and effect from 10 November 1968.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Adjustment of Seniority

The notice published in the Gazette, 12 September 1968, No. 57, p. 1561, relating to Wing Commander (temp.) Kelson Brasted, B.SC., M.B., CH.B.(U.N.Z.), D.OBST., R.C.O.G. (130880), is hereby amended to read: “is transferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers to the Medical Branch, Regular Air Force, for a period ending 23 May 1973, in the substantive rank of Squadron Leader, with seniority from 26 April 1963, with effect from 26 April 1968”.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Promotion

Squadron Leader Tom Dick Collingwood Childs, M.B., CH.B. (U.N.Z.), (134291) to be Wing Commander, with seniority and effect from 1 November 1968.

Transfer

Squadron Leader Roger Ian Fairlie Garrett (72285) is transferred from the General Duties Branch, Regular Air Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period ending 8 August 1972, with effect from 28 October 1968.

Transfer to Retired List

Wing Commander James Richard Malling, A.F.C. (130083), is transferred to the Retired List “B”, with effect from 5 November 1968.

Retirements

The under-mentioned officers are retired, with effect from the dates shown:

Flight Lieutenant Claude Hector Ansley (131579), 9 November 1968.

Flying Officer John Alexander Thorburn (132972), 6 November 1968.

AIR TRAINING CORPS

Appointment

John Edmund Roberts is granted a commission in the Air Training Corps in the rank of Pilot Officer for a period ending 22 August 1972, with seniority and effect from 23 August 1968.

Promotions

Flying Officer Robert MacMahon Black to be Flight Lieutenant, with seniority and effect from 28 August 1968.

The under-mentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers, with seniority and effect from the dates shown:

Kenneth John Dodson, 31 August 1968.

Richard Thomas Ronald Cohen, 23 September 1968.

Ronald George Inglis, M.A., 29 September 1968.

Resignation

Pilot Officer Donald George Kercher, B.A., is permitted to resign his commission, with effect from 24 October 1968.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of December 1968.

D. S. THOMSON, Minister of Defence.

(Air 12/11/9)

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Appointment of Honorary Consul for Mexico at Auckland

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His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of

Mr Douglas John Hilliger

as Honorary Consul for Mexico at Auckland has been recognised.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of December 1968.

KEITH HOLYOAKE, Minister of External Affairs.

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Justices of the Peace Appointed

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PURSUANT to section 3, subsection (1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1957, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint the following persons to be Justices of the Peace for New Zealand:

Aitken, William Edwards, Te Karaka.

Anderson, Edward Barrie, “Lochinvar”, 26 Alfredton Road, Eketahuna.

Arres, Keith Randal, 3 Jellicoe Avenue, Stoke, Nelson.

Avery, Vernon Antonio, 5 The Boulevard, Sunnyhills, Pakuranga, Auckland.

Bates, George Darwin Stephenson, 12 Belvedere Street, Epsom, Auckland.

Bathgate, Melville Ross, Mountfort Street, Outram.

Brittenden, George Harold, 32 Collingwood Street, Palmerston North.

Cameron, Ewen Allan, P.O. Box 11, Mauriceville.

Clark, Murray Harris, 28 Valley Road, Hikurangi.

Collins, Gerald Martin, 12 Mackenzie Street, Fairlie, South Canterbury.

Corner, Mervyn Miles Nelson, 10 Waimarie Street, St. Heliers Bay, Auckland.

Coulson, John Robert, A.M.P. Flats, Gladstone Road, Gisborne.

Dickinson, Mrs Queen Edith, 770A Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland 5.

Farquhar, Alexander McLauchlan, 86 Hepburn Road, Kelston, Auckland 8.

Fisher, Mrs Gwendoline Daphne, 142 Te Awa Avenue, Napier.

Fletcher, Ronald, 18 Albert Street, Kawakawa.

Friedlander, Otto Morris, 17 Te Aroha Street, Hamilton.

Fullbrook, Frederick George, care of Peoples Palace Hotel, 411 Queen Street, Auckland.

Gilmour-Wilson, Colin Arthur, “Merivale”, 109 Cole Street, Masterton.

Gordon, Christopher Carleton McNeill, No. 3 R.D., Waipu.

Gorman, Lewis Casmere, 5 Rodrigo Road, Kilbirnie, Wellington 3.

Gregory, James Lester, 254 Vanguard Street, Nelson.

Gribble, Ronald Athol, 30 Peary Road, Mount Eden, Auckland.

Hamill, Vernor Hugh, 43 Austin Street, Wellington.

Harding, Frederick William Morris, 11 Walter Street, Mangere East, Auckland.

Hardy, Cyril Henry, 33 Belt Road, Ashburton.

Heatley, Douglas Albert, P.O. Box 34, Horeke, Northland.

Henderson, James, 16 College Street, Palmerston North.

Herewini, Tony Winiata, P.O. Ruatahuna, Via Rotorua.

Hollis, John James, Flat 1, Kawakawa Hospital, Kawakawa, Northland.

Holloway, Mrs Monica Beatrice, Waihi Road, Maketu, Bay of Plenty.

Holmes, Kenneth Nicholson, “Ambleside”, Hall Road, No. 2 R.D., Te Kauwhata.

Huggins, Jack Adair, 21 Esk Street, Palmerston North.

Hyams, Alan Martin, 42 Gloucester Street, Wilton, Wellington 5.

Inglis, James Alexander Hilton, Ratahiwi, Foley Road, Woodville.