988
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 32

Ensign (Sp) L. V. Whitehead, RNZNVR, promoted to the rank of Sub Lieutenant (Sp), with seniority of 17 June 1968.

William Douglas Hames appointed Sub Lieutenant (Sp) RNZNVR, to date 21 February 1969, and appointed for duty with TS Amokura, Sea Cadet Corps, to date 21 February 1969.

Colin William Croudis appointed Sub Lieutenant (Sp), RNZNVR, to date 25 February 1969, and appointed for duty at Bayfield High School, to date 25 February 1969.

Ian Gordon Hoskin appointed Sub Lieutenant (Sp), RNZNVR, to date 25 February 1969, and appointed for duty at Kings High School, to date 25 February 1969.

Warwick Hamilton Thomson appointed Sub Lieutenant (Sp), RNZNVR, to date 1 April 1969, and appointed for duty with TS Taupo, to date 1 April 1969.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of May 1969.

DAVID S. THOMSON, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotion, Extension of Commission, Extension of Commission and Date for Retirement, Transfers, Transfer to Retired List, 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, promotion, extension of commission, extension of commission and date for retirement, transfers, transfer to retired list, and retirements of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments

General Duties Branch

The under-mentioned Officer Cadets are granted short-service commissions (on probation) in the General Duties Branch, Regular Air Force for a period ending 13 March 1977, to be followed by 4 years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers. They are appointed in the rank of Acting Pilot Officer, with effect from 14 March 1969:

Hugh Raymond Carpenter (83865).
Ronald William Ferguson (83824).
Christopher Hugh Frey Fraser (83825).
Noel Raymond McKenzie (83866).
Michael Meredith Quigley (83826).
Bruce William Watson (84186).

The under-mentioned Officer Cadets are granted short-service commissions (on probation) in the General Duties Branch, Regular Air Force, for a period ending 13 March 1981, to be followed by 4 years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers. They are appointed in the rank of Acting Pilot Officer, with effect from 14 March 1969:

John Stephenson Bates (82300).
Murray Charles Cole (83919).
Noel William Davie (83869).
Graham Allan Campbell Dawson (83918).
Bruce Reid Ferguson (83823).
Terence Michael Gardiner (83890).
Gordon Barker Habgood (83870).
Dudley Garth Harrison (83422).
William John James (84103).
Ian Cameron Kendrick (83885).
Brian Morris Meads (84101).

The under-mentioned Corporals are granted short-service commissions (on probation) in the General Duties Branch, Regular Air Force, for a period ending 13 March 1981, to be followed by 4 years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers. They are appointed in the rank of Acting Pilot Officer, with effect from 14 March 1969:

William Michael Benge (80257).
Peter James Nalder (80341).
Kerry Martyn Joseph O’Brien (81422).

TECHNICAL BRANCH
Amendment

The effective date of transfer to the Retired List “A” of Squadron Leader Vivian Leonard Victor Crawshay, M.B.E. (70392), is hereby amended to be with effect from 25 January 1969 instead of 31 December 1968, as published in Gazette, No. 17, dated 27 March 1969.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Extension of Commission and Date of Retirement

Special Duties Branch

Squadron Leader Donald George MacNab, M.C., D.C.M. (78677), is granted a further extension of his commission and age for retirement until 23 March 1970.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Extension of Commission

Special Duties Branch

Flight Lieutenant Donald Bernard Reed (783606) is granted a further extension of his commission until 5 March 1974, to be followed by 4 years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Transfers

Squadron Leader Robin Henry Rowe (76756) is transferred from the Administrative and Supply Branch (Equipment Division), Regular Air Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period ending 2 February 1976, with effect from 26 February 1969.

Flight Lieutenant John Leslie Derwentwater Radcliffe, B.Sc., M.B., Ch.B., (U.N.Z.), D.Obst., R.C.O.G. (80705), is transferred from the Medical Branch, Regular Air Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period ending 27 August 1980, with effect from 4 October 1968.

Flight Lieutenant William Neale Johnson (81013) is transferred from the General Duties Branch, Regular Air Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period ending 7 January 1973, with effect from 5 March 1969.

Flying Officer Geoffrey Lester Chapman (81815) is transferred from the Territorial Air Force (Administrative and Supply Branch) to the Reserve of Air Force Officers for a period ending 16 March 1973, with effect from 17 March 1969.

Transfer to Retired List

Wing Commander Hayden Hugh James Miller, O.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C., J.P. (132166), is transferred to the Retired List “B”, with effect from 31 March 1969.

Retirements

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

Flight Lieutenant Clifford David Lett (133578), 6 February 1969.

Flight Lieutenant Lindsay Thomas Armstrong (70087), 26 March 1969.

Flight Lieutenant Jack Huia Register (132161), 30 March 1969.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Appointment

Ian Gareth Spicer is granted a commission in the Air Training Corps in the rank of Pilot Officer for a period ending 13 March 1973, with seniority and effect from 14 March 1969.

Promotion

Pilot Officer Murray John Mitchell to be Flying Officer, with seniority and effect from 26 October 1968.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of May 1969.

DAVID S. THOMSON, Minister of Defence.

(Air 12/11/9)

Appointments, Extensions of Commissions, Terminations of Commissions, 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, extensions of commissions, terminations of commissions, and retirements of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE
CHAPLAINS BRANCH
Extension of Commission

The Reverend Richard John Hamlin (80408) is granted an extension of his commission until 31 January 1973, to be followed by 4 years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers.