798
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 27

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH
Promotion

Special Duties Division

Flight Lieutenant Leonard Varty (81720) to be Squadron Leader, with seniority and effect from 19 March 1970.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Appointment

Robert Andrew Guard is appointed to a commission in the General Duties Branch, Reserve of Air Force Officers, for a period to expire on 18 February 1974. He is appointed in the rank of Flying Officer with seniority and effect from 19 February 1970.

Extensions of Commissions

The under-mentioned officers are granted extensions of their commissions, for periods and with effect from the dates shown below:

Flight Lieutenant Maynard Roger Hawkins (814792) for a period to expire on 25 November 1971, with effect from 26 November 1967.

Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Brian Walker (79213) for a period to expire on 23 January 1972, with effect from 24 January 1968.

Flight Lieutenant Patrick Lane McFarland (72209) for a period to expire on 17 February 1972, with effect from 18 February 1968.

Flight Lieutenant Arthur Tompkins (130255) for a period to expire on 31 August 1973, with effect from 1 September 1969.

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) David Maurice Aarons (342355) for a period to expire on 31 August 1972, with effect from 1 September 1968.

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Halliday Orr (130777) for a period to expire on 20 October 1976, with effect from 1 January 1970.

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) William Jack Griffiths (78948) for a period to expire on 9 October 1973, with effect from 10 October 1969.

Retirements

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

Flight Lieutenant Errol Malcolm Graham Parker (80017), 12 February 1970.

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Arthur Basil Cooper (713869), 5 September 1969.

Flying Officer Alfred Charles Paine (133030), 20 March 1970.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of April 1970.

DAVID S. THOMSON, Minister of Defence.

(Air 12/11/9)

Appointments, Promotion, Transfer, Transfers to Retired Lists, 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, promotion, transfer, transfers to retired lists, terminations of commissions, and retirements of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotion

Group Captain Ernest Charles Gartrell, O.B.E., D.F.C. (70056), to be Air Commodore, with seniority from 7 December 1969, with effect from 1 April 1970.

Transfer to Retired List

Air Commodore Thomas Francis Gill, C.B.E., D.S.O., i.d.c., j.s.s.c., p.s.c. (70018), is transferred to the Retired List “A”, with effect from 7 December 1969.

TECHNICAL BRANCH
Transfer to Retired List

Signals Division

Wing Commander John Percival Conyers-Brown, O.B.E., C.ENG., M.I.E.R.E. (70234), is transferred to the Retired List “A”, with effect from 10 April 1970.

EDUCATION BRANCH
Appointments

Flight Sergeant Murray Arthur Brown (77874) is appointed to a short-service commission in the Education Branch, Regular Air Force, for a period to expire on 4 January 1980, to be followed by 4 years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers. He is appointed in the rank of Flying Officer, with seniority and effect from 5 January 1970.

Sergeant Eric James McKinstry (79407) is appointed to a short-service commission in the Education Branch, Regular Air Force, for a period to expire on 4 January 1980, to be followed by four years in the Reserve of Air Force Officers. He is appointed in the rank of Flying Officer, with seniority and effect from 5 January 1970.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Transfer

Wing Commander Douglas Murray Dallison, c.f.s. (79214), is transferred from the General Duties Branch, Regular Air Force, to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, for a period to expire on 4 January 1976, with effect from 16 February 1970.

AIR TRAINING CORPS
Transfers to Retired List

Squadron Leader Raymond Leonard Woodfield, B.E.M., is transferred to the Retired List “B”, with effect from 31 December 1969.

The under-mentioned officers are transferred to the Retired List “B”, with effect from 1 April 1969:

Squadron Leader George Lisle Hutchinson.

Squadron Leader David Gordon Strachan.

Terminations of Commissions

The commissions of the under-mentioned officers are terminated, with effect from 1 April 1970:

Flight Lieutenant Michael Robert Brathwaite.

Flight Lieutenant Evan Cross Giblin, B.AGC.SC.

Flight Lieutenant Ernest Ian Richard Kidman, DIP.TCHG.

Flight Lieutenant Brian Lloyd Powell.

Flying Officer Jack Bottomley.

Pilot Officer Michael John Burgess, B.SC.

Pilot Officer Robert Finlay Ogilvie.

Retirements

The under-mentioned officers are retired, with effect from 1 April 1970:

Flight Lieutenant James Alexander Greenfield.

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) John Anthony Mason Hastings.

Flight Lieutenant Robert Frank Johncock.

The Reverend Flight Lieutenant Kevin Anthony Manning.

Flight Lieutenant Martin Lawrence Thyne, B.A.

The Reverend Flying Officer Michael Vincent Curtain.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of April 1970.

DAVID S. THOMSON, Minister of Defence.

(Air 12/11/9)

Appointments, Promotions, Amendments, Extensions 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, promotions, amendments, extensions of commissions, and retirements of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

REGULAR AIR FORCE
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointment

Squadron Leader Russell Victor Smith, p.s.c. (75618), to be Temporary Wing Commander, with effect from 20 April 1970.

Promotions

Wing Commander (temp.) Geoffrey Charles Hubbard, p.s.c., c.f.s. (774712), to be Wing Commander, with seniority from 26 January 1969 and effect from 26 January 1970.

Wing Commander (temp.) John Jeremy Gordon, p.s.c. (74999), to be Wing Commander, with seniority from 14 April 1969 and effect from 26 January 1970.

Amendment

The notice published in the Gazette, No. 5, 5 February 1970, p. 136, relating to the cancellation of the commission of Acting Pilot Officer Ian Cameron Kendrick (83883), is hereby amended to read: “Acting Pilot Officer Ian Cameron Kendrick (83885), 18 September 1969.”

TECHNICAL BRANCH
Promotion

Engineer Division

Squadron Leader Thomas Edgar Ellen, C.ENG., A.F.R.AES., A.N.Z.I.M., p.s.c. (71546), to be Wing Commander, with seniority and effect from 28 March 1970.