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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Transfer to Reserve

Wing Commander D. G. McAllister, M.B.E., is transferred to the Reserve of Air Force Officers until 28 February 1980, with effect from 1 March 1978.

ENGINEER BRANCH

Promotion

Flying Officer (temp. Flight Lieutenant) B. R. Laing to be Flight Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 8 January 1978.

Transfer to Reserve

Wing Commander C. S. H. Calvert, M.B.E., B.E., M.R.Ae.S. is transferred to the Reserve of Air Force Officers until 10 December 1978, with effect from 11 December 1976.

Flight Lieutenant Howard William Annan is transferred to the Reserve of Air Force Officers until 4 August 1979, with effect from 26 December 1977.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Appointments

Secretarial Division

Michael Gordon Bain is appointed to a commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 27 September 1976.

Allan Gregory Fairhall is appointed to a commission in the rank of Pilot Officer with seniority and effect from 9 May 1977.

Supply Division

Squadron Leader John Macnaghten Jay, (R.A.F. (retired)) is appointed to a commission on a fixed-term engagement in the rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority from 3 August 1971 and effect from 3 August 1976.

Flight Lieutenant Roger Richard Meyrick, (R.A.F. (retired)) is appointed to a commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority from 3 October 1972 and effect from 3 October 1977.

C85194 Officer Cadet Murray Ian Barron is appointed to a permanent commission in the rank of Flying Officer with seniority and effect from 1 January 1976.

Special Duties Division

Bruce Tennent is transferred from the Territorial Air Force in the rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority from 4 July 1973 and effect from 4 July 1977.

X922390 Warrant Officer Noel Francis Lynch is appointed to a commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 18 June 1976.

Flying Officer M. L. Shore, B.SC.(HONS.), to be temp. Flight Lieutenant with effect from 1 January 1978.

Transfer in Branch

Flight Lieutenant B. J. Gold is transferred to the Secretarial Division, in his present rank and seniority with effect from 24 February 1978.

Transfer to Reserve

Secretarial Division

Pilot Officer John Peter Watson is transferred to the Reserve of Air Force Officers until 20 February 1982 with effect from 1 March 1978.

Supply Division

Flight Lieutenant Arthur Leslie Meikle is transferred to the Reserve of Air Force Officers until 14 February 1980, with effect from 15 February 1978.

EDUCATION BRANCH

Appointments

Alan Walmsley, B.SC.(HONS.), is appointed to a commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority from 4 July 1975 and effect from 4 July 1977.

Anthony Moir Vinicombe, B.A., is appointed to a commission on a fixed-term engagement in the rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority from 17 January 1976 and effect from 17 January 1977.

William Stephen Hutson, B.SC., is appointed to a commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority and effect from 27 September 1976.

Garth John Voyce is transferred from the Reserve of Air Force Officers on a fixed-term engagement, in the rank of Squadron Leader with seniority and effect from 12 October 1977.

MEDICAL BRANCH

Appointments

Damayanti Hyacinth Seneviratne, M.B., B.S., DIP.OBST., M.SC., is appointed to a commission in the rank of Squadron Leader (W) with seniority from 1 January 1974 and effect from 30 August 1976.

Donald Charles Stewart, M.B., CH.B., is appointed to a commission on a fixed-term engagement in the rank of Squadron Leader with seniority from 4 November 1974 and effect from 4 November 1976.

Richard James Somerville, M.B., CH.B., DIP.OBST., is appointed to a commission on a Special Medical Engagement in the rank of Flight Lieutenant with seniority from 12 December 1972 and effect from 21 February 1977.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPLY BRANCH

Transfer

Flight Lieutenant B. Tennent is transferred to the Regular Air Force, with effect from 4 July 1977.

Transfer to Reserve

Special Duties Division

Pilot Officer Warwick Elliot Duke is transferred to the Reserve of Air Force Officers until 30 September 1978, with effect from 26 January 1976.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Extension of Commission

The commission of Flying Officer R. A. Guard is extended to 18 February 1982.

Transfers

The following are transferred to the Regular Air Force with effect from the dates shown:

Squadron Leader G. J. Voyce, 12 October 1977.

Flight Lieutenant W. E. Matthews, 23 September 1977.

Transferred to Retired List

The following officers are transferred to the Retired List “A” with effect from the dates shown:

Wing Commander Winston Ross Swap, B.SC., DIP.TCHG., 1 April 1978.

Squadron Leader Ronald Chippindale, 27 March 1978.

Squadron Leader Gerald Ayre, 3 March 1978.

Retirements

The following officers are retired with effect from the dates shown:

Squadron Leader Michael Aloysius Menzies, M.B., CH.B., F.R.A.C.S., 12 August 1977.

Flight Lieutenant Bryon Court Lumsden, B.A., 9 March 1978.

Flight Lieutenant Douglas Ross Sadgrove, D.F.C., 4 March 1978.

Flight Lieutenant Thompson Wayne Nicholls, A.R.A.N.Z., 19 March 1978.

Flying Officer Hector Alexander Sinclair, B.COM., 9 March 1978.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of April 1978.

ALLAN MCCREADY, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Extensions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Army

REGULAR FORCE

ROYAL REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY

Captain (temp. Major) G. D. Stevenson, to be Major, with seniority and effect from 10 April 1978.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS

Lieutenant N. J. Reilly, to be temp. Captain, with effect from 12 August 1976.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ENGINEERS

COLONEL COMMANDANT

Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. Pemberton, M.C., E.D., Retired List, is appointed Colonel Commandant RNZE, for a 2-year term with effect from 1 April 1978, vice Lieutenant-Colonel A. R. Currie, D.S.O., O.B.E., B.E.(CIV.), A.M.N.Z.I.E., Retired List.