DISMISSED FROM SERVICE
R.A.F. Officer Attached To R.N.Z.A.F. MONEY IMPROPERLY RECEIVED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, April 5. The sentence of the general courtmartial held at Christchurch recently for the trial of Wing Commander John Thomas Brown, 0.8. E., M.S.M., an officer of the Royal Air Force attached to the Royal New Zealand Air Force, has now been promulgated. The sentence, which has been duly confirmed, is that Wing Commander Brown be dismissed from His Majesty’s service. Wing Commander Brown was charged with conduct to the prejudice of good order and Air Force discipline in that, being engineer officer at a certain Air Force station, he did, without proper permission between February, 1940, and May, 1942, receive from the New Zealand Grinding and Gear Company, Ltd., its agents, or employees, in respect of contracts made between the company and His Majesty the King for the manufacturing or processing of aircraft material and other engineering work sums of money for his own use. contrary to the provisions of the King’s Regulations and Air Council Instructions,
Wing Commander Brown admitted at the trial that he had received sums of money.
Wing Commander Brown is an associate fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and an associate member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. No account of the proceedings of the general court-martial was published, as the newspapers were not advised that the court-martial was to be held. According to the Manual of Air Force Law, a court-martial is an open court, like other courts of justice, but it has inherent powers to sit in camera if such a course is necessary for the administration of justice. The Manual of Air Force Law also states that the public, whether Air Force or otherwise (including the press) may be admitted so far as accommodation permits. The court may be closed at any time to enable the members to deliberate in private. , . , . The newspapers are now advised or the time and place of R.N.Z.A.F. courts-martial.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23915, 6 April 1943, Page 6
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