NEW ZEALAND AIRMEN

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 75, 29 March 1930, Page 13

NEW ZEALAND AIRMEN

GOOD SHOWING- AT HOME SOME PERSONAL RECORDS (From "The Post's" Representative,) LONDON, 13 th February. Though it is Hot pait of > his official duties as New Zealand liaison bffieer at the Air Ministry, Major T. M. Wilkes keeps in touch as ,far as, possible with New Zealanders serving in tho Eoyal Air Jfoice. He knows of fifty-four NeW Zoalahders who aro serving as officers, and tliera may be others. Three or four of theso weid'in tho Force during the war, and gained many distinction^, Others have obtained permanent commissions in more" recent years, but niosl of them are1 men who aro training under tho Short Service Commission regulations. Some of the veteran New Uealanders oi! the service are Group Captain Outhbert T. Maclean, D.5.0., M.G,, who has bßen m diarge of the Aden' Command since sth SgptUmber, 192& llefoie that he was at Ueliopolis, in Egypt. Squadron-> Leader A. Oonmghain, D.5.0., M.0., D.F.C., A.F.C;, Idd the Hying test from Cairo to' Kano, on the Gulf Of 'Guinea. At piesent he is in tioihmand of one of the Cadet wings at Cranwell College. SqUadron-Leader Charleß ,11. Cari-, D.F.G., is a war Veterah. ife left the Boyal Air Fordo for a time, and ft-as in Shackleton's last expedition to- theAntarctic. Alter joining up again ho obtained pioininerice from his two unsuccessful attempts-to I'beatl the long distant!!} flying record to Karachi. At pre'sdiit lie is at No. 1 I|4lyidg Mining School at Abu Sueir (Egypt). Flight-LieUtendnt C. ML Laihg, M.C., A.F.C., is now witfi ; the* .lOOtb Bomber Squadron at.Bicestor. .Previous to that he was at Heliopolis. , Wing-Oommdnder It. It. Park, M.0., JXF.C; has been statiohed ftt Iteadquarters of Air De'feui«,, Oxbridge, since 15th March o± last year.. Before thai he was with, the No. 11l (FigHter) Squadron at Siakiri," near Hornchufiili, Two New Zealand doctors are in Jthc Foico at prestati Theso are FlightLieutenant E. F. T-. Grace, M.D., a"iid Flight-Lieutenant J. G. Skeet, M.E.---0.5., L.K.O.P. The former was in the Middle, East for some time, and the l&tter saw service in a special expedition in Somaiilaud. Dr. Skeet was following a cotnmertii^ life for some ydars,\ bat rejoined tno Service in November oi' last yean Both officers are now at tho Uxbriclgc Depoti ' OFFICERS I*T TtfAlrilNG. Officers now at tho Digby 'Si aiding School in Lincolnshire are Flying Offi-

cer J.Fi Moir, wlioVaT'a^poffife3'asv instructor irt March, 19?8j -Pilot-Offi-cers b\ C. Allen, I.' A". CrifcUley, W. E. Grant, LL. Si M'Nicol,- G. !E. S. Williams, and.G. E. White. At, Netheravon Training College, in. Wiltshire, there are four New Zedlatad-ers^-Pilot-Offieers L. jEI.. Jarnfan, G. y ,M. ]tobertsi, 3J/-'W, Smy,the, oaa. T&d'J. Cohen. Pilot-Oflicei1 D. Hi J?. Bafnetfr, who obtainb.: a permanent comm.ssion through the recommen4a'; ipn s o^ co^" lege at .Oxford, is'at preww'HV fiealand Depot, in Chester. ' At Digby Training, College prefect* of the squads of cadets are-appointed. These ai-'e called ensigns, alid'the head of the prefects is,'known,'BS th^ majorensign. The prestige of New Zdalanders is indicated by~fhe fact that Grant is Majt)f=Ensljfn, Critehlfe> r«pd'«.WH. Hams are ordinary Ensigns, 2nd Whito is an Ensign among the junior students. At. No. 3 Flying Training School at Grantharij there is one Naw Zealandef, Pilot-OJheef L. M'Hardy, and hei.is tl& % Maior-Ensign. Pilot-Oililipv Alrnold Wall "passfd through Cfanwellf and' has completed five months' armament course afc'the B.A.F< Station at Kastcheap, Kent' H» has liow gone td No. . 7 (Bonlb»r,) - Squudron .-it Winelicster as Ajihainenf OJiiccr, dnd will- [hobably go to Xftif or India irt about twd years' tidlOt * Squadron-Leader J. F. Fiadiay* M.C, who was in command of the Wigram Aerodrome/ ilear Cliristchtirfehj arrived in London on Bth "Jdly, 1929. Orißftli January he went, tb a cdurse in "Army Co-operation iJ At Old fettrjin'i, Salisbury. Tliis will last- Until B?fh April. Ou the completion d^ bourse he will be attached io the Arm> Ctioperatioti Sqliadron tot a alonihi^&i later (from 16th June td the' fniddW bt hd *ili attend the,fe<Sh<Wl vt Photography. After thai he "wiir^eturn to Isew Zealand. "• *''." : Major Wilkds- has- fc^ritl/ ' ♦isrted Pilot-Offlc6r G. M. fea'sfth' (rf-.'Sfe* Plymouth); Who' met, with an1 ftiSjsidijufe last September. The lotter 'devejo^ed pneumonia after his aSCidGUti bul.ioi"tuiiatcly the complaint was cdiiiiMilo clno lung at a particular timer H^is now in tho K.A : F. Hospiiai'-at' Crahwell, and this'being n6a* tb Digfej Training School, the NeVr'-SfealanfljSrs tll€re often visit thfe iflvaiid, JJiglljit dfiictrs at Digby «iiso look- ifl to icd him. . . ,' 4 ,'■'.'. i It is officially notified tiiat/JTiy-ing-Offit'df I: 0: Hdrtoii. roliuquijheg ihis douimission ifa the Hes^fve 6f Air Forfte Officers (Gcneial Duties Branch) oh appointment to a 'ioniriiisdion ih the-Next, Zealand Air'Force (Territorial),''date iOtli October, 1929. ; J " <"■ f As it rule • m.iA Aihgn heiiVhtCa all ikes towoid ,him, a wolnart awSy. from her. Does it crnno from men tfiittlly htiikmg a match to light a cigarette, and woman to light the frie< or a candle? —although by now *oina* should-have hid endugh practice to have developed tn« fifst habjt. __ _ _ ' -^