NEW ZEALANDERS OVERSEAS

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 July 1942, Page 2

NEW ZEALANDERS OVERSEAS

OFFICERS COMMISSIONED

(Recd. 10 a.m.) LONDON, July 1. Temporarily commissioned, in R.N.Z.N.V.R.: Sub-Lieutenants, J. W. Moody, of Gisborne; N. W. Cook, of Wellington; G. V. Duff, of New Plymouth; and also G. F. Nicholson. A. F. Naylor, of Wanganui, is promoted Lieutenant.

Temporarily commissioned, Fleet Air Arm: Sub-Lieutenants S. W. Richards, F. Hayward, H. Van Staveren, of Wellington; H. L. Aspinall, J. W. Meek, of Dunedin; T. Fairweather, of Opotiki; J. B. Cookson, of Christchurch; G. Y. Hooper, of Hastings; J. H. Jellie, of Auckland; also A. D. Arcus, L. A. Beamsley, P. McManus, J. R. Palmer, R. I. George, L. W. E. Malley, K. Seebeck, D. R. Mclntosh, D. S. Byrne, M. G. Broan, D. B. McLean, B. J. M. B. Scott, N. O. Turnbull, and M. C. Farrar. Promoted Midshipmen: C. H. Brown, of Canterbury; W. L. J. Ringer, of Bay of Plenty; A. E. Pratt, of Christchurch; J. Hodgson, of Opotiki; also Peter Roy. Pilot-Officer G. A. Corbell, of Mataura, was the New Zealander who, with a Sergeant-Pilot, shot up traffic on the Rouen—Paris railway, bringing five goods trains to a standstill, on June 30,