AIR FORCE OFFICER
DISMISSED FROM SERVICE. COURTMARTIAL SENTENCE. P.A. WELLINGTON, April 5. The sentence of the General Court Martial held in Christchurch recently for the trial of Wing Commander John Thomas Brown, an officer attached to the R.N.Z.A.F., has now been, promulgated. The sentence, which has been duly confirmed, is that. »Brown be dismissed from His Majesty’s service. Brown was charged with conduct to the prejudice of good order and Air Force discipline, in that, he being an engineer officer at a certaim 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. Brown admitted at the trial that he had received sums of money.
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Grey River Argus, 6 April 1943, Page 2
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