Frank Gill | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Frank_Gill_(crop).jpg) Gill in 1975 | |
| New Zealand Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 29 August 1980 – 1 March 1982 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor‑General | Sir David Beattie |
| Preceded by | Merwyn Norrish |
| Succeeded by | Sir Lance Adams-Scheider |
| 27th Minister of Defence | |
| In office 13 December 1978 – 21 August 1980 | |
| Prime Minister | Robert Muldoon |
| Preceded by | Allan McCready |
| Succeeded by | David Thomson |
| 23rd Minister of Police | |
| In office 13 December 1978 – 21 August 1980 | |
| Prime Minister | Robert Muldoon |
| Preceded by | Allan McCready |
| Succeeded by | Ben Couch |
| 24th Minister of Health | |
| In office 12 December 1975 – 13 December 1978 | |
| Prime Minister | Robert Muldoon |
| Preceded by | Tom McGuigan |
| Succeeded by | George Gair |
| 38th Minister of Immigration | |
| In office 12 December 1975 – 13 December 1978 | |
| Prime Minister | Robert Muldoon |
| Preceded by | Fraser Colman |
| Succeeded by | Jim Bolger |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for East Coast Bays | |
| In office 25 November 1972 – 6 September 1980 | |
| Succeeded by | Gary Knapp |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Waitemata | |
| In office 29 November 1969 – 25 November 1972 | |
| Preceded by | Norman King |
| Succeeded by | Michael Bassett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 1917 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Died | 1 March 1982 (aged 65) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Political party | National |
| Relations | Mark Mitchell (grandson) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom New Zealand |
| Branch/service | Royal Air Force Royal New Zealand Air Force |
| Years of service | 1937–1969 |
| Rank | Air Commodore |
| Commands | Operations Group RNZAF Deputy Chief of Air Staff |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order |
Air Commodore Thomas Francis Gill, CBE, DSO (31 January 1917 – 1 March 1982) was a New Zealand air force pilot and politician. He flew with the Royal Air Force throughout the Second World War and afterwards served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force until 1969. He entered Parliament as a National Party MP in 1969 and served as a cabinet minister from 1975 to 1980, when he resigned to become New Zealand's Ambassador to the United States.