QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28302, 13 June 1957, Page 12

QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS

Mr William Sullivan

Knighted

(New Zealand Press

WELLINGTON, June 12.

Mr W. Sullivan, a Minister in the National Government from 1949 until his retirement from politics this year, is created a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George in the Queen’s birthday honours. The Governor-General (Sir Willoughby Norrie) has announced that the Queen has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of Her Majesty’s birthday, to confer the following honours:—

CIVIL DIVISION Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.). Mr William Sullivan, of Whakatane. i Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St< George (CJMLG.): The Most Rev. Alfred Walter Averill, of Christchurch. Mr Gordon Graham Gibbes Watson, of Lower Hutt. Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.8.E.): Professor Percy William Burbidge, of Auckland. Mr Alfred Hyde Cockayne, 1.5.0,. of Wellington. Mr William Gordon Victor Fernie, of Christchurch.

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (0.8. E. Mr Karauria Tiweka Anaru, of Rotorua. Dr. Archibald Turner McLeod Blair, of Rotorua. Dr. John Richard Hertselt Fulton, of Dunedin. Professor Thomas Vernon Griffiths, of Christchurch. Mr Frederick George HallJones, of Invercargill. Mr Laurence David Hickford, of Okato, Taranaki. Mr Henry Cochrane McCoy, of Auckland. Dr. John Mark, of Tauranga. Mr William Glendinning Rodger, of Wellington. Captain David Martin Todd, of Wellington. Mr Charles Robert Wilson, D.C.M., of Wellington. Miss Catherine Mary Josephine Wylie, of Seacliff, Dunedin. Companion of the Imperial Service Order (1.5.0.): Mr Wilfred Evelyn Hodges, of Lower Hutt. Mr Frederick George Oborn, of Wellington. Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.8.E.): Miss Valerie Patricia Louise Anquetil, of Wellington. . Mr Frederick Robert Ball, of Gisborne. Mr Reginald Malcolm Barker, of Auckland. Mr William Richard Brinsley, sen., of Dunedin. Mr Arthur Martineau Burrows, of Eltham. Mr Bernard James Cooke, of Blenheim. Mrs Ethel Mildred Cordner, of Christchurch. *

Mrs Christina Dufton Elliott, of Companys Bay, Dunedin. Miss Phyllis Jean Fletcher, of Lyttelton. Mr Horace Victor Haywood, of Auckland.

Mrs Lucy Hughes, of Howick, Auckland.

Mr William Leslie Hughes, of Dargaville. Mr John McCarthy, of Waipukurau. Mrs Alice Kathleen Maclean, of Wanganui. Mr John Charles Derbie Mackley, of Masterton. Mrs Evelyn Morrison, of Christchurch. Mrs Oma Taka Moss, of Christchurch. Mr Norman Leslie Shaw, of Eskdale, Hawke’s Bay. Mrs Lilian Ana Mary Wyatt, of Christchurch. Mr George Stratton, of Dunedin. Miss Rosemary Trafford, of Nelson. British Empire Medal (8.E.M.): Constable David Clarke Muir.

New Zealand Police Force, of Kawakawa. Constable Robert Methven Peggie, New Zealand Police Force, of Roxburgh. Instructor Archibald Herbert Victor Waters, New Zealand Prisons Service, of Wellington. MILITARY DIVISION Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.8.E.): Brigadier Leonard Whitmore Thornton, 0.8. E., Colonels’ List, Regular Force, of Wellington. Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (0.8. E. Acting - Commander Edward Perry Reade, D.S.C., Royal Navy, now in the United Kingdom.

Lieutenant-Colonel Tom Bassett Morten, D. 5.0., E.D., Royal New Zealand Infantry (Territorial Force), of Little River. Wing Commander John William Todd, M.8.E., Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington. Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.8.E.): Lieutenant-Commander John Fergus Young Schischka, V.R.D, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, of Auckland. Major Douglas Gordon Warner Green, Royal New Zealand Artillery (Territorial Force), of Christchurch. Major Albert Edward Melville Lawrence, Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Regular Force), of Waiouru. Captain Elsie Phyllis Hogan, New Zealand Women’s Royal Army Corps (Regular ForceX, of Auckland. Warrant-Officer (Class II) Oswald Albert Wahrlich, the Royal New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force), of Dunedin. Squadron Leader Colin Campbell Charles Manson, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Weedons, Christchurch. Flight Lieutenant Allan John Charles Clark, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Taieri, Dunedin. Air Force Cross (A.F.C.): , Squadron Leader Ronald Arthur Manners, M.8.E., Royal 'New Zealand Air Force, of Hobsonville. Flight Lieutenant Ronald Charles Macfarlane, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Palmerston North. British Empire Medal (8.E.M.): Chief Petty Officer Wren Barbara Radford Bilton, Women’s Royal New Zealand Naval Service, of Auckland. Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Walter Roy Robb, Royal New Zealand Navy, of Auckland. Chief Electrician John Charles Harris, Royal New Zealand Navy, of Auckland.

Engine-room Artificer First-class Ernest Alexander Newman, Royal New Zealand Navy, of Dunedin. Sergeant Peter Percival Clarke Cooper, New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force), of Plimmerton. Corporal Henry Cecil Wright, Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals (Regular Force), of Taumarunui. Flight Sergeant John William Sharp, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Whenuapai. Sergeant Edward Joseph Brown, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Ohakea. Commendation for Valuable Services in the Air: Flight Lieutenant John Edward Wood, D.F.C., Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Ohakea.