THE KING CONFERS NEW YEAR HONOURS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21909, 2 January 1946, Page 4

THE KING CONFERS NEW YEAR HONOURS

SERVICES IN WAR

PATRIOTIC LEAD WIDE DISTRIBUTION GISBORNE RECIPIENTS MRS. N. H. BULL’S 0.8. E. (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Jan. 2. The Governor-General, Sir Cyril Ncwall, lias announced that the King has been graciously pleased on the occasion of tire New Year to confer the following honours: — K.C.DI.G. CIVIL DIVISION (Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George). fur. Carl August Bcrcndsen, C.DI.G., New Zealand Minister at Washington. K.3.E. (Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). Mr. Alfred Clarice Turnbull, Administrator of Western Samoa. K.B. (Knight Bachelor). The lion. Archibald William Blair, of Wellington. Dir. James Fletcher, of 'Wellington. The Hon. William Perry, M.L.C., of Wellington. C.B.E. (Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George). Dir. Bernard Carl Ash win, Wellington. Mr. John Henry Eoyes. Wellington. Dir. Cyril George Collins. Lower Hutt. Dr. Ernest Dlarsden, C.8.E.. Wellington. Dir. Francis Raymond Ficot, Wellington. C.B.E. (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). Mr. Andrew Henson Allen, formerly Mayor of Dunedin. Dir. John Andrew Charles Allum, Mayor of Auckland. Dir. Ernest Herbert Andrews, Mayor of Christchurch. Dir. Eugene Casey, Wellington. Mr. Denis Joseph Cummings, Putaruru. Mr. George Andrew Duncan, Lower Hutt. Mr. David Emmet Fouhy, Wellington. Dir. George Arthur Hayden, Wellington. Dir. James Stanley Hunter, Lower Hutt. Mr. William Marshall, Aperoa. The Hon. Vincent Aubrey Ward, M.L.C., Wellington. Mr. John George Young. Wcllinston. Dir. Frederick Dlillctt Sherwood, Wellington. 0.8. E. (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). Miss Annie Constance Affleck, Wellington. Miss Lillian Banks, Palmerston North. Mrs. Diary Jane Bentley, Wellington. Mr John Balmain Brooke, Auckland. Dir. Cyril Blake Burdekin, D1.8.E., formerly of the staff of the High Comsioner for New Zealand in London. Dir. Frederick William Burton, Khandallah. Wellington. Dir. Ronald Alan Candy, Ngarua, Waitoa. Dir. Hector Christie, Wanganui. The Rev. Monsignor Thomas Frederick Connolly, Wellington.. Dir. Robert Darrocli, Wellington. Dir. David Alexander Ewen, D1.8.E., Lower Hutt. Dir. Charles Stuart Falconer, Wellington. Dir. Clarence Richard Charles Gardiner, honorary agent of New Zealand Government at Bombay, India. Mr. Everard Robert Cranston Gilmour, New Plymouth. Dir. Israel Joseph Goldstine, Auckland. Dir. Len Joseph Greenberg, Wellington. Mr. James Norman Greenland, Wellington. Dir. Harry Campbell Hemphill, Whangarei. Mr. Thomas William Hercock, Napier. Mrs. Ailsa Crag Dalhousie Hislop, Wellington. Mr. Alfred Joseph Hutchinson, Auckland. Dir. George Henry Jackson, Lower Hutt. Dir. Bertram Joseph Jacobs, Palmerston North. Dir. Alexander Ilcwat Johnstone, K.C., Auckland. Dir. Arthur Sehvyn Kemnthornc, Lower Hutt. Mr. John Craigie Kirkness, Oamaru. Mrs. Elizabeth Dlay Knox-Gilmer, Wellington. Dir, Augustus Edward Mansford, Palmerston North. Mr. Robert Whiteford Marshall, Director of New Zealand Supply Mission, Washington. Mr. William Walter Mulholland, Darfield. Dir. Edgar Rollo Neale, Nelson. Dir. Waiter Richard Ncwall, Wellington. Dir. Robert Hamilton Nimmo, Lower Hutt. Dir. Charles Henry Tarr Palmer, Auckland. Dir. George Pascoe, Wellington. Captain Robert Everett Price, Wellington. Mr. Algernon Instone Rainbow, Hastings. Dlrs. Barbara Reid, Wellington. Dliss Violet Agnes Russell, of the staff of the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London. Dir. Sidney Buttery Skinner, of the staff of the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London. Dir. Thomas Norman Smallwood, Upper Hutt. Dir. Joseph Thomas Spears, Wellington. Dir. Kingi Tahswi, Wellington. Dir. James Ewing Thomas, Geraldine. Mr. Abraham Wacliner, Invercargill. Dir. Charles Norman Dlaehell WatsonDlunro, Wellington. Dir. Charles Gilbert White, Wellington. Dir. Leonard John Wild, Feilding. Dr. Donald Macdonald Wilson, M.C., Wellington. Dir. Rupert Samuel Wogan, Wellington, D1.8.E. (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). Dir. Joseph Abel, Wellington. Dliss Rebecca Isobcl Victoria Aitken, Gore. Dlrs. Etta Elaine Allen, Dunedin. Dlrs. Annie Allum, Mayoress of Auckland. Dlrs. Margaret Andrews, Lower Hutt. Dlrs. Rose Appleton, Mayoress of Wellington. Dlrs. Dorothy Annie Almore, Nelson. Mr. George John Blake Barber, Green Island, Dunedin. Dliss Margaret Mills Barclay, Hamilton. Mrs. Doris Laura Barton, Taihape. Dliss Jean Blacker, Auckland. D7r. Thomas Francis Patcy Briggs, Auckland. Dir. Ernest Escott Brooking, Wellington. Dliss Madeleine Harriett Lenvell Browne, Wellington. Mrs. Blanche Mila Burke, care the Office of (he I-ligh Commissioner for New Zealand, London. Dlrs. Margaret Sheila Bull, Gisborne. Dir. James Leslie Burnett, Whakatane. Dlrs. Margaret Campbell, Auckland. Mrs. Mabel Castle, Silverstream, Upper Hutt. Mr. Charles Nicholas Cathie, Wellington. Dli - s. Gladys Chapman. Hamilton. Dir. Fred Evans Chappell, Wellington South. Dlrs. Jean Olga Christiansen, New Brighton. Dir. Laurence Hugh Clapliam, Hawera. Mrs. Ada Vera Cocker, Auckland. Dlrs. Agnes Connolly, North-East Valley, Dunedin. Dlrs. Doris Crawford, Hastings. Dliss Helen Iris Crooke, Marion. Dir. George William Dell, Christchurch. Mrs. Annie Jean Dickinson, Wellington. Mrs. Diary Dlinson Drcaver, Takapuna. The Rev. Arthur Rowley Ebbs, rector of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Manly, Sydney, N.S.W. Dir. Hewitt Edwards, Auckland. Dir. Albert Richard Elcock. Hokitika.

The Hon. Wil’iam Perry Dlrs. Diary Aim Ellen Woodcnd, Rangiora. Lady Annie Allan Elliott, Wellington. Dlrs’ Beryl Inez Eilis, Hamilton. Dlrs. Grace Macadam Evans, Hawera. Dlrs. Elizabeth Maud Faithful!, Dargaville. Dlrs. Linda Ferguson, Sydney. N.S.'W. Dr. Jeanic Gardner Fougerc, Kaikohe. Mrs. Dicta Frances Fusscll, Napier. Dlrs. Ethel Marion Gould, Auckland. Dir. Laurie Oliver Hall, Whangarei. Mr. Arthur Dlerlin Harding, Sergeant of Police, Feilding. Dlrs. Dlaric Henrietta Hargest, Rakauhauka, Invercargill. Miss Dlinnic Gregory Havelaar, Christchurch. Dlrs. Dlabel Roseline Heaphy, Heretaunga. Dlrs. Elsie Diary Hyslop, Upper Hutt. Mrs. Ottoline Valeria Hole, Wellington. Dlrs. Violet Ivy Inkster, Whangarei. Mr. William Montrose Jenkins, Gisborne. Dir. Frederick Johnson, Wellington. Dir. William Jones, Whangarei. Dlrs. Edith Dliriam Jordan, Masterton. Dliss Betty Dlarion Kensington, Auckland. Dlrs. Agnes Gilmour Kent-Johnston, Hastings. Dlrs. Mary Josephine Killery, Petone. Dir. Frederick Arthur Kitcliingham, ’ Grey mouth. Mrs. Bella Fernie Logie, Lower Hutt. Dlrs. Geraldine Emily Luckie, Wellington. Dliss Marie Agnes Dlalempre, Wellington. Dlrs. Laurel Grace Barker McAlister, Timaru. . Mrs. Elizabeth Hazel McCaldon, Kaiapoi Mrs. Ivy DlcCready, Auckland. Captain Francis Arthur Mclndoe, Wel-

lington. ~ . Mr. James Duncan DlcGuire. Auckland. Dlrs. Christina McKane, Cobden, Grey-

mouth. . Dlrs. Margaret Elizabeth Meek, Napier. Dlrs. Amy Gladys Miller, Wellington. Dir. Frank Mitchell, Nelson. Dliss Ellen Constance Morice, Welling-

ton. T ~ Mr. Walter George Neild, Lower Hutt. Dlrs. Dlaisie Amelia Noble Dio era,

Lower Hutt. Mr. William Henry Paul. Hamilton. Dliss Teresa Margaret Peckston, Wel-

lington. Mrs. Mary Victoria Cracroft Poison,

Stratford. , Mr Reuben Charles Porter, Auckland. Mrs. Daisy Vida Chalmers Pottinger,

Burnside, Dunedin. Mrs. Julie Robertson. Gisborne. Mrs. Helen Victoria Ross. Trentham. Dir. Record Reign Ross, Hamilton. Dir. William Douglas Sanders, Blen-

heim. Dlrs. Ethel Diary Scott. Wanganui. Mrs. Rose Elizabeth Seddon, Feilding. Dlrs. Mary Phyllis Franklyn Shallcrass,

Greymouth. „ . Dlrs. Eileen Diary Smith. Blenheim. Dir. Tom Smith, Christchurch. Dir. George Snarrey, Auckland. Dir. Percy Vernon Esmond Stainton, ’ Fitzroy. New Plymouth. Mr. Edward Albert Stevenson, Auck-

land. , _ , Dir. Frank Emanuel Sutherland, Taka-

puna. , _ , Mr. Tuoro Tango, Ohmemutu, Rotorua. Mr. Percy Thomson, Stratford. Dlrs. Olive Thorburn, Waipukurau. Dlrs Hinehou Tureia. Gisborne. Dlrs’. Hilda Tweedy, Timaru. Dlrs. Flora Amy Augusta Urquhart,

Karaka. Papakura. Dlrs. Fay Vernon, Christchurch. Dlrs Marv Karaka Waititi, Ruatoria. Mr. ’Edward George Walkinshaw, Auck-

land. , _ , Dliss Charlotte Eliot Warburton, Pal-

merston North. . Dlrs. Clementina Margaret Wilkinson,

Tauranga. Dlrs. Dlabel Helen Wilson Wilkinson,

Eltham. _ „ ... Mrs. Ada Kathleen Wilson, Te Kuiti. Dliss Jessie Banks Wilson. Oamaru. Dlrs. Anne Whitaker, Auckland. Dir. Charles Richardson White, Wanganui. 8.E.D1. (British Empire Medal)

Dir Albert William Andrews, Auckland. Mr George William Conmee, Auckland. Dliss Joyce Alma W’erner, Karaka

Creek, Thames Mr Victor Hamilton Humphreys, El-

lerslie, Auckland. _ Dir William Percy Huggins, Wellington. Dir Eric Donald Dleßae, Auckland. Dir Reginald Henry Necs, Wellington. Dir Peter John Hope Purvis, Welling-

Dlr Albert Edward Naulls. Wellington. Mrs Leone Gertrude De Zoetc Coven-

try, Gore. _ . Mrs Mcrva Sheldon .Teune, Fairlie. Mr William John Taylor, Timaru. Dlrs Katharine Mary Deans, Darneld. Mrs Helena Marian Barnard, Welhng-

ington. Mrs Pirihira Ilekcta, Wellington. Miss Ophir Kallam, Aromoho, Wanga-

Ellaby Cotierill, Gisborne. Dll-s Isabella Olive Grace Jones, Puta-

ruru. Miss Catherine Gaw, Te Aroha. Miss Te Kiato Riwai, Christchurch Dlrs Hiria Tangaerc, Rangitukia.

Dir John Penfold, Ruatoria. Mrs Eve Winifred Dloore, Auckland. Mrs Gertrude Lucy Stitchbury, Lowry-

Bay, Wellington. Dlrs Margaret Colleen Groom, Wellmg-

Mr Kenneth Wells, formerly of the New Zealand barque Pamir, of plenheirn.

1v.C.8. Military Division (Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath) Lieutenant-General Edward Puttick, CB, D. 5.0., N.Z.S.C, formerly General Officer Commanding the New Zealand Military Forces, Wellington K.B.E. (Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) Air Vice-Marshal Leonard Monk Isitt, C 8.E., R.N.Z.A.F., Chief of Air Staff. Air Officer Commanding the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Wellington. Maior-Gcneral Fred Thompson Bowerbank, 0.8. E.. M.C., E.D., K.H.P., NiZ.M.C.. Director-General of the New Zealand Medical Services (Army and Air), Wellington. C.B. (Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath) Brigadier Leonard George Goss, N.Z.S.C., Deputy Chief of the General Staff, New Zealand Military Forces, Wellington. C.B.E.

(Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) Group Captain Trevor Watts White, E.D., R.N.Z.A.F., Chief Air Liaison Officer. New Zealand Air Mission Ottawa. Acting Group Captain Gordon Ham* ish Martin Pirie, R.A.F., formerly Director of Air Operations, R.N.Z.A.F,

0.8. E. (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). Chief Officer (Dliss) Hcrmione Ruth Herrick, Director of the Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service, Wellington. Acting-C'onimanclcr John Churchill Ehvorthy, R.N. (ret.), Auckland. Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. colonel) Arthur Bongard, M.C., N.Z.S.C., Christchurch. Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred John Coutts, N.Z.T.S., Auckland. Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Allen Hogan, N.Z.T.S., Wellington. Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Archer Breach, N.Z.T.S., Wellington. Major (temp. lieutenant-colonel) Henry Ernest Erridgc, N.Z.A.0.C., Lower Hutt. Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel James Donald Swan, N.Z.T.S., Auckland. Temp. Lieut.-Coloncl Douglass George Ball, N.Z.T.S., Wellington. Temp. Lieut.-Coloncl John Hugh Phillips, N.Z.T.S., Wellington. Major (temp, lieut.-colonel) Donald George Wallace, N.Z.M.C., Wellington. Major (temp, licut.-colonel Harry Wahic Washbourn, N.Z.D.C., Timaru Temp. Lieut.-Coloncl Frederick William Mcthcs, M.8.E., N.Z.T.S., New Zealand Military Liaison Officer. Sydney, N.S.W. Wing Commander Edward Caradus, R N.Z.A.F., Wellington. Acting Wing Officer (Dlrs) Elsie Naomi Carlyon, W.A.A.F., Wellington. Acting Wing Comniantler John Matthias Gamble, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. Group Captain Frederick Russell Chisholm, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland. Matron (Dliss) Katherine Sybil Williams, N.Z.A.N.S. (attached to R.N.Z.A.F.), Feilding. AIR FORCE CROSS Squadron-Leader Jonas William Henry Lett, R.N.Z.A.F., New Plymouth. Flying-Officer Charles Alexander McDonald, R.N.Z.A.F., Woodville. Squadron-Leader Graham Carrlck Martin, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. Flight-Lieutenant John Herbert Penney, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. Flight-Lieutenant Henry Keith Patience, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. Acting-Wing-Commander Lloyd Hem Parry, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch. Flight-Lieut, Alan Frederick Jacobsen, R.N.Z.A.F., New Plymouth. A.R.R.C.

Royal Red Cross, Second Class. Charge-Sister Jane Kiritapu Nepia, N.Z.A.N.S., Nuhaka. 8.E.D1. British Empire Medal.

Temp. Pctty-Officer Arthur Robert Everitt, R.N.Z.N., Auckland. Chief Petty-Oincer Ernest Alfred Tibbenham, Auckland. Chief Petty-Officer-Writer Robert Turner Bywater Lutma.u, Auckland. Chief Pctty-Officer Leslie James Elliott, Dunedin. Leading Signalman Reginald Percy; Vincent Hayter, R.N.Z.N., Auck-

land. Chief Petty-Officer Kennedy Welton Sparke, Auckland. Leading-Seaman Walter Thomson,

Auckland. Acting-Leading-Seaman Ernest Martir,

Levin. Sergt. (temp.. WO 1), Albert Victor. Calder, N.Z.T.S., Upper Hutt. • Staff-Sgt. Horace Haines DlcCullough,

N.Z.T.S., Auckland. Staff-Sergt. James Carson, N.Z.T.S.,

Burnham. Staff-Sergt, John Reginald Hay, 2nd N.Z.E.F, Fiji Section. Staff-Sergt. Walter Eric Appleby, N.Z.T.S., Wellington. Temp.-Sergeant Robert Hay Watson, N.Z. Dental Corps, Wellington. Staff-Sergeant Leslie George Tyrie, N.Z.T.S., Dunedin. Sergeant James Higgins, N.Z.T.S., Nel-

son. Sergt. Frederick Augustus Pitt, N.Z.A., Auckland. Temp. Warrant Officer (Class 1) Edward Arthur Preston, Gisborne. Sergeant Raymond Metton Underwood, Auckland. _ ~ Sergeant Ambrose Charles Hurdsneld, N.Z. Engineers, Rongotea. Staff-Sergeant William James Diack, N.Z.T.S., Silverstream. Staff-Sergeant Joy Higgins, W.A.A.C., Wellington. Staff-Sergt. Dlatthew Spence, N.Z.T.S., Upper Hutt. Senior-Sergt. (Dlrs.) June McCorkindale (nee Purser), W.A.A.F., New Plymouth. Flight-Sergt. John Leonard Logan, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. Corporal (Dlrs.) Eileen Daisy Owen, W.A.A.F., Wanganui. Leading-Aircraftman lan Burke, R.N.Z.A.F., New Plymouth. Flight-Sergeant George Raymond Patton, R.N.Z.AF, Feilding Flight-Sergeant James McArthur Grant, Fairlie. Flight-Sergeant John Curtiss Henry, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland. Sergt. (now Warrant-Officer) George Noel Dew, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland. Acting-Warrant-Officer Raymond Leonard Woodfield, R.N.Z.A.F., Ch eh. Sergt. Percy Thomas Hum, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland. , „ „ Flight-Sergeant, John Erroll DlcNeill, R.N.Z.A.F., Tauranga. Flight-Sergeant Charles William Cooper, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. CODIDIENDATION FOR VALUABLE SERVICE IN AIR. Acting-Squadron-Leader Robert Duncan DlcVicker, R.N.Z.A.F., Auck-

Flight-Lieutenant Harold Dale EUerington, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland. Flight-Lieutenant Colin Sydney Marceau, D.F.C., Auckland. Flight-Lieutenant Richard Thomas Mounsey, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland. Flight-Lieutenant Leonard Frederick Poore, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch. Flight-Lieutenant John Strand, R.N.Z. A.F., Lower Hutt. Flying-Officer Donald Alfred Williams, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland. Warrant-Officer Kenneth Douglas MacLachlan. R.N.Z.A.F.. Whangarei.