MINOR HONOURS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21910, 3 January 1946, Page 6

MINOR HONOURS

NEW YEAR AWARDS SERVICES PERSONNEL EMPIRE ORDER MEMBERS (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 2. The New Year honours list includes a number of minor awards to New Zealand service personnel who have distinguished themselves in staff work and other directions, the list of these awards being as under: M.B.E. (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) Lieutenant Commander Ralph Leslie Cross, V.D., R.N.Z.N.V.It. (retd.), Wellington. Temp, Lieutenant-Commander Richard Tudor Roberts, V.D., R.N.Z.N.R., Wellington. John Norman Richards, warrant writer-officer (temp.), R.N.Z.N.. Wellington. Tetnn. Lieutenant Arthur Loval Fraser, D.S.C., R.N.Z.N.R., Lyttelton. Acting Lieutenant-Commander Richard Elampictl, R.N.Z.N.R., Wellington. Cyril Carr, senior master, Royal Navy, H.M.N.Z.S. Tamaki. Temp. Lieutenant William Williamson, R.N.Z.N.V.R., Dunedin. Third Officer (Miss) Mary Eleanor

Chesncy, W.R.N.Z.S., Lower Hutt. Leslie Samuel George Martin, temp, warrant-engineer, R.N.Z.N., Auck-

land. Lieut. -Commander Wybrants Olphert, R.N.Z.N.V.R., Wellington. Captain (temp. Major) John Albert Worsnop, N.Z.S.C., Christchurch. Captain (temp. Major) Robert Harry Perrett, N.Z.S.C., Lower Hutt. Major Francis John Martin, N.Z. Army

Pay Corps, Gisborne. Senior Commander Dorothy May Hawkins, W.A.A.C., -Auckland. Temp. Major and Quartermaster Hans Christian Frithjof Peterson, N.Z.A., Wellington. Temp. Major William James Birss Hunter, N.Z.T.S., Wellington. Major Benjamin William Henry Smart,

N.Z.T.S., Hawera. Honorary Captain Charles Pike,

N.Z.T.S., Wellington. Temp. Captain Percival Nowall Erridge, N.Z.A.0.C., Assistant to New Zealand Liaison Officer, Melbourne. Charge Sister Margaret Hitchcock,

N.Z.A.N.S., Levin. Major Geoffrey Hardurn Neal,

N.Z.S.C., Wellington. Major Gavin Eugene Pollock, N.Z.T.S.

Wellington. Senior-Commander Mary Eulalic Whyte. W.A.A.C., Wellington. Captain and Quartermaster Albert de Bolton Peel Steward, M.M., N.Z.

Permanent Staff. Auckland. Captain William Vincent Quane, N.Z.T.S., Auckland. Temp. Captain and Quartermaster William Frederick Sellcn, N.Z. Perm-

anent Stqff, Wellington. Temp. Captain and Quartermaster James Laurence Oliphant-Rowc, N.Z. Permanent Staff. New Plymouth. Temp. Captain and Quartermaster William Edmonds, N.Z. Permanent staff, Ashburton. Captain Eden William Smith, N.Z.T.S.,

Christchurch. Lieutenant (Temp. Captain) Robert William Borland, N.Z.T.S., Christ-

church. Captain William Charles Francis,

N.Z.T.S.. Upper Hutt. Captain Harry Gordon Remshardt Scdgley, N.Z.T.S., Christchurch. Lieutenant Arthur William Herbert Gaily. N.Z.T.S., Lower Hutt. Warrant - Officer (I) (Temp. Major and Quartermaster) Alan Holmes, N.Z. Permanent Staff, Palmerston North. Warrant Officer (I) Thomas William Page, N.Z.T.S., Rotorua. Acting Squadron Leader Rawlings Wil-

liam McSkimming, R.N.Z.A.F., R N.Z.A.F.. Auckland. Squadron-Leader Murray Davy Nairn, Auckland. Acting Squadron-Leader Philip Edward Laughton-Bramley, R.A.F., Exeter, England. Acting Flight-Lieutenant James Francis Sharkey, R.N.Z.A.F., Whangarei. Warrant Officer William Arthur Everson, R.N.Z.A.F., Masterton. Flying-Officer Claude Patrick Perrett, R.N.Z.A.F., Hawera. Acting Squadron-Leader Maurice Leonard Piric, R.N.ZA.F., Auckland. Warrant Officer Rex Bernard Robins R.N.Z.AF., Bulls. Squadron-Leader George Frederick Chippendale, R.N.Z.A.F., Nelson. Acting Squadron-Leader Cecil William Franks, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. Flight-Lieutenant John Ronald Day, R.N.Z.A.F., Invercargill. Squadron-Leader Ahvyn Palmer, R.N.Z.A.F.. Christchurch. Flight-Lieutenant Maurice CoJin Rain, R.N.Z.A.F., Dunedin. Squadron-Leader Bruce Robert Rac, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. Flight-Lieulenant James Douglas Mackay, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch. C.B.E.—MILITARY DIVISION Lieut.-Colonel J. C. Porter, N.Z.E.F. Air Commodore S. C. Ehvorthy. O.B.E.—MILITARY DIVISION Group-Captain R. L. Kippenbergcr. Wing-Commander A. C. Deere. Wing-Commander L, E. Durrant. Squadron-Leader 11. 11. J. Miller.