BIRTHDAY HONOURS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26177, 13 June 1946, Page 6

BIRTHDAY HONOURS

Dr Peter Buck Knighted

Numerous Otago Recipients

(P.A.) WELLINGTON. June 12. The Administrator of the Government, Sir Michael Myers, has announced that the King has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of his Majesty’s birthday, to confer the following honours:— CIVIL DIVISION K.C.M.G. / (Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. , George) Dr Peter Henry Buck (Te Rangi Hiroa), director of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. K.B.E. (Knight Commander of the Most. Excellent Order of the British Empire) Professor John Rankine Brown. Wellington. Kt. (Knight Bachelor) Cecil Arthur Whitney, Auckland. C.M.G. (Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George) James Rankin Bartholomew, Dunedin. Fred W&te, D. 5.0., 0.8. E., M.L.C., Balclutha. C.B.E. (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) Edwin Dudley Good, Wellington. Robert McPherson, Christchurch. John O’Shea, Wellington. Dr Tom Lahin Paget, Wellington. Carl Victor Smith, Dunedin. 0.8. E. (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) Christopher Thomas Aschman. Christchurch. ' „ . _ ... . Roy Mathew Vining Brasted, Wellington. „ __ . Walter Edmund Leadley, Wellington. Donal McPhee, Auckland. Miss Doris Emily Menzies, HamutC>Miss Mary Louise Roberts, Dunedin. Dr Walter Sneddon Robertson, wel'Riomas James Sherrard, WellingtoCharles Victor Smith, Dunedin. James Archibald Valentine, New (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) Hector James Aekins, Auckland. Dr Alexander Francis Ritchie Crawford. Invercargill. , Alfred Hugh Crawley, Nelson Mrs Edith Mary de Castro, Te Kulti. Edward Gibbard. Dannevirke. , John Black Grant, Dunedin. Mrs Theresa Green, Christchurch John Athol Gregor. J.P„, ChnstCh Fred Bennett Katene, Wellington. David Ferguson Mackay, Auckland. Mrs Florence Isobel Mcßride, Aucklacdaptain Harold Hilton Sergeant, A M?sTrene May Leonora Taylor, Wellington. MILITARY DIVISION C B (Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath) Mai oi-general Norman Willi® ll ] McDonald Weir, C.8.E., N.ZB.C., Chie of the General Staff and First Military Member of the Army Board, L °Air r vice t Marshal Arthur de Terriotte Nevill. C.8.E., Chief of the Air Staff, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. C.B.E. (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) Acting Air Commodore Maurice William Buckley, M.8.E., of Lower Hutt Captain Ralph Newman, D.S.O. and bar V.D., R.N Z.N.V.R, Wellington 0.8. E. (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) Acting Commander Ernest Waiter Garner, V.D., R.N.Z.N.VJt., Auckland; Surgeon-commander Arnold Perry, V.D. R.NJZ.N.V.R., Dunedin; Captain (Temporary Lieutenant-colonel) John Henry Sharp, N.Z.S.C., Wellington; Major (Temporary Lieutenant-colonel) Douglas Todd Maxwell, N.Z.S.C., Wellington; Major (temporary lieutenantcolonel) Ernest Leonard Guy Bown, N Z S.C., Heretaunga; Major Septimus Trainor . Owen, Wellington; Major (temporary lieutenant-colonel) Vincent James Innes, N.Z.S.C., Wellingt0 Acting Group Captain Charles Campbell Hunter. R.nla.F. Wellington; Acting Group Captain Eric Gordon Moore, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington; Wing Commander Kenneth James Crichton, R.N.Z.A.F., Lower Hutt; Wing Commander Donald Charles Campbell, R.N.Z.A.F., Dunedin; Wing Commander Peter Alister Matheson, R.N.Z.A.F., Mosgiel; Wing Commander lan Alastair Scott, R.N.Z.A.F., Lower Hutt; Squadron Leader Geoffrey Cyril Ellis R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch; Squadron Leader Alfred Benjamin Lindop, R.N.Z.A.F., Ohakea; Squadron Leader George Arthur Tillson, R.N.Z.A.F., Palmerston North. M.B.E. (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) Lieutenant - commander Ronald Francis Hull, R.N.Z.N.V.R., Auckland; Temporary-acting-electrical Lieutenant Commander Edward John Marklew, R.N.Z.N.V.R., Wellington; Lieutenant (Ty) Fred Govsky, R.N.Z.N.R., Christchurcn; ’Lieutenant Frederick Kendall Gibson, R.N.Z.N.V.R., Lower Hutt; Major Gerald Harcourt Weir, E.D., N Z.T.S., Wellington; Major John Vincent, D.C.M., M.M., N.Z.S.C., Heretaunga; Major Christopher Henrv Gallagher, N.Z.T.S., Wellington; Captain George Edeard Cox, N.Z.T.S.. Wellington; Temporary-captain and quartermaster James Malcolm, N.Z.P.S., Wanganui; Captain Ernest Smith, N.Z.T.S., Lower Hytt; Captain Horace Maddocks, N.Z.T.S., Auckland Temporary Major and Quartermaster John William Fletcher, N.Z.P.S., Auckland; Major Alfred George Lowry, N.Z.T.S., Auckland; Captain James Leslie Napier, E.D., N Z.T.S., Invercargill; Subaltern Daisy Isaacs, W.A.A.C., Eastbourne. Acting Squadron Leader Kenneth Arthur Sheard. R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington; Acting Squadron James William Aston R.N.Z.A.F., Eastbourne; Squadron Leader Owen Evans. R.N.Z.A.F., Westport; Acting Squadron Leader Jack Garrance Dunstan, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch; Acting Squadron Leader John Harold McFadden, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland: Acting Squadron Leader John William Todd, R.N.Z.A.F., Christ- • church; Flight Lieutenant Ivan Sidney Rockell, R.N.Z.A.F., Hamilton; Acting Flight Lieutenant Bruce William Thomas Richards, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington; Flight Lieutenant Maul John Hanslip Bruorton, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch; Flight Lieutenant George Kemp Taylor, R.N.Z.A.F. Nganiawahia*‘ Flight Lieutenant Cecil George RN.Z.A.F., Lower Hutt; Flight Lieutenant William Francis Falvey, R.N.ZA.F., Wellington; Flight Lieutenant Deryck Mune, R.A.F., Papakura- Flying Officer Douglas Enoch Wood, R.N.Z;A.F„ Henderson; Warrant Officer Ernest Charles Calcinai, JLN.Z.A.F., Ohakea. AIR FORCE CROSS Wing Commander Ronald Affleck Kirkup, R.N.Z.A.F., Manurewa; Acting Squadron Leader William Keith Paterson, R.N.ZA..F., Auckland; Flight Lieutenant Albert Samuel Agar, RJLZ.A.F.,

Lower Hutt; Flight Lieutenant William Robert Esquilant, R.N.Z.A.F., Dunedin; Flight Lieutenant James Thomas Adams Harris, R.N.Z.A.F., Turakina; Flight Lieutenant John Samuel Shephard, R.N.Z.A.F., Dunedin; Warrant Officer John Philip Wilson, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland. A.R.R.C. (Royal Red Cross, Second Class) Charge-sister (Mrs) Amy Marion Miller (nee Williams), N.Z.A.N.S, Wellington; Charge-sister Christina McDonald, N.Z.A.N.S., Tapanui; Char„ge-sister Sarah Eileen Georgina Sherrard, N.Z.A.N.S, Christchurch. BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL Chief Wren (first class) Dorothy Jenaway Davis, W.R.N.Z.S., Whangarei; • Chief Petty Officer de Lacy Albert Graham-Cameron, R.N.Z.N., Auckland; Petty-officer Cook (0.) Cecil Ralph Burnett Tamplin, R.N.Z.N., Auckland; Chief-stoker Edward Searle Mason, R.N.Z.N., Auckland; Leadingwriter (Ty.) James Morell Dickson, R.N.Z.N., Dunedin; Rigger Cromwell Weston, R.N.Z.N., Taumarunui, War-rant-officer , (class two) John Stuart Robertson. N.Z.T.S. Auckland; Staffsergeant Robert Joseph Harris, N.Z.T.S., Frankton Junction; Staff-ser-geant Ernest Roy Bedding, N.Z.T.S., Wellington; Staff-sergeant William Alexander Sammons, N.Z.T.S., Lower Hutt; Staff-sergeant Fanny Eva Grace Arndt, W.A.A.C., Auckland; Staff-ser-geant Phyllis Myrtle Gerard, W.A.A.C., Christchurch; Warrant Officer Gordon Lindsay Whyte, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. Warrant-officer Francis Bertram Weldon, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch; Acting Warrant Officer lan McLean Miller, R.N.Z.A.F, Papakura; Flight Sergeant Herbert Graham Carter, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington; Flight Sergeant Arthur Albert Kerridge, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch; Acting Flight Sergeant Maurice Alexander Dixon, R.N.Z.A.F.,

Wellington; Senior Sergeant Margaret Jane Gerrie, W.A.A.F., Wellington; Sergeant Katherine Ellen O’Brien, W A.A.F., Tokanui; Sergeant David Spencer Giffin, R.N.Z.A.F., Oamaru; Corporal Elizabeth May Robinson, W.A.A.F., Christchurch.

MENTION IN DESPATCHES Flight Lieutenant Edward Terence Aickin, R.N.Z.A.F., Paparoa; Squadron Leader Congreve John Banwell, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch; Flight Lieutenant John PerciVal ConyersBrown, R.N.Z.A.F., Whangarei; Corporal Frederick Keith Davies, R.N.Z.A.F,, Levin; Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Oswald Ernest Eames, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch; Flight Sergeant Stanley George Fagan, R.N.ZA.F., Auckland; Flying Officer John Dickson Fergusson, R.N.Z.A.F., Heretaunga; Flying Officer George Alexander Folster, R.N.Z.A.F., Invercargill; Squadron Leader Francis James Auchmuty Fulton, R.N.Z.A.F. Nelson; Flight .Lieutenant Trevor Alfred Gallagher, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch; Wing Commander Albert Tom Giles, R.N.Z.A.F., Hobsonville. Wing Commander George Henry Fisher, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland; Wing Commander Donald Edward Grigg, M.8.E., R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch; Flight Lieutenant William James Eglington Vernon Grace, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland; Flight ald Ernest Hopwood, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch; Corporal Kenneth Pearson McKay, R.N.Z.A.F., Feilding; Flying Officer Hey Seton Feilding; Flying Officer Hew Seton Montgomery, R.N.Z.A.F., Wanganui; Flvin? Officer Howard Cattle Mullenger, ft.N.Z.A.F., Auckland; Flying Officer Robert Hume Regnault, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch; Squadron Leader Donald George Sinclair, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland; Flight Sergeant Francis Joseph Stewart. R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington: Leading Aircraftman Ronald Stanley Walters, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland; Squadron Leader John Henry James Stevenson. R.N.Z.A.F.. Wellington. COMMENDATION FOR VALUABLE SERVICE IN THE AIR Flight Lieutenant William Andrew Alexander, R.N.Z.A.F., Napier; Flight Lieutenant Peter John Malcolm Ballard R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch; Flight Lieutenant Richard Warren Bartley, R.N.Z.A.F., Hamilton; Squadron Leader Arthur John Bradshaw, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch; Flight Lieutenant Philip Stanford Fougere, R.N.Z.A.F., Feilding; Flight Lieutenant Howard Charles Curtis Galt, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch; Flight Lieutenant George Maxmillian Hare, R.N.Z.A.F., Waipara; Flight Lieutenant Basil John Townsend Heath, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch. Flight Lieutenant John Alexander McCartney, RR.N.Z.A.F., Invercargill; Flight Lieutenant John Mackay Pettigrew R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland, Flight Lieutenant Guyon Moncrieff Robertson, R.N.Z.A.F., Wigram; Flignt Lieutenant Jack Say well Tarrant, R.N.Z.A.F., Waipukurau: Flight Lieutenant Robert Keith Walker, R.N.Z.A.F.,. Woodlands: Flying Officer John Linton King, r'n.Z.A.F., Auckland; Flying Offl'er William John Lindsay Taylor, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland; Pilot Officer Robert Henry Goodall, R.N.Z.A.F., Te Awamutu.