Two Wanganui Names In The New Year Honours List

Wanganui Chronicle, 2 January 1948, Page 6

Two Wanganui Names In The New Year Honours List

KNIGHTHOODS CONFERRED ON TWO NEW ZEALANDERS

The Governor-General (Sir Bernard Freyberg) announced that His Majesty, on the occasion of the New Year, has conferred the following honours:

P.C. (Privy Councillor?. Hon. Sir Humphrey Francis O’Leary, Chief Justice of New Zealand. CIVIL DIVISION. KILE. (Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire). Professor Joseph Bernard Dawson, Professor of Midwifery and Gynaecology. at the University- of Otago. K.B. (Knight Bachelor). Hon. David Stanley Smith, Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. CJH.G. (Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George). Dr. Guy Hardy Scholefield, 0.8. E., Parliamentary Librarian and Dominion Archivist, of Wellington. The Bight Reverend Frederick Augustus Bennett, Bishop of Aotearoa, of Kohupatiki. C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire). Robe rd t Caughley, Wellington. John Henderson, Wellington. Dr. Walter Allison Gilmour, Auckland. 0.8. E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire). John Bgrr, Auckland. John Alexander Crawford, of Cairo. Kanapu Haerehuka, of Wanganui. Miss Aileen Annie Joyce, Auckland. ThonMM Rowley Lees, Palmerston North. Miss Mar Letitia Lindsay, Timaru. James Murphy, Christchurch. Henry Vaider, of Hamilton. Dr. Wilifred Stanley Wallis, Rotorua. John Wilson, Dunedin. M.BJ". (Member of the Order of the British Empire). Mrs. Ado Emily Beer, Gisborne. John Bryce Berry, of Kaikohe. Miss Pansy Helen Auld Chapman, Auckland. William Alfrai Henry Corfield, Auckland. Mrs. Dorothy Louisa Derig, landJohn William Fenton, of Kaitangata. Mhw Elsie Louisa Muriel Julius, Greymouth. Kenneth McKenzie, of Geraldme. Rev. Leslie Bourneman Neale, Dunedin. James Baxter O’Neill. Christchurch. Miss Mirika Wehipeihana, of Opun Willnun Trickey Woods, Christchurch. MILITARY DIVISION. C.BJ(Commander Order British Empire). Air Commodore Cyril Eyton Kay, 08. E., D.F.C., Air Member for Supply, R.NXA.F.

0.8. E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire). Temp. Col. Charles Ritchie Burns, 2nd N.Z.E.F., Wellington. Temp. Lieut.-Col. John Patrick Joyce, D.C.M, Royal New Zealand Artillery, Wellington. Squadron-Leader Noel Alfred Vear, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland. M.BJE. (Member of the Order of the British Empire). Acting Telegraphist Lieut. William Lewis Brewer, D.S.M., R.N.Z.N., Waiouru. Temp. Lieut.-Col. John William Barry, N.Z. Regiment, of Wanganui. Major and Quartermaster Thomas Joseph Cronin, New Zealand Regular Force, of Heretaunga. Major Adam James Moore, New Zealand Regiment, of Nelson. Captain John Henry Leedham Trenwith, New Zealand Temporary Staff, Auckland. Flying-Offioer Richard Langsford Brewer, R.N.Z.A.F. Christchurch. Warant Officer Albert Ernest Chapman, R.N.Z.A.F., Blenheim. A. (Air Force Cross). Squadron-Leader Cyril Henry Baigent, D. 5.0., D.F.C., of Ohakea. Hight-Lieut. Thomas Alexander McLeod Morgan, Ohakea. Flight-Lieut. Mervyn Windsor Wrennail, Auckland. B. (British Empire Medal). Electrical Artificer Alfred Ernest Crooks, R.N.Z.N., Auckland. Mr. Ernest Robert Jackson, canteen tenant, H.M.N.Z.S. Bellona, Auckland. Temp. Warrant Officer, First Class, Donate, Hughes Cross, N.Z. Regt,, Christchurch. Temp. Warrant Officer, First Class, David Charles McGill, N.Z. Temporary Staff, Wellington. Temp. Staff Sergt. Victor James Keane, N.Z. Temporary Staff, Auckland. FlightSergt. William Henry James, Blenheim. Flight-Sergt. Tom Lewis Dimmock Christchurch. Flight-Sergt. Basil Frederick White, Christchurch. Flight-Sergt. James Robert John Pegg, Christchurch. Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air. Flight-Lieut. James Patrick O’Donnell Christchurch. Flying - Officer Joseph Cassidy Naera, of Whenuapaai. Flying-Officer John Duncan Garrett, Ohakea. Warrant-Officer Frederick Hazel, Ohakea. Flight-Sergt Leslie Gordon Woods, Whenuapai.