The 1940 King's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of

King George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of Ind ...

, were appointments made by the King to various orders and honours in recognition of war service by New Zealanders. They were announced on 9 July 1940. No civilian awards were made. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

;Military division, additional * Major General

John Evelyn Duigan Major General Sir John Evelyn Duigan, (30 March 1883 – 9 January 1950) was an officer who served with the New Zealand Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. He was Chief of the General Staff of the New Zealand Military Force ...

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New Zealand Staff Corps The New Zealand Staff Corps was a corps of professional officers in the regular New Zealand Military Forces which, in peacetime, administered the Territorial Force. During the First and Second World Wars, many members of the corps commanded batta ...

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Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff. List * Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( United States) * Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia) * Chief of General Staff (Af ...

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. File:MG John Duigan.jpg, Sir John Duigan

Commander (CBE)

;Military division, additional * Group Captain

Leonard Monk Isitt Air Vice Marshal Sir Leonard Monk Isitt (27 July 1891 – 21 January 1976) was a New Zealand military aviator and senior air force commander. In 1943 he became the first New Zealander to serve as the Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal New ...

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Royal New Zealand Air Force The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) ( mi, Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, "The Warriors of the Sky of New Zealand"; previously ', "War Party of the Blue") is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed from New Zeala ...

. * Colonel Owen Herbert Mead – New Zealand Staff Corps; adjutant-general of the New Zealand Military Forces. File:Leonard Monk Isitt 1921.jpg, Leonard Monk Isitt File:Owen Herbert Mead.jpg, Owen Mead

Officer (OBE)

;Military division, additional * Wing Commander Hugh Bartholomew Burrell – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Lieutenant Colonel Albert Edward Conway – New Zealand Staff Corps; director of mobilisation of the New Zealand Military Forces. * Lieutenant Herbert Albert Haynes –

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

(retired). * Major James George McKay – New Zealand Military Forces. * The Reverend George Trevor Robson – New Zealand Chaplains Department; chaplain to the

New Zealand Naval Forces New Zealand Naval Forces was the name given to a division of the Royal Navy. The division was formed in 1913 and it operated under this name until 1921, when it became the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy. History Originally the British ...

. File:Hugh Bartholomew Burrell 1941.jpg, Hugh Bartholomew Burrell File:Albert Edward Conway - WWI.jpg, Albert Conway

Member (MBE)

;Military division, additional * Warrant Officer James Edward Duncan – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flying Officer Albert Tom Giles – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Warrant Officer Class I (Staff-Sergeant-Major) William Leonard Glanville – Permanent Staff, New Zealand Military Forces. * Commissioned Gunner Alfred James Harvey – Royal Navy. * Squadron Sergeant-Major Charles Ethelbert Howell –

Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry The 1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry) were a mounted rifles regiment raised just before World War I, raised and based in the region of Canterbury. It can trace its history back to 1864 with the formation of the Canterbury Yeomanry Cav ...

, New Zealand Military Forces. * Flight Lieutenant Ivan Edward Rawnsley – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Warrant Officer Class I (Regimental Sergeant-Major) Frank Allan Wetherall –

Royal New Zealand Artillery The Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery is the artillery regiment of the New Zealand Army. It is effectively a military administrative corps, and can comprise multiple component regiments. This nomenclature stems from its heritage as an off ...

, New Zealand Military Forces.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Flight Lieutenant James Richard Maling –

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...

. * Squadron Leader James Francis Moir – Royal Air Force. * Squadron Leader Henry Neville Gynes Ramsbottom-Isherwood – Royal Air Force.

References

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