The 1946 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by 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 Death and state funeral of George VI, his death in 1952. ...
on the advice of the New Zealand government to
various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 1945 and the beginning of 1946. They were announced on 1 January 1946.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Privy Councillor
*
William Joseph Jordan
Sir William Joseph Jordan (19 May 1879 – 8 April 1959) was a New Zealand Labour Party member of Parliament, and New Zealand's longest-serving high commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1951.
Early life
Jordan was born in Rams ...
–
high commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom.
* The Honourable
Walter Nash
Sir Walter Nash (12 February 1882 – 4 June 1968) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 27th prime minister of New Zealand in the Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960. He is noted for his long period of political service, havin ...
–
minister of finance
A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation.
A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...
and
customs
Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting tariffs and for controlling the flow of goods, including animals, transports, personal effects, and hazardous items, into and out of a country. Traditionally, customs ...
.
File:William Joseph Jordan.jpg, Bill Jordan
File:Walter Nash (ca 1940s).jpg, Walter Nash
Knight Bachelor
* The Honourable
Archibald William Blair – senior puisne judge of the
Supreme Court.
*
James Fletcher – of
Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...
. For public services.
* The Honourable
William Perry William Perry may refer to:
Business
* William Perry (Queensland businessman) (1835–1891), businessman and politician in Queensland, Australia
* William H. Perry (businessman) (1832–1906), American businessman and entrepreneur
Politics and ...
– member of the War Cabinet and of the War Council.
File:William Perry.png, Sir William Perry
Order of the Bath
Knight Commander (KCB)
;Military division
* Lieutenant-General (temporary)
Edward Puttick
Lieutenant General Sir Edward Puttick, (26 June 1890 – 25 July 1976) was an officer who served with the New Zealand Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. The first New Zealand-born soldier to reach the rank of lieutenant ge ...
–
New Zealand Military Forces
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Companion (CB)
;Military division
* Brigadier (temporary) Leonard George Goss – New Zealand Military Forces.
Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Commander (KCMG)
*
Carl August Berendsen –
New Zealand Minister to the United States of America, formerly permanent head of the Prime Minister's Department,
Secretary of External Affairs and Secretary to the War Cabinet.
File:Carl Berendsen.jpg, Sir Carl Berendsen
Companion (CMG)
*
Bernard Carl Ashwin –
Secretary to the Treasury
In the United Kingdom, there are several Secretaries to the Treasury, who are Treasury ministers nominally acting as secretaries to HM Treasury. The origins of the office are unclear, although it probably originated during Lord Burghley's tenure ...
.
*
John Henry Boyes
John Henry Boyes (6 March 1886 – 1 July 1958) was the fifth Public Service Commissioner in New Zealand.
He was chairman of the Social Security Commission, in between his terms as Public Service Commissioner (1936-38 & 1941-46). In 1936 the L ...
–
Public Service Commissioner.
* Cyril George Collins – formerly
Controller and Auditor-General.
*
Ernest Marsden
Sir Ernest Marsden (19 February 1889 – 15 December 1970) was an English-New Zealand physicist. He is recognised internationally for his contributions to science while working under Ernest Rutherford, which led to the discovery of new theories ...
– Secretary,
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, abbreviated DSIR was the name of several British Empire organisations founded after the 1923 Imperial Conference to foster intra-Empire trade and development.
* Department of Scientific and Industria ...
.
* Francis Raymond Picot – Commissioner of Supply.
File:Ernest_Marsden_1921.jpg, Ernest Marsden
Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander (KBE)
;Civil division
*
Alfred Clarke Turnbull –
Administrator of the Mandated Territory of Western Samoa.
;Military division
* Major-General (temporary)
Fred Thompson Bowerbank –
New Zealand Medical Corps
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created.
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
Albums and EPs
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator ...
.
* Air Vice-Marshal
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 ...
–
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 ...
.
File:Alfred Clarke Turnbull.png, Sir Alfred Turnbull
File:Fred Bowerbank (cropped).jpg, Sir Fred Bowerbank
File:Leonard Monk Isitt 1921.jpg, Sir Leonard Isitt
Commander (CBE)
;Civil division
*
Andrew Henson Allen. For patriotic, and social welfare services during his period of office as
mayor of Dunedin
The Mayor of Dunedin is the head of the local government, the city council of Dunedin, New Zealand. The Mayor's role is "to provide leadership to the other elected members of the territorial authority, be a leader in the community and perform c ...
.
*
John Andrew Charles Allum –
mayor of Auckland
The Mayor of Auckland is the directly elected head of the Auckland Council, the local government authority for the Auckland Region in New Zealand, which it controls as a unitary authority. The position exists since October 2010 after the amal ...
. For patriotic and social welfare services.
*
Ernest Herbert Andrews –
mayor of Christchurch
The Mayor of Christchurch is the head of the municipal government of Christchurch, New Zealand, and presides over the Christchurch City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system. The current mayor, Ph ...
. For social welfare and patriotic services.
* Eugene Casey – formerly general manager,
Railways Department.
*
Denis Joseph Cummings
Denis Joseph Cummings (16 May 1885 – 31 March 1956) was a New Zealand policeman and police commissioner. He was born in Tuapeka Flat, South Otago, New Zealand, on 16 May 1885. He was the brother of James Cummings.
In the 1946 New Year H ...
–
Commissioner of Police.
* George Andrew Duncan – director, Export Division, Marketing Department.
*
David Emmet Fouhy –
official secretary to the Governor-General.
* George Arthur Hayden – secretary, National Patriotic Fund Board.
* James Stanley Hunter – Director of National Service and of the Organisation for National Development.
* William Marshall. For services to industry and commerce.
* Frederick Millett Sherwood – private secretary to the
Minister of Defence
A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...
.
* The Honourable
Vincent Aubrey Ward – a Member of the
Legislative Council. For patriotic and social welfare services.
* John George Young – formerly Director-General,
Post and Telegraph Department.
;Military division
* Group Captain Trevor Watts White – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Acting Group Captain Gordon Hamish Martin Pirie – Royal Air Force.
File:Andrew Henson Allen.jpg, Andrew Allen
File:Sir John Allum.jpg, John Allum
File:Ernest Andrews.jpg, Ernest Andrews
File:George Andrew Duncan, 1936 (cropped).jpg, George Duncan
File:Vincent Ward.jpg, Vincent Ward
Officer (OBE)
;Civil division
* Annie Constance Affleck – inspector, Office of the Public Service Commissioner.
* Lillian Banks – matron,
Palmerston North
Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the ...
Public Hospital, and president of the Registered Nurses Association.
* Mary Jane Bentley – of Wellington. For services in organising women's war movements.
*
John Balmain Brooke. For services in connection with the production of munitions.
* Cyril Blake Burdekin – a member of the staff of the
New Zealand High Commissioner in London. For services to the New Zealand prisoners of war organisation.
* Colonel Frederick William Burton – field secretary, and secretary of the War Services Committee of the
Salvation Army
Salvation (from Latin: ''salvatio'', from ''salva'', 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. In religion and theology, ''salvation'' generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its c ...
.
*
Ronald Alan Candy – a member of the National Council of Primary Production.
*
Hector Christie. For patriotic and social welfare services in connection with the organisation of the
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts may refer to:
* Boy Scout, a participant in the Boy Scout Movement.
* Scouting, also known as the Boy Scout Movement.
* An organisation in the Scouting Movement, although many of these organizations also have female members. There are ...
movement.
* The Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas Frederick Connolly – chairman of the Catholic Services War Fund Board.
* Robert Darroch – secretary, Navy League War Council.
*
David Alexander Ewen – a member of the Supply Council.
* Charles Stuart Falconer – chairman, War Services Committee,
Young Men's Christian Association
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It was founded on 6 June 1844 by George Williams in London, originally ...
.
* Clarence Richard Charles Gardiner. For patriotic and social welfare work on behalf of members of the New Zealand Armed Forces in India during the war.
*
Elizabeth May Knox-Gilmer – of Wellington; chairwoman of the Lady Galway Patriotic Guild.
*
Everard Robert Cranston Gilmour – chairman of the
New Plymouth
New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. ...
Patriotic Council.
*
Israel Joseph Goldstine – of
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...
. For patriotic and social welfare services.
* Len Joseph Greenberg – of the National Service Department.
* James Norman Greenland – a member of the Supply Council.
* Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Campbell Hemphill. For valuable public service in relation to the
Māori
Māori or Maori can refer to:
Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
war effort.
*
Thomas William Hercock – chairman of the
Hawkes Bay
Hawke's Bay ( mi, Te Matau-a-Māui) is a local government region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region's name derives from Hawke Bay, which was named by Captain James Cook in honour of Admiral Edward Hawke. The region is ...
Provincial Patriotic Council.
* Ailsa Craig Dalhousie Hislop – of Wellington. For services in connection with social welfare movements for women in the armed forces and industry.
* Alfred Joseph Hutchinson – of Auckland. For services to the blind.
* George Henry Jackson – a member of the Supply Council.
* Bertram Joseph Jacobs – president of the
New Zealand Returned Services Association
The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association, best known simply as the RSA, is one of the largest voluntary welfare organisations in New Zealand and one of the oldest ex-service organisations in the world.
Wounded soldiers returning ...
. For valuable services in connection with the welfare of servicemen.
*
Alexander Howat Johnstone . For services in relation to the war effort.
* Arthur Selwyn Kempthorne – secretary of the Church of England Military Affairs Committee.
* John Craigie Kirkness –
mayor of Oamaru. For patriotic and social welfare services.
*
Augustus Edward Mansford –
mayor of Palmerston North
The Mayor of Palmerston North is the head of the municipal government of Palmerston North, New Zealand, and presides over the Palmerston North City Council. The current mayor is Grant Smith, who became mayor in a February 2015 by-election. This ...
. For patriotic and social welfare services.
* Robert Whiteford Marshall – director of the New Zealand Supply Mission in the United States of America.
*
William Walter Mulholland – president of the
Farmers' Union.
* Charles Norman Machell Watson-Munro – director of the Radio Development Laboratory, Scientific and Industrial Research Department.
*
Edgar Rollo Neale – chairman of the
Nelson
Nelson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey
* ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers
* ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...
Provincial Patriotic Council and member of the Nelson Patriotic Fund Board.
* Walter Richard Newall – of Wellington. For services in connection with the national savings campaign.
* Robert Hamilton Nimmo. For patriotic and social welfare services during the war.
* Charles Henry Tarr Palmer – president of the Navy League in the City of Auckland.
*
George Pascoe – of Wellington; factory controller.
* Robert Everett Price – a member of the Waterfront Control Commission.
*
Algernon Instone Rainbow – chairman of the Provincial Patriotic Zone Committee,
Hastings
Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England,
east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...
.
* Barbara Reid – of Wellington. For social welfare services on behalf of members of the armed forces.
* Violet Agnes Russell. For honorary services rendered in connection with canteen and hospital work to members of the New Zealand forces in
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
during the war.
* Sidney Rattery Skinner – naval affairs officer for New Zealand in London.
* Thomas Norman Smallwood. For services in connection with the national savings campaign.
* Joseph Thomas Spears – of Wellington. For services to New Zealand prisoners of war.
*
Kingi Tahiwi. For services in connection with the organisation of the Māori war effort.
* James Ewing Thomas – Foods Rationing Controller.
*
Abraham Wachner –
mayor of Invercargill
The Mayor of Invercargill is the head of the municipal government of Invercargill, New Zealand, and leads the Invercargill City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system every three years. The current m ...
. For patriotic and social welfare services.
*
Charles Gilbert White. For services to the
New Zealand Red Cross Society
New Zealand Red Cross or Rīpeka Whero Aotearoa is a humanitarian organisation, which has more than 9,000 members and volunteers. In New Zealand, Red Cross delivers core community services, such as Meals on Wheels, refugee re-settlement servic ...
.
*
Leonard John Wild – principal of
Feilding Agricultural High School
"Have Courage, Desire Greatly"
, coordinates =
, type = State Co-Ed Secondary School (Year 9–13) with boarding facilities
, established = 1921 as Feilding Technical High School
, MOE = 197
, principal = Nathan Stewart
, ...
, and a member of the National Council of Primary Production.
* Donald Macdonald Wilson . For services to the Casualty Clearing Hospital in the City of Wellington.
* Rupert Samuel Wogan. For public services throughout the war.
;Military division
* Acting Commander John Churchill Elworthy –
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 ...
(Retd).
*
Hermione Ruth Herrick
Hermione Ruth Herrick (19 January 1889 – 21 January 1983) was the Chief Commissioner for the New Zealand Girl Guides and the first director of the Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service.
Biography
Herrick was born in Ruataniwha, Cent ...
– chief officer, Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service.
* Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary)
Douglas George Ball – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Colonel (temporary) Arthur Bongard – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) Walter Archer Breach – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred John Coutts – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) Henry Ernest Erridge – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Allen Hogan – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) Frederick William Mothes – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) Caswall John Walter Parsons – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary)
John Hugh Phillipps – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) James Donald Swan – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Colonel (temporary) Donald George Wallace –
New Zealand Medical Corps
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created.
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
Albums and EPs
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator ...
.
* Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) Harry Waine Washbourn –
New Zealand Dental Corps.
* Matron Katherine Sybil Williams – New Zealand Army Nursing Service (attached to the Royal New Zealand Air Force).
* Group Captain Frederick Russell Chisholm – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Wing Commander
Edward Caradus – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Acting Wing Commander John Matthias Gamble – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Acting Squadron Leader Hayden Hugh James Miller – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of
Morrinsville
Morrinsville is a provincial town in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, with an estimated population of as of The town is located at the northern base of the Pakaroa Range, and on the south-western fringe of the Hauraki Plains. ...
.
* Acting Wing Officer Elsie Naomi Carlyon –
New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force was the female auxiliary of the Royal New Zealand Air Force during the Second World War. Established in 1941, it began with an initial draft of 200 women, reaching a peak strength of about 3,800, with a total of ab ...
.
File:Ronald Alan Candy 1948 (cropped).jpg, Alan Candy
File:Family Edward WgCdr.jpg, Edward Caradus
File:Elizabeth Gilmer.jpg, Elizabeth Knox-Gilmer
File:Everard Gilmour.jpg, Everard Gilmour
File:Bill Hercock.jpg, Bill Hercock
File:Alexander Howat Johnstone (cropped).jpg, Alexander Johnstone
File:Gus Mansford, ca 1932.jpg, Gus Mansford
File:Hayden Hugh James Miller.jpg, Hugh Miller
File:William Walter Mulholland (cropped).jpg, Walter Mulholland
File:Swearing in of Edgar Neale 03.jpg, Edgar Neale
File:George Pascoe, 1936 (cropped).jpg, George Pascoe
File:John Hugh Phillipps WWI.jpg, Jack Phillipps
File:Abraham Wachner.jpeg, Abraham Wachner
File:Leonard John Wild (cropped).jpg, Leonard Wild
Member (MBE)
;Civil division
* Joseph Abel. For patriotic and social welfare services.
* Rebecca Isobel Victoria Aitken. For services to the Red Cross.
* Etta Elaine Allen. For services in connection with women's patriotic activities.
*
Annie Allum. For services in connection with women's patriotic activities.
* Margaret Andrews. For patriotic and social welfare services.
*
Rose Appleton – a member of the Lady Gaiway Patriotic Guild.
*
Dorothy Annie Atmore. For patriotic and social welfare work.
* George John Blake Barber. For public services during the war.
* Margaret Mills Barclay. For services to the munitions industry.
* Doris Laura Barton. For services in organising woman's war activities.
* Jean Blacker – of Auckland. For public services during the war.
* Thomas Francis Patey Briggs – shipping officer, Naval Store Department,
His Majesty's New Zealand Dockyard, Auckland.
* Ernest Escort Brooking – a member of the National Patriotic Fund Board and of the Wellington Metropolitan Committee.
* Madeline Harriett Ledwell Browne – confidential typist, Prime Minister's Department.
* Margaret Sheila Bull – of
Gisborne. For patriotic and social welfare work.
* Blanche Nima Burke. For voluntary services in London on behalf of New Zealand prisoners of war.
* James Leslie Burnett – of
Whakatāne
Whakatāne ( , ) is the seat of the Bay of Plenty region in the North Island of New Zealand, east of Tauranga and north-east of Rotorua, at the mouth of the Whakatāne River. Whakatāne District is the encompassing territorial authority, ...
. For patriotic and social welfare work.
* Margaret Campbell – of Auckland. For patriotic services.
* Mabel Castle – organiser of canteen workers at
Trentham Military Camp
Trentham Military Camp is a New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) facility located in Trentham, Upper Hutt, near Wellington. Originally a New Zealand Army installation, it is now run by Defence and accommodates all three services. It also hosts Jo ...
.
* Charles Nicholas Cathie – of Wellington. For services to war industries.
* Gladys Chapman. For services in connection with women's war movements in the
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
district.
* Fred Evans Chappell – secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association in Trentham Military Camp.
* Jean Olgar Christianson – of
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...
. For services to the munitions industry.
* Laurence Hugh Clapham. For patriotic and social welfare work during the war.
* Ada Vera Cocker – of Auckland. For services in connection with women's war movements.
* Agnes Connolly – of
Dunedin
Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
. For services in connection with women's war activities.
* Doris Crawford – of Hastings. For social welfare services.
*
Helen Iris Crooke – head of the Red Cross Voluntary Aid Division.
* George William Dell – of Christchurch. For patriotic and social welfare work.
* Annie Jean Dickinson. For services to the Casualty Clearing Hospital in the City of Wellington.
*
Mary Manson Dreaver – of Auckland. For services in connection with recruiting for the Women's Land Army.
* The Reverend Arthur Rowley Ebbs. For social welfare services rendered to members of the New Zealand forces in the Commonwealth of Australia.
* Hewitt Edwards – of Auckland. For services to war industries.
*
Albert Richard Elcock – chairman of the
Westland Westland or Westlands may refer to:
Places
*Westlands, an affluent neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi, Kenya
* Westlands, Staffordshire, a suburban area and ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme
*Westland, a peninsula of the Shetland Mainland near Vaila ...
Provincial Patriotic Council.
*
Mary Ann Ellen. For patriotic and social welfare services.
* Annie Allan, Lady Elliott – of Wellington. For services to the
Order of St John.
* Beryl Inez Ellis. For services in connection with the Patriotic Hut, Hamilton.
* Grace Mac Adam Evans. For services to the Red Cross.
* Elizabeth Maud Faithfull. For services to the Red Cross Emergency Precautions Service.
* Linda Ferguson. For social welfare services rendered to members of the New Zealand forces in the Commonwealth of Australia.
* Jeanie Gardner Fougere . For services to women's war organisations.
* Meta Frances Fussell. For social welfare and patriotic work during the war.
*
Ethel Marion Gould – of Auckland. For social welfare services to members of the New Zealand Military Forces.
* Laurie Oliver Hall. For patriotic and social welfare services.
* Arthur Merlin Harding –
New Zealand Police Force
The New Zealand Police ( mi, Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa) is the national police service and principal law enforcement agency of New Zealand, responsible for preventing crime, enhancing public safety, bringing offenders to justice, and maintai ...
. For services rendered in relation to aliens prior to, and during the period of the war.
* Marie Henrietta Hargest – of
Invercargill
Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...
. For patriotic and social welfare services.
* Minnie Gregory Havelaar – of Christchurch. For services in organising women's war movements.
* Mabel Roseline Heaphy. For services as organiser of canteen workers at Trentham Military Camp.
* Ottoline Valerie Hole – commandant, Red Cross Transport Organisation, City of Wellington.
* Elsie Mary Hyslop – of
Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area.
Geography
The Upper Hutt city centre lies approximately 26 km north-e ...
. For patriotic services during the war.
* Violet Ivy Inkster – chairman, Women's War Service Auxiliary.
* William Montrose Jenkins – honorary secretary, Gisborne Provincial Patriotic Council.
*
Agnes Gilmour Kent-Johnston
Agnes Gilmour Kent-Johnston (27 September 1893 – 10 March 1981) was a New Zealand community leader and broadcaster. She was born in Killearn, Stirlingshire, Scotland, on 27 September 1893. She was appointed a Order of the British Empire, Me ...
– of Hastings. For patriotic and social welfare services.
* Frederick Johnson – assistant secretary, Department of Industry and Commerce, and deputy chairman of the Linen Flax Management Committee.
*
William Jones – mayor and chairman of the Provincial Patriotic Council,
Whangārei
Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. It is part of the Whangarei District, Whangārei District, a local body created in 1989 from the former Whangārei City, Whangārei County and ...
.
* Edith Miriam Jordan – of
Masterton
Masterton ( mi, Whakaoriori), a large town in the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand, operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a r ...
. For patriotic and social welfare services during the war.
* Betty Marion Kensington – records clerk, HM New Zealand Dockyard, Auckland.
* Mary Josephine Killery – of
Petone
Petone (Māori: ''Pito-one''), a large suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, stands at the southern end of the Hutt Valley, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour. The Māori name means "end of the sand beach".
Europeans first settled in P ...
. For patriotic services.
*
Frederick Arthur Kitchingham – chairman of the Provincial Patriotic Zone Committee,
Greymouth
Greymouth () (Māori: ''Māwhera'') is the largest town in the West Coast region in the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the Grey District Council. The population of the whole Grey District is , which accounts for % of the West Coas ...
.
* Ella Fernie Logie – of
Lower Hutt. For social welfare services during the war.
* Geraldine Emily Luckie – of Wellington, a member of the Lady Galway Patriotic Guild.
* Marie Agnes Malempre – secretary, Women's War Service Auxiliary.
*
Laurel Grace Barker McAlister – of
Timaru
Timaru (; mi, Te Tihi-o-Maru) is a port city in the southern Canterbury Region of New Zealand, located southwest of Christchurch and about northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru urban area is home to ...
; a member of the Women's War Service Auxiliary.
* Elizabeth Hazel McCaldon – of
Kaiapoi
Kaiapoi is a town in the Waimakariri District of the Canterbury region, in the South Island of New Zealand. The town is located approximately 17 kilometres north of central Christchurch, close to the mouth of the Waimakariri River. It is con ...
. For public services during the war.
* Ivy McCready – of Auckland. For patriotic and social welfare services.
* James Duncan McGuire – an instructor at St Dunstans, City of Auckland.
* Captain Francis Arthur McIndoe – of Wellington. For social welfare work on behalf of members of the
Merchant Navy.
* Christina McKane – of Greymouth. For patriotic and social welfare services.
* Margaret Elizabeth Meek – of
Napier. For patriotic and social welfare services.
* Amy Gladys Miller – Dominion superintendent of voluntary aids, Order of St John, New Zealand.
* Frank Mitchell – honorary secretary, Nelson Provincial Patriotic Council.
* Ellen Constance Morice – honorary secretary, Air Force Relations, City of Wellington.
* Walter George Neild. For services in connection with patriotic movements.
* Maisie Amelia Nobel. For public services.
* William Henry Paul. For patriotic and social welfare services on behalf of members of the forces in the Hamilton district.
* Teresa Margaret Peckston. For services in connection with the organisation of the obstetrical section, St John Voluntary Aids Division.
*
Mary Victoria Cracroft Polson. For services in connection with recruiting of the Women's Land Army.
* Reuben Charles Porter – of Auckland. For services to war industries.
* Daisy Vida Chalmers Pottinger – of Dunedin. For services in connection with women's patriotic and social welfare activities during the war.
* Julie Robertson – of Gisborne. For patriotic and social welfare services.
* Catherine Ross – of Upper Hutt. For services as organiser of canteen workers at Trentham Military Camp.
* Record Reign Ross – of Hamilton. For public services during the war.
* William Douglas Sanders – of
Blenheim. For services to the linen flax industry.
* Ethel May Scott, of
Wanganui
Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whang ...
. For patriotic and social welfare services.
* Rose Elizabeth Seddon. For social welfare services on behalf of members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Mary Phydlis Franklyn Shallcrass – of Greymouth. For patriotic and social welfare services.
* Eileen Mary Smith – of Blenheim. For patriotic and social welfare services.
* Tom Smith. For services in organising entertainments for members of the armed forces.
* George Sparry. For services in connection with ship repairs, Auckland.
* Percy Vernon Esmond Stainton . For patriotic and social welfare services in the New Plymouth district.
* Edward Albert Stevenson. For services in relation to the war effort.
* Frank Emanuel Sutherland. For services in connection with the national savings campaign.
* Tuoro Tango. For services in connection with Māori patriotic activities at
Rotorua
Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authority encompass ...
.
*
Percy Thomson
Percy Thomson (17 November 1884 – 24 August 1962) was a New Zealand lawyer and politician. He served as mayor of Stratford from 1929 to 1933, and again from 1938 to 1947.
Early life and family
Born in Dunedin on 17 November 1884, Thomson was ...
– chairman, Provincial Patriotic Zone Committee,
Stratford.
* Olive Thorburn – honorary secretary,
Waipukurau
Waipukurau is the largest town in the Central Hawke's Bay District on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on the banks of the Tukituki River, 7 kilometres south of Waipawa and 50 kilometres southwest of Hastings.
...
Women's War Service Auxiliary.
* Hinehon Tureia – of Gisborne. For patriotic and social, welfare services.
* Hilda Tweedy – of Timaru. For services in connection with the reception and welfare of sick and wounded prisoners of war.
* Flora Amy August Urquhart. For social welfare services on behalf of members of the forces at
Papakura Military Camp
Papakura Military Camp is a New Zealand Army military camp located in the Auckland suburb of Papakura North, in northern New Zealand. It is the home of the New Zealand Special Air Service.
Geography
The camp was established on the outskirts of ...
.
* Fay Vernon, of Christchurch. For services to the Red Cross.
* Mary Karaka Waitioi – of Rotorua. For patriotic and social welfare services.
* Edward George Walkinshaw. For public services during the war.
*
Charlotte Eliot Warburton – chairwoman, Palmerston North branch of the Women's War Service Auxiliary.
* Anne Whitaker – of Auckland. For patriotic services during the war, especially in connection with women's movements and the national savings campaign.
* Charles Richardson White – town clerk, Wanganui.
* Clementina Margaret Wilkinson – of
Tauranga
Tauranga () is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty region and the fifth most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of , or roughly 3% of the national population. It was settled by Māori late in the 13th century, colonised by ...
. For services to the Red Cross and other patriotic organisations.
* Mabel Helen Wilson Wilkinson. For services in connection with women's patriotic organisations in the
Eltham
Eltham ( ) is a district of southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is east-southeast of Charing Cross, and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. The three wards of Elt ...
district.
* Ada Kathleen Wilson. For services in connection with the
Te Kuiti branch of the Women's' War Service Auxiliary.
*
Jessie Banks Wilson – of
Oamaru
Oamaru (; mi, Te Oha-a-Maru) is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is south of Timaru and north of Dunedin on the Pacific coast; State Highway 1 and the railway ...
. For services in connection with women's war activities.
;Military division
* Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Richard Blampied – Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve.
* Cyril Carr – senior master, Royal Navy.
* Mary Eleanor Chesney – third officer, Women's Royal New Zealand Navy Service.
* Lieutenant-Commander Ralph Leslie Cross – Royal New Zealand Volunteer Reserve (Retd).
* Temporary Lieutenant Arthur Lovat Fraser – Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve.
* Leslie Samuel George Martin, – temporary warrant engineer, Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Lieutenant-Commander Wybrante Olphert – Royal New Zealand Volunteer Reserve.
* John Norman Richards – temporary warrant writer officer, Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Richard Tudor Roberts – Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve.
* Temporary Lieutenant William Williamson – Royal New Zealand Volunteer Reserve.
* Captain (temporary) Robert William Borland – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Captain (temporary) (Quartermaster) William Edmonds – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Captain (temporary) Percival Nowall Erridge – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Captain William Charles Francis – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Lieutenant Arthur William Herbert Gally – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Senior Commander Dorothy May Hawkins – New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
* Major Geoffrey Hardurn Heal – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Charge Sister
Margaret Hitchcock –
New Zealand Army Nursing Service
The New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS) formally came into being in early 1915, when the Army Council in London accepted an offer of nurses to help in the war effort during the First World War from the New Zealand Government. The heavy losses ...
.
* Major (temporary) (Quartermaster) Alan Holmes – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Major (temporary) William James Birss Hunter – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Major Francis John Martin – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Warrant Officer Class I Thomas William Page – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Major (temporary) Robert Harry Perrett – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Major (temporary) (Quartermaster) Hans Christian Frithjof Peterson – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Honorary Captain Charles Pike – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Major Gavin Eugene Pollock – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Captain William Vincent Quane – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Captain (temporary) (Quartermaster) James Laurence Oliphant-Rowe – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Captain Harry Gordon Remshardt Sedgley – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Captain (temporary) (Quartermaster) William Frederick Sellen – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Major Benjamin William Henry Smart – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Captain Eden William Smith – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Captain (Quartermaster) Albert De Bolton Peel Steward – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Senior Commander Mary Eulalie Whyte – New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
* Major (temporary) John Albert Worsnop – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Squadron Leader George Frederick Chippendale – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Squadron Leader Murray Davy Nairn – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Squadron Leader Alwyn Palmer – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Squadron Leader Bruce Robert Rae – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Acting Squadron Leader Cecil William Franks – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Acting Squadron Leader Philip Edward Laughton-Bramley –
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
* Acting Squadron Leader Rawlings William McSkimming – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Acting Squadron Leader Maurice Leonard Pirie – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Lieutenant John Ronald Day – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Lieutenant Maurice Colin Kain – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Lieutenant
James Douglas Mackay – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Acting Flight Lieutenant James Francis Sharkey – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flying Officer Claude Patrick Perrett – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Warrant Officer William Arthur Everson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Warrant Officer Rex Bernard Robins – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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File:William Jones of Whangarei.jpg, William Jones
British Empire Medal (BEM)
;Civil division
* Albert William Andrews – shipwright, naval base, City of Auckland.
* Helena Marian Barnard – of
Island Bay. For welfare services.
* George William Conmee – chargeman, Naval Armament Depot, naval base, City of Auckland.
* Nancy Ellaby Cotterill – secretary, Women's Representative Committee, National Patriotic Fund, Gisborne.
* Leone Gertrude de Zoete Coventry – secretary,
Gore
Gore may refer to:
Places Australia
* Gore, Queensland
* Gore Creek (New South Wales)
* Gore Island (Queensland)
Canada
* Gore, Nova Scotia, a rural community
* Gore, Quebec, a township municipality
* Gore Bay, Ontario, a township on Manitouli ...
branch of the Women's War Service Auxiliary.
* Kathaine Mary Deans – of
Darfield. For welfare services to the Merchant Navy.
* Catherine Gaw – honorary secretary,
Te Aroha
Te Aroha ( mi, Te Aroha-a-uta) is a rural town in the Waikato region of New Zealand with a population of 3,906 people in the 2013 census, an increase of 138 people since 2006. It is northeast of Hamilton and south of Thames. It sits at the f ...
branch of the Patriotic Committee.
* Margaret Colleen Groom – of Wellington; assistant to the secretary of the National Patriotic Fund Board.
* Ophir Hallam – member of the Women's War Service Auxiliary, Wanganui.
* Pirihira Heketa – of Wellington. For welfare services.
* Victor Hamilton Humphreys – process worker,
Ellerslie.
* William Percy Huggins – in charge of workshop, Radio Development Laboratory, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
* Merva Sheldon Jeune – secretary,
Fairlie branch of the Women's War Service Auxiliary.
* Isabella Olive Grace Jones – secretary,
Putāruru
Putāruru is a small town in the South Waikato District and the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It lies on the western side of the Mamaku Ranges and in the upper basin of the Waihou River. It is on the Oraka Stream 65 kilometre ...
branch of the Women's War Service Auxiliary.
* Eric Donald McRae – foreman of machine shop, Dominion Physical Laboratory, Auckland.
* Eve Winifred Moore – of Auckland. For welfare services.
* Sergeant Albert Edward Naulls – senior orderly,
Government House
Government House is the name of many of the official residences of governors-general, governors and lieutenant-governors in the Commonwealth and the remaining colonies of the British Empire. The name is also used in some other countries.
Gover ...
.
* Reginald Henry Nees – head storeman, Radio Development Laboratory, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
* John Penfold – of
Ruatoria
Ruatoria ( mi, Ruatōria) is a town in the Waiapu Valley of the Gisborne Region in the northeastern corner of New Zealand's North Island. The town was originally known as Cross Roads then Manutahi and was later named Ruatorea in 1913, after the M ...
. For welfare services.
* Peter John Hope Purvis – member of the staff of the Governor-General.
* Kai Rewai. For services to the Ngāti Ōtautahi Māori Club, City of Christchurch.
* Gertrude Lucy Stitchbury – of
Lowry Bay Lowry may refer to:
People
* Calvin Lowry (born 1983), American football player
* Dave Lowry (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
* Desiree Lowry (born 1972), Puerto Rican beauty pageant titleholder
* Hiram Harrison Lowry (1843–1924), Ameri ...
. For welfare services.
* Hiria Tangaere – of
Rangitukia Rangitukia is a small settlement 10 kilometres south of East Cape in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It is near the mouth of the Waiapu River.
The settlement is an important place in Ngāti Porou and the founding place for Christian m ...
. For welfare services.
* William John Taylor – of Timaru. For welfare services.
* Joyce Alma Warner – chargehand, Ford Factory, Karaka Creek,
Thames
The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the R ...
.
* Kenneth Wells – motorman able seaman,
New Zealand Barque ''Pamir''.
;Military division
* Chief Petty Officer Leslie James Elliott – Royal New Zealand Volunteer Reserve.
* Temporary Petty Officer Arthur Robert Everitt – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Leading Signalman Reginald Percy Vincent Hayter – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Chief Petty Officer Writer Robert Turner Bywater Lutman – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Acting Leading Seaman Ernest Martin – Royal New Zealand Volunteer Reserve.
* Chief Petty Officer Kennedy Welton Sparke – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Leading Seaman Walter Thomson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Chief Petty Officer Ernest Alfred Tibbenham – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Staff Sergeant Walter Eric Appleby – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Warrant Officer Class I (temporary) Albert Victor Calder – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Staff Sergeant James Carson – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Staff Sergeant William James Diack – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Warrant Officer Class I (temporary) George Fitzgerald – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Staff Sergeant John Reginald Hay – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Sergeant James Higgins – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Staff Sergeant Joy Higgins – New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
* Sergeant Ambrose Charles Hurdsfield – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Staff Sergeant Horace Haines McCullough – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Sergeant Frederick Augustus Pitt – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Warrant Officer Class I (temporary) Edward Arthur Preston – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Staff Sergeant Matthew Spence – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Staff Sergeant Leslie George Tyrie – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Sergeant Raymond Metton Underwood – New Zealand Military Forces.
* Sergeant (temporary) Robert Hay Watson – New Zealand Dental Corps.
* Acting Warrant Officer Raymond Leonard Woodfield – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Sergeant Charles William Cooper – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flijght Sergeant James McArthur Grant – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Sergeant John Curtise Henry – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Sergeant John Leonard Logan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Sergeant John Errol McNeill – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Sergeant George Raymond Patton – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Senior Sergeant June Purser – New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
* Sergeant (now Warrant Officer) George Noel Dew – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Sergeant Percy Thomas Hurn – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Corporal Eileen Daisy Owen – New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
* Leading Aircraftman Ian Burke – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
* Commander Andrew Douglas Holden – Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve.
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Royal Red Cross
Associate (ARRC)
* Eva Jane Beales (Matron) –
British Red Cross Society
The British Red Cross Society is the United Kingdom body of the worldwide neutral and impartial humanitarian network the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The society was formed in 1870, and is a registered charity with mor ...
.
* Charge Sister Jane Kiritapu Nepia – New Zealand Army Nursing Service.
Air Force Cross (AFC)
* Flight Lieutenant Alan Frederick Jacobsen – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Squadron Leader Jonas William Henry Lett – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Squadron Leader Graham Carrick Martin – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flying Officer Charles Alexander McDonald – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Acting Wing Commander Lloyd Hern Parry – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Lieutenant Henry Keith Patience – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Lieutenant John Herbert Penney – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
King's Commendation for Valuable Services in the Air
* Flight Lieutenant Harold Dale Ellerington – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Lieutenant Colin Sydney Marceau – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Warrant Officer Kenneth Douglas MacLachlan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Acting Squadron Leader Robert Duncan McVicker – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Lieutenant Richard Thomas Mounsey – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Lieutenant Leonard Frederick Poore – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Lieutenant John Strand – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flying Officer Donald Alfred Williams – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Mention in despatches
* Temporary Lieutenant (Sp) Bernard Joseph Tonks – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
* Petty Officer John White Cameron – Royal New Zealand Navy.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:New Year Honours 1946
New Year Honours
1946 awards
1946 in New Zealand
New Zealand awards