Queen Elizabeth II on her Coronation Day

The 1953 Coronation Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the

coronation of Elizabeth II The coronation of Elizabeth II took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London. She acceded to the throne at the age of 25 upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952, being proclaimed queen by her privy and executive ...

Queen of New Zealand The monarchy of New Zealand is the Constitution of New Zealand, constitutional system of government in which a Hereditary monarchy, hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of New Zealand. The current monarch, King Charles III, as ...

, were appointments made by the Queen on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. Also included were a number of special awards to New Zealand military personnel for operational service in Korea. The honours were announced on 1 June 1953. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Honorary military appointments

Her Majesty The Queen The precise style of British sovereigns has varied over the years. style is officially proclaimed in two languages:UK ParliamentRoyal Titles Act 1953(1 & 2 Eliz. 2 c. 9) Proclamation of 28 May 1953 made in accordance with the Royal Titles Act 195 ...

: :– to be Captain General,

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 ...

:– to be Captain General,

Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps The Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (RNZAC) is the overall umbrella grouping of Regular Force and Territorial Force units equipped with armoured vehicles in the New Zealand Army. The corps was formed in 1942 as the New Zealand Armoured Corps, ...

:– to be Colonel-in-Chief,

Royal New Zealand Engineers The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers is the administrative corps of the New Zealand Army responsible for military engineering. The role of the Engineers is to assist in maintaining friendly forces' mobility, deny freedom of movement to the ...

:– to be Colonel-in-Chief, Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) :– to be Colonel-in-Chief, Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own). File:Queen Elizabeth II - 1953-Dress.JPG, Elizabeth II

Knight Bachelor

* William Goodfellow – 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 service to the dairy industry. * Enoch Bruce Levy – of

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 ...

; formerly director of the Grasslands Division,

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 ...

Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

;Military division * Rear-Admiral Frank Arthur Ballance – Chief of Naval Staff,

Royal New Zealand Navy The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN; mi, Te Taua Moana o Aotearoa, , Sea Warriors of New Zealand) is the maritime arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. The fleet currently consists of nine ships. The Navy had its origins in the Naval Defence Act ...

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

* Richard Mitchelson Campbell – formerly 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 ...

; chairman of the Public Service Commission. * Philip Stanley Foster – 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 / ...

, a prominent surgeon. * The Honourable

Robert Masters Robert Masters (15 June 1879 – 29 June 1967) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal and later United parties, as well as a cabinet minister. Biography Early life and career Masters was born in 1879 at Greymouth and was educated at Grey ...

– of Stratford. For public services. File:Robert Masters, 1922.jpg, Robert Masters

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

;Civil division * Francis Gordon Bell – 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 ...

; formerly professor of surgery,

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Commander (CBE)

;Civil division * Andrew Linton – of Greytown; a member of the Dairy Board for many years. * John Thomas Martin – of Wellington. For public services, especially in the field of commerce. * Oswald Chettle Mazengarb – of Wellington. For charitable and public services, especially in the field of law. * Kenneth Mathison Sleight – of

Lower Hutt Lower Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. It is New Zealand's sixth most p ...

; chief private secretary to the prime minister. * Harvey Turner – of Auckland; chairman of the

Auckland Harbour Board The Auckland Harbour Board was a public body that operated the ports of both Auckland and Onehunga from 1871 to 1988 and was dissolved in 1989. Its successor organisation is Ports of Auckland, which assumed the possessions and responsibilities of ...

. ;Military division * Group Captain George Henry Procter –

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 ...

. File:Andrew Linton 1948 (cropped).jpg, Andrew Linton File:Dr O C Mazengarb.jpg, Ossie Mazengarb

Officer (OBE)

;Civil division * George Bruce Bolt – of Auckland. For services to aviation. * Arthur James Dickson – of Auckland; city engineer, Auckland, and chairman of the Auckland Metropolitan Planning Committee. * Alfred Hildus Hansen – of

Te Rehunga Te Rehunga is a rural locality located in the Tararua District, part of the Manawatu Whanganui Region of New Zealand. Known today for its sheep and dairy farming, Te Rehunga is adjacent to the agricultural service towns of Dannevirke and Woodvil ...

. For services to local government. * Joseph Auty Harley – of

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 ...

;

mayor of Nelson The mayor of Nelson is the head of the municipal government of Nelson, New Zealand, and presides over the Nelson City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a single transferable vote electoral system. The current mayor is Nick Smith, wh ...

. * Noeline Mary Knight – of Wellington; matron-in-chief, Wellington Hospital. * William Thomas Lester – of Lyttelton. For services to local government. * Melville Edwin Lyons – of Christchurch. For services to local government and agriculture. * Charles James Parlane – of

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 ...

. For services to the dairy industry and farming. * Frederick Martyn Renner – of Lower Hutt. For services to education. * Helena, Lady Sidey – of

. For social welfare services, especially in connection with women's organisations. * Charles James Strongman – of

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 ...

. For services to the coal-mining industry. * Frederick Ernest Sutton – of Lyttelton. For services to local government. * Henry Te Reiwhati Vercoe – of

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 ...

; chairman of the Arawa Trust Board. * Francis William Ward – of

Paraparaumu Paraparaumu () is a town in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. It lies on the Kapiti Coast, north of the nation's capital city, Wellington. Like other towns in the area, it has a partner settlement at the coast called Paraparaumu Bea ...

; chief commissioner,

St John Ambulance Brigade St John Ambulance is the name of a number of affiliated organisations in different countries which teach and provide first aid and emergency medical services, and are primarily staffed by volunteers. The associations are overseen by the internat ...

. ;Military division * Commander Peter John Knowling –

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 ...

(on loan to the Royal New Zealand Navy); of Auckland. * Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander William Huntly Borrie – New Zealand Territorial Force; of Dunedin. * Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Reid –

Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps The Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps (RNZAOC) concerned itself with the provisioning of troops with the means to fight; specifically uniforms, weapons and equipment. Ordnance functions go back hundreds of years; the first Ordnance Officer i ...

; of Lower Hutt. * Squadron Leader Thomas Gerald Harpur –

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 ...

; of Wellington. File:George Bolt (cropped).jpg, George Bolt File:Melville Lyons, 1930.jpg, Melville Lyons

Member (MBE)

;Civil division * George Richard Ashbridge – of Wellington; secretary,

New Zealand Educational Institute The New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI, in Maori: Te Riu Roa) is the largest education trade union in New Zealand. It was founded in 1883 and has a membership of 50,000. History The NZEI was founded by a merger of district institutes of t ...

. * Alfred Ernest Bedford – of Napier. For services to the community. * Albert Raymond Blank – of Christchurch. For services to primary education. * Frederick Ernest Bognuda – of Wellington. For services to the community in the field of public transport. * Margaret Ann Selena Brown – 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 social welfare services. *

Whina Cooper Dame Whina Cooper (9 December 1895 – 26 March 1994) was a respected (Māori elder), who worked for many years for the rights of her people, and particularly to improve the lot of Māori women. She is remembered for leading the 1975 Māori la ...

– of Auckland. For services to the

Māori people The Māori (, ) are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. Over several ce ...

. * Alan Percival Day –

Pukekohe Pukekohe is a town in the Auckland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Located at the southern edge of the Auckland Region, it is in South Auckland, between the southern shore of the Manukau Harbour and the mouth of the Waikato River. Th ...

. For services to Franklin County Council and to patriotic movements. * Eric Charles Day – Hamilton. For services in promoting rehabilitation activities in the

South Auckland South Auckland is an imprecisely defined urban area of Auckland, New Zealand, with a young population, a relatively large Polynesian and Māori demographic, and lower incomes than other parts of Auckland. The name ''South Auckland'', though not ...

area. * Sidney Ensor – of

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 ...

;

mayor of Thames The Mayor of Thames officiated over the Thames, New Zealand, Thames Borough of New Zealand, which was administered by the Thames Borough Council. The office existed from 1874 until 1975, when Thames Borough and Coromandel County were amalgamated ...

. * Thelma Ruth Faulconbridge – of

Takapuna Takapuna is a suburb located on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is situated at the beginning of a south-east-facing peninsula forming the northern side of the Waitematā Harbour. While very small in terms of population, it ...

; matron of the Wilson Home for Crippled Children, Auckland. * Stewart William Gaspar – 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#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area. Geography The Upper Hutt city cent ...

; a member of the Rehabilitation Board. * John Septimus Hawkes – of Christchurch; secretary, Canterbury

Automobile Association Automobile associations, also referred to as motoring clubs, motoring associations, motor clubs, are organizations, either for-profit or non-profit, which motorists (drivers and vehicle owners) can join to enjoy benefits provided by the club relat ...

. * Paul Joseph Hintz – of Auckland. For public services. * Stanley Clarence Hyndman – of Blenheim. For services to the community, especially in connection with education. * Amy Kasper – of Auckland. For social welfare services. * Jessie Elizabeth Mackay – of Christchurch, a prominent social welfare worker and a member of the North Canterbury Hospital Board. * The Reverend Alexander McNeur – a Presbyterian minister, of Waiau. * William James O'Connell – of Napier; clerk 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 ...

County Council. * Geoffrey Buckland Orbell – of Invercargill. For scientific work. * Emilie Mary Gladys Ormond – of Hawkes Bay. For social welfare services. * Mark Edwin Perreau – of Foxton. For services to local government. * Albert Eden Russell – of Dunedin. For services to the community. *

Henry Piet Drury van Asch Henry Piet Drury van Asch (4 May 1911 – 27 October 1996, in Hastings, New Zealand) was a New Zealand aviator, aerial photographer and surveyor. He was born in Waitotara, Wanganui, New Zealand in 1911. The first aircraft van Asch bought, in 1936 ...

– of

Havelock North Havelock North ( mi, Te Hemo-a-Te Atonga) is a town in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island of New Zealand, situated less than 2 km south-east of the city of Hastings. It was a borough for many years until the 1989 reorganisation of local ...

. For services to civil aviation, especially in connection with aerial survey. * Florence Webb – of

Cromwell Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English politician and military officer who is widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1651 Wars of the Three Ki ...

. For social welfare services. * Elizabeth Maria Wilkinson – of Browns Bay. For social welfare services, especially in connection with the Returned Soldiers' Association. ;Military division * Warrant Officer First Class Robert John Barr Allan – New Zealand Regiment; of Dunedin. * Captain (Temporary Major) Geoffrey James Austin – New Zealand Territorial Force; of Auckland. * Flight Lieutenant Alfred Charles Gordon Baldwin – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Taieri. * Major Clifford Allen Borman – New Zealand Territorial Force; of Upper Hutt. * Major Denis Alfred Caughley – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps; of

Waiouru Waiouru is a small town in the Ruapehu District, in New Zealand's Manawatū-Whanganui region. It is located on the south-eastern North Island Volcanic Plateau, north of Palmerston North and 25 kilometres south-east of Mount Ruapehu. The town ...

. * Warrant Officer Victor Leonard Vivian Crawshay – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Auckland. * Flight Lieutenant Francis Maitland Bissett George – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Auckland. * Warrant Officer Claude Francis Halkett – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Blenheim. * Second-Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) Joseph Robb Harrison – New Zealand Territorial Force; 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 ...

. * Captain Stephen Peter Llewellyn – Headquarters New Zealand K-Force, Royal New Zealand Infantry; serving in Japan. * Major William Arthur Morgan – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps; now serving in Malaya. File:Whina Cooper in Hamilton.jpg, Whina Cooper

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

* Francis Raymond Callaghan – of Wellington; secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. * David George Sawers – of Lower Hutt; comptroller of Customs. File:Frank Callaghan (cropped).jpg, Frank Callaghan

British Empire Medal (BEM)

;Civil division * Robert Waddell – of Auckland; chargeman of labourers, Naval Dockyard, Auckland. ;Military division * Chief Petty Officer Joe Dykes –

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve The Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNZNVR) is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). History Early history The first Naval Volunteer units were formed in Auckland and Nelson in 1858. Over the rest of th ...

; of Wellington. * Flight Sergeant Gordon Robert Homer – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Auckland. * Flight Sergeant Alfred Spencer Price – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of

Ohakea RNZAF Base Ohakea is an operational base of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Opened in 1939, it is located near Bulls, 25 km north-west of Palmerston North in the Manawatu. It is also a diversion landing point for civilian aircraft. The ba ...

. * Sergeant Charles Milford Jennings – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Auckland. * Sergeant Eric Slinn – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Christchurch.

Royal Red Cross

Member (RRC)

* Matron Christina McDonald –

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 ...

, attached the Royal New Zealand Naval Hospital, Auckland.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Reid Burton Highet – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Ohakea. * Flight Lieutenant Thomas Robin Rabone – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Ohakea.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

* Sergeant David Scott Galloway – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of

Laucala Bay Laucala (pronounced ) is one of a triplet of small islands that lie to the east of Thurston Point on the island of Taveuni in Fiji. The privately owned islands are the site of the Laucala Resort. The total land area of the main island is . It is ...

, Fiji.

Special awards for operational service in Korea

Bar to the Distinguished Service Cross

* Commander George Raymond Davis-Goff – Royal New Zealand Navy, HMNZS ''Hawea''.

Order of the British Empire

Member (MBE)

;Military division * Captain Andrew Channings – 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

Military Cross (MC)

* Captain (Temporary Major) Vincent George Skilton – 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

Mentioned in despatches

* Ordnance Artificer (2) John Findlay Gray – Royal New Zealand Navy, HMNZS ''Rotoiti''. * Captain

Brian Poananga Major General Brian Matauru Poananga, (2 December 1924 – 5 September 1995) was a New Zealand sportsman, military leader and diplomat. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Porou and Rangitāne ''iwi''. He was born in Palmerston Nort ...

– headquarters,

1st Commonwealth Division The 1st Commonwealth Division was the military unit that commanded Commonwealth land forces in the Korean War. The division was a part of the multinational British Commonwealth Forces Korea, with infantry units of the British Army, Canadian Arm ...

, New Zealand Regiment. * Corporal (Temporary Sergeant) John Mason Spiers – New Zealand Regiment 3rd Battalion,

Royal Australian Regiment The Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) is the parent administrative regiment for regular infantry battalions of the Australian Army and is the senior infantry regiment of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. It was originally formed in 1948 as a t ...

. * Gunner James Francis Reid – 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery. * Gunner Colin Edward Ryan – 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

References

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