The 1954 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by
Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to
various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1953 and the beginning of 1954, and were announced on 1 January 1954.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Knight Bachelor
*
John Moody Albert Ilott – of
Wellington. For public and philanthropic services.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Commander (KCMG)
* The Honourable
Harold Eric Barrowclough
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–
Chief Justice.
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Companion (CMG)
*
George Edwin Lisle Alderton –
high commissioner for New Zealand in the Commonwealth of Australia.
*
Guy Richardson Powles –
high commissioner of Western Samoa.
Order of the British Empire
Commander (CBE)
;Civil division
* Thomas Abram Barrow – lately Air Secretary.
* George Lyttelton Laurenson – Commissioner of Transport.
*
The Right Reverend Wiremu Netana Panapa –
Bishop of Aotearoa
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.
*
William Riddet – professor of agriculture at
Massey Agricultural College
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,
Palmerston North.
;Military division
* Brigadier
James Russell Page –
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Officer (OBE)
;Civil division
*
William Arthur Anderson – of
Queenstown. For services to the community.
* Marjorie Fulton Barnett – deputy director of the nursing division,
Health Department
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.
* John Blacklock Carruthers – of
Eketāhuna
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The town is located at eastern foot of the Tararua Ranges, 35 kilome ...
. For services to local government.
* Harold Fisher Guy – mayor of
Kaikohe. For services to education and local government.
* Walter Alexander Lee – president of the New Zealand Counties Association.
*
Wallace George Lowe – of
Hastings; a member of the
Mount Everest Expedition, 1953.
*
Norman Harold Moss
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Early years
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– mayor of
Stratford.
* The Honourable
William James Rogers – formerly a member of the
Legislative Council,
mayor of Wanganui.
* John Brown Sim – of
Pukekohe. For services to education.
*
William Alfred Stevenson – of
Auckland. For services to the community.
;Military division
* The Reverend Henry Gordon Taylor – chaplain,
Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar William Aked –
New Zealand Territorial Force
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.
* Wing Commander Stanley Gilbert Quill –
Royal New Zealand Air Force
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.
File:George Lowe (cropped).jpg, George Lowe
File:Bill Rogers.png, Bill Rogers
Member (MBE)
;Civil division
* Carrie Sarah McDiarmid Adnams – of Auckland. For social welfare services.
* George Frederick Allen – of
Christchurch. For services to the community.
* Walter Edward Barber – of
Foxton. For services to the community.
* Catherine Jane Campbell – matron of the Presbyterian children's home,
Timaru
* John Corder – of
Nelson. For services to local government.
* Lily Ann Donohue – of Christchurch. For services to nursing.
* Helen May Hunter – of
Waipukurau
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. For services in the interests of returned servicemen.
* Ellen Isabella Maider – of
Dunedin. For social welfare services.
* The Reverend Wharetini Rangi – a Church of England minister, of
Ruatoki North
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, Bay of Plenty. For services to the
Māori people.
* Walter George Rutherford – secretary of the Palmerston North branch of the
Returned Soldiers' Association.
*
Donald William Rutledge – of Auckland. For services to the community.
* Norma Leonie Shelton – of
Gisborne. For social welfare services.
* Kenneth George Leslie Smith – conductor of the New Zealand National Band during its 1953 tour overseas.
* Walter Frederick Sturman – of Invercargill. For services to local government.
* Mairatea Tahiwi – vice-president of the
Māori Women's Welfare League
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.
* Leyden Josephine Tingey – superintendent of the Dunedin Hospital district nursing service.
* Herbert Frederick Wood – a prominent singer of Wellington. For services to the community.
;Military division
* Senior Commissioned Mechanician William Robert Paul – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Lieutenant-Commander (S) Thomas Ronald Roydhouse –
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.
* Major Geoffrey Lawrence Falck – New Zealand Territorial Force.
* Warrant Officer First Class Benjamin Keith Gilmer –
Royal New Zealand Artillery.
*
Major (temporary) Frank Rennie –
New Zealand Regiment
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.
* Flight Lieutenant William Robert Duncan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Warrant Officer Cedric Rex Carter – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
British Empire Medal (BEM)
;Civil division
* Alice Hollis – caretaker,
Government House, Wellington.
* Charles Stanley Yates – fuel officer in charge,
Naval Dockyard
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, Auckland.
;Military division
* Chief Petty Officer Charles Ivan Francis Brewis – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Chief Petty Officer George Gerald Dessurne – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Chief Petty Officer Donald Edgar George Nichols – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
* Lance-Corporal John Samuel Moyle –
Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
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.
* Flight Sergeant Victor James Braggins – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Sergeant Gerald Mason Batchelor – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Royal Red Cross
Associate (ARRC)
* Matron (temporary) Rachel Mary Simpson –
Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.
* Matron Lucille Emily Souness – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.
Air Force Cross (AFC)
* Squadron Leader John Ronald Day – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Squadron Leader Robert Duncan McVicker – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Squadron Leader
Cyril Laurence Siegert – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
File:Cyril Laurence Siegert.jpg, Larry Siegert
Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air
* Flight Lieutenant Keith Cecil Noble-Campbell – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
References
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