Sir Joseph William Allan Heenan (17 January 1888 – 11 October 1951) was a New Zealand law draftsman, senior public servant, administrator and writer. He was born in

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 ...

, New Zealand, on 17 January 1888. Heenan was awarded the

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in 1935. In the

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, he was appointed a

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, and the 1949 King's Birthday Honours, he was promoted to

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, in recognition of his service as under-secretary of Internal Affairs.

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