1959 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1959 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 30 December 1958 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1959.

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honours.

At this time, awards were still being made within the United Kingdom honours list on the advice of the premiers of Australian states. There was also a (federal) Australian honours list of awards made "on the advice of Her Majesty's Australian Ministers". The separate Australian honours system began in 1975.

United Kingdom

Baron

• Sir William Edward Rootes, G.B.E., Chairman, Dollar Exports Council.
• Sir James Turner, President, National Farmers' Union, England and Wales.

Privy Counsellor

• Cameron Cobbold, Esq., Governor of the Bank of England.
• The Honourable Sir Philip Albert Martin McBride, K.C.M.G., Minister for Defence, Commonwealth of Australia, 1950–1958.

Baronet

• Colonel Sir (Robert) Godfrey Llewellyn, C.B., C.B.E., M.C., T.D., D.L., Chairman, Organising Committee, British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
• Kenneth William Murray Pickthorn, Esq., M.P., Member of Parliament for Cambridge University, 1935–1950, and for the Carlton Division of Nottinghamshire since 1950. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education, 1951–1954. For political and public services.

Knight Bachelor

• Cyril Wilson Black, Esq., D.L., M.P., Member of Parliament for Wimbledon since 1950. For political and public services in Surrey.
• Aynsley Vernon Bridgland, Esq., C.B.E. For political and public services.
• Aubrey Francis Burke, Esq., O.B.E., Deputy Chairman and Managing Director, de Havilland Aircraft Company, Ltd.
• Norman James Kerr Cadzow, Esq., V.R.D. For political services in Scotland.
• Colonel Lionel George Archer Cust, C.B.E., Secretary-General, Royal Commonwealth Society.
• Major-General Charles Anderson Lane Dunphie, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., Managing Director, Vickers, Ltd.
• Professor Alexander William Gordon Ewing. Director, Department of Education of the Deaf, University of Manchester.
• Ian Anderson Johnson-Gilbert, Esq., C.B.E., Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
• Clifford Frederic Gothard, Esq., O.B.E., J.P. For political and public services in Burton-on-Trent.
• Alec Guinness, Esq., C.B.E., Actor.
• Henry Roy Forbes Harrod, Esq., Economist.
• Colonel Joseph Henry Haygarth, C.B.E. For political and public services in Middlesex.
• Alderman Isaac James Hayward, J.P., Leader of the London County Council.
• Edward Milner Holland, Esq., C.B.E., Q.C., Chairman of the Bar Council. Attorney-General, Duchy of Lancaster.
• Hubert Hull, Esq., C.B.E., President of the Transport Tribunal.
• Anthony Richard Hurd, Esq., M.P., Member of Parliament for Newbury since 1945. For political and public services.
• John William Laing, Esq., C.B.E., President, John Laing and Son, Ltd.
• Reginald Patrick Linstead, Esq., C.B.E., Rector, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London.
• Robert Owen Lloyd, Esq., O.B.E. For political and public services in Birkenhead.
• Douglas William Logan, Esq., Principal of the University of London.
• Ian Duff Lyle, Esq., D.S.C. For political services.
• James Allan Milne, Esq., C.B.E., Chairman and Managing Director, J. Samuel White and Company, Ltd. President, Shipbuilding Conference.
• Air Commodore Henry Percy Smyth-Osbourne, C.M.G., C.B.E., J.P., D.L. For political and public services in Devon.
• Edward Julian Pode, Esq., J.P., Managing Director, Steel Company of Wales, Ltd.
• Kelvin Tallent Spencer, Esq., C.B.E., M.C., Chief Scientist, Ministry of Power.
• William Edmund Sykes, Esq., M.C., J.P., Member of the Court of Common Council, City of London.
• Arthur Peregrine Thomson, Esq., M.C., M.D., F.R.C.P., Professor of Therapeutics and Dean of the Medical School, University of Birmingham.
• Alderman Walter Ward, C.B.E., J.P., Chairman, Wool Textile Delegation.
• Thomas Yates, Esq., C.B.E. General Secretary, National Union of Seamen.

State of South Australia

• Tom Elder Barr Smith, Esq., a prominent pastoralist in the State of South Australia. For public services.

State of Victoria

• The Honourable Gordon Stewart McArthur, President of the Legislative Council, State of Victoria.
• Arthur Tennyson Smithers, Esq., C.B.E., Director of Finance, State of Victoria.

Commonwealth Relations

• James Beveridge Thomson, Esq., Chief Justice, Federation of Malaya.

Overseas Territories

• Ronald Ernest German, Esq., C.M.G., lately Postmaster-General, East African Posts and Telecommunications Administration.
• Stuart Gillett, Esq., C.M.G., lately Chairman, Tanganyika Agricultural Corporation.
• Stanley Eugene Gomes, Esq., Chief Justice, Trinidad and Tobago.
• Orlando Peter Gunning, Esq., C.M.G., lately Deputy Governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria.
• Robert Lucien Morrison Kirkwood, Esq. For public services in The West Indies.
• Milton Augustus Strieby Margai, Esq., M.BiE., M.B., B.S., Premier of Sierra Leone.
• James Mitchell, Esq., C.B.E. For public services in North Borneo.
• Roland Theodore Symonette, Esq. For public services in the Bahamas.
• Thomas Crowe Spenser Wilkinson, Esq., Chief Justice, Nyasaland.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

• General Sir Dudley Ward, K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., A.D.C. (General), late Infantry. Colonel Commandant, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Air Chief Marshal Sir George Holroyd Mills, K.C.B., D.F.C., A.D.C., Royal Air Force.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

• Vice-Admiral Alexander Noel Campbell Bingley, C.B., O.B.E.
• Vice-Admiral Robert Dymock Watson, C.B., C.B.E.
• Lieutenant-General Michael Montgomerie Alston Roberts West, C.B., D.S.O., late Infantry.
• Air Marshal Walter Hugh Merton, C.B., O.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Acting Air Marshal William Mary Laurence MacDonald, C.B., C.B.E., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Philip Dennis Proctor, Esq., C.B., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

• Rear-Admiral Varyl Cargill Begg, D.S.O., D.S.C.
• Rear-Admiral Kenneth St Barbe Collins, O.B.E., D.S.C.
• Rear-Admiral Nicholas Alfred Copeman, D.S.C.
• Rear-Admiral John Lee-Barber, D.S.O.
• Major-General Reginald William Madoc, D.S.O., O.B.E.
• Rear-Admiral George Anthony Francis Norfolk, D.S.O.
• Major-General Ian Hurry Riches, D.S.O.
• Rear-Admiral Reginald Thomas Sandars.
• Rear-Admiral Bertram Wilfrid Taylor, D.S.C.
• Rear-Admiral Michael Southcote Townsend, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.S.C.
• Major-General Roland Anthony Bennett, Q.H.P., M.D., F.R.C.P.(Edin.), late Royal Army Medical Corps.
• Major-General Laurence Francis de Vic Carey, C.B.E., late Corps of Royal, Engineers.
• Major-General Samuel Moore-Coulson, E.R.D., late Royal Army Educational Corps.
• Major-General Richard Walter Craddock, C.B.E., D.S.O., late Infantry.
• Major-General Harold Cecil William Eking, C.B.E., D.S.O., late Corps of Royal Engineers.
• Major-General William Harrington Hulton-Harrop, D.S.O., late Infantry.
• Major-General Leonard Hamilton Howard-Jones, C.B.E., Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Major-General George Charles Gordon Lennox, C.V.O., D.S.O., late Foot Guards.
• Major-General Denis Stuart Scott O'Connor, C.B.E., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Major-General William Francis Robert Turner, D.S.O., late Infantry.
• Acting Air Vice-Marshal Glynn Silyn-Roberts, C.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Reginald Herbert Embleton Emson, C.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore William Donald James Michie, Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Melvin Kenneth Drowley Porter, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Victor Henry Batten Roth, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Stanley Charles Widdows, D.F.C., Royal Air Force (Retired).
• Acting Air Commodore Hughie Idwal Edwards, V.C., D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

• Matthew Campbell, Esq., Secretary, Department of Agriculture for Scotland.
• Charles Harold Chorley, Esq., Parliamentary Counsel.
• Air Commodore Allan Robert Churchman, D.F.C., D.L., Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association, Belfast.
• Michael Magnus Vere Custance, Esq., Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.
• Denis William Dobson, Esq., O.B.E., Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, Lord Chancellor's Office.
• John Euston Bell Finlay, Esq., O.B.E., T.D., Commissioner and Director of Establishments and Organisation, Board of Customs and Excise.
• William Brian Littler, Esq., Director-General, Scientific Research (Munitions), Ministry of Supply.
• Colonel Donald McMillan, O.B.E., Director, External Telecommunicatibns, General Post Office.
• Antony Alexander Part, Esq., M.B.E., Under-secretary, Ministry of Education.
• Cyril Woods Sanders, Esq., Under-Secretary, Board of Trade.
• Joseph Whiteley Stork, Esq., C.B.E., Director of Studies, Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
• Gerald Saumarez Whittuck, Esq., Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Air Ministry.
• Sir Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate, Bt., C.M.G., C.I.E., O.B.E., lately Commissioner and Chairman, Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold.

Order of Merit (OM)

• Field Marshal the Right Honourable Harold Rupert Leofric George, Earl Alexander of Tunis, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., C.S.I., D.S.O., M.C.

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

• Sir Frank Godbould Lee, K.C.B., C.M.G., Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade.
• Sir Abraham Jeremy Raisman, G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I. For services to the Commonwealth.
• Sir Harold Anthony Caccia, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Washington.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

• Guy Frederick Thorold, Esq., C.M.G., Economic Minister and Financial Adviser, Her Majesty's Embassy, Washington.
• The Honourable Robert Cosgrove, formerly Premier of the State of Tasmania.
• The Honourable Sir Roland Welensky, C.M.G., Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
• Sir Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey, K.C.V.O., C.M.G., O.B.E., Deputy Governor-General, Federation of Nigeria.
• Charles Hepburn Johnston, Esq., C.M.G., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Amman.
• Oscar Charles Morland, Esq., C.M.G., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (designate) in Tokyo.
• Major-General William Arthur Scott, C.B., C.B.E., Director of Communications, Foreign Office.
• Charles Arthur Evelyn Shuckburgh, Esq., C.B., C.M.G., lately Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

• Roland Cecil Cooke, Esq., C.B.E., Director, Exhibitions Division, Central Office, of Information. For services in connection with the British Government Pavilion at the Universal and International Exhibition, Brussels.
• Samuel Frank Follett, Esq., Director-General, Ministry, of Supply Staff, British Joint Services Mission, Washington.
• Thomas Harvey Searls, Esq., O.B.E., M.C., lately Director, Universities and Adult Education Department, British Council.
• Clifford Waite, Esq., Chairman and Joint Managing Director, Consolidated Tin Smelters, Ltd.
• The Honourable Geoffrey Ellman-Brown, O.B.E., formerly a Member of the Executive Council, Southern Rhodesia; at present representing the Government of Southern Rhodesia on the Board of Directors of the Rhodesian Iron and Steel Company.
• Alfred Howard Greenham, Esq., Agent-General and Trade Commissioner in London for the State of South Australia.
• Arthur Hugh Peters Humphrey, Esq., O.B.E., Secretary to the Treasury, Federation of Malaya.
• Edward Tom Stanley Pearce, Esq. For services to the sugar industry of the State of Queensland.
• Herbert Taylor, Esq. For public services in the State of Victoria.
• Simeon Olaosebikan Adebo, Esq., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Western Region, Nigeria.
• Andrew Clarence Francis Armstrong, Esq., Permanent Secretary, Federation of Nigeria.
• Edmund Spencer Stanley Burrowes, Esq., Financial Secretary, Barbados.
• Norman Lace Corkill, Esq., M.D., Health Adviser, Aden Protectorate.
• John Osbaldiston Field, Esq., Commissioner of the Cameroons.
• Louis Nathaniel Blache-Fraser, Esq., Federal Financial Secretary, The West Indies.
• Leonard Martin Heaney, Esq., Senior Provincial Commissioner, Tanganyika.
• Hugh Anthony Stephen Johnston, Esq., O.B.E., D.F.C., Permanent Secretary to the Premier, Northern Region, Nigeria.
• Patrick John Law, Esq., O.B.E., Labour Commissioner, Uganda.
• Thomas Edwin Letchworth, Esq., Administrative Officer, Northern Region, Nigeria.
• Christopher George Frederick Frampton Melmoth, Esq., Minister of Finance, Uganda.
• Norman Stewart Price, Esq., O.B.E., Provincial Commissioner, Northern Rhodesia.
• Arthur Frederick John Reddaway, Esq., O.B.E., Administrative Secretary, Cyprus.
• Amir Sha'afal bin Shaif, Amir of Dhala, Western Aden Protectorate.
• Gerald Kennedy Nicholas Trevaskis, Esq., O.B.E., Adviser and British Agent, Western Aden Protectorate.
• Walter Joseph Durham Wadley, Esq., Director of Education, Kenya.
• Ferhley Douglas Webber, Esq., M.C., T.D., Assistant Secretary, Colonial Office.
• John Mansfield Addis, Esq., Foreign Office.
• Beverley Gayer Barnard, Esq., Civil Air Attaché, Her Majesty's Embassy, Beirut.
• John Greville Stanley Beith, Esq., Counsellor, Her Majesty's Embassy, Paris.
• Thomas Brimelow, Esq., O.B.E., Foreign Office.
• John Richard Cotton, Esq., O.B.E., Counsellor (Commercial), Her Majesty's Embassy, Brussels.
• Frederic Francis Garner, Esq., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Phnom Penh.
• Horace Frederick Alfred Gates, Esq., M.B.E., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Managua.
• Richard Purdon Heppel, Esq., lately Minister, Her Majesty's Embassy, Vienna.
• Geoffrey William Kirk, Esq., Counsellor (Commercial), Her Majesty's Embassy, The Hague.
• Godfrey Martin Ellis Paulson, Esq., O.B.E., First Secretary, Her Majesty's Embassy, Beirut.
• Major-General Francis David Rome, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., General Officer Commanding, British Sector, Berlin.
• Ian Dixon Scott, Esq., C.I.E., lately Counsellor, Her Majesty's Embassy, Beirut

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Sir Frederick Albert Minter, K.C.V.O.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

• John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E.
• The Reverend Cyril Leonard Cresswell, C.V.O.
• Arthur Grant Harper, Esq., C.V.O., C.B.E.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• John Lovegrove Waldron, Esq.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

At this time the two lowest classes of the Royal Victorian Order were "Member (fourth class)" and "Member (fifth class)", both with post-nominals MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.

Fourth Class

• Commander William Noel Ash, Royal Navy.
• Arthur Bedford Knapp-Fisher, Esq.
• Ronald John Hill, Esq., M.V.O., M.B.E.
• Captain Terence Thornton Lewin, D.S.C., Royal Navy.
• Bernard Parkes, Esq., M.V.O.
• Anthea, Mrs Adrian Secker.
• John Basil Stanier, Esq., T.D.

Fifth Class

• Edward William Belcher, Esq., M.B.E.
• Squadron Leader Gerald Charles Delroy Goodyer, Royal Air Force.
• Miss Dorothy Hutton.
• Alastair Stuart Laing, Esq.
• George Campbell Morrison, Esq.
• William Harry Rapley, Esq.
• William John Richards, Esq.
• Squadron Leader Brian Gerald Tivy Stanbridge, A.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

• Admiral Sir Frederick Robertson Parham, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O.
• The Right Honourable James Gomer, Viscount Kemsley, Chairman, Kemsley Newspapers, Ltd. For political and public services.
• Sir John Balfour, G.C.M.G., Commissioner-General for the United Kingdom, Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, 1958.

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

• The Honourable Ruth Burton Buckley, Alderman, East Sussex County Council. For public services in East Sussex.
• Miss Rebecca West, C.B.E. (Cicily, Mrs Andrews), Writer and Literary Critic.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

• Vice-Admiral Arthur Reid Pedder, C.B.
• Vice-Admiral Guy Bouchier Sayer, C.B., D.S.C.
• Lieutenant-General Richard George Collingwood, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., late Infantry.
• Major-General Owen Patrick James Rooney, C.B., C.B.E., Royal Army Pay Corps.
• Air Marshal Harold Douglas Jackman, C.B., C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Acting Air Marshal Charles Edward Chilton, C.B., C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• George William Hoggan Gardner, Esq., C.B., C.B.E., Director, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Ministry of Supply.
• Major Sir Jocelyn Morton Lucas, Bt., M.C., M.P., Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South since 1939. For political and public services.
• The Right Honourable Stormont Mancroft Samuel, Baron Mancroft, M.B.E., T.D. A Lord-in-Waiting and Government Whip, 1952–1954; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the-Home Department, 1954–1957; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Defence, 1957; Minister without Portfolio, 1957–1958.
• Joseph Simpson, Esq., O.B.E., Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.
• Sir (Thomas) George Wilson, Chairman of the Governors, West of Scotland Agricultural College.
• Albert Edwin Axon, Esq., Chancellor of the University of the State of Queensland. For public services.
• Alhaji Ahmadu, C.B.E., Sardauna of Sokoto. Premier of the Northern Region, Nigeria.
• Paramount Chief Mwanawina III. Paramount Chief of the Barotseland Protectorate, Northern Rhodesia.

Honorary KBE

• Seyyid Abdulla bin Khalifa, C.M.G. Heir Apparent, Sultanate of Zanzibar.

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Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

• Sir John Davidson Beazley, Emeritus Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Oxford. For services to scholarship.
• Sir Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, K.C.B., Chairman, Arts Council of Great Britain.

New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

• The Honourable James Douglas Hutchison – Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

• Walter Horrobin. For services to farming, especially as chairman of the New Zealand Wool Board.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

• [[Geoffrey Sylvester Peren|Geoffrey Sylvester Peren CBE]]. For services to agriculture, especially as Principal of Massey Agricultural College.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• [[Muriel Emma Bell|Miss Muriel Emma Bell MD (Mrs Hefford)]] – nutritionist to the Department of Health and supervisor of the Nutrition Research Department of the Medical Research Council.
• Malcolm McRae Burns – Director of the Canterbury Agricultural College, Christchurch.
• Ira James Cunningham – Superintendent of the Animal Research Station, Wallaceville.
• Robert Brown Tennent – Director of Agriculture.

Military Division

• [[James Thomas Burrows|Brigadier James Thomas Burrows DSO ED]] – Colonels' List (Regular Force), New Zealand Army.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• George Frederick Briggs – national secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association of New Zealand.
• Robert Donald Cowie JP – president of the Auckland Returned Services' Association.
• Oliver Duff – of Christchurch. For services to literature and journalism.
• Herbert Stanley Feast JP – Town Clerk, Christchurch.
• Campbell Larnach MacDiarmid – of Hamilton. For services to social welfare bodies.
• Herbert Alfred Newall – of Dunedin. For services to social welfare organisations.
• Arthur Montague Ongley – Crown Prosecutor, Palmerston North.
• Francis Brian Shorland – director of the Fats Research Laboratory.
• Hetekia Te Kani Te Ua – of Gisborne. For services to the Māori people.

Military Division

• Commander Allister Barclay Gilfillan VRD – Royal New Zealand Navy (Retired).
• Lieutenant-Colonel Sinclair Banks Wallace – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Regular Force).
• Wing Commander Albert Clement Anderson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Miss Aileen Mary Andersen – of Napier. For services to the community.
• Stanley Robert Banyard – welfare officer, Auckland Prison, 1948–1957; a member of the Auckland City Mission of the Church of England Men's Society.
• Mrs Nina Agatha Rosamond Barrer – of Masterton. For services to the community in the field of education and in women's activities.
• Lawrence Drake Bridge – of Wellington. For services to the Federated Mountains Clubs Search and Rescue Organisation.
• Mrs Edith Campion. For services to drama, especially in the establishment of the New Zealand Players Theatrical Society.
• Mrs Jean Evelyn Castle – of Auckland. For services to wives and families of naval personnel.
• Clarence Coxall. For services to local government, especially as chairman of the Inangahua County Council.
• The Reverend John Harold Datson – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
• Henry Francis Louis Delamar JP – in recognition of services as mayor of Ohakune and district coroner.
• Matthew Thomas Franich. For services to the community in North Auckland.
• Mrs Hoki Waiheke Hui – of Auckland. For services to the Māori people.
• Alex Sylvester Lindsay – of Plimmerton. For services to music, especially orchestral work.
• Miss Helen Sydney Butler Lusk – of Auckland. For services to nursing.
• Miss Mary Cecile MacCormick. For services to the Red Cross Society, especially as secretary of the Auckland branch.
• Mrs Hannah Martin – of Wellington. For services to the Young Women's Christian Association.
• John Patterson – formerly Resident Commissioner, Chatham Islands.
• Mrs Lorna Ina Ranby – of Waitoa. For services in the interests of intellectually handicapped children.
• Mrs Ivy Beatrice Ritchie – Town Clerk, Arrowtown.

Military Division

• Warrant Officer First Class Leslie John Auty – The Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force).
• Major Henry Herbert Bunckenburg ED – Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force).
• Major Richard Herbert Dyson ED – The Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force).
• Warrant Officer First Class Ronald Walter Hicks EM – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers (Territorial Force).
• Major Bryan Henry Palmer ED – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
• Flight Lieutenant Henry Maitland Eccersall – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Thomas Francis Fountaine – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Military Division

• Chief Petty Officer Arthur Alexander Howard Brush – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Geoffrey Roger Drew – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Engine Room Artificer Ernest Alfred Payne – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer Berwick Claud Raoul Whitcombe – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Chief Petty Officer Writer Alexander McWilliams – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer 2nd Class (temporary) Robert John McCombe – Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals (Territorial Force).
• Staff-Sergeant Desmond Dynes Sharp – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Regular Force).
• Warrant Officer 2nd Class (temporary) James Robert Upton – New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).

Queen's Fire Service Medal for Distinguished Service (QFSM)

• Harry Bruce – Chief Fire Officer, Wellington Fire Brigade.
• Douglas Stevans Butcher – Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Stratford Volunteer Fire Brigade.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Flight Lieutenant John Clark Buckmaster – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Flight Lieutenant Donald McFarland Stark – Royal New Zealand Air Force.