1961 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1961 were appointments by 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 31 December 1960 in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Rhodesia and Nyasaland to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1961.

At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours, on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australia honours list.

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

United Kingdom

Baron

• Sir Alexander Fleck, K.B.E. For public services. Chairman, Advisory Council on Research and Development, Ministry of Power, and of the Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee.

Life Baron

• The Right Honourable Thomas Williams. Labour Member of Parliament for the Don Valley Division, 1922–1959. Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1940–1945; Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1945–1951. For political and public services.

Privy Counsellor

• Sir Jocelyn Edward Salis Simon, Q.C., M.P., Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough West since 1951. Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, 1957–1958 and Financial Secretary to H.M. Treasury, 1958–1959. Solicitor-General since October 1959.

Baronet

• Sir James Bowman, K.B.E., J.P., Chairman, National Coal Board since 1956.
• Hugh Fraser, Esq., J.P., D.L., Chairman and Managing Director, House of Fraser, Ltd. For public and charitable services.

Knight Bachelor

• Colonel Robert Philip Wyndham Adeane, O.B.E., J.P. For services to the Tate Gallery.
• William Picken Alexander, Esq., General Secretary, Association of Education Committees.
• Christopher Howard Andrewes, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P., Deputy Director, National Institute for Medical Research.
• Gerald Clayton Beadle, Esq., C.B.E., Director, Television Broadcasting, British Broadcasting Corporation.
• Colonel Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish, M.C., M.P., Member of Parliament for Lewes since 1945. For political and public services.
• George Edward Beharrell, Esq., Chairman, Dunlop Rubber Company, Ltd.
• Robert Henderson Blundell, Esq., Chief Metropolitan Magistrate.
• Alderman John Charles Burman, J.P. For political and public services in Birmingham.
• Cecil Dannatt, Esq., O.B.E., M.C., Vice-Chairman, Associated Electrical Industries, Ltd.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Henry Bromley-Davenport, T.D., D.L., M.P., Member of Parliament for Knutsford since 1945. A Conservative Whip, 1948–1951. For political and public services.
• William Tyrone Guthrie, Esq. For services to the Theatre.
• William Ogden Hart, Esq., C.M.G., Clerk of the London County Council.
• George Gordon Honeyman, Esq., C.B.E., Q.C., J.P. For services to Industrial Arbitration.
• William Angus Boyd Iliff, Esq., C.M.G., M.B.E., Vice-President of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
• Barnett Janner, Esq., M.P., President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews.
• Arthur John Kelly, Esq., C.B.E., Secretary to the Cabinet, Northern Ireland.
• Edward Roberts Lewis, Esq., Chairman, The Decca Navigator Company, Ltd, and Decca Radar, Ltd.
• Thomas Frederick Lister, Esq., C.B.E. For services to the Brutish Legion.
• Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell, Esq., O.B.E., Professor of Radio Astronomy, University of Manchester. Director, Jodrell Bank Experimental Station.
• Dan Hurdis Mason, Esq., O.B.E., E.R.D. For political and public services in South-East England and London.
• Robert Alistair Murray, Esq., O.B.E. For political and public services in Glasgow.
• Reginald Northam, Esq., C.B.E. For political services.
• Kenneth Raymond Pelly, Esq., M.C., Chairman, Lloyd's Register of Shipping.
• Alderman Hubert Percival Lancaster Pitman, O.B.E., lately Sheriff of the City of London.
• John Neish Ritchie, Esq., C.B., F.R.C.V.S., Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
• Alexander Robertson, Esq., D.C.M., Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
• Ivo Herbert Evelyn Joseph Stourton, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E., Inspector General of Colonial Police.
• Claud Humphrey Meredith Waldock, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E., Q.C., Chichele Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford.
• Jack Allan Westrup, Esq., Heather Professor of Music, University of Oxford.
• Alan Herries Wilson, Esq., A Deputy Chairman and Managing Director, Courtaulds, Ltd.
• Brian Wellingham Windeyer, Esq., M.B., F.R.C.S., Professor of Radiology, University of London. Dean of Middlesex Hospital Medical School.

State of Victoria

• The Honourable John Vincent William Barry, a Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Victoria.
• The Honourable Ewen Paul Cameron, Minister of Health, State of Victoria.

State of Queensland

• The Honourable James Alfred Heading, C.M.G., D.C.M., M.M., formerly Minister for Public Works and Local Government, State of Queensland.

State of South Australia

• William Poole Bishop, Esq., C.M.G., formerly Auditor General, State of South Australia.

State of Western Australia

• Hugh Lancelot Brisbane, Esq., M.B.E., of Perth in the State of Western Australia. For public services, particularly in connection with industrial development.

Southern Rhodesia

• The Honourable Thomas Hugh William Beadle, C.M.G., O.B.E., a Judge of the High Court of Southern Rhodesia.

Commonwealth Relations

• Alexander Oppenheim, Esq., O.B.E., Vice-Chancellor, University of Malaya.

Overseas Territories

• Walter Fleming Coutts, Esq., C.M.G., M.B.E., Chief Secretary, Kenya.
• Geoffrey Campbell Gunter, Esq., C.B.E. For public services in Jamaica.
• Albert George Lowe, Esq., Chief Justice, Fiji.
• Philip James Rogers, Esq., C.B.E. For public services in Kenya.
• Kenneth Sievewright Stoby, Esq., Chief Justice, Barbados.
• Arthur Edwin Trotman, Esq., C.M.G., lately Minister for Natural Resources, Tanganyika.
• Arthur Norman Wolffsohn, Esq., Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, British Honduras.

Order of the Bath

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

• General Sir James Cassels, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., A.D.C. (Gen.), late Infantry; Colonel, The Seaforth Highlanders; Colonel Commandant, Corps of Royal Military Police and Gurkha Military Police.
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Geoffrey Pike, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

• Vice-Admiral Laurence George Durlacher, C.B., O.B.E., D.S.C.
• Vice-Admiral Sir St John Reginald Joseph Tyrwhitt, Bt., C.B., D.S.O., D.S.C.
• Lieutenant-General John D'Arcy Anderson, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., late Royal Armoured Corps.
• Lieutenant-General William Gurdon Stirling, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Air Marshal Samuel Charles Elworthy, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.V.O., D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Acting Air Marshal Anthony Dunkerton Selway, C.B., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Sir Richard Royle Powell, K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade.
• Richard George Kitchener Way, Esq., C.B., C.B.E., J.P., Permanent Under-Secretary of State, War Office.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

• Major-General Malcolm Cartwright Cartwright-Taylor.
• Rear-Admiral Norman Egbert Denning, O.B.E.
• Rear-Admiral Henry Charles Hogger, D.S.C.
• Rear-Admiral Christopher Haynes Hutchinson, D.S.O., O.B.E.
• Surgeon Rear-Admiral William Percival Edwin McIntyre, Q.H.P., M.D., B.Ch.
• Surgeon Rear-Admiral George Phillips, Q.H.S., M.B., B.Ch.
• Rear-Admiral Ronald Etridge Portlock, O.B.E.
• Rear-Admiral Philip Frederick Powlett, D.S.O., D.S.C.
• Rear-Admiral Richard Michael Smeeton, M.B.E.
• Rear-Admiral Richard Everley Washbourn, D.S.O., O.B.E.
• Major-General Richard Hutchison Batten, C.B.E., D.S.O., late Infantry.
• Major-General Cecil Martin Fothergill Deakin, C.B.E., late Foot Guards.
• Major-General Christopher Earle Welby-Everard, O.B.E., late Infantry.
• Major-General Adrian Price Webley Hope, C.B.E., late Infantry.
• Major-General Harold Edwin Knott, O.B.E., M.D., Q.H.P., late Royal Army Medical Corps.
• Major-General Christopher Godfrey Lipscomb, D.S.O., late Infantry.
• Major-General Denis Walter Price, C.B.E., late Corps of Royal Engineers.
• Major-General Charles Herbert Tarver, C.B.E., D.S.O., late Infantry.
• Air Vice-Marshal Michael Harington Dwyer, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Glen Albyn Martin Knight, C.B.E., Q.H.S., M.B., B.S., Royal Air Force.
• Acting Air Vice-Marshal Edward Lawrence Colbeck-Welch, O.B.E., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Frederick Ernest Rosier, C.B.E., D.S.O., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Roland George Seymour, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Denis Frank Spotswood, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., A.D.C., Royal Air Force.
• Acting Air Commodore Alan Pyke, O.B.E., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

• Leslie Ripley Bradley, Esq., C.B.E., lately Director-General, Curator and Secretary, Imperial War Museum.
• Charles Douglas Campbell, Esq., Under-Secretary, Board of Trade.
• Colonel David Carnegie, O.B.E., T.D., D.L., lately Chairman, County of the City of Glasgow Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association.
• Frederick Noel Charlton, Esq., C.B.E., Principal Assistant Solicitor, Office of H.M. Procurator-General and Treasury Solicitor.
• Thomas George Barnett Cocks, Esq., O.B.E., Clerk Assistant, House of Commons.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm Edward Durant Cumming, O.B.E. Attached War Office.
• Edward Harold Gwynn, Esq., Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Home Office.
• Ivor Edward King, Esq., C.B.E., Director of Dockyards, Admiralty.
• Reep Lintern, Esq., Under-Secretary, Ministry of Transport.
• William Henry Long, Esq., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Northern Ireland.
• John Archibald Campbell Robertson, Esq., Under-Secretary, H.M. Treasury.
• Henry Anthony Sargeaunt, Esq., O.B.E., Deputy Chief Scientist, (B), War Office.
• William Henry Stephens, Esq., Director-General of Ballistic Missiles, Ministry of Aviation.

Order of St Michael and St George

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

• The Honourable Henry Seymour Baker, C.M.G., D.S.O., President of the Legislative Council, State of Tasmania, and Chancellor of the University of Tasmania.
• The Honourable Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, C.M.G., High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in New Zealand.
• The Right Honourable Antony Henry, Viscount Head, P.C., C.B.E., M.C., High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in the Federation of Nigeria.
• William Lethbridge Gorell Barnes, Esq., C.B., C.M.G., Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office.
• Sir Arthur George Rixson Mooring, C.M.G., British Resident, Zanzibar.
• Harold Beeley, Esq., C.M.G., C.B.E., Deputy United Kingdom Representative, United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations, New York.
• Malcolm Siborne Henderson, Esq., C.M.G., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Montevideo.
• Archibald David Manisty Ross, Esq., C.M.G., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (designate) in Lisbon.

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

• John Colburn Bennett, Esq., C.B.E., Joint Managing Director, Henry Gardner and Company, Ltd. For services as adviser to the Board of Trade.
• Frank Cooper, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Air Ministry.
• James Geddes Robertson, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Labour.
• William Wallace, Esq., Assistant Comptroller, Board of Trade.
• Archibald Archer, Esq., of Indooroopilly, State of Queensland, in recognition of his contribution to the development of primary production in various spheres.
• Major-General William Henry Alexander Bishop, C.B., O.B.E., Deputy High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, Calcutta.
• Eric William George Jarvis, Esq., Attorney General, Southern Rhodesia.
• Howard Huntley Shannon, Esq., a Member of the House of Assembly, State of South Australia.
• Robert Grainger Ker Thompson, Esq., D.S.O., M.C., Secretary for Defence, Federation of Malaya.
• William Joseph Robinson Wilson, Esq., a prominent Grazier in the State of Victoria.
• Melvin George Billing, Esq., Provincial Commissioner, Northern Rhodesia.
• Christopher Powell-Cotton, Esq., M.B.E., M.C., Provincial Commissioner, Uganda.
• Michael John Davies, Esq., O.B.E., Minister for Security and Immigration, Tanganyika.
• Bryan James Dudbridge, Esq., Minister for Provincial Affairs, Tanganyika.
• The Right Reverend Alfred Thomas Hill, M.B.E., Bishop of Melanesia, Western Pacific.
• George Charles Day Hodgson, Esq., M.B.E., Provincial Commissioner, Nyasaland.
• James Montieth Lloyd, Esq., Administrator, Grenada.
• Francis Alfred Loyd, Esq., O.B.E., Provincial Commissioner, Nyanza Province, Kenya.
• James Carnegie McPetrie, Esq., O.B.E., Legal Adviser, Colonial Office.
• Vincent Albert Maddison, Esq., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Kenya.
• William Frederick Searle, Esq., Chief Statistician, Colonial Office.
• Thomas Henry Glasse, Esq., M.V.O., M.B.E., lately Foreign Office.
• Morgan Charles Garnet Man, Esq., Counsellor, British Residency, Bahrain.
• Brigadier John Gerald Nicholson, C.B.E., Foreign Office.
• Harold Frederick Oxbury, Esq., Assistant Director-General, British Council.
• Lancelot Frank Lee Pyman, Esq., Her Majesty's Consul-General, Zagreb.
• John Vernon Rob, Esq., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Congo Republic, the Gabon and the Republic of Chad.
• Anthony Gerald Roderick Rouse, Esq., O.B.E., Counsellor (Information), Her Majesty's Embassy, Bonn.
• Kenneth John Simpson, Esq., Foreign Office.
• John Gabriel Tahourdin, Esq., Foreign Office.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

• Denis John Browne, Esq., M.B., F.R.C.S.
• (Alan) Philip Hay, Esq., C.V.O., T.D.
• Robert Somerville, Esq., C.V.O.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• Commander Colin Buist, M.V.O., Royal Navy (Retired).
• Lord Adam Granville Gordon, M.B.E.
• (James) Cecil Hogg, Esq., F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
• Group Captain Arthur Dennis Mitchell, D.F.C., A.F.C., A.D.C., Royal Air Force.
• David Charles Scott-Moncrieff, 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-nominal letters MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.

Fourth Class

• Commander Peter Egerton Capel Berger, D.S.C., Royal Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel William Dudley Coles, T.D.
• Wing Commander Harry George Currell, D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Commander John Kenneth Herbert Freeman, Royal Navy.
• Ronald Corner Jones, Esq.
• Wing Commander David Wood, A.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Fifth Class

• Frank Victor Jelpké, Esq.
• Robert Ephraim Lambert, Esq.
• Stanley William Lionel Rivers Lucking, Esq.
• Arthur Charles Neal, Esq., B.E.M.

Order of the British Empire

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

• Air Chief Marshal the Right Honourable Percy Ronald Gardner, Earl of Bandon, K.B.E., C.B., C.V.O., D.S.O., Royal Air Force.
• Sir Ellis Hunter, Chairman and Managing Director, Dorman Long and Company, Ltd.
• Sir William Henry Tucker Luce, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., lately Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Aden.

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

• Miss Kitty Anderson, Headmistress, North London Collegiate School.

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

• Vice-Admiral William Godfrey Crawford, C.B., D.S.C.
• Vice-Admiral John Strike Lancaster, C.B.
• Major-General Peter St Clair-Ford, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., late Infantry (now R.A.R.O.).
• Major-General Leslie Norman Tyler, C.B., O.B.E., Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (now retired).
• Air Marshal Alfred Earle, C.B., C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Marshal Henry Paterson Fraser, C.B., C.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Sir Arthur Morse, C.B.E. For services as Chairman, British Travel and Holidays Association.
• Captain Richard Antony Pilkington, M.C., M.P., Member of Parliament for Widnes, 1935–1945 and for Poole since 1951. Civil Lord of the Admiralty, 1942–1945. For political and public services.
• Sidney Donald Sargent, Esq., C.B., Secretary, National Assistance Board.
• Alfred Henry Norris, Esq., O.B.E., British subject resident in Brazil.
• Edgeworth Beresford David, Esq., C.M.G., Administrator, East Africa High Commission.
• Sir Kenneth Kennedy O'Connor, M.C., President, Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa.

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Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

• Yang Teramat Mulia Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-haj. Prime Minister of Malaya.
• The Right Honourable Edmund Colquhoun, The Earl of Limerick, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., T.D., Chairman, Medical Research Council.

New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

• The Honourable Francis Boyd Adams – formerly a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

Order of St Michael and St George

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

• [[Leslie Cecil Lloyd Averill|Leslie Cecil Lloyd Averill MC MD FRCS]] – of Christchurch. For services to the medical profession in New Zealand.
• Herbert Leslie Bockett – Secretary of Labour and Director of Employment.

Order of the British Empire

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

Civil Division

• [[Guy Powles|Guy Richardson Powles CMG]] – High Commissioner for Western Samoa, 1949–1960; High Commissioner for New Zealand in India since July 1960.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• James Andrew – a member of the New Zealand Wool Board, of Masterton.
• [[Keith Buttle|Keith Nicholson Buttle JP]] – formerly Mayor of the City of Auckland
• George Edward Turney JP – Public Trustee, of Wellington.

Military Division

• Brigadier Frank Leo Hutter ED MB ChB – Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force), of Wellington.
• [[Frank Gill (politician)|Air Commodore Thomas Francis Gill DSO]] – Royal New Zealand Air Force, serving in Singapore.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Norman Rhind Bain – Crown Prosecutor and Crown Solicitor at Wanganui.
• James Cumming – of Petone. For services to the community.
• Miss Elizabeth Gregory – Dean of the School of Home Science, University of Otago.
• Charles William Feilden Hamilton – of Timaru. For services in the field of engineering.
• Julius McLachlan Hogben. For services in cultural activities in Auckland.
• Carl Herluf Richard Jepsen – of Upper Hutt. For philanthropic services.
• [[Michael Rotohiko Jones|Michael Rotohiko Jones MM JP]] – of Wellington. For services to the Māori people.
• Geoffrey Nevill JP – formerly Resident Commissioner of the Cook Islands.
• Stanley Ivan Russell – of Nelson. For services to local government.
• Arthur Hugh Ward – of Wellington. For services to the dairy industry.

Military Division

• Lieutenant-Colonel Phillip John Oliver JP – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Territorial Force), of Hamilton.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Henry McKenzie Reid – Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps (Regular Force), of Wellington.
• Wing Commander Jack Hardy – Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Christchurch.

Member of The Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Mrs Rowena Othlie Chatfield (Miss Rowena Jackson) – of Auckland. For services to ballet in New Zealand.
• William Clayton JP – of Ahaura, Westland. For services to local government.
• Winter Cole JP. For services to local body and community organisations in Christchurch and North Canterbury.
• Miss Esther Hill Elliott – matron of the Ross Home for the Aged, Dunedin.
• Francis Stanley Grayling – of New Plymouth. For services to local government.
• Murray Gordon Halberg – of Auckland. For services in the field of athletics.
• William Patrick Hartstonge – Mayor of Mosgiel, 1938–1959.
• Joseph Thomas Head JP. In recognition of his services as a member of the Royal New Zealand Navy (Civil Staff), particularly in social welfare and industrial conciliation.
• Neil Buchanan Hunt – chairman of the Rotorua County Council.
• The Reverend Ngapaka Kukutai – of Ngaruawahia. For services to the Māori people.
• Miss Mary Elizabeth McLean – of Christchurch. For services to the community and to local government in many fields.
• Miss Catherine Johnston Ovens – district nurse at Motueka.
• Mrs Joyce Edith Phipps – Corps Officer, St John's Ambulance Brigade, of Auckland.
• Papali'i Asiata Pauatea Pomau. In recognition of his services in the Samoan Public Service and latterly as Administrator of the island of Savai'i.
• Robert John Runciman JP – of Timaru. For services to the Children's Health Camp Movement.
• George Smith JP – of Huntly. For services to local government.
• Harold Welton Smith – chief engineer to the Ministry of Works at Invercargill.
• Ernest Ronald Spriggs JP – of Napier. For services to local government.
• Miss Gladys May Wilson – Sister-in-Charge, Geriatric Ward, Cook Hospital, Gisborne.

Civil Division, Additional Member, for gallantry

• Horace Trevor Williams – school teacher, Russell. For courage and determination when effecting the rescue of a mother and her child from a burning house.

Military Division

• Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (SP) Frank James Glanville – Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve, of Christchurch.
• Warrant Officer Second Class John Tasman Dawson – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force), of Edendale.
• Major (temporary) Donald Hector McLeod ED – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force), of Gisborne.
• Captain Maysie Hildreth Moore – New Zealand Women's Royal Army Corps (Retired List), of Wellington.
• Lieutenant and Quartermaster Henry Williamson – Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps (Regular Force), of Ngaruawahia.
• Flight Lieutenant Harvey Colin O'Loughlin – Air Training Corps, of Greymouth.
• Warrant Officer (W) Catherine Frances Bryers – Women's Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil Division, for gallantry

• Desmond Smith – Launch Master, Russell. For courage and determination when effecting the rescue of a mother and her child from a burning house.

Civil Division

• John Dudley Cleeve – Constable, New Zealand Police, of Pio Pio.
• Tohovaka – Sergeant, Niue Police Department, Niue Island.
• George Colin Urquhart – Detective Senior Sergeant, New Zealand Police Force, of Christchurch.

Military Division

• Chief Petty Officer John Barker – Royal New Zealand Navy, of Dunedin.
• Chief Engineering Mechanic Thomas Arthur Hardy – Royal New Zealand Navy, of Auckland.
• Chief Ordnance Artificer Samuel Harris – Royal New Zealand Navy, of Auckland.
• Chief Wren Maureen Margaret McCambridge – Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service, of Timaru.
• Corporal James William Carter – The New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force), of Auckland.
• Sergeant Peter Crowther – The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers (Regular Force), of Auckland.
• Staff Sergeant Frederick John Kinley – The New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force), of Gore.
• Warrant Officer Second Class (temporary) Ian McDonald Russell – Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps (Regular Force), of Frankton Junction.
• Warrant Officer Second Class (temporary) Robert Maurice Urquhart – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force), of Christchurch.
• Flight Sergeant Johnston Vivian William Thomas – Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Christchurch.
• Sergeant George Gordon Scott Harvey – Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Whenuapai.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Flight Lieutenant Alexander Robertson Campbell – Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Ohakea.
• Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Cranfield – Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Weedons, Christchurch.
• Flight Lieutenant John Corfe Evison -Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

Air Force Medal (AFM)

• Flight Sergeant Peter Antwis – Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Whenuapai.

Queen's Police Medal for Distinguished Service (QPM)

• Francis John Brady, Chief Superintendent, New Zealand Police Force, of Auckland.

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

• Henry James Hayward – Chief Fire Officer, Kaikoura Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• George Alexander Mackenzie – Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Auckland Fire Brigade.