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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 7]

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)—
continued
Mrs. Mary Karaka Waititi, of Ruatoria.
Mr. Edward George Walkinshaw, of Auckland.
Miss Charlotte Eliot Warburton, of Palmerston North.
Mrs. Clementina Margaret Wilkinson, of Tauranga.
Mrs. Mabel Helen Wilson Wilkinson, of Eltham.
Mrs. Ada Kathleen Wilson, of Te Kuiti.
Miss Jessie Banks Wilson, of Oamaru.
Mrs. Anne Whitaker, of Auckland.
Mr. Charles Richardson White, of Wanganui.

British Empire Medal—
Mr. Albert William Andrews, of Auckland.
Mr. George William Connee, of Auckland.
Miss Joyce Alma Werner, of Karaka Creek, Thames.
Mr. Victor Hamilton Humphreys, of Ellerslie, Auckland.
Mr. William Percy Huggins, of Wellington.
Mr. Eric Donald McRae, of Auckland.
Mr. Reginald Henry Nees, of Wellington.
Mr. Peter John Hope Purvis, of Wellington.
Mr. Albert Edward Naulls, of Wellington.
Mrs. Leone Gertrude de Zoete Coventry, of Gore.
Mrs. Merva Sheldon Jeune, of Fairlie.
Mr. William John Taylor, of Timaru.
Mrs. Katharine Mary Deans, of Darfield.
Mrs. Helena Marian Barnard, of Wellington.
Mrs. Pirihiira Heketa, of Wellington.
Miss Ophir Hallam, of Aromoho, Wanganui.
Miss Nancy Ellaby Cotterill, of Gisborne.
Mrs. Isabella Olive Grace Jones, of Putaruru.
Miss Catherine Gaw, of Te Aroha.
Miss Te Kiato Rewai, of Christchurch.
Mrs. Hiria Tangaere, of Rangitukea.
Mr. John Penfold, of Ruatoria.
Mrs. Eve Winifred Moore, of Auckland.
Mrs. Gertrude Lucy Stitchbury, of Lowry Bay, Wellington.
Mrs. Margaret Colleen Groom, of Wellington.
Mr. Kenneth Wells, formerly of the New Zealand barque
“Pamir,” of Blenheim.

MILITARY DIVISION

Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)—
Lieutenant-General Edward Puttick, C.B., D.S.O., N.Z.S.C.,
General Officer Commanding, New Zealand Military Forces,
of Wellington.

Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)—
Air Vice-Marshal Leonard Monk Isitt, C.B.E., R.N.Z.A.F.,
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Officer Commanding, Royal
New Zealand Air Force, of Wellington.
Major-General Fred Thompson Bowerbank, O.B.E., E.D., M.D.,
K.H.P., N.Z.M.C., Director-General, New Zealand Medical
Services (Army and Air), of Wellington.

Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.)—
Brigadier Leonard George Goss, N.Z.S.C., Deputy Chief of the
General Staff, New Zealand Military Forces, of Wellington.

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)—
Group Captain Trevor Watts White, E.D., R.N.Z.A.F., Chief
Air Liaison Officer, New Zealand Air Mission, Ottawa.
Acting Group Captain Gordon Hamish Martin Pirie, R.A.F.,
formerly Director of Operations, Royal New Zealand
Air Force.

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)—
Chief Officer (Miss) Hermione Ruth Herrick, Director, Women’s
Royal New Zealand Naval Service, of Wellington.
Acting-Commander John Churchill Elworthy, R.N. (Retd.),
of Auckland.
Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) Arthur Bongard, M.C.,
N.Z.S.C., of Christchurch.
Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred John Coutts, N.Z.T.S., of Auckland.
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Allen Hogan, N.Z.T.S., of Wellington.
Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Archer Breach, N.Z.T.S., of
Wellington.
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Henry Ernest Erridge,
N.Z.A.O.C., of Lower Hutt.
Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel Caswall John Walter Parsons,
N.Z.T.S., of Lower Hutt.
Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel James Donald Swan, N.Z.T.S., of
Auckland.
Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas George Ball, N.Z.T.S., of
Wellington.
Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel John Hugh Phillips, N.Z.T.S., of
Wellington.
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Donald George Wallace,
N.Z.M.C., of Wellington.
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Harry Waine Washbourn,
N.Z.D.C., of Timaru.
Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick William Mothes, M.B.E.,
N.Z.T.S., New Zealand Military Liaison Officer, Sydney,
N.S.W.
Wing Commander Edward Caradus, R.N.Z.A.F., of Wellington.
Acting Wing Officer (Mrs.) Elsie Naomi Carlyon, W.A.A.F.,
of Wellington.
Acting Wing Commander John Matthias Gamble, R.N.Z.A.F.,
of Wellington.
Group Captain Frederick Russell Chisholm, R.N.Z.A.F., of
Auckland.
Matron (Miss) Katharine Sybil Williams, N.Z.A.N.S. (attached
to R.N.Z.A.F.), of Feilding.

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)—
Lieutenant-Commander Ralph Leslie Cross, V.D., R.N.Z.N.V.R.
(Retd.), of Wellington.
Temp. Lieutenant-Commander Richard Tudor Roberts, V.D.,
R.N.Z.N.R., of Wellington.
Mr. John Norman Richards, Warrant Writer Officer (temp.),
R.N.Z.N., of Wellington.
Temp. Lieutenant Arthur Lovat Fraser, D.S.C., R.N.Z.N.R., of
Lyttelton.
Acting Lieutenant-Commander Richard Blampied, R.N.Z.N.R.,
of Wellington.
Mr. Cyril Carr, Senior Master, Royal Navy, H.M.N.Z.S.
“Tamaki.”
Temp. Lieutenant William Williamson, R.N.Z.N.V.R., of
Dunedin.
Third Officer (Miss) Mary Eleanor Chesney, W.R.N.Z.S., of
Lower Hutt.
Mr. Leslie Samuel George Martin, temp. Warrant Engineer,
R.N.Z.N., of Auckland.
Lieutenant-Commander Wybrants Olphert, R.N.Z.N.V.R., of
Wellington.
Captain (temp. Major) John Albert Worsnop, N.Z.S.C., of
Christchurch.
Captain (temp. Major) Robert Harry Perrett, N.Z.S.C., of Lower
Hutt.
Major Francis John Martin, N.Z. Army Pay Corps, of Gisborne.
Senior Commander Dorothy May Hawkins, W.A.A.C., of
Auckland.
Temp. Major and Quartermaster Hans Christian Frithjof
Peterson, N.Z.A., of Wellington.
Temp. Major William James Birss Hunter, N.Z.T.S., of
Wellington.
Major Benjamin William Henry Smart, N.Z.T.S., of Hawera.
Hon. Captain Charles Pike, N.Z.T.S., of Wellington.
Temp. Captain Percival Nowall Erridge, N.Z.A.O.C., Assistant
to the New Zealand Liaison Officer, Melbourne.
Charge Sister Margaret Hitchcock, N.Z.A.N.S., of Levin.
Major Geoffrey Hardurn Heal, N.Z.S.C., of Wellington.
Major Gavin Eugene Pollock, N.Z.T.S., of Wellington.
Senior Commander Mary Eulalie Whyte, W.A.A.C., of
Wellington.
Captain and Quartermaster Albert de Bolton Peel Steward,
M.M., N.Z. Permanent Staff, of Auckland.
Captain William Vincent Quane, N.Z.T.S., of Auckland.
Temp. Captain and Quartermaster William Frederick Sellen,
N.Z. Permanent Staff, of Wellington.
Temp. Captain and Quartermaster James Laurence Oliphant-
Rowe, N.Z. Permanent Staff, of New Plymouth.
Temp. Captain and Quartermaster William Edmonds, N.Z.
Permanent Staff, of Ashburton.
Captain Eden William Smith, N.Z.T.S., of Christchurch.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Robert William Borland, N.Z.
Temporary Staff, of Christchurch.
Captain William Charles Francis, N.Z.T.S., of Upper Hutt.
Captain Harry Gordon Remshardt Sedgley, N.Z.T.S., of
Christchurch.
Lieutenant Arthur William Herbert Gally, N.Z.T.S., of Lower
Hutt.
Warrant Officer (Class I) (temp. Major and Quartermaster)
Alan Holmes, N.Z. Permanent Staff, of Palmerston North.
Warrant Officer (Class I) Thomas William Page, N.Z.T.S.,
of Rotorua.
Acting Squadron Leader Rawlings William McSkimming,
R.N.Z.A.F., of Auckland.
Squadron Leader Murray Davy Nairn, R.N.Z.A.F.,of Auckland.
Acting Squadron Leader Philip Edward Laughton-Bramley,
R.A.F., of Exeter, England.
Acting Flight Lieutenant James Francis Sharkey, R.N.Z.A.F.,
of Whangarei.
Warrant Officer William Arthur Everson, R.N.Z.A.F., of
Masterton.
Flying Officer Claude Patrick Perrett, R.N.Z.A.F., of Hawera.
Acting Aquadron Leader Maurice Leonard Pirie, R.N.Z.A.F.,
of Auckland.
Warrant Officer Rex Bernard Robins, R.N.Z.A.F., of Bulls.
Squadron Leader George Frederick Chippendale, R.N.Z.A.F.,
of Nelson.
Acting Squadron Leader Cecil William Franks, R.N.Z.A.F.,
of Wellington.
Flight Lieutenant John Ronald Day, R.N.Z.A.F., of Invercargill.
Squadron Leader Alwyn Palmer, R.N.Z.A.F., of Christchurch.
Flight Lieutenant Maurice Colin Kain, R.N.Z.A.F., of Dunedin.
Squadron Leader Bruce Robert Rae, R.N.Z.A.F., of Wellington.
Flight Lieutenant James Douglas MacKay, R.N.Z.A.F., of
Christchurch.

Air Force Cross—
Squadron Leader Jonas William Henry Lett, R.N.Z.A.F., of
New Plymouth.
Flying Officer Charles Alexander McDonald, R.N.Z.A.F., of
Woodville.
Squadron Leader Graham Carrick Martin, R.N.Z.A.F., of
Wellington.
Flight Lieutenant John Herbert Penney, R.N.Z.A.F., of
Wellington.
Flight Lieutenant Henry Keith Patience, R.N.Z.A.F., of
Wellington.
Acting Wing Commander Lloyd Hern Parry, R.N.Z.A.F., of
Christchurch.
Flight Lieutenant Alan Frederick Jacobsen, R.N.Z.A.F., of
New Plymouth.