New Zealand Gazette – 1978 – No. 51

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✨ Military Honours List



9 JUNE

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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MILITARY LIST

To be a Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.):

Air Commodore Michael Frank McDonald PALMER, O.B.E., (B73486), Royal New Zealand Air Force.

To be Officers of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.):

Captain Denis Hyland O’DONOGHUE, (K13602), Royal New Zealand Navy.

Colonel Peter Noel LESLIE, E.D., (708941), Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force).

Group Captain John Dempster WAUGH, (Q72671), Royal New Zealand Air Force.

To be Members of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.):

Lieutenant Commander John Trevor HERD, (B11478), Royal New Zealand Navy.

Lieutenant (Special Duties) (Band) Donald CARPENTER, (B19643), Royal New Zealand Navy.

Captain Paul Tekatene McANDREW, (M27248), Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.

Warrant Officer Class 1 Ernest Mathew DIX (J38027), Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

Warrant Officer Class 1 William David Anthony HAYWARD, (T37070), Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.

Warrant Officer Class 2 Brian Michael COLBOURNE, (D38413), Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps.

Squadron Leader Robert Alexander KEOWN, (M80787), Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Warrant Officer Henry Thomas MITCHELL, (M77038), Royal New Zealand Air Force.

The Air Force Cross (A.F.C.):

Squadron Leader John Willingham HEWSON, (Q74189), Royal New Zealand Air Force.

The British Empire Medal, Military Division (B.E.M.):

Marine Engineering Mechanician First Class David Irving LLEWELLIN, (F18129), Royal New Zealand Navy.

Chief Petty Officer Paul Ernest CHERRY, (D17230), Royal New Zealand Navy.

Petty Officer Weapon Mechanic Leonard Arnold Charles SEARS, (R528854), Royal New Zealand Navy.

Sergeant Michael Anthony CUNNINGHAM, (S38219), Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.

Sergeant Peter Oliver RAMSAY, (C43265), Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps.

Sergeant William John PRICE, (N81546), Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Flight Sergeant John Charles DEVESCOVI, (T79298), Royal New Zealand Air Force.

The Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air:

Squadron Leader Arthur Ross MARBECK, (P81387), Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of June 1978.

JAMES BROWN, Official Secretary, Government House.

Price 10c

BY AUTHORITY: E. C. KEATING, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1978



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🛡️ The Queen's Birthday Honours List 1978 (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
3 June 1978
Honours, Awards, Military, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Royal New Zealand Army
21 names identified
  • Michael Frank McDonald Palmer (Air Commodore), Appointed Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)
  • Denis Hyland O'Donoghue (Captain), Appointed Officer of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)
  • Peter Noel Leslie (Colonel), Appointed Officer of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)
  • John Dempster Waugh (Group Captain), Appointed Officer of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)
  • John Trevor Herd (Lieutenant Commander), Appointed Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
  • Donald Carpenter (Lieutenant (Special Duties) (Band)), Appointed Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
  • Paul Tekatene McAndrew (Captain), Appointed Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
  • Ernest Mathew Dix (Warrant Officer Class 1), Appointed Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
  • William David Anthony Hayward (Warrant Officer Class 1), Appointed Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
  • Brian Michael Colbourne (Warrant Officer Class 2), Appointed Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
  • Robert Alexander Keown (Squadron Leader), Appointed Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
  • Henry Thomas Mitchell (Warrant Officer), Appointed Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
  • John Willingham Hewson (Squadron Leader), Awarded The Air Force Cross (A.F.C.)
  • David Irving Llewellin (Marine Engineering Mechanician First Class), Awarded The British Empire Medal, Military Division (B.E.M.)
  • Paul Ernest Cherry (Chief Petty Officer), Awarded The British Empire Medal, Military Division (B.E.M.)
  • Leonard Arnold Charles Sears (Petty Officer Weapon Mechanic), Awarded The British Empire Medal, Military Division (B.E.M.)
  • Michael Anthony Cunningham (Sergeant), Awarded The British Empire Medal, Military Division (B.E.M.)
  • Peter Oliver Ramsay (Sergeant), Awarded The British Empire Medal, Military Division (B.E.M.)
  • William John Price (Sergeant), Awarded The British Empire Medal, Military Division (B.E.M.)
  • John Charles Devescovi (Flight Sergeant), Awarded The British Empire Medal, Military Division (B.E.M.)
  • Arthur Ross Marbeck (Squadron Leader), Awarded The Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

  • JAMES BROWN, Official Secretary, Government House