✨ Queen's Birthday Honours List
No. 57
1951
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, 21 JUNE 1979
Published by Authority
WELLINGTON: TUESDAY, 26 JUNE 1979
The Queen's Birthday Honours List 1979
His Excellency the Governor-General has announced that The Queen has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday, to confer the following honours:
CIVIL LIST
To be a Dame Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (D.B.E.):
Mrs Daphne Helen PURVES, of Dunedin. For services to the International and New Zealand Federations of University Women.
To be a Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.):
Arthur Hugh WARD, O.B.E., of Waikanae. For services to the dairy industry and education.
To be Knights Bachelor:
Lewis Edward HARRIS, O.B.E., of Puketapu, Hawke’s Bay. For services to handicapped people and the community.
(Mountford) Tosswill WOOLLASTON, of Motueka, Nelson. For services to art.
To be Companions of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.):
Lloyd Gilbert BROWN, of Wellington. For services to manufacturing and development of energy resources.
James Hunter GEMMELL, of Auckland. For services to manufacturing and export.
George Hamish Ormond WILSON, of Wellington. For services as Chairman of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the Board of Trustees of the National Art Gallery and Museum.
To be Commanders of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.):
Mrs Margaret Hazel COTTERILL, of Plimmerton. For services to the Y.W.C.A.
John Keith DOBSON, of Auckland. For services to business management.
Mrs Grace Shellie HOLLANDER, J.P., of Christchurch. For services to the National Council of Women and the community.
Oswald Henry JACKSON, J.P., of Greymouth. For services to local body and community affairs.
Donald David ROWLANDS, M.B.E., of Auckland. For services to rowing.
Henry Piet Drury VAN ASCH, M.B.E., of Havelock North. For services to aerial mapping.
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration21 June 1979
Honours, Awards, Queen's Birthday, Civil List, D.B.E., K.B.E., Knights Bachelor, C.M.G., C.B.E.
13 names identified
- Daphne Helen Purves (Mrs), Appointed Dame Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- Arthur Hugh Ward (Mr), Appointed Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- Lewis Edward Harris (Mr), Appointed Knight Bachelor
- Tosswill Woollaston (Mr), Appointed Knight Bachelor
- Lloyd Gilbert Brown (Mr), Appointed Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
- James Hunter Gemmell (Mr), Appointed Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
- George Hamish Ormond Wilson (Mr), Appointed Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
- Margaret Hazel Cotterill (Mrs), Appointed Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- John Keith Dobson (Mr), Appointed Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- Grace Shellie Hollander (Mrs), Appointed Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- Oswald Henry Jackson (Mr), Appointed Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- Donald David Rowlands (Mr), Appointed Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- Henry Piet Drury Van Asch (Mr), Appointed Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- His Excellency the Governor-General