1958 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1958 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 in supplements to the London Gazette of 31 December 1957 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1958.

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

• The Right Honourable Sir Norman Birkett, Q.C, Lord Justice of Appeal, 1950–1957; Judge of the King's Bench Division, High Court of Justice, 1941–1950.
• Field Marshal Sir John Harding, G.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Cyprus, 1955–1957.

Baronet

• Colonel Sir Robert Chapman, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O., T.D. For political and public services in the North of England.
• Godfrey Nicholson, Esq., M.P., Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1931–1935, and for Farnham since 1937. For political and public services.
• Sir Harry Platt, M.D., F.R.C.S. Lately President, Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Knight Bachelor

• Stanislaus Joseph Baker, Esq., C.B., Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.
• Arthur Thomas Barnard, Esq., C.B., O.B.E., Director-General of Inspection, Ministry of Supply.
• Walter Barrie, Esq., Chairman of Lloyd's.
• George Benson, Esq., M.P. For public services.
• Professor James Ramsay Montagu Butler, M.V.O., O.B.E., Chief Historian, Cabinet Office.
• William Richard Joseph Cook, Esq., C.B. Deputy Director, Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.
• Alderman Christopher George Armstrong Cowan, J.P. For political and public services in- Middlesex.
• Henry Kenneth Cowan, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.P., Q.H.P., Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health for Scotland.
• Alderman William Crane, C.B.E. For public services in Nottingham. Chairman, Housing Committee, Nottingham County Borough Council.
• Gerard John Regis Leo D'Erlanger, Esq., C.B.E., Chairman, British Overseas Airways Corporation.
• James Boyd Douglas, Esq., C.B.E., J.P., Chairman, Southern Area Agricultural Executive Committee, Scotland.
• Claude Aurelius Elliott, Esq., O.B.E., Provost of Eton College.
• Stanley Jaffa Harley, Esq. For political and public services in the Midlands.
• Major Ernest Sirdefield Harston, C.B.E., Honorary Secretary, British Empire Service League.
• Frank Cyril Hawker, Esq., Director, Bank of England.
• Alderman Frederick Alfred Hoare. Lately Sheriff, City of London.
• Julian Sorell Huxley, Esq., Biologist and Writer.
• Christopher Kelk Ingold, Esq., Professor of Chemistry, University College, London.
• Colonel Colin Norman Thornton-Kemsley, O.B.E., T.D., M.P. Member of Parliament for Kincardine and West Aberdeenshire, 1939–1950, and for North Angus and Mearns since 1950. For (political and public services.
• Hans Adolf Krebs, Esq., M.D., Whitley Professor of Biochemistry, University of Oxford. Honorary Director of the Cell Metabolism Research Unit of the Medical Research Council.
• Thomas George Lund, Esq., C.B.E., Secretary of the Law Society.
• Colonel James MacBride Miller, M.C., T.D., D.L., President, Association of County Councils in Scotland. Convener, Berwickshire County Council.
• Kenneth Murray, Esq., J.P., D.L. Lately Chairman, Royal Bank of Scotland.
• Edward James Norman, Esq., Chief Inspector of Taxes, Board of Inland Revenue.
• Fred Parkes, Esq. For political and public services in Lancashire.
• William Bentley Purchase, Esq., C.B.E., M.C., M.B., M.R.C.S., one of H.M. Coroners for the County of London. Honorary Secretary, Coroners Society of England and Wales.
• Halford Walter Lupton Reddish, Esq. For political and public services in Rugby.
• Sydney Castle Roberts, Esq., Master of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.
• Foster Gotch Robinson, Esq. For public services in Bristol.
• Steven Runciman, Esq. (The Honourable James Cochran Stevenson Runciman). For services to Scholarship.
• John Weir Russell, Esq. For political services in London.
• Ernest Stacey, Esq. For political services in Liverpool.
• Hubert Gordon Thornley, Esq., C.B.E., D.L., Clerk of the Peace and Clerk of the County Council, North Riding of Yorkshire.
• Ashley Skelton Ward, Esq. For political and public services in Sheffield.
• Alderman Daniel Thomas Williams, O.B.E., J.P., D.L. For political and public services in Cardiff.
• Walter John Worboys, Esq., Chairman, Council of Industrial Design. Director, Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. Vice-President, Associated British Chemical Manufacturers.

State of Tasmania

• Archibald Richard Park, Esq., C.M.G., Lord Mayor of the City of Hobart, State of Tasmania.

State of Victoria

• William George Dismore Upjohn, Esq., O.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.S., of Melbourne, State of Victoria. For services to Surgery.
• John Francis Williams, Esq., Managing Director of The Herald and Weekly Times, Ltd, Melbourne. State of Victoria.

Commonwealth Relations

• Owain Trevor Jenkins, Esq., a member of the United Kingdom business community in India.

Overseas Territories

• Michael Joseph Patrick Hogan, Esq., C.M.G., Q.C., Chief Justice, Hong Kong.
• Yusufali Alibhai Karimjee Jivanjee, Esq. For public services in Tanganyika.
• Audley McKisack, Esq., Q.C., Chief Justice, Uganda.
• George William Kelly Roberts, Esq., C.B.E., J.P. For public services in the Bahamas.

Order of the Bath

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

• Admiral Sir John Arthur Symons Eccles, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.B.E.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

• Vice-Admiral Robert Francis Elkins, C.B., C.V.O., O.B.E.
• Vice-Admiral Richard George Onslow, C.B., D.S.O.
• Lieutenant-General Harold English Pyman, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., late Royal Armoured Corps.
• Air Marshal Edmund Cuthbert Hudleston, C.B., C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Arthur William Baynes McDonald, C.B., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Harry Work Melville, Esq., Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

• Rear-Admiral Peter Dawnay, M.V.O., D.S.C.
• Rear-Admiral Roy Stephenson Foster-Brown.
• Rear-Admiral John Paul Wellington Furse, O.B.E.
• Acting Vice-Admiral Douglas Eric Holland-Martin, D.S.O., D.S.C.
• Captain Edgar Duncan Goodenough Lewin, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.S.C., Royal Navy.
• Rear-Admiral George Oswald Naish.
• Surgeon Rear-Admiral Eric Thomas Sutherland Rudd, C.B.E., M.B., B.Ch.
• Rear-Admiral George Arthur Thring, D.S.O.
• Rear-Admiral Roger Stanley Wellby, D.S.O.
• Rear-Admiral Guy Austin Moore Wilson.
• Major-General Douglas Bluett, O.B.E., Q.H.P., M.B., late Royal Army Medical Corps.
• Major-General James Norman Carter, C.B.E., late Infantry.
• Major-General Guy Patrick Gregson, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Major-General John Wdnthrop Hackett, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., late Royal Armoured Corps.
• Major-General Reginald Hackett Hewetson, C.B.E., D.S.O., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Major-General Douglas Anthony Kendrew, C.B.E., D.S.O., late Infantry.
• Major-General Alfred Henry Musson, C.B.E., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Major-General Cosmo Alexander Richard Nevill, C.B.E., D.S.O., late Infantry.
• Brigadier (temporary) James Alexander Rowland Robertson, C.B.E., D.S.O., late Infantry.
• Major-General Leslie de Malapert Thuillier, O.B.E., late Royal Corps of Signals.
• Air Vice-Marshal Victor Swanton Bowling, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Frank Westerman Felgate, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• The Reverend Canon Alan Stanley Giles, C.B.E., Q.H.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal John Forde Hobler, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Frederick Elvy Lipscomb, C.B.E., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Q.H.P., Royal Air Force (Retired).
• Air Vice-Marshal Wilfrid Ewart Oulton, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Acting Air Vice-Marshal Eric Cecil Bates, C.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Harold John Maguire, D.S.O., O.BE., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

• John Clifford Blake, Esq., Solicitor and Legal Adviser, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Housing and Local Government.
• Reginald Samuel Brownell, Esq., C.B.E., Permanent Secretary, 'Ministry of Education for Northern Ireland.
• Hayne Constant, Esq., C.B.E., Director, National Gas Turbine Establishment, Ministry of Supply.
• Colonel Philip Ralph Davies-Cooke, T.D., J.P., D.L., Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association of the Counties of Denbigh and Flint.
• Joshua Edward Synge Cooper, Esq., C.M.G., Assistant Director, Government Communications Headquarters.
• Arthur Charles Walter Drew, Esq., Deputy Under-Secretary of State, War Office.
• Eric John Horatio Edenborough, Esq., O.B.E., Clerk of the Journals, House of Commons.
• Collis William Evans, Esq., C.BE., Under-Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.
• Frank Chalton Francis, Esq., Keeper, Department of Printed Books, British Museum.
• David Hulse Leadbetter, Esq., Under-Secretary, Ministry of Education.
• William Wilfred Morton, Esq., Secretary, Board of Inland Revenue.
• John Francis Mountain, Esq., Under-Secretary, Admiralty.
• Francis William Musson, Esq., C.M.G., A.F.C., Under-Secretary, attached Foreign Office.
• John Edward Serby, Esq., C.B.E., Director-General, Guided Weapons, Ministry of Supply.
• Herbert Tetley, Esq., Deputy Government Actuary.

Order of St Michael and St George

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

• The Most Honourable Gerald Rufus, Marquess of Reading, K.C.M.G., C.B.E., M.C., T.D., Q.C. Leader of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Colombo Plan Consultative Committee Meeting, 1957. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, 1953–1957. For public services.
• Sir Michael Robert Wright, K.C.M.G., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Baghdad.

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

• Howard George Charles Mallaby, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E., High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in New Zealand.
• The Honourable Alan James Mansfield, Chief Justice of the State of Queensland.
• Geofroy William Tory, Esq., C.M.G., High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in the Federation of Malaya.
• The Right Reverend Wilfred Marcus Askwith, D.D., The Lord Bishop of Gloucester, Prelate of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
• Alexander Thomas Williams, Esq., C.M.G., M.B.E., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands.
• William Denis Allen, Esq., C.B., C.M.G., Foreign Office.
• Edgar James Joint, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Bogota.
• George Humphrey Middleton, Esq., C.M.G., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Beirut.

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

• Major-General William Alfred Dimoline, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., Secretary, British Group, Inter-Parliamentary Union.
• Archibald Laurence Patrick Kirwan, Esq., T.D., Director and Secretary, Royal Geographical Society.
• Cyril Edward Thorogood, Esq., United Kingdom Trade Commissioner, Colombo.
• Frederick William Verry, Esq., O.B.E.. Assistant Secretary, Air Ministry.
• The Honourable Gilbert Lawrence Chandler, Minister of Agriculture, State of Victoria.
• Edgar Rowland Dawes, Esq. For public services in the State of South Australia.
• John Fitzsimmons Meynink, Esq., a Grazier in the State of Queensland. For public services.
• Allan Frederick Bates, Esq., Financial Secretary, Cyprus.
• Conrad Swire Kerr Bovell, Esq., Inspector-General, Nigeria Police Force.
• Brigadier Norman Baldwin Brading, C.B.E., House Governor, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Federation of Nigeria.
• Anthony Geoffrey Hopwood Gardner-Brown, Esq. For services as Deputy Chief Secretary of the Federation of Nigeria.
• Claude Bramall Burgess, Esq., O.B.E., Cadet Officer, Staff Grade, Hong Kong.
• Alan Hart Dutton, Esq., M.V.O., Financial Secretary, Aden.
• John Orman Gilbert, Esq., British Resident, Brunei.
• Geoffrey Leicester Gray, Esq., O.B.E., Secretary for Local Government, North Borneo.
• Douglas Basil Hall, Esq., Secretary for Native Affairs, Northern Rhodesia.
• Hugh Alastair Harding, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Colonial Office.
• Kenneth William Stewart Mackenzie, Esq., Secretary to the Treasury, Kenya.
• Victor George Matthews, Esq., O.B.E., Commissioner, East African Office, London.
• James Patrick Murray, Esq., Senior Provincial Commissioner, Northern Rhodesia.
• The Right Reverend Cecil John Patterson, C.B.E., The Lord Bishop of the Niger.
• William Henry Justinus Rangeley, Esq., Provincial Commissioner, Nyasaland.
• James Taylor Rea, Esq., President of the City Council, Singapore.
• John Shaw Rennie, Esq., O.B.E., British Resident Commissioner, New Hebrides.
• Charles Anthony Langdon Richards, Esq., Resident, Buganda, Uganda.
• Colonel William Lancelot Rolleston, O.B.E., Minister for Communications and Works, Tanganyika.
• Kenneth Graeme Stewart Smith, Esq., Colonial Secretary, Gambia.
• Anthony Charles Christopher Swann, Esq., O.B.E., Provincial Commissioner, Kenya.
• Brian St George Thwaites, Esq., Administrative Officer, Class I, Eastern Region, Nigeria.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Charles White, O.B.E., Chief Constable, Cyprus Police Force.
• Brigadier John Edmund Alexander Baird, C.B.E., Military Adviser to the Political Resident, Bahrain.
• Evelyn Basil Boothby, Esq., Counsellor at Her Majesty's Embassy, Brussels.
• Bernard Christopher Allen Cook, Esq., O.B.E. Lately Counsellor (Commercial) at Her Majesty's Embassy, Rangoon.
• Sydney Ernest Henry Daw, Esq., C.B.E. Lately Counsellor (Commercial) at Her Majesty's Embassy in Vienna.
• Hubert John Evans, Esq., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Seoul.
• Leslie Charles Glass, Esq., Counsellor and Consul-General at Her Majesty's Embassy in Washington.
• Aubrey Seymour Halford, Esq., Political Agent at Kuwait.
• Angus MacKay Mackintosh, Esq., Deputy Commissioner-General, Singapore.
• Harry Frank Grave Morris, Esq., Foreign Office.
• Derek Martin Hurry Riches, Esq., Foreign Office.
• Roderick Francis Gisbert Sarell, Esq., Her Majesty's Consul-General at Algiers.
• John Hugh Adam Watson, Esq., Foreign Office.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

• Sir Stewart Duke-Elder, K.C.V.O., M.D., F.R.C.S..
• Vice-Admiral Sir (Edward Michael) Conolly Abel Smith, K.C.V.O., C.B.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

• Charles Thomas Wheeler, Esq., C.B.E.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• Major Mark Vane Milbank, M.V.O., M.C.

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

• Henry Barraclough, Esq.
• Ernest James Braby, Esq., M.B.E.
• Geoffrey Dearmer, Esq.
• Albert James Galpin, Esq., O.B.E., M.V.O.
• Joseph Mackle, Esq.
• Donald Morrell, Esq., I.S.O.
• Commander Harry Desmond Nixon, Royal Navy.
• Arthur Frederick Abbott Stamberg, Esq., M.V.O.

Fifth Class

• Elizabeth Vere Drummond, Baroness Birdwood.
• Miss Anne Alicia Hamersley.
• Lieutenant-Commander (S.D.) Eric Colin Hill, Royal Navy.
• Miss Alice Saxby.

Order of the British Empire

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

• Air Chief Marshal Sir Donald Hardman, K.C.B., O.B.E., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Sir Harold Edgar Yarrow, Bt., C.B.E., Chairman and Managing Director, Yarrow and Company, Ltd., Glasgow.

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

• Brigadier Cecilie Monica Johnson, R.R.C., Q.H.N.S., A.D.C. (Hon.), Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps.
• Alderman Miss Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones, C.B.E., J.P. For public services in the City of Manchester.
• Miss Rose Macaulay, Writer.

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

• Vice-Admiral Ballin Illingworth Robertshaw, C.B., C.B.E.
• Surgeon Vice-Admiral Robert Cyril May, C.B., O.B.E., M.C., F.R.C.S., Q.H.S.
• Lieutenant-General Richard Wakefield Goodbody, C.B., D.S.O., late Royal Regiment of Artillery. Colonel Commandant, Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Air Marshal Hugh Alex Constantine, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., Royal Air Force.
• Air Marshal Patrick Brunton Lee Potter, C.B.E., MD., Ch.B., Q.H.S., Royal Air Force.
• Maurice Edward Adams, Esq., O.B.E., Civil Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty.
• Neville Archibald Gass, Esq., C.B.E., M.C., Chairman, British Petroleum Company, Ltd.
• Arthur Douglas Owen, Esq., G.B., Deputy Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise.
• Major-General William Ronald Campbell Penney, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., lately Director, London Communications Security Agency.
• Brigadier George Hands Walton, C.B., C.B.E., T.D., D.L., Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association, County Durham.
• Ian Leslie Henderson, Esq., C.M.G., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Panama.
• The Honourable Stanley Charles Burbury, Chief Justice of the State of Tasmania.
• The Honourable Patrick Bisset Fletcher, C.M.G., a Minister in the Government of Southern Rhodesia continuously since 1946; at present Minister of Native Affairs, Lands, Irrigation and Surveys.
• The Honourable Roslyn Foster Bowie Philp, Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court, State of Queensland.
• Sir Sydney Phillipson, C.M.G. For services to education in the Federation of Nigeria.
• Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, C.M.G., Emir of Kano, Northern Region, Nigeria.
• Sir Newnham Arthur Worley. President of the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa.

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Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

• The Right Honourable William Richard, Viscount Nuffield, G.B.E. For public and philanthropic services.

New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

• William Edward Hale CBE. For services to the dairy industry, particularly as chairman of the Dairy Board, 1938–57.
• [[Ernest Marsden|Ernest Marsden CMG CBE MC]] – of Wellington. For services to science.

Order of the Bath

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

• [[Cyril Eyton Kay|Air Vice-Marshal Cyril Eyton Kay CBE DFC]] – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

• Donald Dixon McKenzie MB ChB – senior surgeon, Auckland Public Hospital.

Order of the British Empire

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

Civil Division

• The Honourable Kenneth Macfarlane Gresson – President of the New Zealand Court of Appeal.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• John Peter Douglas Johnsen – formerly Comptroller of Customs.
• [[John Thomas Paul|The Honourable John Thomas Paul JP]] – formerly a Member of the Legislative Council. For services in the fields of journalism and government.
• Ernest Dawson Wilkinson – a public accountant of Auckland.

Military Division

• [[George Raymond Davis-Goff|Captain George Raymond Davis-Goff DSC]] – Royal New Zealand Navy.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Mrs Doreen Annie Grace Bray JP – of Papatoetoe. For social welfare services.
• Ralph Searle Chadwick – of Hastings. For services to local government and in the fields also of social, civic and sporting activities.
• William James Gaudin – of Paekakariki. For services to local government in Wellington.
• William Percy Glue – a member of the Christchurch City Council.
• Mrs Leila Hunt – of Cambridge. For philanthropic services to patriotic movements.
• Captain David Norman McLeish – of Wellington. For services to the Merchant Navy.
• Robert Matthew Strang JP – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• Harold Douglas Tait – Headmaster of the Hamilton High School and the Boys' High School, Hamilton.
• Te Hana Taua Tamaka – of Hawera. For services to the Māori people, particularly as chairman of the Taranaki Māori Trust Board.
• Austin George Wilson – of Auckland. For public and social welfare services.
• Philip Randal Woodhouse DSO MC VD MB ChB – president of the New Zealand Catchment Boards' Association.

Military Division

• Captain Leonard Stanley Stanners – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Commander Robert Lindsay Laurenson VRD – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Clifton Johansen ED – The Royal New Zealand Infantry (Territorial Force).
• Squadron Leader Eric Desmond McCabe – Royal New Zealand Air Force Reserve.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Mrs Ivy Alma Aldridge. For services to the community, especially in connection with the kindergarten movement in Invercargill.
• Albert Charles Buist JP. For services in connection with the Young Farmers' Club movement, and as chairman of the Feilding High School Board of Managers.
• William Havilah Down – of Christchurch. For services in the field of sport, especially hockey.
• Mrs Janet Cunningham Evans – of Timaru. For services to the Women's Division of the Federated Farmers in South Canterbury.
• William Richardson Fee – president of the Auckland Cricket Association.
• Norman Basil Fippard JP – of Hastings. For services to the community in the fields of accountancy and education.
• Albert Edward Greig – of Picton. For services to the community.
• Samuel Lawn – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Ronald McCaw. For services to the community in Hamilton.
• Frank Parsons – chairman of the National Dairy Association.
• Mrs Adelaide Rose – of Christchurch. For social welfare services.
• William John Schollum JP – of Puhoi. For services to local government.
• Reginald William Sparrow JP – of Nelson. For services to the Takaka County Council and the Golden Bay County Council.
• Mrs Rumatiki Wright – of Raetihi. For services to the Māori people, especially as Senior Lady Māori Welfare Officer at Taumarunui.

Military Division

• Second Officer Mary Vernon Morten – Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service.
• Warrant Officer Class I Ian Frederick Forsyth – The New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
• Warrant Officer Class I Lewis Albert Ims – The Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps (Territorial Force).
• Major William Douglas Leuchars – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Territorial Force).
• Major John Francis Spring – The Royal New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force).
• Squadron Leader Frederick Lancelot Pearson – Royal New Zealand Air Force Reserve.
• Squadron Leader Jack Brusso Spencer – Royal New Zealand Air Force Reserve.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil Division

• Norman Kempt – Sergeant, New Zealand Police Force, Pahiatua.

Military Division

• Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Basil Bertram French – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Ordnance Artificer Trevor Graham Lloyd – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Joseph Steel Mitchell – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Stores Chief Petty Officer Warwick Garth Benjamin Suckling – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Master-At-Arms John Vincent Thomson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Staff-Sergeant William Lindsay Hall – The Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Regular Force).
• Bombardier James Patrick Horn – The Royal New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force).
• Flight Sergeant Leonard Meeking – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant Donald James Cameron Malcolm – Royal New Zealand Air Force Reserve.

Royal Red Cross

Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC)

• Matron Edna Judith Lepper – The Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps (Territorial Force).

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Flight Lieutenant James Hirst Bayliss – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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

• James William Grant – Brigade Secretary, Greymouth Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Llewellyn Bernard Davies – Chief Fire Officer, Huntly Volunteer Fire Brigade.