1962 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

The 1962 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours, rewarding and highlighting good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1961 and the beginning of 1962, and were announced on 1 January 1962.[1][2]

See also: 1962 New Year Honours

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Knight Bachelor

Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)
Military division
  • Leonard Thornton

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)
  • Alex O'Shea

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)
Civil division
  • Alexander McKenzie – of Auckland. For political services.

Commander (CBE)
Civil division
  • Charles Croft Marsack – chief judge of Western Samoa.
  • David Gordon Bruce Morison MC – formerly chief judge of the Māori Land Court.
  • Carleton Hunter Perkins – of Christchurch. For services to accountancy and education.
  • Alfred Hamish Reed MBE – of Dunedin; a publisher and writer of New Zealand historical works.
  • Donald Frederick Clifford Saxton – of New Plymouth. For services to journalism.
  • John Bird Wright. For services to the New Zealand Island Territories and to Western Samoa.
Military division
  • Peter Phipps

Officer (OBE)
Civil division
Military division
  • Hugh Lambie
  • Arthur Lydiard
  • Wilson Whineray

Member (MBE)
Civil division
  • Frederick William Baillee JP – mayor of Greymouth.
  • Andrew Cameron Booth – president of the New Zealand Club in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Ian Donald Arthur Cameron JP. For services to local-body and sporting affairs.
  • Matthew Alexander Carson JP – general secretary of the New Zealand Returned Services Association.
  • Christine Lumsden Cumming – of Invercargill. For services to the community, especially in connection with the youth movement in Southland.
  • Arthur John Denz JP. For services to the community, especially as a member of the Hamilton City Council.
  • Russell Andrew Douglas JP – of Dunedin. For services to the community, especially to elderly people.
  • Francis James Foster – of Manawatu. For services to local-body administration.
  • Hilda Blair Gardiner – of Oamaru. For social welfare services.
  • Edith Gourley – of Wellington. For community services.
  • Tapeni Ioelu. For services to education in Western Samoa.
  • Ernest Albert Frederick Jenner – of Christchurch. For services to music.
  • Thomas Turner Laban – collector of customs, Western Samoa.
  • Muipu Maiava – senior inspector, Education Department, Western Samoa.
  • Taula Anesi Malaefou – assistant medical superintendent, Apia Public Hospital, Western Samoa.
  • James Embury May – assistant director of the New Zealand Foundation for the Blind.
  • Charles William Bloomfield Michie JP, of Kaitaia. For services to farming and local-body affairs.
  • David Sceptre Mitchell JP – mayor of Tauranga.
  • Margaret Waiata Nicholls – of Hamilton. For social-welfare services to the Māori people in the Auckland District.
  • Irvine James Quigley – of Gisborne. For services to local government and community affairs.
  • Hannah Grayson Rogers – brigadier, Salvation Army, Auckland.
  • Alan Wilfred Ruskell – of Pahiatua. For services to farming and community affairs.
  • Edmond Stehlin – private secretary to the prime minister of Western Samoa.
  • Antonie Alison Lovoni Woods – matron of the Wairau Hospital, Blenheim.
Military division
  • Engineer Lieutenant-Commander George Mitchell – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Major Clarence Keith Fleming ED – The Corps of Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Regular Force).
  • Major Gavin McCulloch Gray ED – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
  • Major Ronald Douglas Patrick Hassett – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force).
  • Warrant Officer Second Class Alan Ross – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Territorial Force).
  • Squadron Leader Harold Bert Hayward – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  • Warrant Officer John MacDonald – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

British Empire Medal (BEM)
Civil division
  • Amanono – head houseboy, Government House, Western Samoa.
  • Ross Charles Anderson – detective sergeant, Criminal Investigation Branch, New Zealand Police Force.
  • Momoi Kuresa – matron's assistant, Apia Public Hospital, Western Samoa.
  • Thomas Thomson – detective sergeant, Criminal Investigation Branch, New Zealand Police Force.
Military division
  • Chief Engine Room Artificer Richard Arnold Agnew – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Master at Arms Morris Edwin Bennett – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Stores Chief Petty Officer Herbert Maurice Douglas Pond – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Chief Ordnance Artificer John Charles Tyler – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Staff-Sergeant (temporary) Rodney George Evans – The Corps of Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Territorial Force).
  • Sergeant Gaile Lorraine Holland – New Zealand Women's Royal Army Corps (Regular Force).
  • Staff-Sergeant Robert James Plummer – Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps (Regular Force).
  • Sergeant Michael Shaun Ryan – The New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
  • Flight Sergeant John Hope Brown – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  • Flight Sergeant James Eric Rasmusen – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)
  • Squadron Leader Thomas Joseph Danaher – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Royal Red Cross

Associate (ARRC)

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)
  • Patrick Kearney – chief superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.

Queen's Fire Services Medal (QFSM)
  • Nathaniel Gordon Buick – chief fire officer, Palmerston North Fire Brigade.
  • Norman Leonard Brown – chief fire officer, Pukekohe Fire Brigade.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air
  • Flight Lieutenant John Maxted Terry – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  • Flight Lieutenant William Henry Willis – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  • Flight Sergeant James Waiau Karauria – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References
  1. "No. 42554". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1962. pp. 39–42.
  2. "Corrigendum" (PDF). New Zealand Gazette (14). 1 March 1962. p. 353.
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