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1956 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

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The 1956 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 31 May 1956.[1]

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

Knight Bachelor

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Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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Companion (CMG)

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Order of the British Empire

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Knight Commander (KBE)

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Civil division

Commander (CBE)

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Civil division
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Officer (OBE)

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Civil division
  • Ernest Cook Bathurst JPmayor of Ashburton since 1944.
  • Winifred Delugar – matron-in-chief, Auckland Hospital Boards' Institution.
  • Douglas Ralph Auckland Eden – general manager, New Zealand Reparation Estates, Western Samoa.
  • William Grieve – chairman of the Southland Centennial Association (Inc.).
  • Albert Victor Hartley – of Invercargill. For services to the farming community of New Zealand, especially in Southland.
  • Albert John Orchard MB CM – a medical practitioner in Christchurch for over 50 years.
  • Basil Otto Peterson. For services to the City of Wellington, especially as town clerk.
  • Hugh Thomas Speight – of Dunedin. For social welfare services, especially to the Crippled Children's Society.
  • Clement George Trotter. For services to the Farmers' Co-operative Organisation Society and other bodies.
Military division

Member (MBE)

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Military division
  • First Officer Lorelle Henderson Corbin – Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service.
  • Captain Frederic Rex Bartley – Royal New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force).
  • Major Robert Maynard Gurr – New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
  • Major Robert Bruce Reed ED – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
  • Major John William Rolleston – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Territorial Force).
  • Flight Lieutenant Peter Harry Lumley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  • Warrant Officer John Niven – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

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British Empire Medal (BEM)

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Civil division
Military division
  • Chief Petty Officer Writer William Douglas Dinmore – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Chief Engineering Mechanic Ernest Benjamin Gascoigne – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Chief Electrician Robert Brian Harvey – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Ordnance Artificer 1st Class Charles Hepburn – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Stores Chief Petty Officer Richard Allan Jefferies – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Staff-Sergeant Dorothy Kendall Baxter – New Zealand Women's Royal Army Corps (Regular Force).
  • Sergeant William Aubrey Biber – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  • Sergeant Ernest Frederick Fraser – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

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  • Flying Officer Ian Albert Hutchins – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

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  • Flight Lieutenant Helge Hall Torgersen – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 40789". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 May 1956. pp. 3143–3145.