1959 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

The 1959 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1958 and the beginning of 1959, and were announced on 1 January 1959.[1][2][3]

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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Royal Victorian Order

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Knight Commander (KCVO)

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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
Military division

Officer (OBE)

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Civil division
Military division

Member (MBE)

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Civil division
Military division
  • Warrant Officer First Class Leslie John Auty – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force).
  • Major Henry Herbert Bunckenburg EDRoyal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force).
  • Major Richard Herbert Dyson ED – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force).
  • Warrant Officer First Class Ronald Walter Hicks EMCorps of Royal New Zealand Engineers (Territorial Force).
  • Major Bryan Henry Palmer ED – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
  • Flight Lieutenant Henry Maitland Eccersall – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  • Warrant Officer Thomas Francis Fountaine – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

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Military division
  • Chief Petty Officer Arthur Alexander Howard Brush – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Geoffrey Roger Drew – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Chief Engine Room Artificer Ernest Alfred Payne – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Chief Petty Officer Berwick Claud Raoul Whitcombe – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
  • Chief Petty Officer Writer Alexander McWilliams – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Warrant Officer 2nd Class (temporary) Robert John McCombe – Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals (Territorial Force).
  • Staff-Sergeant Desmond Dynes Sharp – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Regular Force).
  • Warrant Officer 2nd Class (temporary) James Robert Upton – New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).

Air Force Cross (AFC)

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  • Flight Lieutenant John Clark Buckmaster – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Fire Services Medal (QFSM)

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  • Harry Bruce – chief fire officer, Wellington Fire Brigade.
  • Douglas Stevans Butcher – deputy chief fire officer, Stratford Volunteer Fire Brigade.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

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  • Flight Lieutenant Donald McFarland Stark – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 41591". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 1 January 1959. pp. 41–43.
  2. ^ "New Year honours list" (PDF). New Zealand Gazette. No. 2. 15 January 1959. p. 31.
  3. ^ "Honours list" (PDF). New Zealand Gazette. No. 14. 5 March 1959. p. 288.