1975 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

The 1975 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 14 June 1975.[1][2]

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

Knight Bachelor

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Order of the Bath

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Companion (CB)

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Military division

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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Knight Commander (KCMG)

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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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Commander (CBE)

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Military division

Officer (OBE)

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Civil division
Military division
  • Colonel Charles Desmond Hall ED – Colonels' List (Territorial Force), Headquarters Field Force Command, New Zealand Army.
  • Group Captain Arthur Frederick Tucker DFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member (MBE)

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Civil division
  • Arthur Walter Baker – detective chief inspector, New Zealand Police.
  • Douglas William Robert Blackler – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
  • Thelma Heath Clough – of Auckland. For services to commercial education.
  • Gerald Huntly Corrick JP – of Feilding. For services to local government and community.
  • Dorothy Ida Davies (Mrs Lochore) JP – of Whangaparāoa. For services to music.
  • Gar Leong Ding JP – of Momona. For services to commercial horticulture and community.
  • Jessie Edna Donald JP – of Lower Hutt. For services to the community.
  • The Reverend Wilfred Ernest Falkingham – of Christchurch. For services to social welfare.
  • Arthur Stanley Fong – of Greymouth. For services to sport and community.
  • George Joseph Kennedy Keown – of Wellington; Assistant Secretary of Mines, 1961–1975.
  • Margaret Alexandrina Mackenzie – of Dunedin. For services to sport, especially netball.
  • John Alexander McInnes – of Christchurch. For services to sport, especially wrestling.
  • Wairemana Miriama Hohipera Pitama-Riwai – of Christchurch. For services to Māori culture.
  • Constance Miriam Purdue – of Auckland. For community and public services.
  • Richard James Rolfe – of Thames. For services as president of the New Zealand Trotting Conference, 1969–1974.
  • Charles Edward Saunders JP – of Blenheim. For services to rowing and the community.
  • Professor Keith Westhead Thomson – of Palmerston North; professor of geography, Massey University. For services to the arts, education and community.
  • Cissie Winstanley – of Napier. For services to bowling.
Military division

British Empire Medal (BEM)

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Civil division
  • Russell Harris Broughton – of Masterton. For services to the community.
  • Robert Laurie Butler – detective senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
  • William Peter Dawson JP – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
  • Keith Owen Evans – senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
  • Athol Charles Garlick – of Rotorua. For services to sport.
  • Rebecca Annie Graham – of Whangaparāoa. For services to the community.
  • Frederick Lionel Graham Howard – of Taihape. For services to the community.
  • Wilfrid Christian Kohn – of Gisborne. For services to music.
  • Ernest James Arthur Ormrod – of New Plymouth. For services to brass bands.
  • John Hamilton Shortt – of Palmerston North. For services to the blind.
  • Mary Gabrielle Smith – of Auckland. For services to the handicapped.
  • Celia May Wilkins – of Pukerua Bay. For services to sport, especially women's hockey.
Military division
  • General Dutyman Harry Robert Willis – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Sergeant Allan John Brown – Royal New Zealand Engineers.
  • Flight Sergeant William Leslie Grimes – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  • Flight Sergeant Eric James Taylor – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

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For community service

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  • Alison Gray Cathie – of Wellington. For services to nursing and the community.
  • John Nesham Gordon – of Wellington. For welfare services.
  • Hensleigh Carthew Marryat Norris – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
  • Leonard Gordon Keith Steven JP – of Christchurch. For services to the community, especially the Crippled Children's Society.

For public services

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  • The Honourable Raymond Boord – of Rotorua. For services to local government and community.
  • Maida Jessie Clark JP – of Wellington. For services to education and the community.
  • Mervyn Henry Janes – of Wellington. For services as a private secretary to ministers of the Crown.
  • Makere Rangiatea Ralph Love JP – of Petone. For services to local-body affairs and the Māori people.
  • David Gilmour McLachlan JP – of Wellington. For services to medicine, in particular psychiatry.
  • James Lister Newman – of Auckland. For services to the care of geriatrics.
  • Alfred Raymond Perry – of Wellington; lately deputy Secretary of Labour.

Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

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For community service

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  • Robert Wilfred Allum JP – of Wellington. For services to the community.
  • Frederick Walter Whitney Dawson – of Whangārei. For services to the community.
  • Beatrice Mary Freeling – of Auckland. For services to the community.
  • Phyllis Maude Hewstone – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
  • Arthur Oliver Kempton – of Invercargill. For service to technical education.
  • Ivy Clarissa Laidlaw – of Dunedin. For services to the community, in particular the Otago Old People's Welfare Council.
  • Gwendoline Myrtle Audrey Le Verne – of Auckland. For welfare services.
  • Marie Elizabeth Markwick – of Whangārei. For voluntary services to the community.
  • Reitu Mary Robson – of Henderson. For welfare services.
  • Thomas Romain – of Wellington. For welfare work.
  • Andrew George Ross JP – of Hastings. For services to the Intellectually Handicapped Children's Society.
  • Norman George Stewart – of Dunedin. For services to disabled people.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Craig Wallace JP RNZAC (Rtd.) – of Cambridge. For services to the community and returned servicemen.
  • Herbert Walter Watson – of Renwick. For services to the community.
  • Ellis John Wood ED – of Ashburton. For services to the Boy Scout Association of New Zealand.

For public services

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  • Joyce Una Baker – of Ashhurst. For services to nursing.
  • Adelaide Booth JP – of Lower Hutt. For services to education.
  • William George Caldwell – of Balclutha. For services to local-body affairs and community.
  • John Francis Colvin JP – of Te Atatū South. For service to local government and community.
  • Keith Hall Eddy JP – of Wainuiomata. For services to local-body affairs and community.
  • Arthur Huia Honeyfield – of Katikati. For public services.
  • Geoffrey Noel Jeffery JP – of Roxburgh. For services to local government.
  • Norman Philip Hastings Jones – of Invercargill. For services to civil defence and the community.
  • Mary Rose Kinney – of Alexandra; postmistress at Chatto Creek, 1933–1975.
  • Frederick Charles McGehan JP – of Auckland. For services to local government and the community.
  • Albert Edward Surtees Roberts – of Te Kaha. For services to local-body affairs and community.
  • John Robert Scurr – of Wānaka. For services to local government.
  • Claude Henry Shackell – of Timaru. For services to civil defence and the community.
  • James Melville Stanley JP – of Taupō. For services to local-body affairs.
  • William Douglas Sullivan – of Lower Hutt; lately assistant director (management accounts), New Zealand Railways
  • Violet May Tew – of Timaru. For services to nursing.
  • Jean Evelyn Woodham JP – of Christchurch. For services to local-body affairs and community.

Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

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  • David William Blewett – chief fire officer Alexandra Volunteer Fire Brigade.
  • Bruce McKenzie Wallis – chief fire officer, Gore Volunteer Fire Brigade.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

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  • Henry John Forsey – lately constable, New Zealand Police.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

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  • Squadron Leader Noel James Stewart Rodger – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

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  • Flight Lieutenant Barry James Mitchell – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 46595". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 14 June 1975. pp. 7405–7409.
  2. ^ "Birthday honours list 1975" (PDF). New Zealand Gazette. No. 51. 19 June 1975. pp. 1355–1356.