1947 New Year Honours

The 1947 New Year Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth Realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 1 January 1947 for the British Empire^[1] and New Zealand^[2] to celebrate the passing of 1946 and the beginning of 1947.

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.

British Empire

Viscount

The Right Honourable Stanley Melbourne Bruce, CH MC LLD FRS, Chairman of the International Emergency Food Council.
The Right Honourable William Allen, Baron Jowitt, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.

New Zealand

The 1947 New Year Honours for New Zealand were announced on 1 January 1947.

Knight Bachelor

Charles Ernest Hercus DSO OBE MD – professor of bacteriology and preventative medicine, University of Otago, and dean of the Medical School.

Order of the Bath

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

Brigadier Keith Lindsay Stewart CBE DSO – New Zealand Staff Corps, New Zealand Military Forces.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

The Honourable Humphrey Francis O'Leary – Chief Justice.

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

Howard Dartrey Charles Adams – parliamentary law draftsman.
George Harry Uttley DSc. For services as rector, Southland Boys' High School, Invercargill.

Order of the British Empire

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

Civil Division

James Hight CMG LittD – professor of history and political science, University of New Zealand, and formerly rector of Canterbury University College. For services to education.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

James Hardie-Neil DSO MB ChB – of Auckland, a prominent medical practitioner.
Colonel Ronald Henry Quilliam – of New Plymouth. For public services.

Military Division

Group Captain Malcolm Frederick Calder – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

Robert Boulter CMG – United Kingdom trade commissioner in New Zealand. For services rendered to HM Government in New Zealand during the war.
Arthur Gordon Butchers – headmaster of the Correspondence School, Wellington.
Miss Blanche Louise Clark. For services as matron, Wellington Public Hospital.
Richard Francis Madden – secretary, Police Department.
Alan Edward Mulgan – of Wellington. For services to literature, journalism and broadcasting.
Robert Thomas George Patrick – first secretary, New Zealand legation, Moscow.
Arthur Percy Postlewaite – president, Auckland Returned Services' Association.
Captain Arthur Henry Prosser – Merchant Navy.
Waimarama Puhara – of Paki Paki, Hastings, chief of the Ngāti Kahungunu tribe.
James Ernest Strachan – principal, Rangiora High School.

Military Division

Captain George Hamilton Dennistoun DSO – Royal Navy (Retired).
Lieutenant-Colonel George Patrick O'Leary – New Zealand Permanent Staff, New Zealand Military Forces.
Acting Group Captain Thomas James Denton – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

Miss Jessie Alexander – a missionary in the Urewera. For social welfare work on behalf of Māori girls and boys.
Miss Isabella Banks – district health nurse, Te Araroa.
John Joseph Gallagher – employed in the Police Department.
Mrs Deborah Goldsmith – of Brooklyn, Wellington. For services in connection with patriotic and social welfare movements.
Frederick Vernon Horne – organiser of the Red Cross Transport Corps, Auckland, during the war.
Miss Minnie Johns Jeffery – nurse inspector, Health Department.
Miss Martha Leslie – of Parnell, Auckland. For services to the munitions industry during the war.
George Jennings Petherick – a member of the Wellington Hospital Board.
Miss Alice Pochetty – employed in the high commissioner's office in London.
John McLean Robertston – mayor of Westport.
Patrick Joseph Twomey – secretary, Leper Trust Board, Christchurch.
Mrs Helena Elizabeth Wise – of Eastbourne. For services in connection with patriotic and social welfare movements during the war.

Military Division

William Corbet Laventure – temporary acting boatswain, Royal New Zealand Navy.
Major John Henry Cowdrey – New Zealand Medical Corps, New Zealand Military Forces.
Major Harry Stevens Harbott – New Zealand Military Forces.
Major (temporary) (Quartermaster) Arthur Barrington Kitchen – Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Senior Commander Geraldine Vida Moyle McClure – New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
Flight Lieutenant Victor Graham Baskiville-Robinson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Warrant Officer John Walter Cook – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Military Division

Petty Officer Harold George Josey – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Chief Petty Officer Cook (S) Francis Mervyn Thompson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Petty Officer Telegraphist Albert Charles Arthur Tite – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Chief Wren (Second Class) Teresa Genevieve Williamson – Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service.
Staff-Sergeant (temporary Warrant Officer Class I) James Benjamin Bishop – Royal New Zealand Artillery, New Zealand Military Forces.
Staff-Sergeant (temporary Warrant Officer Class I) Denis Christian Pedersen – New Zealand Permanent Staff, New Zealand Military Forces.
Flight Sergeant Hugo Dickson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Senior Sergeant Gwendoline Margaret Florence Matheson – New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

Acting Squadron Leader Robert Maxwell McKay – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Oliver Hewitt – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Medal (AFM)

Flight Sergeant Andrew Houston Campbell Aitken – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

↑ British Empire: The London Gazette: no. 37835. pp. 1–30. 1 January 1947. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
↑ New Zealand list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37836. pp. 31–33. 1 January 1947. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

Honours Lists

New Year Honours	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902† 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940† 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 †Not issued because of birthday honours of new king (1902) and WWII (1940)

Birthday Honours	1885 1886 1887† 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897† 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911† 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937† 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 †Not issued because of Jubilee Honours (1887, 1897) and Coronation Honours (1911, 1937)

Prime Minister's Resignation Honours	1945 1951 1955 1957 1963 1964 1970 1976 1979 1990 1997

Coronation Honours	1902 1911 1937 1953

Dissolution Honours	1900 1906 1910 (January) 1910 (December) 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (February) 1974 (October) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015

Special Honours	2013 2014 2015 2016

Additional Honours	1887 (Golden Jubilee) 1897 (Diamond Jubilee) 1923 Prime Minister 1935 (Silver Jubilee) 1977 (Silver Jubilee) 1990 (Queen Mother's 90th Birthday) 2002 (Death of Queen Mother and Princess Margaret) 2002 (Golden Jubilee) 2012 (Diamond Jubilee)

Honours by nation	Australia Canada Ceylon India New Zealand

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