1948 Birthday Honours

The 1948 King's Birthday 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.

The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King. The announcement date varies, both from year to year and from country to country.

New Zealand

The 1948 King's Birthday Honours for New Zealand were announced on 10 June 1948.^[1]

Knight Bachelor

Donald Charles Cameron – mayor of Dunedin.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

Berkeley Lionel Scudamore Dallard – Undersecretary for Justice, Wellington.
Rev. John George Laughton – member of the Maori Mission Department of the Presbyterian Church, Ohope, Whakatane.

Order of the British Empire

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

Civil Division

Major-General Howard Karl Kippenberger CB CBE DSO – editor-in-chief, New Zealand War Histories, and vice-president of the New Zealand Returned Services Association.

Military Division

Major-General Norman William McDonald Weir CB CBE – Chief of the General Staff, New Zealand Military Forces.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

Harry Howard Barton Allan DSc MA – director of Botany Division, Plant Research Bureau. For services in the field of botany in New Zealand.
William Robert Brugh – president, Otago Early Settlers' Association. For services to education.
Miss Agnes Lang Loudon – formerly headmistress, Epsom Girls' Grammar School, Auckland.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

Miss Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd Bennett MBE MD CM. For services as medical practitioner in Wellington.
Percy Leslie Foote FRCSEd MRCS LRCP – medical superintendent, Buller Hospital.
Athol Eady Gibbons – Dominion chairman of the New Zealand Red Cross Society.
Thomas Jackson – formerly mayor of Rotorua.
Martin Maxwell Fleming Luckie – formerly deputy mayor of Wellington City Council.
Miss Edith Ngaio Marsh. For services in connexion with drama and literature in New Zealand.
Wiremu Teihoka Parata – elder of Ngāitahu tribe. For services to the Māori people.
Miss Emily Margaret Sparkes – matron of St Helen's Hospital, Christchurch.
Percy Vernon Esmond Stainton MBE. For services in connexion with patriotic and welfare work in New Plymouth.
David Tannock – formerly superintendent of reserves, Dunedin. For services to horticulture in New Zealand.

Military Division

Commander (S) Herbert Russell Sleeman MBE – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Colonel (temporary) John Ingham Brooke – New Zealand Regular Force.
Wing Commander Francis Ross Dix – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

John Bennetts – of Central Otago, chairman of New Zealand Fruit Growers Federation.
Mrs Mabel Lillian Campbell – of Auckland. For patriotic and social welfare work.
Mrs Amelia Emily Carpenter – formerly mayoress of Waipukurau.
Mrs Ada Frances Cochrane – of Gore. For patriotic and social welfare work.
Miss Mary Teresa Enright – of Christchurch. For social welfare work among women and children.
Alfred Fraser – inspector of storehousemen at HM New Zealand Dockyard, Auckland.
Mrs Muriel Archer Guthrie – of Wellington. For services among disabled servicemen.
Miss Mary Alice Hall – of Helensville. For services as district nurse.
Mrs Amy May Hutchinson – of Auckland, secretary of Auckland branch of Society for the Protection of Women and Children.
Miss Marie Louise Dansey Iles – of Havelock North, Dominion secretary to New Zealand Girl Guides Association.
Charles Mallia – of Wellington, president of the Catholic Maritime League in New Zealand.
Hugh Livingstone McKinnon – of Pahiatua. For services as headmaster of the school at the Polish camp, Pahiatua.
Alfred Hamish Reed – of Dunedin. For services in connexion with publication of historical and other New Zealand works.
Miss Clara Emily Marion Rogers – of Rangiora, formerly matron of the Christchurch YMCA.
Thomas James McDowell Tweed – of YMCA.

Military Division

Major and Quartermaster Claude Harold Kidman MM – Royal New Zealand Medical Corps.
Captain (temporary) Robert Lepper DCM – New Zealand Temporary Staff.
Captain and Quartermaster Leslie Mossong – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
Junior Commander (Mrs) Mabel Emma Steele – New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
Warrant Officer Gilbert James McKay – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Section Officer May Catherine Middleton – New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

Frederick Templeton Manheim Kissell – formerly general manager, State Hydro-Electric Department, New Zealand.
George Patrick Shepherd – formerly chief judge, Native Land Court, and Undersecretary of Maori Affairs.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil Division

Montague William George Wareham – senior magazine storeman, HM New Zealand Dockyard, Auckland.

Military Division

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Fred Broadbent – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Ordnance Artificer Third Class Ernest Gard – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Chief Petty Officer John William Jeffcote – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Private (temporary Warrant Officer 2nd Class) Andrew Wilfred Stewart Murray – New Zealand Regiment.
Private (temporary Warrant Officer 1st Class) Roy Veysey – New Zealand Temporary Staff.
Flight Sergeant Francis James Herbert Patterson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Flight Sergeant Eric William Scott – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

Flight Lieutenant Basil John Townsend Heath – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Flight Lieutenant John Richard Wenden – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

↑ New Zealand list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 38312. pp. 3397–3399. 10 June 1948. Retrieved 7 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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