1963 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 1963 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to The London Gazette of 28 December 1962 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1963.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours, on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australia honours list.^[2]

Recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honours.

United Kingdom

Earl

• The Right Honourable Albert Victor, Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough, C.H. Member of Parliament for the Hillsborough Division of Sheffield, 1922–1931 and 1935–1950. Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Trade, 1924; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1929–1931, 1940–1945 and 1945–1946; Minister of Defence, 1946–1950; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1950–1951. Leader of the Labour Peers in the House of Lords since 1955. For political and public services.

Baron

• The Right Honourable Sir Norman Craven Brook, G.C.B., Lately Secretary of the Cabinet and Joint Permanent Secretary to H.M. Treasury and Head of the Home Civil Service.
• Sir Malcolm Trustram Eve, Bt., G.B.E., M.C., T.D., Q.C. For public services. Lately First Crown Estate Commissioner.

Life Baron

• Sir Eric Cyril Boyd Edwards, M.C., T.D. For political services.

Privy Counsellor

• Sir David Callender Campbell, K.B.E., C.M.G., M.P. Member of Parliament for Belfast South since 1952. Chairman, Ulster Unionist Group in the House of Commons since 1955. Lieutenant-Governor of Malta, 1943–1952.

Baronet

• Sir Arthur Espie Porritt, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., C.B.E., M.Ch., F.R.C.S., President, Royal College of Surgeons.
• William Johnson Taylor, Esq., C.B.E., M.P., Member of Parliament for Bradford North since 1950. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Supply, 1957–1959; Parliamentary Under-secretary of State for Air, 1959–1962. For political and public services.
• Kenneth Pugh Thompson, Esq., M.P., Member of Parliament for the Walton Division of Liverpool since 1950. Assistant Postmaster-General, 1957–1959; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education, 1959–1962. For political and public services.
• Richard Hilton Marler Thompson, Esq., M.P., Member of Parliament for Croydon West, 1950–1955, and for Croydon South since 1955. An Assistant Government Whip, 1952–1954; a Lord Commissioner of H.M. Treasury, 1954–1956; Vice-Chamberlain of H.M. Household, 1956–1957. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Health, 1957–1959; Parliamentary Under-secretary of State, Commonwealth Relations Office, 1959–1960; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Works, 1960–1962. For political and public services.

Knight Bachelor

• William Henry Arnold, Esq., C.B.E., The Bailiff, Guernsey.
• Richard Frank Bonallack, Esq., C.B.E. For political services in Middlesex and Essex.
• Kenneth Granville Bradley, Esq., C.M.G. Director of the Commonwealth Institute.
• William John Carron, Esq. President, Amalgamated Engineering Union.
• James Wilfred Cook, Esq. For services to Organic Chemistry. Vice-Chancellor, University of Exeter.
• Alderman Jonathan Lionel Percy Denny, M.C. Lately Sheriff, City of London.
• Ian Fraser, Esq., D.S.O., O.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.S., D.L. Senior Consultant Surgeon, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.
• Herbert James Gunn, Esq. Portrait Painter.
• Cyril Ernest Harrison, Esq. Vice Chairman and Managing Director, English Sewing Cotton Company Ltd.
• Walter Stewart Howard, Esq., M.B.E., D.L. Alderman, Warwickshire County Council.
• Edmund Peder Hudson, Esq. Lately Managing Director, Scottish Agricultural Industries, Ltd.
• Alderman Frederick Lawrence, O.B.E., J.P. For political and public services in London.
• Frederick Geoffrey Lawrence, Esq., Q.C. Lately Chairman, General Council of the Bar.
• William Lindsay, Esq., C.B.E. For political and public services in Sussex.
• Peter George Macdonald, Esq., J.P. For political and public services in Edinburgh.
• Harold Hill Mullens, Esq., Chairman, C.A. Parsons and Company Ltd and A. Reyrolle and Company Ltd.
• Roger Aubrey Baskerville Mynors, Esq., Corpus Christi Professor of Latin Language and Literature, University of Oxford.
• Gerald David Nunes Nabarro, Esq., M.P., Member of Parliament for Kidderminster since 1950. For political and public services.
• James Denning Pearson, Esq., Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman, Rolls-Royce Ltd.
• Montague Arnet Robinson, Esq., Chairman, Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.
• Harold George Sanders, Esq., Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
• Thomas Holmes Sellors, Esq., D.M., F.R.C.S., Surgeon, Middlesex Hospital and the National Heart Hospital.
• Henry Francis Spencer, Esq., Managing Director, Richard Thomas and Baldwins Ltd.
• Leslie Montagu Thomas, Esq., M.B.E., T.D., M.P., Member of Parliament for Canterbury since 1953. For political and public services.
• Rear Admiral George Pirie Thomson, C.B., C.B.E., Royal Navy (Retired). For services as Secretary, Services, Press and Broadcasting Committee.
• Reginald Everard Lindsay Wellington, Esq., C.B.E., Director of Sound Broadcasting, British Broadcasting Corporation.
• Richard van der Riet Woolley, Esq., O.B.E., Astronomer Royal.

State of Victoria

• Charles Holly McKay, Esq., C.B.E., President of the Branch in the State of Victoria of the Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia.

State of Queensland

• George Edward Green, Esq., Company Director, of Brisbane, State of Queensland. For charitable and philanthropic services.

State of South Australia

• James Robert Holden, Esq., Resident Director of General Motors—Holden's Proprietary Limited in the State of South Australia.

Southern Rhodesia

• Cyril James Hatty, Esq., formerly Minister of Mines and Industrial Development, and African Education.

Nyasaland

• Edgar Ignatius Godfrey Unsworth, Esq., C.M.G., Q.C., Chief Justice, Nyasaland.

Overseas Territories

• Harry Durham Butterfield, Esq., C.B.E., J.P. For public services in Bermuda.
• Wilfrid Bowen Havelock, Esq., Minister for Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Kenya.
• Cyril George Xavier Henriques, Esq., Chief Justice, Windward and Leeward Islands.
• Joseph Alexander Luckhoo, Esq., Chief Justice, British Guiana.
• André Lawrence Nairac, Esq., C.B.E., Q.C., Minister of Industry, Commerce and External Communications, Mauritius.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

• General Sir Richard Wakefield Goodbody, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., A.D.C. (Gen.), Colonel Commandant, Royal Horse Artillery; Colonel Commandant, Royal Regiment of Artillery; Colonel Commandant, Honourable Artillery Company (Territorial Army).
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Edmund Hudleston, K.C.B., C.B.E., A.D.C., Royal Air Force.
• Sir Laurence Norman Helsby, K.B.E., C.B., Joint Permanent Secretary to H.M. Treasury and head of the Home Civil Service. Until recently Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

• Vice-Admiral Desmond Parry Dreyer, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.C.
• Vice-Admiral Peter William Gretton, C.B., _ D.S.O., O.B.E., D.S.C.
• Major-General Richard Elton Goodwin, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., late Infantry; Colonel, 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk).
• Lieutenant-General Harold Edwin Knott, C.B., O.B.E., Q.H.P., M.D., late Royal Army Medical Corps.
• Acting Air Marshal Sidney Richard Carlyle Nelson, C.B., O.B.E., Q.H.P., M.D., Royal Air Force.
• Thomas George Barnett Cocks, Esq., C.B., O.B.E. Clerk of the House of Commons.
• Sir Keith Anderson Hope Murray, Chairman, University Grants Committee.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

• Rear-Admiral Isaac William Trant Beloe, D.S.C.
• Rear-Admiral John Fitzroy Duyland Bush, D.S.C.
• Rear-Admiral Bryan Cecil Durant, D.S.O., D.S.C.
• Rear-Admiral Raymond Shayle Hawkins.
• Rear-Admiral John Howson, D.S.C.
• Rear-Admiral The Right Honourable David William Maurice, Viscount Kelburn, D.S.C.
• Rear-Admiral Hugh Stirling Mackenzie, D.S.O., D.S.C.
• Rear-Admiral John Percival Scatchard, D.S.C.
• Surgeon Rear-Admiral Derek Duncombe Steele-Perkins, C.V.O., Q.H.S., F.R.C.S., F.R.A.C.S.
• Rear-Admiral Sir John Scarlett Warren Walsham, Bt., O.B.E.
• Major-General Theodore Henry Birkbeck, C.B.E., D.S.O., late Infantry.
• Brigadier Ereld Boteler Wingfield Cardiff, C.B.E., late Foot Guards.
• Major-General John Malcolm McNeill, C.B.E., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Major-General Ambrose Neponucene Trelawney Meneces, C.B.E., D.S.O., Q.H.P., M.D., F.R.C.P., late Royal Army Medical Corps.
• The Venerable Archdeacon Ivan Delacherois Neill, O.B.E., Q.H.C., Chaplain-General to the Forces.
• Major-General Denis Arthur Kay Redman, O.B.E., Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Major-General Reginald Booth Stockdale, O.B.E., Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Major-General John William Channing Williams, D.S.O., O.B.E., late Infantry.
• Air Vice-Marshal John Worrall, D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Acting Air Vice-Marshal John Lindsay Barker, C.B.E., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Benjamin Ball, C.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Wilfred Carter, D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Hugh Patrick Connolly, D.F.C., A.F.C., A.F.M., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Ian George Esplin, O.B.E., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Lewis MacDonald Hodges, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Richard Julian Paget Prichard, C.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

• Colonel Sir Hugh John Francis Sibthorp Cholmeley, Bt., D.S.O., Chairman, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association for the County of Lincoln.
• Dennis Cliff Haselgrove, Esq., Under-Secretary, Ministry of Transport.
• Brigadier Kenneth Soar Holmes, C.B.E., Director of Postal Services, General Post Office.
• Alan Blyth Hume, Esq., Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office.
• George Leitch, Esq., O.B.E., Assistant Under-Secretary of State, War Office.
• William Andrew Leitch, Esq., First Parliamentary Draftsman, Government of Northern Ireland.
• David Thomas Lewis, Esq., Government Chemist, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
• John Haydon McCarthy, Esq., Under-Secretary, Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance.
• Kenneth McGregor, Esq., C.M.G., Under-Secretary, Board of Trade.
• Norman Victor Meeres, Esq., Under-Secretary, Ministry of Aviation.
• Ian Montgomery, Esq., Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence.
• Samuel Dixon Musson, Esq., M.B.E., Principal Assistant Solicitor, Ministry of Health.
• John Samuel Orme, Esq., O.B.E., Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Air Ministry.
• William Charles Tame, Esq., Under-Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
• Harry Truman Veall, Esq., Controller of Death Duties, Board of Inland Revenue.
• Frederick Charles Wilkins, Esq., Director of Stores, Admiralty.

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

• Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, North Borneo.
• Sir Frank Kenyon Roberts, K.C.M.G., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (designate) in Bonn.

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

• George Herbert Andrew, Esq., C.B., Second Secretary, Board of Trade.
• Sir Charles Richard Morris, Chairman, Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas.
• Norman Edgar Costar, Esq., C.M.G., British High Commissioner in Trinidad and Tobago.
• Paul Francis Grey, Esq., C.M.G., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Berne.
• Herbert Stanley Marchant, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Havana.
• Derek Martin Hurry Riches, Esq., C.M.G., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Leopoldville.
• John Christopher Blake Richmond, Esq., C.M.G., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Kuwait.

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

• George Blaker Blaker, Esq., Under-Secretary, H.M. Treasury.
• Philip Chantler, Esq., Under-Secretary, Ministry of Power.
• Joseph Lewis Reading, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Board of Trade.
• Major General John Francis Dawes Steedman, C.B.E., M.C., Director of Works, Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
• Andrew Greville Parry Way, Esq., Commander, Metropolitan Police, for services in Montreal.
• Claude Harry Fenner, Esq., M.B.E., Director of Police Affairs, Federation of Malaya.
• Alexander Galloway, Esq., M.B.E., M.B., F.R.C.S., lately Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Makerere University College, Kampala, Uganda.
• George Peter Hampshire, Esq., an Assistant Undersecretary of State in the Commonwealth Relations Office.
• Bertram Speakman Hanson, Esq., D.S.O., O.B.E., E.D., M.B., B.S., of Beaumont, State of South Australia. For services to radiotherapy.
• Edmund Angus Jones, Esq., Company Director, State of Victoria. For public services.
• James Cameron Slaughter, Esq., Town Clerk, City of Brisbane, State of Queensland.
• William Peter D'Andrade, Esq., Secretary to the Treasury, British Guiana.
• Geoffrey James Ellerton, Esq., M.B.E., Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Kenya.
• John Neville Glover, Esq., Q.C., Legal Adviser to the Western Pacific High Commission and Attorney-General to the British Solomon Islands Protectorate.
• Jack Rose, Esq., M.B.E., D.F.C., Administrator, Cayman Islands.
• John Kenneth Thompson, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Colonial Office, seconded to the Department of Technical Co-operation.
• Anthony Michael Francis Webb, Esq., Q.C., Minister for Legal Affairs and Attorney-General, Kenya.
• Frank Richard Wilson, Esq., O.B.E., Provincial Commissioner, Kenya.
• Geoffrey George Arthur, Esq., Counsellor, Her Majesty's Embassy, Cairo.
• Vernon Thomas Bayley, Esq., O.B.E., Foreign Office.
• Patrick Loftus Bushe-Fox, Esq., Foreign Office.
• Francis George Kenna Gallagher, Esq., Foreign Office.
• Peter Telford Hayman, Esq., M.B.E., Director-General, British Information Services, New York.
• Geoffrey Holt Seymour Jackson, Esq., Her Majesty's Consul-General, Seattle.
• Charles Martin Le Quesne, Esq., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Bamako.
• Horatio Keith Matthews, Esq., M.B.E., Counsellor, British Military Government, Berlin.
• Horace Phillips, Esq., Counsellor (Oriental), Her Majesty's Embassy, Tehran.
• Frederick Archibald Warner, Esq., Foreign Office.

Southern Rhodesia

• Walter Alexander, Esq., M.D., Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

Northern Rhodesia

• Albert William Gaminara, Esq., Administrative Secretary.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

• The Right Honourable John, Earl of Eldon, K.C.V.O.
• Brigadier Sir Norman Wilmshurst Gwatkin, K.C.V.O., D.S.O.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• Holroyd Ferris Chambers, Esq., M.V.O.
• Colonel John Sidney North Fitzgerald, M.B.E., M.C.
• Oliver Nicholas Millar, Esq., M.V.O.
• Adrian Christopher Ian Samuel, Esq., C.M.G.
• Group Captain Thomas Neville Stack, A.F.C., Royal Air Force.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

At this time the two lowest classes of the Royal Victorian Order were "Member (fourth class)" and "Member (fifth class)", both with post-nominal letters MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.

Fourth Class

• Miss Alison David, M.B.E.
• Gordon Robert Stanley Hawkins, Esq.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Andrew Balvaird Lawson.
• Commander Peter Maslen, Royal Navy.
• Commander William Terrence McKee, Royal Navy.
• Rodney Fleetwood Tatchell, Esq.
• Charles George Robert Warner, Esq., M.V.O.
• Miss Muriel Elsie Irene Waterman.
• Andrew Money Woodman, Esq.

Fifth Class

• John Albert Boulton, Esq.
• Flight Lieutenant Derek St John Homer, Royal Air Force.
• Miss Julia Esme Vaughan Hudson.
• Lieutenant-Commander Michael Anthony Jones, Royal Navy.
• Miss Norma Crawford Telfer.
• Michael David Tims, Esq.
• Charles Edward West, Esq.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

• Admiral Sir Wilfrid John Wentworth Woods, K.C.B., D.S.O.
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Walter Merton, K.C.B., O.B.E., A.D.C., Royal Air Force.
• Sir Geoffrey Arnold Wallinger, K.C.M.G., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Rio de Janeiro.
• Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell, K.C.M.G., C.V.O., O.B.E., lately Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Mauritius.

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

• Brigadier Florence Barbara Cozens, R.R.C., Q.H.N.S., Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps.
• Miss Margaret Joyce Bishop, C.B.E., Headmistress, Godolphin and Latymer School, Hammersmith.
• Elisabeth Joy, Lady Murdoch, C.B.E. For social welfare services, especially in connection with the erection of a new Children's Hospital in Melbourne, State of Victoria.

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

• Vice-Admiral Norman Egbert Denning, C.B., O.B.E.
• Vice-Admiral John Graham Hamilton, C.B., C.B.E.
• Lieutenant-General Denis Stuart Scott O'Connor, C.B., C.B.E., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Acting Air Marshal Edouard Michael FitzFrederick Grundy, C.B., O.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Colin Scragg, C.B., C.B.E., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Brigadier Edward Roy Caffyn, C.B., C.B.E., T.D., D.L., Vice-Chairman, Council of Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Associations.
• John Clarke George, Esq., C.B.E., M.P., Member of Parliament for the Pollok Division of Glasgow since 1955. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Power, 1959–1962. For Political and public services.
• Henry Norman Brain, Esq., C.M.G., O.B.E., Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Montevideo.
• Richard Geoffrey Austin Meade, Esq., C.M.G., C.V.O., lately Her Majesty's Consul-General, Milan.
• Maurice Arnold Nathan, Esq., C.B.E., Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, State of Victoria, since August, 1961.

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Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

• The Right Honourable Keith Jacka Holyoake, Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs, New Zealand.

New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

• Henry Joseph Kelliher – of Auckland. For public and philanthropic services.
• The Honourable Alexander Kingcome Turner – a Judge of the New Zealand Court of Appeal.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

• His Excellency the Honourable Thomas Lachlan Macdonald – High Commissioner for New Zealand in London.

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

• Leonard Allan Atkinson – chairman of the Public Service Commission.
• Duncan McFadyen Rae – New Zealand Consul-General in Indonesia.

Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• Hubert Reynolds Bach – city engineer, Lower Hutt, and chief engineer to the Hutt Drainage Board.
• George Jobberns – Professor Emeritus of Geography, Canterbury University.
• Alexander Hare McLintock – historian, New Zealand Parliament.
• James Wattie – of Hastings. For services to the processed food industry.

Military Division

• Brigadier Tom Bassett Morten DSO OBE ED – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Thomas Augustus Bishop MM JP – of Auckland. For services to local government.
• David Brown JP – of Invercargill. For services to farming and local government.
• Mrs Eileen Marjorie Fosbery Chambers – Matron-in-Chief, Christchurch Hospital.
• Leonard le Fleming Ensor ED – of Auckland. For services to education.
• John Richard Lloyd Hammond JP – chairman of the Rangitikei County Council.
• John Colin Lucas JP – town clerk, Dunedin.
• Hamiora Wiremu Maioha – of Russell, Bay of Islands. For services to the Māori people.
• Terence Mortimer McKewen JP – of Wellington. For services to local government.
• Leslie Vaughan Phillips – chairman of the New Zealand Milk Board.
• Paul Lancelot Porter – of Heretaunga. For public services.

Military Division

• Commander John Bernard Smith VRD – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Hugh Ferguson Holloway – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force).
• Group Captain John Donovan Robins DFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• George Frederick Charles Ashdowne – manager of a branch in Christchurch of the New Zealand Foundation for the Blind.
• Mrs Lily Brant JP – of Hamilton. For social welfare services.
• The Reverend John Lawley Brown – of the Flying Angel Mission to Seamen, Auckland.
• Oswald Henry Coleman JP – a member of the Rotorua Borough Council.
• Anthony Edward Joseph Corr JP – of Moerewa. For services in community affairs.
• John Davidson JP – Mayor of Ashburton.
• Mrs Janet Hogg Davie – of New Plymouth. For community services, especially in connection with the Young Women's Christian Association.
• Herbert James Dewe – Mayor of Feilding.
• Mrs Olive Lilian Haldane JP – of Bainham, County Collingwood. For services to the community, especially in the field of women's and children's social welfare.
• Captain Frederick Patrick Ladd. For services to the people of Waiheke Island and other areas in the Hauraki Gulf in connection with rescue work and transport of the sick.
• Sister Mary Leo (Miss Kathleen Niccol) – St. Mary's Convent, Auckland. For services to music.
• Mrs Amiria Miriama Logan – Dominion president of the Māori Women's Welfare League.
• Miss Rosa Josephine Reynolds – organiser and honorary custodian, historical exhibition, Canterbury Museum.
• James Herford Saunderson JP – of Picton. For services to local government and farming.
• Mrs Betty Mary Lillias Thomas JP – of Pukekohe. For social welfare services.
• Robert Henry Traill. For services to the community in Stewart Island.
• Mrs Bessie Margaret Walmsley – of Invercargill. For social welfare services.
• Miss Mimie Wood – secretary of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Military Division

• Lieutenant-Commander John Graham Williamson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Michael Ralph Kennedy – The New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
• Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) John Mills Mabbett – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps (Regular Force).
• Warrant Officer First Class Henry Thomas McLardy – The New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
• Major Jack Lewis Ryan – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
• Flight Lieutenant John William Noble BEM – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Alfred Sidney Pipe DFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil Division

• Donald Patrick Pomeroy – Constable, New Zealand Police Force. For courage in attempting to arrest three criminals.

Military Division

• Chief Electrician Albert Bernard Carpenter – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer Owen Leslie Clotworthy – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Petty Officer Cook (S) Rex Harold Helleur – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer Frederick Maxwell Jacobs – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Sergeant (temporary) Girvan Ross Hornbrook – The New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
• Sergeant Ross Mark Jones – Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals (Regular Force).
• Sergeant (acting) Richard John Kelly – The New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
• Staff-Sergeant Neale Eden William Smith EM – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps (Territorial Force).
• Corporal Clive Gemmell Rae – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Corporal William Richardson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Bar to Air Force Cross

• Squadron Leader Harry Saywell Tosland AFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader Ian Murray Gillard – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Fire Service Medal for Distinguished Service (QFSM)

• Russell Preston – Chief Fire Officer, North Shore Fire Brigade, Takapuna, Auckland.
• Leslie Osborne Wallis – Fireman, Gore Volunteer Fire Brigade.

Queen's Police Medal for Distinguished Service (QPM)

• Macdonald Brown – Chief Superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Flight Lieutenant Alan Roy Bleakley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Alan Dyer – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Mervyn William Hodge – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

1. United Kingdom list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42870. pp. 1–34. 28 December 1962.
2. Australia list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42871. pp. 35–38. 28 December 1962.
3. New Zealand list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42872. pp. 39–41. 28 December 1962. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
4. Nigeria list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42873. pp. 43–45. 28 December 1962.
5. Sierra Leone list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42874. p. 47. 28 December 1962.
6. Jamaica list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42875. pp. 49–50. 28 December 1962.
7. Trinidad list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42876. p. 51. 28 December 1962.
8. Uganda list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42877. p. 53. 28 December 1962.
9. Rhodesia and Nyasaland list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42878. pp. 55–56. 28 December 1962.