1974 Birthday Honours

The Queen's Birthday Honours 1974 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 published on 7 June 1974 for the United Kingdom,^[1] Australia (for Papua New Guinea),^[2] New Zealand,^[3] Mauritius,^[4] Fiji,^[5] the Bahamas,^[6] and Grenada.^[7]

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.

At this time honours for Australians were still being awarded in the UK honours on the advice of the premiers of Australian states. The Australian honours system began with the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours.

United Kingdom

Life peers

Baroness

• The Right Honourable Margaret Rosalind, Baroness Delacourt-Smith, Widow of the Right Honourable Lord Delacourt-Smith. Formerly Councillor of the Royal Borough of New Windsor and a Justice of the Peace.

Baron

• Sir William Picken Alexander, Secretary, Association of Education Committees.
• Alfred Walter Henry Allen, C.B E., Chairman, Trades Union Congress.
• Professor Nicholas Kaldor, F.B.A., Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge. Formerly special adviser, now consultant on tax matters to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
• Sir John Frederick Wolfenden, C.B.E., formerly Chairman, University Grants Committee, and Director, British Museum.

Privy Counsellor

• The Right Honourable Sir Robert Lynd Erskine Lowry, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
• The Honourable Sir John Pennycuick, Vice-Chancellor of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice.

Knight Bachelor

• William Ferguson Anderson, O.B.E., David Cargill Professor of Geriatric Medicine, University of Glasgow.
• Lennox Randal Berkeley, C.B.E., Composer.
• William Peter Bulmer, Managing Director, Bulmer and Lumb (Holdings) Ltd. For services to Export.
• Eric John Callard, Chairman, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. For services to Export.
• Clement Clapton Chesterman, O.B.E. For services to medicine overseas.
• Professor Stanley George Clayton, President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
• John Rupert Colville, C.B., C.V.O. For services to Churchill College.
• Bernard Delfont. For charitable services.
• Martin Llewellyn Edwards, D.L., President, The Law Society.
• David Ernest Thomas Floyd Ewin, M.V.O., O.B.E., Registrar and Receiver of St Paul's Cathedral.
• Derek Ezra, M.B.E., Chairman, National Coal Board.
• Eric Odin Faulkner, M.B.E., Chairman, Lloyds Bank Ltd.
• William Stevenson Gray, Lord Provost of Glasgow.
• John Capel Hanbury, C.B.E., Chairman, Central Health Services Council.
• Francis Alexander Lyle Harrison, M.B.E., Q.C., D.L. For public services in Northern Ireland.
• Stanley Holmes, D.L., Chief Executive, Merseyside County Council.
• Andrew Fielding Huxley, F.R.S, Royal Society Research Professor, University College, London.
• Emmanuel Kaye, C.B.E., Founder and Chairman, Lansing Bagnall Ltd. For services to Export.
• His Honour Judge Dermot St Oswald McKee, Circuit Judge.
• Edward Lancelot Mallalieu, Q.C. Lately First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means. For services to Parliament.
• Arthur Gregory George Marshall, O.B.E., D.L. Chairman and Managing Director, Marshall of Cambridge (Engineering) Ltd.
• Walter Edmund Parker, C.B.E. Lately Senior Partner, Price Waterhouse and Company. For public services.
• Walter Laing Macdonald Perry, O.B.E., F.R.S.E. Vice-Chancellor, The Open University.
• Melvyn Wynne Rosser. Chairman of the Welsh Council.
• Arthur South. Member and Leader, Norwich City Council.
• Ira Marcus Simmons, I.S.O., M.B.E, Governor, St Lucia.
• Richard William Southern, F.B.A. For services to Mediaeval History.
• Patrick Muirhead Thomas, D.S.O., T.D., Chairman, Scottish Transport Group.
• Brigadier Philip John Denton Toosey, C.B.E., D.S.O., T.D., D.L. For public services.
• Denys Haigh Wilkinson, F.R.S, Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Oxford

Australian States

State of New South Wales

• Hermann David Black, Chancellor of Sydney University.
• Frederick Walter Sutton, O.B.E. For services to philanthropy and the community.

State of Victoria

• John Thyne Reid, C.M.G., of Kew. For services to the community and to the arts.
• Harold Frederick Stokes, C.B.E., of Toorak. For dedicated services to the Austin Hospital and other community activities.

State of Queensland

• Charles Newton Barton, O.B.E., E.D., Co-ordinator-General.
• Andrew Bruce Small, M.L.A., of Surfers Paradise. For services to the welfare of the Gold Coast and the community generally.
• The Honourable Mr Justice Charles Gray Wanstall, Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland.

State of Western Australia

• The Honourable Crawford David Nalder, of Applecross. For services to the State and in local government.

Order of the Bath

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

• Sir Antony Alexander Part, K.C.B., M.B.E., Permanent Secretary, Department of Industry.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

• Vice Admiral Arthur Mackenzie Power, M.B.E.
• Lieutenant-General Patrick John Howard-Dobson, C.B., late Royal Armoured Corps, Colonel The Queen's Own Hussars.
• Air Marshal Beresford Peter Torrington Horsley, C.B.E., M.V.O., A.F.C., Royal Air Force
• Air Marshal Douglas Charles Lowe, C.B., D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Frank Cooper, C.B., C.M.G, Permanent Secretary, Northern Ireland Office.
• Conrad Frederick Heron, C.B., O.B.E., Permanent Secretary, Department of Employment.
• Derek Jack Mitchell, C.B., C.V.O., Second Permanent Secretary, H.M. Treasury.
• John Martindale Wilson, C.B., Second Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

• Rear Admiral Lionel Dorian Dymoke.
• Rear Admiral Hubert Walter Elphinstone Hollins.
• Rear Admiral Jack Rowbottom Llewellyn.
• Rear Admiral William David Stewart Scott.
• Rear Admiral Derek Garland Spickernell.
• Major-General Ronald John Denys Eden Buckland, M.B.E., late Foot Guards.
• Major-General Glyn Charles Anglim Gilbert, M.C., late Infantry.
• Major-General James Herbert Samuel Majury, M.B.E., late Infantry, now R.A.R.O., Colonel Commandant King's Division, Colonel The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th).
• Major-General Charles Edward Page, M.B.E., late Royal Corps of Signals, now R.A.R.O., Colonel Commandant Royal Corps of Signals.
• Major-General James Maxwell Sawers, M.B.E., late Royal Corps of Signals.
• Air Vice-Marshal Geoffrey Harold Ford, Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Philip Jacobus Lagesen, D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Ronald James Arthur Morris, Q.H.S., Royal Air Force.
• Acting Air Vice-Marshal Howard George Cadwallader, Royal Air Force.
• Air Commandant Barbara Mary Ducat-Amos, R.R.C., Q.H.N.S., Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service.

Civil Division)

• Edward Armitage, Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, Department of Trade.
• Frederick Denys Beddard, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Security.
• Keith Brading, M.B E., Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies and Industrial Assurance Commissioner.
• Brian Crossland Cubbon, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office.
• Norman Dugdale, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services, Northern Ireland.
• Hywel Eifion Evans, Under Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
• Trevor Poulton Hughes, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment.
• Kenneth Ernest Lefever, Commissioner and Chief Inspector, Board of Customs and Excise.
• John Michael Moore, D.S.C., Deputy Secretary, Civil Service Department.
• William Henry Nichols, Secretary, Exchequer and Audit Department.
• Thomas George Odling, Clerk of Committees, House of Commons.
• George Paine, D.F.C., Director of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and Registrar General of England and Wales.
• Clifford James Pearce, Under Secretary, Department of the Environment.
• Charles Barry Shaw, Q.C., Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
• James Ian Smith, Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland.
• David Richard Thompson, Registrar of Criminal Appeals and Master of the Crown Office.

Order of St Michael and St George

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

• Sir Patrick Francis Hancock, K.CM.G., H.M. Ambassador, Rome.
• Sir Edward Heywood Peck, K.C.M.G., United Kingdom Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council.

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

• Frederick John Llewellyn, Director-General The British Council.
• Edward Colin Viner Goad, lately Secretary-General, Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation.
• Sir Edwin Hartley Cameron Leather, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Bermuda.
• William Bernard John Ledwidge, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Tel Aviv.
• Charles Martin Le Quesne, C.M.G., British High Commissioner, Lagos.
• John Oliver Wright, C.M.G., D.S.C., Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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

• Reginald Anderson, Assistant Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence
• Denis Parsons Burkitt, F.R.S., Member, Medical Research Council External Scientific Staff.
• Professor Arthur Geoffrey Dickens, F.B.A., Foreign Secretary, British Academy. For services to Historical Research.
• George Wicks Marshall, M.B.E., B.E.M., Commercial Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Copenhagen.
• William Nicoll, Minister, Office of the United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the European Communities.
• Geoffrey Allan Crossley, H.M. Ambassador, Bogota.
• Christopher Ewart Diggines, British High Commissioner, Port of Spain.
• Albert Thomas Lamb, M.B.E., D.F.C., H.M. Ambassador-designate, Kuwait.
• Paul Henderson Scott, Senior Trade Commissioner and Head of Post, British Government Office, Montreal.
• Richard James Stratton, lately Political Adviser, Hong Kong.
• John Lang Taylor, lately Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• John Alan Thompson, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Willoughby Harry Thompson, C.B.E., Governor, Montserrat.
• Michael Scott Weir, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Australian States

State of New South Wales

• The Honourable Eric Archibald Willis, M.L.A., Minister for Education.
• Charles Edward Winston. For services to medicine.

State of Victoria

• Professor Howard Hadfield Eddey, Professor of Surgery, University of Melbourne.

State of Queensland

• Edmond Rowlands Behne, of Brisbane. For services to the sugar industry.

State of Western Australia

• Ralph Herbert Doig, C.V.O., J.P., lately Chairman, Public Service Board.

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

• Lieutenant-Colonel John Mansel Miller, C.V.O, D.S.O., M.C.
• Charles Lorz Strong, M.V.O.
• The Right Reverend Roger Plumpton Wilson, D.D.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• Miss Mary Goldie, M.V.O.
• Edmund Frank Grove, M.V.O.
• Major Sir Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple, Bt.
• Albert Montefiore Lake, M V.O., O.B.E.
• Hugh Brown Mounsey, M.V.O.
• Leslie Alfred John Treby, M.V.O., M.B.E., B E.M.
• The Very Reverend Henry Charles Whitley.

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-nominals MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.

Fourth Class

• Alezander William Allan.
• Captain Charles Barry George Baker, Irish Guards.
• Commander Hugh Maxwell Balfour, Royal Navy.
• Squadron Leader Richard Felix, Royal Air Force.
• Lady Mary Katharine Fitzalan-Howard.
• Squadron Leader Ronald Montgomery Kerr, A.F.C., Royal Air Force
• John Llewellyn Powell, O.B.E.
• Peter Christie Mauldon Shillitoe, M.B.E.
• The Reverend Canon Rennie Simpson.

Fifth Class

• Sidney Burton, Superintendent, Norfolk Joint Police Force.
• James Davidson Duguid.
• Miss Mary Alberth Gilbart.
• Norman Stanley Goode.
• Henry Reginald Hardy.
• George Richard Hart.
• Keith Howard.
• Alan Ross Thornton.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

• Francis Alfred Alexander.
• Acting Flight Sergeant Michael John Cochlin, Royal Air Force.
• Edward Duddigan.
• Harold Charles James Gray, M.B.E.
• Andrew Grubb.
• Albert Jones.
• Chief Petty Officer Wilfred James Loveridge.
• Arthur Montgomery.
• Alfred William Pither.
• James Ian Reid.
• Maurice George Smith.

Order of the British Empire

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

• Sir Hugh Walter Kingwell Wontner, C.V.O., Lord Mayor of London.

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

• Evelyn Joyce, Mrs Denington, C.B.E., Chairman, Stevenage Development Corporation.
• Barbara Lady Jackson, lately Professor of International Development, Columbia University, U.S.A.

Australian States

State of Victoria

• Miss Joan Hood Hammond, C.M.G., C.B.E., of Geelong. For distinguished services to music.

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

• Vice Admiral Edward Gerard Napier Mansfield.
• Major-General Alexander James Wilson, C.B.E., M.C., late Infantry, Colonel Commandant Queen's Division, Deputy Colonel (Lancashire) The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
• The Right Honourable Ailwyn Edward, Baron De Ramsey, T.D., D.L. For services to agriculture.
• Sir Harry Greenfield, C.S.I, C.I.E, Lately President, International Narcotics Control Board.
• Ralph Bruce Verney, D.L. For public services.

Australian States

State of New South Wales

• The Honourable Sir Asher Alexander Joel, O.B.E. For services to the community.

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Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

• David Jones, C.B.E. Artist.
• The Reverend Nathaniel Micklem. For services to Theology.

Papua New Guinea

Knight Bachelor

• Paul Lapun, M.H.A., Minister for Mines. For long and distinguished services to politics and to the community in Papua New Guinea.
• Horace Lionel Richard Niall, C.B.E., first Speaker of the House of Assembly, Papua New Guinea, from 1964 to 1968. For long and distinguished services to the development of Papua New Guinea.

Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• Tei Abal, M.H.A., former Under Secretary for Labour and former Minister for Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries. For outstanding services to the people of Papua New Guinea in the fields of health and government.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Vernon Guise, President, Maramatana Local Government Council since 1964 and President, Local Government Association of Papua New Guinea. For services to local government and the community in Papua New Guinea.
• Soso Subi, Member, Coffee Marketing Board since 1967. For services to local government and economic development in Papua New Guinea.
• Frederick Boski Tom, M.B.E., former President, New Hanover Council, former Member, New Ireland District Council and former teacher. For services to education and the community in Papua New Guinea.
• The Most Reverend Dr. Louis Vangeke, Auxiliary Bishop to the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Port Moresby. For religious and community services to the people of Papua New Guinea.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Ping Quan Hui, member of various community associations. For services to the Chinese community and Papua New Guinea.
• Himop Kesau, Hospital Assistant in charge of the Wewak Town Clinic. For services in the field of health to the people of Papua New Guinea.
• Mrs. Lois Elizabeth Mylius, Foundation Member of the Port Moresby Community Development Group. For services to social development and urbanisation in Papua New Guinea.
• Ronald Thomas Dalton Neville, M.H.A., Member of the House of Assembly since 1964, Member, Southern Highlands Area Authority. For services to the development of Papua New Guinea, in particular the Southern Highlands
• Edwin Gerhard Tsharke, missionary worker since 1941. For services to the people of Papua New Guinea in the fields of health and health education.
• Sunei Ukiok, Government Interpreter. For public service in Papua New Guinea since 1938.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil Division

• Tau Boga, Teaching Service Commissioner. For public service in Papua New Guinea.
• William George, Member, Central District Advisory Board and Trustee, Laloki Co-operative College. For services to the co-operative movement in Papua New Guinea.
• Wilfred Moi, Medical Superintendent, Laloki Psychiatric Centre. For public service in Papua New Guinea.
• Joseph Nombri, Associate District Commissioner, Southern Highlands District. For public service in Papua New Guinea.
• Sergeant (First Class) Kanyungen Wakalain, Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary. For public service in Papua New Guinea since 1939.

New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

• Charles William Feilden Hamilton OBE – of Fairlie. For services to manufacturing.
• Alfred Hamish Reed CBE – of Dunedin. For services to literature and culture.
• Ronald Stewart Scott – of Christchurch. For services to sport, particularly the Commonwealth Games.

Order of St Michael and St George

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

• The Reverend Wilfred Franklin Ford – of Wellington. For services to the community as a Methodist minister.
• Herbert Dudley Purves – of Dunedin. For services to medicine.

Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• Mrs Whina Cooper MBE JP – of Auckland. For services to Māori welfare and culture.
• Harold Hirst Innes – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Robert Millin McCulloch MBE – mayor of Mount Wellington.
• George Emanuel Roth – of Christchurch. For services to science.
• Walter James Scott JP – of Wellington. For services to education and civil liberties.
• Professor Joan Stevens – of Wellington. For services to teaching and scholarship.

Military Division

• Commodore John Foster McKenzie OBE – Royal New Zealand Navy.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Miss Jean Elizabeth Ballard – of Dunedin. For services to education and the Young Women's Christian Association.
• Mrs Ellen Edith Bell – of Hamilton. For services to the trade union movement.
• Professor Emeritus Edward Musgrave Blaiklock – of Auckland. For services to scholarship and the community.
• Joseph Burstein – of Katikati. For services to the community and to medicine.
• Raymond John Patrick Columbus – of Auckland. For services to entertainment.
• Joseph Bernard Francis Cotterill – of Wanganui. For public services.
• Mrs Elsie Elizabeth Davidge – of Rotorua. For services to the National Marriage Guidance Council and to medicine.
• Arnott Maxwell Fernie – of Wellington. For services to music.
• Robert Renton Grigor – of Auckland. For services to the community, to sport and to medicine.
• Mrs Elizabeth Kate Hughes – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
• James Richmond Johnstone – of Auckland. For services to the theatre.
• Arthur Jack Smaill BEM – of Christchurch. For services to road safety.
• Richard Wheatley Staples Stevens – of Nelson. For services to the tobacco growing industry.
• Douglas Owen Walker JP – of Howick. For services to the export trade and the forest industry.

Military Division

• Captain Fred Hutchinson Bland – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant Colonel Allen Peniston Coster ED – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Group Captain Michael Frank McDonald Palmer – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Ernest Neil Adams JP – of Invercargill. For services to local government.
• Mrs Anita Pearl Barker – of Gisborne. For services to local government and the community.
• Miss Esme Hilda Fraquair Baines Cooper – of Auckland. For services to nursing.
• Henry Hodgson Craig ED – of Auckland. For services to education.
• George Fenwick Duxfield JP – of Matamata. For services to the community.
• Mrs Alexandrina Ellison – of Dunedin. For services to life-saving.
• Ian Douglas Galloway – director of parks and reserves, Wellington City Corporation.
• The Reverend Maurice John Goodall – Christchurch city missioner.
• Detective Chief Superintendent Francis Augustine Gordon – of Auckland. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Harold Richard Heiford ED JP – of Rotorua. For services to the community.
• Carrick Leslie Hewson JP – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Miss Clarice Isobel Johnstone – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Thomas William Lee JP – of Hokitika. For services to the community.
• Maurice Joseph Lepper – of Christchurch. For services to the New Zealand Cadet Force.
• Mrs Doris Emily McCulloch – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Mrs Mary Elizabeth Mackenzie – of Lower Hutt. For services to the arts and teaching.
• Professor Janetta Mary McStay – of Auckland. For services to music.
• Alan Henderson Meikleham – of North Canterbury. For services to the community and to medicine.
• Wiremu Te Ranga Poutapu – of Ngaruawahia. For services to Māori arts and crafts.
• Maurice Alfred Till – of Dunedin. For services to music.
• Eric Bernard Weber JP – of Northland. For services to local government.
• Frank David Winter – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Mrs Barbara Annie Wood – of Thames. For services to country women.
• Mrs Rae Mary Woods – of Auckland. For services to the Intellectually Handicapped Children's Society.

Military Division

• Stores Warrant Officer Ken Mervyn Mutch – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Maxwell Walton – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chaplain Third Class John Ellis Carde – Royal New Zealand Chaplains' Department (Regular Force).
• Captain James Donald Carson – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force).
• Warrant Officer First Class Henry Eric Luskie – Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps (Regular Force).
• Flight Lieutenant Kelvin David Breeze – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader Donald Gray McAllister – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Edgar Reginald Patterson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• Arthur Mann Dinsdale, Chief Communications Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil Division

• Mrs Doreen Mary Allen – of South Dunedin. For services to guiding.
• Arthur Tukiri Anderson – of Taumarunui. For services to the Returned Services Association and the community.
• Mrs Myrtle Florence McKenzie Becks – of Kaiapoi. For services to the community and St. John's Ambulance Brigade.
• Cecil Frederick Boyd Clarke – of Timaru. For services to the community.
• Mrs Alice Edith Cole – of Auckland. For services to multiple sclerosis sufferers.
• Mrs Eleanor May Currin – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
• William Arthur Dingle – of Auckland. For services to nursing as a hospital orderly.
• Mrs Dorothy Ida Eyre – of Auckland. For services to the Civilian Maimed Association.
• Mrs Moana Maru Gow – of Otago. For services to the community and to medicine.
• Edward Horace Gowan – of Dannevirke. For services to the community.
• Mrs Winifred Beatrice Hamilton – of Tuatapere. For services to the community.
• Miss Elizabeth Aurelia Hobson – of Napier. For services to the community.
• The Reverend Archibald McGilp Kirkwood – of Auckland. For services to the community and as a Presbyterian minister.
• Mrs Gladys Havelock McArthur – of Alexandra. For services to horticulture and the community.
• Norman Neil McDonald – of Wellington. For services to Governors-General as head chauffeur.
• Mrs Catherine Eupkemia Barlow Matthews – of Golden Bay. For services to the community.
• Alan Lindley Murray JP – of Oamaru. For services to local government.
• The Reverend Father John Anthony Noonan – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Miss Mary Bridget O'Loughlin – of Bennets. For services to the Post Office.
• Leo Frederick Parker – of New Plymouth. For services to the environment as a nurseryman.
• Mrs Tumanako Puna Reweti – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Alexander Stuart Robins MC – of Queenstown. For services to the community.
• Edward Noah Rowe JP – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• Mrs Margaret Olive Russell JP – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Eleanor Taylor – of Nelson. For services to the community.
• Mrs Maude Armstrong Taylor – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Mrs Norah Constance Taylor – of Levin. For services to the community.
• Mrs Margaret Mary Webber – of Dannevirke. For services to the community.

Military Division

• Petty Officer Radio Mechanic Robyn Joseph Hudson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Stores Chief Petty Officer Wayne Robert Linn – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Control Electrical Artificer First Class Richard Grant Wilson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Staff Sergeant Percival William Cussen – Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (Regular Force).
• Staff Sergeant Graeme Stephen Vivian – Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals (Territorial Force).
• Flight Sergeant Trevor Robert McGregor – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Peter Hendry Newall – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant William Lindsay Taylor – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Flight Lieutenant John Douglas Peterson DFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Royal Red Cross

Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC)

• Matron Helen Judith Macann – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps (Regular Force).

Mauritius

Order of the British Empire

Officer (OBE)

Civil Division

• Ecoop Baureek. For voluntary social work.
• Louis Marie Joseph Therese Espitalier-Noel. For voluntary social work.
• Bhoopal Beeharry Panray. For public services.
• Mootoosamy Sidambaram. For public services

Member (MBE)

• Hosman Amode Mohung. For services to primary education.
• Mrs. Marie Edith Rugen, B.E.M., lately Chief Nursing Officer, Ministry of Health.

Queen's Police Medal

• Joseph Pierre Henri Perrier, C.P.M., Deputy Commissioner, Mauritius Police Force

Fiji

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

• Robert Tait Sanders, Secretary to the Cabinet and for Foreign Affairs.

Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• Josua Rasilau Rabukawaqa, M.V.O., M.B.E., Fiji High Commissioner in London.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Military Division

Royal Fiji Military Forces

• Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Fanifau Manueli, Chief of Staff, Royal Fiji Military Forces.

Civil Division

• John Wansbrough Gittins. For services, especially in the United Kingdom, on behalf of people from Fiji.
• Richard Francis Edward Herman. For services to the community and especially to the St. John Ambulance Brigade.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Manasa Tuisawau Ravai. For services to the community and to sport.
• Shankar Nar Singh. For services to rural development and the community.

British Empire Medal

Civil Division

• Henry Hans Lal. For services in local government and to the community.

Bahamas

Knight Bachelor

• Leonard Joseph Knowles, C.B.E., Chief Justice.

Order of the British Empire

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

Civil Division

• Mrs. Albertha Madeline Isaacs. For services to the community.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• Bishop Alvin Simon Moss, Overseer of the Church of God's Prophecy.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Enoch Pedro Roberts. For his services as a teacher.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Reuben Nathaniel Gomez, Deputy Postmaster of the Bahamas.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil Division

• John Hamilton Hudson, Senior Superintendent, Blue Hills Desalination Plant.

Grenada

Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• Leonard Merrydale Commissiong. For services to medicine and the community.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Emmanuel Franklyn Cherman, M.B.E., Chairman, Land Development Control Authority.
• Barry Adolphus Rapier, Medical Superintendent.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Samuel Nelson Cox, J.P., Senior Executive Officer.
• Neville Dominic Nedd, Agricultural Assistant (Agronomy).
• Thomas Carlyle Payne, Training Officer.

References

1. UK list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 46310. pp. 6793–6824. 7 June 1974.
2. Papua New Guinea list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 46311. pp. 6827–6828. 7 June 1974.
3. New Zealand list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 46312. pp. 6829–6832. 7 June 1974.
4. Mauritius list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 46313. p. 6833. 7 June 1974.
5. Fiji list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 46314. p. 6835. 7 June 1974.
6. Bahamas list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 46315. p. 6837. 7 June 1974.
7. Grenada list: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 46316. p. 6839. 7 June 1974.