1996 Birthday Honours

Queen's Birthday Honours are announced on or around the date of the Queen's Official Birthday in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The dates vary, both from year to year and from country to country. All are published in supplements to the London Gazette and many are conferred by the monarch (or her representative) some time after the date of the announcement, particularly for those service people on active duty.

The 1996 Queen's Birthday honours list for the United Kingdom and Commonwealth was announced on 14 June 1996[1] for Australia was announced 9 June 1996,[2] and the list for New Zealand was announced on 3 June 1996.[3]

Recipients of honours are shown below as they were styled before their new honour.

United Kingdom

Life Peers

Baroness

Barons

Privy Counsellors

Knights Bachelor

Order of the Bath

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

Civil Division

Order of St Michael and St George

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

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

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

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)

Royal Victorian Medal (Gold)

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

Companion of Honour (CH)

Order of the British Empire

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

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

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Military Division

Civil Division

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Military Division

Civil Division

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Military Division

Civil Division

Royal Red Cross

Member of the Royal Red Cross (RRC)

Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC)

Queen's Police Medal for Distinguished Service (QPM)

England and Wales

Northern Ireland

Overseas

Scotland

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

England And Wales

Overseas

Scotland

Colonial Police and Fire Service Medal for Meritorious Service (CPM)

Australia

Australia Order of Merit

Companions of the Order of Australia (AC)

Officers of the Order of Australia (AO)

Officer in the Military Division (AO) Australian Army

Members in the General Division (AM)

Members in the Military Division (AM) Royal Australian Navy

Members in the Military Division (AM) Australian Army

Members in the Military Division (AM) Royal Australian Airforce

Awarded The Medal In The General Division (OAM)

Awarded the Medal in the General Division (AM)

Awarded the Medal in the General Division (OAM)

Awarded the Medal in the Military Division (OAM) Royal Australian Navy

Awarded the Medal in the Military Division (OAM) Australian Army

Awarded the Medal in the Military Division (OAM) Royal Australian Air Force

Australian Honours for the Public Service Medal

Following is the list of Honours for the Public Service Medal, Australian Police Medal and Australian Fire Service Medal - Public Service Medal (PSM) Awarded the Public Service Medal (For outstanding public service) Commonwealth Public Service

New South Wales Public Service
Victorian Public Service
The Australian Police Medal (APM)

Awarded the Australian Police Medal (For distinguished police service) Australian Federal Police.

The Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM)

Awarded the Australian Fire Service Medal (For distinguished fire service) New South Wales Fire Services.

South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service

New Zealand

New Zealand Order of Merit

Additional Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (GNZM)

Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM)

Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM)

Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM)

The New Zealand Defence Force

Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM)

The New Zealand Defence Force

Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM)

The New Zealand Defence Force

Queen's Service Order

Companions of the Queen's Service Order for Community Service (QSO)

Companions of the Queen's Service Order for Public Services (QSO)

Queen's Service Medal

Queen's Service Medal for Community Service (QSM)

Queen's Service Medal for Public Services (QSM)

Commonwealth

These vary from year to year but includes Barbados, Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Christopher and Nevis.

List is incomplete not all commonwealth individuals added

Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Order of St Michael and St George

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

References

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