The1940 King's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday ofKing George VI, were appointments made by the King tovarious orders and honours in recognition of war service by New Zealanders. They were announced on 9 July 1940. No civilian awards were made.^[1][2]

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Military division, additional

• Major GeneralJohn Evelyn DuiganCB DSO –New Zealand Staff Corps;Chief of the General Staff,New Zealand Military Forces.

• 
  Sir John Duigan

Military division, additional

• Group CaptainLeonard Monk Isitt –Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• ColonelOwen Herbert MeadDSO – New Zealand Staff Corps; adjutant-general of the New Zealand Military Forces.

• 
  Leonard Monk Isitt
• 
  Owen Mead

Military division, additional

• Wing Commander Hugh Bartholomew Burrell – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Lieutenant ColonelAlbert Edward Conway – New Zealand Staff Corps; director of mobilisation of the New Zealand Military Forces.
• Lieutenant Herbert Albert Haynes –Royal Navy (retired).
• Major James George McKayVD – New Zealand Military Forces.
• The Reverend George Trevor RobsonMC – New Zealand Chaplains Department; chaplain to theNew Zealand Naval Forces.

• 
  Hugh Bartholomew Burrell
• 
  Albert Conway

Military division, additional

• Warrant Officer James Edward Duncan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flying Officer Albert Tom Giles – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Class I (Staff-Sergeant-Major) William Leonard Glanville – Permanent Staff, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Commissioned Gunner Alfred James Harvey – Royal Navy.
• Squadron Sergeant-Major Charles Ethelbert Howell –Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Flight Lieutenant Ivan Edward Rawnsley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Class I (Regimental Sergeant-Major) Frank Allan Wetherall –Royal New Zealand Artillery, New Zealand Military Forces.

• Flight Lieutenant James Richard Maling –Royal Air Force.
• Squadron Leader James Francis Moir – Royal Air Force.
• Squadron LeaderHenry Neville Gynes Ramsbottom-Isherwood – Royal Air Force.

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• 1940 awards
• 1940 in New Zealand

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