Appointments rewarding good works by New Zealanders
The1956 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments byElizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government tovarious orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1955 and the beginning of 1956, and were announced on 2 January 1956.[1]
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
[edit]Knight Commander (KCMG)
[edit]Order of the British Empire
[edit]Dame Commander (DBE)
[edit]- Civil division
- The HonourableGrace Hilda Ross – Minister for the Welfare of Women and Children.
- Civil division
- Military division
- Civil division
- Adam Laurence Adamson –mayor of Invercargill.
- Lewis Alfred Eady. For services to the community in Auckland, especially as a city councillor.
- Richard John Burnside HallMB ChB – medical superintendent, Cook Hospital,Gisborne.
- William Henry Hall – ofTimaru. For public services.
- Robert HardingJP – ofHastings. For services to local government.
- Pateriki Joseph Hura – ofTaumarunui. For services to theMāori people, especially as a member of the Board of Māori Affairs.
- John Guy Marshall – ofWellington. For services to the manufacturing industry.
- Thomas Arthur McCormack – a prominent artist, of Wellington.
- Peter Munro – assistant commissioner ofPolice, and a member of the Police Commission.
- Gwendoline Mabel Underwood – formerly a member of the staff of the District Nursing Department.
- The Reverend Canon Henry Williams – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
- Military division
Adam Adamson
Duncan MacIntyre
- Civil division
- John David Allingham – a prominent architect, ofDunedin.
- Archibald Banks. For services in connection with the development of prison farms.
- Maud Ruby Basham. For services in the fields of entertainment and broadcasting.
- Janet Clark Buchanan. For philanthropic services inTaranaki.
- Beatrice Alice Ann Downes – ofTe Awamutu. For municipal and social welfare services.
- Oswald Lovell FerensED JP – of Dunedin. For services to ex-servicemen.
- Elinor Styles Harvey – formerly matron,Wairoa Hospital.
- Patrick Francis Higgins – chairman,Napier Harbour Board.
- Lucy Atareti Jacob. For services to the Māori people in theLevin andŌtaki districts.
- James Mercer. For services to sport, particularly lawn tennis.
- William Parsonage. For services to the coal-mining industry.
- Alfred Henry Pettitt – of Dunedin. For services to the community as a musician.
- Charles Bradlaugh Ross – conductor of theHokitika Municipal Band for 40 years.
- Dorothy Snell – ofWhangārei. For social welfare services.
- Ray Watts – of Christchurch. For social welfare services.
- Edmund David White – chairman,Matamata County Council.
- Catherine Maxwell WilliamsJP – of Auckland. For social welfare services.
- Military division
British Empire Medal (BEM)
[edit]- Military division
- Chief Petty Officer John Willis Barnes – Royal New Zealand Navy.
- Chief Petty Officer John Curtis Harman – Royal New Zealand Navy.
- Chief Shipwright Artificer John Norman Jones – Royal New Zealand Navy.
- Chief Yeoman of Signals Henry Richard Moon – Royal New Zealand Navy.
- Staff-Sergeant Peter King Christian – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Regular Force).
- Sergeant James Dixon –Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps (Regular Force).
- Flight Sergeant Eric William Metcalf – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
- Sergeant John William Noble – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
- ^"No. 40671".The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 January 1956. pp. 43–45.
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