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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Jan 01, 1963

Page

7

Queen's Honours List Recognises Australian Leaders in Industry Sport and Service

The 1950s queen's honours list features William Geoffrey Gerard of Medindie as a business leader and industrial figure, plus Kenneth Mackay the cricketer, Frank Cush and William Woodfull honored for sport. Also noted are scientists, educators, public servants, and military officers from across Australia and abroad receiving CBE OBEs and other distinctions for contributions to education industry diplomacy and national service.

William Geoffrey Gerard Medindie South Australia Gerard Industries Ltd Associated Chambers of Manufactes of Australia South Australian Chamber of Manufactures South Austran Metal Industries Association Commonwealth Immigration: Planning Council Manufacturing Industries Advisory Council Kenneth Donald Mackay Mh.fe Frank Cush Rookdale Nos.w William Woodfull Mount Eliza Victoria Mr. Cush Australian Board of Control For International Cricket N.S.W. Cricket Association Geelong and District Nursing Society Geelong Frederick Augustus Hickman Julia Creek Queensland Harald Edward Hurst Scout Movement Nauru Phillis Knox Jones Washington D.S.A America Spird Peter Tsiculas Penrith N.S.W Williamtown No. 81 Australia Laurence Henry Hicks R A.A.F Laverton The Black Watch O.B.E

Heroism of Servicemen Remembered in New Year Honours

Queen honours service members for acts of courage and skill. Corporal Richard Durrans saved four homes during January bushfires in the Dandenongs and earned the British Empire Medal. Other recipients include Acting Petty Officer Douglas Moore for deep water naval diving work at Lake Fucumbene and Dr. Russell Pardoe for brain surgery related to the Australian Antarctic expedition.

Edmund Morris Miller Hobart Tasmania University of Tasmania Australia Order OF the British Empire O.B.F Alexander Frederick Reid M.B.E Wodonga Victoria Returned Servicemen’s League Thomas Angelo Rodriguez M.C.R.A.A Canberra Frank Maitland Cash Rochdale N.S.W Australian Board of Controls Henry Alphonsaxy de Cassel Surrey England Commonwealth Telecommunications Board London Ronald Arthur Irish F.C.A Castle Hill Institute of Chartered Accountants George Henry Morling M.A Pennant Hills Baptist Theological College of Gladys Edith Pendred Rose Col Mua Australian Pre Hay Alc.t Northern Territory Territory of Papua New Cumea Department of Immigration David Thomas Rogers New Town Tas Walter Trenry Steel Surfers Paradise Queensland Repatriation Generall Hospital Greenslopes Andrew Thomson Tiroona A. G. Webster and Woolcrowers’ Ltd Harry Stanley Warren Safety Beach Frank Arthur Weates Nedhind Western Australia Fo HO Pauldying and Co. Ltd Ptet Totes ORDER Leslie William Hamilton de Rune Barclay Harbound Nsw Sydney Department of Air John Cleary Bombay India April Summers Challen Evandale South Auistralia Aloura Baptist Homes For the Sued Norwood John Rollo Koldi Mol.l of Rabaul Dora Phoebe Garr Geelong Victona Geelong and Western District Padres Benevolent Association Dorothea Margaret Lyons Darwin Convent School Lila Irene Morgan Lidcombe Ns.w Harold William McDonald Caulfield Vic Williamstown Naval Dockyard Henry ‘ Vernon’ Moss Cootamundra N.S. W Trans Philip John Self Turramurra Employers’ Federation of New Australian Red Cross Society Gilgandra Ranch Red Cross Gilgandra Frick Itecioe Flint Cammeray Garden Island Jesse Herbert Gregory West Coburg High Court of Australia John Henry Hartwicke Kirrawee Niven Leslie Jones Kew Anset A,n.a. Pty, Ltd Jane Graham McCook Newmarket Brisbane Richard Wellseley Stormer Pymble Department of the Navy Elsie Margaret Vogt Department of Defence Order OF the Bath Charles Douglas Candy Melbourne Roacap Europe South West Pacific No. 10 Advanced Command R.a.alp New Guinea Far East Air Force Headquarters Royal Air Force Headquarters Support Command C.B.E Dixie Robison Chapman R.A.A.F Donald Ross Kerr R.A.A Thomas Sydney Taylor Military Board O.B.E Alfred Maurice Clift R.A.N Rose Bay East Australia Gordon Glasgow E.D R.aalc Potts Point Eastern Command Antarctic Richard Arthur Durrans Rlava S.C Healesville Dandenongs Durrans Douglas Moore RAN Preston S.E.M Naval Lake Fucumbene Russell Pardoe M.B B.S Dee Why Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition R.ava.p Michael Knight Royal Australian Infantry Mornington Army School of Muse Army

Queen honours wide range of UK and Commonwealth figures

The Queen awarded knighthoods and other honours to diplomats, artists, and sports figures. Sir Frank Roberts and Derek Riches receive high orders. Herbert Merchant and Arthur Porett gain senior titles. Australian painter Sidney Nolan is made a CBE. Joe Davis and Walter Winterbottom receive OBEs for contributions to snooker and football.

Cuba Herbert Stanley Marchant Ken Carbbean Island Ows Derek Kurt Lares Riches Reishi Ambassader Feopoldwille Dreuched Congo Youlu Ed-Bor Arthur Poreit Royal Pollees of Surgeons Royal I Household

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