1964 New Year Honours Knights for Australia
The Queen created 13 new Australian knights in the 1964 New Year Honours. Five knighthoods and 17 lesser honours were awarded to Canberra citizens for various contributions. Victoria's Governor Maj Gen Sir Rohan Delacombe, already a Knight Commander of the Bri Empire, is named Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.
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Canberra
Victoria
Rohan Delacombe
Bri
Order of St. Michael and St. George
Hor
Percy Thomas Byrnes
Mildura
Michael Chamber
Jin
Ket
Kew
Douglas Stuart Forbes
Brisbane
John Buyton Cleland
Adelaide
Lawrence Walter Jackson
Perth
New Knights
Indonesia
K. C
OL Shaw
Mar Jayaio
T. K. Critchley
Queen Honours 200 Australians Named in Honours List
The 200 New Year honours recognise a wide cross section of service. The list includes 13 new Australian knights, 8 federal and 5 Commonwealth Relations awards, with high officials such as Brigadier Charles Spry and Lt Gen John Wilton among recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the British Empire
KBE
Knights Bachelors
Australian Security Service
Charles Chambers Fowell Spry
Leonard George Holden Huxley
K.B.E
Canberra
John Gordon Noell Wilton
Warren d’Arcy McDonald
Edward Joh Bunting
Victor Marcus Coppleson
Point
Piper
Wy Maji-Geoir Denais Macarthur-Onslow
Menangle
N.S.W
Alan Harbury Mann
Papua New Guinea
Chulzer M
Malaysia Protests to UN Over Sabah Attack
Malaysia protests to the United Nations after an attack in Sabah with Malaysian service members and a civilian killed, 19 siege and five civilians wounded. Indonesia and Malaysia duel over Borneo clashes as leaders pledge to defend territory and seek UN involvement.
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Malaysia
U.N
Sabah
Son Ravan
Diskerth
Northern Borneo
Bigatshiant Seapet Abang Kilt
Tho
WU Thai
New Year Celebrations Quiet in Canberra Streets
Thousands of Canberra residents rang in the new year with dinners and gatherings while police kept a watch with extra squads and four patrol cars. The city remained mostly quiet aside from scattered noise and groups of teens driving around singing.
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Canberra
Owever
Bland Society
Burns
Ab Hogmanay
Dane
Family Lost In Desert On Birdsville Track
An Adelaide report says a family and a man with his wife and two teenage sons are missing on the Birdsville track near the Queensland-LA border. Temperatures rose to 115 degrees for ten days. Their abandoned car was found 38 miles southwest of Pandie Pandie Station with a December 24 note saying petrol and water ran out.
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Adelaide
Birdsville
Queensland
L.A
Sandy
Pandie Pandie Station
McKenzie
Last of ’63 First of ’64 Canberra Hospital Babies
A Canberra Community Hospital newborn row marks 1963 ending and 1964 beginning with two male births. The first baby, a boy named Brian Arthur Chapman, born to Terry and Mia Anita Chapman of Rabe near Port Moresby, arrived just after 9.55 pm on New Year’s Eve. A second boy, Elbracht, born at 12.20 am to Paul and Elfriede Elbracht of Ainslie Hostel, followed shortly after. The Chapmans, cuemion officers teaching in Rabe since 1961, reside at 45 Forbes Street Turner. Mr Chapman is native to Brisbane.
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Cuemion
Papua
Canberra Community Hospital
Terry
Mia
Anita Chapman
Rabe
Post Moresby
Chapman
Canberra
Mr Chapman
Brisbane
Port Moresby
A. Chapman
Forbes’ Street
Brian Arthur Chapsman
Elbracht
Paul
Elfriede Baebracht
Ainslie
Unions Question Canberra Building Cost Forecast
The Trades and Labour Council voiced concern over a forecast of rising building costs in Canberra. President Mr W Andrews said the group would scrutinize any appreciable price increases in plastering bricks and walling. Foretold costs include higher wages and longer sand-haul distances, with builders possibly absorbing some costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trades and Labour Council
A.C.T
Andrews
Canberra
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Tigger
Neil Harvey
Alan Davidson
Order of the
Joan Janet Refshange
Mont Albert
Department of Publi Health
Annie Mays Berry
Mackay
Leonard Horley, Kbe
Australian ‘National University
Counci
National Library
ALS. Education Foundation
Australia
Knighthoed
Warrell
University of Adelaide
Hig
John Wilton
Seacoat Sail
B.E.A/1.C
Duntroon Military College
Warren McDonald, Kbe
Commonwealth Banking Corporation
National Heart Foundation
Fst
Council
The
Australiac
National University
Service
Edward Bunting
Grig
Charles Spry
Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation
Australian Acave
St Victor Coppiesori
St. Vincent's Hospital
Sydney
Lio
Royal North Shore Hospital
Denzil Macarthur-Onslaw
Citi
Military Forces
Alan Mann
Supreme Coud of
I Metes
NAG. Award
Percy Byrnes
Victorian Legislative Council
North-western
Country Party
John Cleland
University
Lawrence Jackson
Puisner
Supreme Court of Western Australia
Douglas Forbes
Michael Chamberlain
Allen Brooke
Robert James Abercrombie
Vaucluse
N W
Bank of New South Wales
John King Davis
Melbourne
Commonwealth Director of Navigation
Yrgana
U.N. Protes
Tun Razak
United
Sukarno
Singapore
Sarawak
North Borneo
Kuala Lumpur
Tunku Abdul Rahman
United Nations
Donald Stephens
Nell Harvey
Juin
Sir Jom Witton
Warren McDonald
Sir Vinor Coppleson Aenere
Sir Leonard Huxley
Sir Denzil Macarilir-Onslow
Sir Ruban Delacomiba
Rudin
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