Canberra figures honored in 1964 New Year list
The Chaplain-General Allan Brooke of Canberra is named CBE for long service. Former Parliament House painter Robert Prentice Christie of Forrest receives BEM after retiring in 1963. Other Canberrans gain titles including OBE, MBE, and CBEs for public service and wartime duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Church
Allan Brooke
Canberra
C.B.E
Airmen Honoured For Flood Rescue Work
Canberra aircrew who aided Queensland flood relief in March and April 1963 were recognized in the New Year Honours. Wing Commander A Scott received the Air Force Cross, with MacIntosh awarded a Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air, Taylor made MBE, and Hentschke earned the British Empire Medal for feats rescuing dozens from floodwaters using helicopter hoists. Another officer, Flt Lt W M Massey, was named in the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Queensland
Rev
A. Scott
R. A MacIntosh
Keith James Taylor
M. D. Hentschke
Fairbairn
Scott
A.F.C
R.A.A.F
Cmdr
Waera
N.S.W
MacIntosh
No. 9 Squadron
Pit
Townsville
Quilpie
Adavale
R.as
Thaougha Teees
Cpl
Hentschke
Taylor
R.a.af
Department of Air
W. M. Massey
Windsor
S.W
David Hardy Playffair
R. Aust
Inf
Sydney
Benjamin Wade
R.ae
Mt. Druitt
N S.W
Noel Ambrose Livermore
R.aa.o.c
Australia House
London
W.O
Percy Hugh White
RAAP
Amberley
Air Force Cross
A.E.C
Wne
Cyril Arthur Greenwood
R.A.N
L.R
Peter Griffioen
Woy Woy
Col
Keith Bryant
Raust
Int
Holdsworthy
Nls.w. Spr
France
Jakob Kuslan
La.e
Puckapunyal
Vic
Leslie James
Royal Red
Crase
A.r.rac
Bridget Mary Guilfoyle
RAANC
Melbourne
San Loir
Margaret Jean Moloney
R.a.a.fn.s
Burwood
Victoria
Donald Edward Neil Wampton
Greenmount
Honours list with 2000 names includes four New Zealand knighthoods
The Queen’s New Year honours named Frank Worrell and over 2,000 others. Recipients include Sir Alfred North and Sir Andrew Linton in New Zealand, Sir Woolf Fisher and Sir T P McCarthy as Knights Bachelor, and Sir Andrew Gilchrist receiving a Knighthood amid embassy turmoil. Other awardees span Francis Chichester, Captain John Davis, Baron Thomson, Lord Beaverbrook, Lord Rothermere, Solly Zuckerman, Grace Thornton, and Privy Council appointees from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Baron Eccles receives the highest honour, Viscount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Court of Appeal
Alfred North
Andrew Linton
C.be
N.Z. Dairy Production and Marketing Board
Woolf Fisher
Auckland
T. P. McCarthy
Indonesia
Andrew Gilchrist
Lord
Rothermere
Solly Zuckerman
Defence Ministry
Winston Churchill
Bath
Capetown
Djakarta
Grace Thornton
Order of
Alexander Bustarmente
Jamaica
Eric Williams
Trinidad-Tobago
Privy Council
Baron Eccles
Education
Harold Macmillan
Courtaulds
Harry Douglass
Britain
Iron and Steel Trades Confederation
National
Trade Union Movement
Responsibility for election comments by editor Bowman
The Canberra Times notes that D. N. Bowman, editor, accepts responsibility for election comments in this issue. The statement appears from Mort Street, Canberra City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. N. Bowman
The
Canberra Times
Mort Stret
Canberra City
Federal Honours List Highlights Australian Recipients
The Federal Honours List names many Australians across military and civilian orders. Notable entries include Col. Edward Campbell and Lt.-Col. Keith Rossie in Victoria, and Lt.-Cmdr. Edward Flowers Wilkinson for Fleet Air Arm service. Awards span OBE CBE MBEs and Queen’s Commendations with recognitions for public service, surveying, church missions, and charitable work nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the British Empire
Edward Francis Campbell
A.A. Psychology Corps
Carrum
Victorian
Keith Vincent Rossie
R.A.A. Ivanhoe
Vic
Sydney Richardson Birch
Sandringham
William Clement Blakely
R.A.A.F
Laverton
M.C.E
Albert Henry Herman
RAN
Beaumaris
Edward Flowers
Wilkinson
R.A.N
Nowra
N.S.W
Fleet Air Arm
W.O
Reginald Arthur Toomey
R.aas.c
Brisbane
Honours list highlights Australian and Commonwealth figures
Queen honours include Harold Grant Ferrier and William Lloyd Hely appointments. Phillip Phillips and Robert Abercrombie elevated for public service and banking roles. Group Captain Reid named Commander of the British Empire. Other recipients span military figures, colonial officials, and executives across NSW Victoria Port Moresby and Papua New Guinea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the British Empire
James Frederick McKay
Northbridge
Eric Ure
Port Moresby
London Missionary Society
Papua New Guinea
Alexander Cecil Sellars
Albury
W.S.W
Albury Grammar School
William John Hobbin
Double Bay
N.S.W
Social Service
Methodist Church of Australia
Tan Howe Seppelt
Tanunda
South Australia
B. Seppelt and Sons Ltd
Australian Wine Board
William Joseph Roberts
Hamilton
Queensland
Brisbane
William Henry Lempriere
Toorak
Vic
Thomas Louis Bull
Nortrandera
Lloyd
Bondi
Meat and Allied Trades Federation
Bertha Chatto
St. George Mae Smith
Orange
Country Women’s Association
Order of the’ British
Emppire
M.be
Anthony Glynn
S.M
Japan
Nara City
Pape
Antarctic
Harold Grant’ Ferrier
Woollahra
Directo
Federated Engineering Industries Ld
Air
William Lloyd Hely
Canberra
Order of the Bath
Phillip David Phillips
Eltham
Victoria
Order of St. Michael and St. George
C.m-G
Wetas
Commonwealth Grants Commission
Chaiman
Institute of Public Administration
Victorian
Australian Institute of International Affairs
Robert James Abercrombie C.M.G
Vauchise
Momeours
Sidney John Bleechmore
Melbourne
Ordnance
Duntroon Military College
Far East Land Services
Basil Edward Fairfax-Ross
Legislative Council of
Territory of Papua and New Guinea
Papuan Planters’ Association
Paul Bircher Toose
Warrawee
Law Council of Australia
National Trust of Australia
M.S.W
Francis Phillip O'Grady
North Balwyn
State honours list names several Australian recipients
The Commonwealth Relations list of honours includes NSW figures like Mr Justice Clancy and Mr Justice Kinsella. Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania honours feature officials, athletes, and professionals such as Kenneth James Morris, Frank Downer Jackman, Lindsay Hudson Head, Arthur William Warrington Rogers, John Carl Anthony Waters, Linley Henzel, Henry Roy Golding, Cecil Edgar Bowen Fletcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Clancy
Supreme Court of New South Wales
Order of St. Michael and St. George
C.M.G
Justice Kinsella
S.P. Betting
N.S.W
Order of the British Empire
C.B.E
Kenneth
Frank Downer Jackman
Lindsay Hudson Head
M.B.E
Arthur William Warrington Rogers
Hawthorn
John Carl Anthony Waters
Linley Henzel
Henry Roy Golding
Western Australia
Cecil Edgar Bowen Fletcher
Tasmania
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Queem
Parliament House
Robert Prentice Christie
Forrest
Camberra
Christie
Joint House
Sheila Ellen Rafferty
Department of Immigration
Simoa Hbas
Wemen's
Royal Australian Naval Service
Joan Streeter
Public Service
Eileen Gertrude Lenihan
O.B.E
Miss Lenihan
Prime Minister's Department
Tariff Board
Godfrey Alfred Rattigan
Canberra Fellowship of
Lucy Francis Harvey Rees
Rees
Children’s Book Council
Department of Health
John Joseph Doyle
Commonwealth Gazette
Prime Minister’s Department
George Albert Westcoll
Companion of the Bath
Hely
Royal Military College
Duntroon
R.aa.f
Department of Defence
Duy
Joint Services
Washington
Australia
Air Member
Peronne
Middle East
Siml
Charles Frederick Read
Wng
Grp
Daniel William McCarthy Alo
McCarthy
Air E.d.p.centre
E.D.P
RAAF
Allan William Power
Australian Staff Corps
George Westwatl, D-E.m
Allen Brooke
Joan Streeler
Richmond
Ns.w
Thing
No. 36
Transpor) Squadron
Frank Worrell
Henry Sampson
R.aaf
East Sale
Winston Percival James
Perth
Beryl Collins
Wodonga
Red Cross Society
Country Women’s Association of
George Campbell Curlewis
Cottesloe
W.A
Amena Middlemiss
Milsons Point
Hector George Campbell
Deniliquin
Philip Baden Howell
Oberon
Country Traders’ Association
Gladys Evelyn Curtis
J.P
Ballarat
National Council of Women
Roy Villiers Gartharne Pearson
Ingham
R.S.L
Louise Playford
Hobart
Tas
Victoria League
Dorothy Roseby
Neutral Bay
N.S W
Royal Australian En of Physicians
Lorna Discombe Sparrow
Sale
St. Anne’s
Church of England Girls’ Grammar School
Laura Eller Henry
Newcastle
Newcastle and District Association For Crippled Children Women’s Auxiliary
Wilfred Asten
Hobart Tasmania
U.N. Association
Gwynoneth Jeannie Cassidy
Rose Bay
Kenneth Walter Watson
Balzowlah
Surf Life Saving Association of Australia
Richard Minchin Ure
Canterbury
Dept. of Works
Walter Winicombe
South Caulfield
Repatriation Commission
Edward Peter Sim
Lane Cove
Postmaster-General’s Department
Peter Cyrus Frederick Lawrence
Blackburn
Lowon
Margaret Adele Alant
Point Piper
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