1951 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

The 1951 King's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of

• The Right Honourable Sidney George Holland – Prime Minister of New Zealand.

• 
  Sidney Holland

Knight Bachelor

• The Honourable Arthur Fair MC – of Auckland; senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court.

• 
  Sir Arthur Fair

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Commander (KCMG)

• William John Polson – of Fordell. For public and political services.

Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander (DBE)

Civil division

• OBE – of Wellington
  . For distinguished service in civic and community affairs.

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Ernest James Fawcett MC – of Wellington; director-general of agriculture, Department of Agriculture.
• Bernard Edward Murphy – of Wellington; professor of economics, Victoria University College, 1920–1950. For services to education.
• John Porteous Rutherford – of Wellington; controller and auditor-general, Audit Department.
• Leonard Owen Howard Tripp OBE – of Wellington. For patriotic and social welfare services.

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Thomas William Mark Ashby
  – of Auckland. For municipal services.
• Hugh Blake Burdekin – of Levin. For services to returned servicemen.
• Alfred Edward Caddick – of Christchurch. For services to education, dramatic art and sport.
• William Reynolds Carey – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Letty Mabel Croft – of Napier; matron and lady superintendent, Napier Public Hospital.
• James William Dove JP – of Dunedin. For services to the community, especially in local-government affairs.
• Hugh Charles Jenkins – of Wanganui. For services to journalism.
• Kenneth Ewart Luke MNZIE – city engineer, Wellington.
• Thomas James Maling – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Harry Montefiore Wilson BCh MB – of Hastings; a medical practitioner.

Military division

• Commander Alexander Cochrane Swanson
  VRD AMICE – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve
  .
• Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Trevor Kensington
  Royal New Zealand Artillery
  .
• Squadron Leader Grevis Goetz – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Morris John Barnett – of Christchurch. For services to horticulture.
• William Bringans – of Alexandra
  . For services to local government.
• Alexander Christie Cameron MC – of Dunedin. For services to the community in Dunedin.
• John Wiltshire Card – of Featherston. For services to local government.
• Norman Royle-Chapman JP – of Auckland. For services in connection with various public and patriotic organisations.
• Herbert Peachey Desmoulins – of Dunedin. For patriotic services, especially in connection with the Food for Britain campaign.
• Agnes Marshall Ferguson – of Auckland. For services to the
  New Zealand Red Cross Society
  .
• Harry Cecil Alderson Fox – of Hāwera. For services to music.
• Thomas Threader Garland – of Auckland. For services to the community, especially as a conductor of children's choirs.
• John Guiniven – of Takapuna
  . For municipal services.
• Elizabeth Catherine Gunn MB ChB – of Wellington; a former director of the School of Hygiene, Wellington. For public services.
• Annie Henry – of Ōhope. For services rendered under the auspices of the Presbyterian Māori Mission to the Māori people.
• Margaret Jane McKerrow – of Hampden. For services to the community.
• Stella Murray – of London. For social welfare services on behalf of New Zealanders in the United Kingdom.
• Alexander James Nicol – of Gisborne. For public and social welfare services.
• Jane Trotter – of Christchurch; an obstetrical nurse.
• Ninian George Trotter MD CM – of
  Riverton
  . For public and social-welfare services.
• Charles Edward Wheeler – of Wellington; a parliamentary journalist.
• Mary Frances Wyber – of Balclutha. For services to the community, especially in connection with the Returned Services' Association and charitable organisations at Balclutha.

Military division

• Hiram William Harris – temporary senior commissioned engineer, Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Captain John Ayto – Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals.
• Major Jack Sloan Berry –
  Royal New Zealand Engineers
  .
• Warrant Officer First Class Richard Wilson Heaps – Royal
  New Zealand Army Service Corps
  .
• Lieutenant Ellen Marion Pysden – New Zealand Women's Army Corps.
• Flight-Lieutenant Gordon Alan Lee Webby DFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Mervyn Milton Bentley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• 
  John Guiniven

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• Percy Roy Angus AMIMechE MNZIE – of Lower Hutt; lately chief mechanical engineer, Railways Department.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Military division

• Petty Officer Arthur George Cooper – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Joiner Edward Ernest Dorrell – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Staff Sergeant (temporary Warrant Officer, Second Class) John Allan –
  New Zealand Regiment
  , New Zealand Army
• Flight Sergeant Donald Edward Harris – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Corporal Christopher John Lennox – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Royal Red Cross

Associate (ARRC)

• Charge Sister Phyllis May Aitcheson – New Zealand Army Nursing Service.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Flight Lieutenant Donald Miles Hutton – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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