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1963 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours
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Awards list for New Zealand
September 2018
September 2018
thumb|right|The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at the State Opening of Parliament in Wellington during their 1963 visit to New Zealand
The 1963 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours were appointments by Elizabeth II to the Royal Victorian Order, to mark her visit to New Zealand that year. During her visit, the Queen attended celebrations at Waitangi. The honours were announced on 11 and 18 February 1963.42969 16 April 1963 3327https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/queen-elizabeth-jubilee/royal-tours Royal tours 11 July 2014 New Zealand History Ministry for Culture and Heritage 27 September 2018http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1963/19.pdf Royal tour honours list 28 March 1963 New Zealand Gazette 410 19http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1963/22.pdf Corrigendum 10 April 1963 New Zealand Gazette 495 22
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross (GCVO)
Brigadier Sir Bernard Edward Fergusson NZL GCMG DSO OBE – governor-general of New Zealand.
Knight Commander (KCVO)
Frank Leon Aroha Götz – Minister of Internal Affairs; of Auckland.
Commander (CVO)
John Valentine Meech – of Wellington.
Carl Leslie Spencer – of Wellington.
Member, fourth class (MVO)
Major John Websiter Mawson – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps; of Wellington.
Patrick Jerad O'Dea NZL MVO – of Lower Hutt.
Charles Henry Williams MVO – of Wellington.
In 1984, Members of the Royal Victorian Order, fourth class, were redesignated as Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO).https://www.centralchancery.org.uk/orders-of-chivalry/the-royal-victorian-order/ The Royal Victorian Order Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood 12 March 2024
Member, fifth class (MVO)
Alonzo George Edgar Beal NZL BEM 85% – of Wellington.
Major Harry Bowen Honnor – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery; of Wellington.
Douglas Alexander Johnston – of Wellington.
Silvanus Gordon Mudge – of Wellington.
Royal Victorian Medal
Silver (RVM)
Arthur Henry Hart – detective sergeant, New Zealand Police; of Wellington.
Angus William McDougall – detective senior sergeant, New Zealand Police; of Wellington.
Harold Eugene Symonds – of Lower Hutt.
References
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