1938 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

Awards list for New Zealand January 2021 January 2021 1938 Birthday Honours The 1938 King's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of King George VI, were appointments made by the King to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 9 June 1938.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19380609.2.56 New honours: birthday list 9 June 1938 New Zealand Herald 12 1 January 202134518 9 June 1938 3685–3709 y The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. Knight Bachelor Albert Fuller Ellis NZL CMG 85% – of Auckland; New Zealand member of the British Phosphate Commission. Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Companion (CMG) Richard Oliver Gross – of Auckland; a prominent sculptor. John Wood GBR MICE 85% – engineer-in-chief and under-secretary of the Public Works Department. Order of the British Empire Knight Commander (KBE) Civil division Professor Thomas Hill Easterfleld PhD GBR FIC 85% – of Nelson; formerly director of the Cawthron Institute of Scientific Research. Commander (CBE) Civil division Annie Elizabeth Kelly – of Christchurch; a prominent artist. William Sanderson La Trobe – of Wellington; formerly superintendent of technical education, Education Department. Officer (OBE) Civil division Sadie Macdonald – of Wellington. For social-welfare services. James Wallace NZL JP 85% – of Dunedin; chairman of the Otago Education Board. Military division Major Eric Freeman Clayton-Greene – officer commanding 2nd Medium Battery, New Zealand Artillery (Territorial Force); of Hamilton. Member (MBE) Civil division Elsie Euphemia Andrews – formerly infant mistress, Fitzroy School, New Plymouth John Connell Brown – of Westport. For social-welfare services. Robina Thomson Cameron – of Rotorua; district health nurse. Katharina Margarita Finnane – matron of Porirua Mental Hospital. John Henry O'Donnell – of Wellington; formerly assistant under-secretary, Lands and Survey Department. Military division Paymaster-Lieutenant Herbert Russell Sleeman – New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy; assistant naval secretary, Wellington. Warrant Officer William Stanley Simpson – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Christchurch. British Empire Medal Civil division Staff Sergeant-Major Edward James Barwell – senior orderly, Government House, Wellington. References Category:Birthday Honours (New Zealand) Category:1938 awards Category:1938 in New Zealand