1958 Special Honours (New Zealand)

Awards list August 2020 August 2020 The 1958 Special Honours in New Zealand were two special honours lists in which 26 New Zealanders were awarded the Polar Medal. The first list, issued on 22 May 1958, recognised 18 people for their services as members of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition,http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1958/31.pdf Polar Medal 22 May 1958 New Zealand Gazette 667 31http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1958/45.pdf Corrigendum: Polar Medal 17 July 1958 New Zealand Gazette 931 45 while the second list, published on 9 October 1958, gave recognition to a further eight people for their services as members of the New Zealand International Geophysical Year party to Antarctica.http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1958/60.pdf Polar Medal 9 October 1958 New Zealand Gazette 1365 60 Polar Medal Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition Harry Herbert Ayres – of Christchurch. Dr Ronald Walter Balham – of Wellington. James Gordon Bates – of Morrinsville. Ernest Selwyn Bucknell – of Days Bay. Roy Albert Carlyon – of Aramoho. Squadron Leader John Richard Claydon – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Christchurch. Flying Officer William Joseph Cranfield – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Christchurch. Murray Hamilton Douglas – of Christchurch. Murray Roland Ellis – of Dunedin. John Edward Gawn – of Wellington. Bernard Maurice Gunn – of Christchurch. Flight Lieutenant Gordon Haslop – Royal Air Force; serving in the United Kingdom. Sir Edmund Percival Hillary NZL KBE 85% – of Auckland. Wallace George Lowe NZL OBE 85% – of Hastings. Joseph Holmes Miller – of Masterton. Chief Radio Electrician Peter David Mulgrew – Royal New Zealand Navy; of Lower Hutt. Sergeant Laurence Walter Tarr – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Thames. Guyon Warren – of Christchurch. International Geophysical Year Dr Trevor Hatherton OBE 85% – of Wellington. Vernon Bruce Gerard – of Christchurch. John Gerard Humphries – of Christchurch. Clayton Ernest Ingham – of Petone. Michael William Langevad – of Christchurch. William James Peter Macdonald – of Wellington. Reginald Herbert Orr – of Waipukurau. Herbert Neil Sandford – of Lower Hutt. References Special honours Category:1958 awards