The New Year Honours 1964 were appointments in many of the
Commonwealth realms of Queen
Elizabeth II to
various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 1 January 1964 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1964.[1][2][3]
Herbert John Seddon, C.M.G., D.M., F.R.C.S., Director of Studies, Institute of Orthopaedics, University of London.
Barnett Stross, M.B., Ch.B., M.P., Member of Parliament for
Stoke-on-Trent since 1950. Member of Parliament for
Hanley, 1945–1950. For political and public services.
Brigadier
Athol Earle McDonald Brown, O.B.E., Secretary-General, Anzac Agency and Regional Director for the Pacific Region, Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The Honourable
Maurice Richard Bridgeman, C.B.E., Chairman and Managing Director, British Petroleum Company, Ltd.
Ernest Gordon Cox, Esq., T.D., Secretary, Agricultural Research Council.
John Galway Foster, Esq., Q.C., M.P., Member of Parliament for Northwich since 1945. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Commonwealth Relations Office 1951–1954. For political and public services.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Military Division
Army
Brigadier Sidney John Bleechmore (223), Australian Staff Corps.
The Reverend Allen Brooke, E.D., Chaplain-General, Royal Australian Chaplains' Department.
Air Force
Group Captain Charles Frederick Read, D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Australian Air Force.
Civil Division
Adrian Olsson Ashton, Esq., of Mosman, New South Wales. For services to Architecture.
Thomas Kingston Critchley, Esq., High Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Australia in Kuala Lumpur.
Captain John King Davis, of Melbourne, Victoria. For services to Antarctic research.
Francis Phillip O'Grady, Esq., Director-General, Postmaster-General's Department.
Godfrey Alfred Rattigan, Esq., O.B.E., Chairman, Australian Tariff Board.
Basil Edward Fairfax-Ross, Esq., Member of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea.
Keith Charles Owen Shann, Esq., Her Majesty's Australian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Djakarta.
Paul Burcher Those, Esq., Q.C., of Warrawee, New South Wales. For services to the legal profession.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Military Division
Navy
Chief Officer Joan Streeter, Director, Women's Royal Australian Naval Service.
Army
Lieutenant-Colonel Sydney Richardson Birch (337509), Australian Staff Corps.
Colonel Edward Francis Campbell, E.D. (57500), Australian Army Psychology Corps.
Lieutenant-Colonel Keith Vincent Rossi (352046), Royal Australian Artillery.
Air Force
Wing Commander William Clement Blakeley (03304), Royal Australian Air Force.
Wing Commander (now Acting Group Captain) David William McCarthy (05808), Royal Australian Air Force.
Civil Division
Miss Annie Hayes Berry, M.B., Ch.B., Superintendent, Mackay Base Hospital, Queensland.
Thomas Louis Bull, Esq., of Narrandera, New South Wales. For services to primary industry.
Nathaniel Charles Hargrave, Esq., of Alice Springs, Northern Territory. For public services.
Lloyd Howard Heaslip, Esq., President of the Australian Wool and Meat Producers' Federation, 1960-62.
The Reverend William John Hobbin, Director, Social Service Department, Methodist Church of Australia.
William Henry Lempriere, Esq., of Toorak, Victoria. For services to the Australian wool industry.
Miss Eileen Gertrude Lenihan, M.B.E., Liaison Officer, Prime Minister's Department, Melbourne.
The Reverend James Frederick McKay, M.B.E., Superintendent, Australian Inland Mission of the Presbyterian Church.
The Reverend Brother Michael Maximus O'Connor, Headmaster, Christian Brothers College, Waverley, New South Wales.
Frederick Louis Paul, Esq., of Bondi, New South Wales. For services to the
meat industry in Australia.
Miss Joan Janet Refshauge, M.B., Assistant Director (Infant, Child and Maternal Health), Department of Public Health, Port Moresby.
William Joseph Roberts, Esq., Deputy Crown Solicitor, Brisbane, Queensland. For public services.
Alexander Cecil Sellars, Esq., J.P., of Albury, New South Wales. For services to youth and the community.
Ian Howe Seppelt, Esq., of Tanunda, South Australia. For services to the wine industry.
Bertha Chatto St. George Mac, Mrs. Smith, of Orange, New South Wales. For services. to the community, particularly as National President of the Country Women's Association.
The Reverend David Eric Ure, Superintendent, London Missionary Society, Papua and New Guinea.
John Noble Walker, Esq., of Burwood Heights, New South Wales. For services to manufacturing industries in Australia.
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Military Division
Navy
Electrical Lieutenant-Commander (SD) Albert Henry Herman, Royal Australian Navy.
Lieutenant-Commander John Alexander Matthew, Royal Australian Navy.
Lieutenant-Commander (SD) Edward Flowers Wilkinson, Royal Australian Navy.
Army
2914 Warrant Officer Class I Noel Ambrose Livermore, Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps.
Major David Hardy Playfair (257652), Royal Australian Infantry Corps.
Major Allan William Power (237566), Australian Staff Corps.
4172 Warrant Officer Class I Albert James Ryan, Royal Australian Infantry Corps.
19719 Warrant Officer Class II Reginald Arthur Toomey, Royal Australian Army Service Corps.
Lieutenant (Honorary Captain) Benjamin Wade (NX700331), Royal Australian Engineers.
520621 Warrant Officer Class II William Ramsay Wilson, Royal Australian Infantry Corps.
Air Force
Flight Lieutenant Keith James Taylor (0218723), Royal Australian Air Force.
Warrant Officer Reginald Kevin Hart (A1579), Royal Australian Air Force.
Warrant Officer Percy Hugh White (A3965), Royal Australian Air Force.
Civil Division
Margaret Adele, Mrs. Alldrift, of Point Piper, New South Wales. For charitable services.
Wilfred Asten, Esq., Federal President and former Secretary of the United Nations Association. For public services.
Harold Edward Boon, Esq., President of the Westbury (Tasmania) Sub-Branch of the Re- turned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia.
Hector George Campbell, Esq., Mayor of Deniliquin, New South Wales.
Gwynneth Jeannie, Mrs. Cassidy, of Rose Bay, New South Wales. For public services.
Beryl, Mrs. Collins, of Wodonga, Victoria. For services to the community.
George Campbell Curlewis, Esq., J.P., of Cottesloe, Western Australia. For community and welfare services.
Gladys Evelyn, Mrs. Curtis, J.P., of Ballarat, Victoria. For services to the community.
Alan Keith Davidson, Esq., of Strathfield, New South Wales. For services to Cricket.
John Joseph Doyle, Esq., Assistant Director, Pharmaceutical Services, Department of Health, Canberra.
The Very Reverend Father Anthony Glynn. For services in charge of the Catholic Mission, Nara City, Japan.
Ernest Carfrae Graham, Esq., Senior Inspector, Warehouse Branch, Department of Trade and Customs, Sydney.
Robert Neil Harvey, Esq., of Killara, New South Wales. For services to Cricket.
Laura Ellen, Mrs. Henry, of Newcastle, New South Wales. For services in connection with the welfare of handicapped children.
Philip Baden Howell, Esq., J.P., of Oberon, New South Wales. For services to the community.
Peter Cyrus Frederick Lawrence, Esq., lately Senior Technical Adviser to the Chief Migration Officer, Australian High Commission, London.
Amena, Mrs. Middlemiss, of Milson's Point, New South Wales. For charitable services.
Louise Playford, Mrs. Officer, of Hobart, Tasmania. For services to community associations.
Michael Theodosios Paspalis, Esq., of Darwin, Northern Territory. For charitable and community services.
Roy Villiers Garthorne Pearson, Esq., of Ingham, Queensland. For services in the interests of ex-servicemen.
Lucy Frances Harvey, Mrs. Rees, of Reid, Australian Capital Territory. For services to literature.
Jack Alfred Rolfe, Esq., of Greenmount, Western Australia. For services in connection with the welfare of ex-servicemen.
Miss Dorothy Roseby, Secretary, Royal Australian College of Physicians.
Edward Peter Sim, Esq., Assistant Director, Engineering Division, Postmaster-General's Department.
Miss Lorna Discombe Sparrow, Principal, St. Anne's Church of England Girls' Grammar School, Sale, Victoria.
Richard Minchin Ure, Esq., Chief Designing Architect, Department of Works, Melbourne.
Walter Vinicombe, Esq., Assistant Commissioner (Appeals), Repatriation Commission, Melbourne.
Kenneth Walter Watson, Esq., Honorary Secretary of the Surf Life Saving Association of Australia.
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Military Division
Navy
Chief Petty Officer Lionel Thomas Farther, R.I9747, Royal Australian Navy.
Leading Radio Electrical Mechanic Peter Wilhelmus Maria Griffioen, R.53288, Royal Australian Navy.
Chief Petty Officer Oriel George Ramsay, F.2791, Royal Australian Naval Reserve.
Army
13519 Corporal Keith Bryant, Royal Australian Infantry Corps.
52978 Sapper Bruce Cockburn, Royal Australian Survey Corps.
28730 Sergeant (temporary) Thomas Ernest Keegan., Royal Australian Infantry Corps.
42685 Sapper Franc Jakob Kuslav (42685), Royal Australian Engineers.
28504 Staff-Sergeant Leslie James Scott, Royal Australian Engineers.
27914 Staff-Sergeant (temporary) Mervyn Thomas, Royal Australian Infantry Corps.
Air Force
A.42005 Flight Sergeant (Now Acting Warrant Officer) Noel Lynam Cutting, Royal Australian Air Force.
A.1314 Flight Sergeant Rowland Francis Maxwell, Royal Australian Air Force.
A.41008 Corporal Murray Dean Hentschke, Royal Australian Air Force.
Civil Division
Roy Thomas Bedford, Inspector (Radio Line Plant), Postmaster General's Department.
Robert Prentice Christie, Foreman Painter, Joint House Department, Parliament House, Canberra.
Jack Bracher Davies, Esq., O.B.E. For public services.
Ian Keith Mackay, Esq., Director-General, Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation.
Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
Civil Division
Francis Edmund Turton-Hart, Esq., M.B.E. For public services.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Civil Division
Jack Farrington, Esq. For services to the tin mining industry.
James Aloysius Noonan, Esq., Dean of Faculty of Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Military Division
Army
Lieutenant-Colonel William Whitson Etches, M.C. (112866), The Royal Warwickshire Regiment; formerly on loan to the Government of the Federation of Nigeria.
Civil Division
John William Farmsworth, Esq., M.B.E. For services to sport.
Lieutenant-Commander Reuben James Rate, Royal Nigerian Navy
Army
Major (temporary) Jack Aspen (370978), The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire); on loan to the Government of the Federation of Nigeria.
Major George Robert Delaval Beart (393069), 14th/20th King's Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps; formerly on loan to the Government of the Federation of Nigeria.
2549120 Warrant Officer Class I (acting) Raymond Ryan, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ; on loan to the Government of the Federation of Nigeria.
Civil Division
Miss Gladys Asquith, Senior Matron, Nigerian Nursing Service.
William James Thomas Barham, Esq., Assistant Works Manager, Ministry of Works and Surveys.
Leslie Bingham, Esq., Quantity Surveyor, Ministry of Works and Surveys.
Eric Raymond Brookes, Esq., Senior Works Superintendent, Northern Region, Ministry of Works and Surveys.
Robert Fenton Christie, Esq., Headquarters Officer, St. John's Ambulance Brigade.
James Mortimer Durward, Esq., Senior Executive Engineer, Ministry of Works and Surveys.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Emery, Personal Secretary to the Governor-General.
Kenneth John Grisman, Esq., Principal Industrial Officer, Lagos.
Owen Gwilym Hughes, Esq., Senior Superintendent of Prisons.
George Sydney Ingram, Esq., Stores Instructor, Ministry of Works and Surveys.
Miss Cecily Beatrice Etty-Leal, Administrative Officer, Class I.
Miss Phoebe Charlotte Lewsey. For charitable services in Kaduna.
Samuel Roy Marsh, Esq., Maintenance Superintendent, Ministry of Health.
Albert Martin, Esq., Assistant Works Manager, Lagos Works Organisation.
Daniel McFarlane Montgomerie, Esq., Senior Meteorologist, Nigerian Meteorological Service.
Thomas White Niblett, Esq., Principal Graphic Arts Officer, Ministry of Information.
Wilfred Leonard Rayner, Esq., Chief Stores Officer, Ministry of Works and Surveys.
James Whalley, Esq., Senior Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Works and Surveys.
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Military Division
Army
14474153 Sergeant Donald Charles Adby, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; formerly serving with the Royal Nigerian Army.
23473792 Staff-Sergeant Ronald Sydney William Riggs, Royal Corps of Signals; serving with the Royal Nigerian Army.