1971 Birthday Honours

The 1971 Queen's Birthday Honours were appointments to orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms to reward and highlight citizens' good works, on the occasion of the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 4 June 1971.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australia honours list.^[2]

Recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honours.

United Kingdom

Life peer

Baron

• Major The Right Honourable James Dawson Chichester-Clark, D.L., M.P., lately Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.

Privy Counsellor

• The Honourable John Douglas Anthony, M.P., Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry, Commonwealth of Australia.
• Sir Robert Grant Grant-Ferris, M.P., Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons.
• Dr the Honourable Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, M.L.A., Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Internal Security, and Minister of Information and Broadcasting of Mauritius.

Knight Bachelor

• Ove Nyquist Arup, C.B.E. For services to Civil Engineering.
• Anthony George Bernard Burney, O.B.E., Senior Partner, Binder Hamlyn and Company, Chartered Accountants.
• John Allen Clark, Chairman and Chief Executive, Plessey Company Ltd. For services to Export.
• Charles Clore. For charitable services.
• Peter Averell Daniell, T.D., Senior Partner, Mullens and Company and Government Broker.
• John Henry Harris Davis, Chairman and Chief Executive, The Rank Organisation Ltd.
• William Richard Shaboe Doll, O.B.E., Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford.
• Norman William Graham, C.B., Secretary, Scottish Education Department.
• Fred Harvey Hutty. For services to Education.
• Harry Ernest Jones, C.B.E., Agent of the Government of Northern Ireland in Great Britain.
• William Emrys Jones, Director General, Agricultural Development and Advisory Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
• John Towersey Lidbury, Deputy Managing Director, Hawker Siddeley Group Ltd. For services to Export.
• Michael James Lighthill, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, University of Cambridge.
• Charles Patrick Home McCall, M.B.E., T.D., D.L., Clerk to the Lancashire County Council.
• George Gray Macfarlane, C.B., Controller of Research, Ministry of Defence.
• James Wilson McKay, Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
• Godfrey William Rowland Morley, O.B.E., T.D., President, The Law Society.
• Thomas Alexander Fraser Noble, M.B.E., Vice-Chancellor, University of Leicester.
• Basil Arthur Parkes, O.B.E. For services to the fishing industry.
• Arthur Desmond Herne Plummer, T.D., D.L., Leader of the Greater London Council.
• Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard, lately Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Oxford.
• Terence Mervyn Rattigan, C.B.E., Playwright.
• Samuel Conrad Seward, O.B.E., Director, Stone-Platt Industries Ltd. For services to Export.
• Henry Martin Smith, C.B.E., H.M. Chief Inspector of Fire Services, Home Office.
• Percy Stephenson. For political and public services in Lancashire.
• Terence George Ward, C.B.E. For services to Dental Surgery.
• Richard James Webster, D.S.O. For political services.

• Colonel the Honourable John Douglas Clague, C.B.E., M.C., Q.P.M., T.D. For public services in Hong Kong.
• James Olva Georges, O.B.E. For public services in the British Virgin Islands.
• The Honourable Mr Justice Louis Georges Souyave, Chief Justice, Seychelles.

Australian States

State of New South Wales

• John Worroker Austin. For services to industry.
• Lincoln Carruthers Hynes, O.B.E. For services to the community.
• John Robert Walton. For services to commerce.

State of Victoria

• Willis Henry Connolly, C.B.E., of St. Kilda. For long and distinguished service with the State Electricity Commission of Victoria.
• Philip Frederick Jones, of Toorak. For services to journalism.

State of Queensland

• Leslie Charles Thiess, C.B.E., of Brisbane. For services to the coal export industry and for his philanthropic activities.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

• Sir Edmund Gerald Compton, K.C.B., K.B.E., lately Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

• Vice Admiral Anthony Templer Frederick Griffin, C.B.
• Vice Admiral Robert George Raper, C.B.
• Lieutenant-General Harry Craufurd Tuzo, O.B.E., M.C., late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Air Marshal Harry Burton C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., Royal Air Force.
• Kenneth Ernest Berrill, Chairman, University Grants Committee.
• Robert Braithwaite Marshall, C.B., M.B.E., Second Permanent Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

• Rear Admiral Edward Findlay Gueritz, O.B.E., D.S.C.
• Rear Admiral James Percy Knowles Harkness.
• Surgeon Rear Admiral Nicol Sinclair Hepburn, C.B.E., Q.H.P.
• Rear Admiral Frederick Charles William Lawson, D.S.C.
• Rear Admiral Richard Douglas Roberts.
• Rear Admiral Arthur Rodney Barry Sturdee, D.S.C.
• Major-General Richard Lewis Clutterbuck, O.B.E., late Corps of Royal Engineers.
• Major-General Jack Raymond Reynolds, O.B.E., E.R.D., late Royal Army Service Corps, now R.A.R.O.
• Major-General Jeremy Michael Spencer-Smith, O.B.E., M.C., late Foot Guards.
• Major-General Walter Babington Thomas, D.S.O., M.C., E.D., late Infantry.
• Air Vice-Marshal Frank Ronald Bird, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Peter Charles Cleaver, O.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Desmond Ernest Hawkins, C.B.E., D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Douglas Charles Lowe, D.F.C., A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Philippa Frances Marshall, O.B.E., A.D.C., Women's Royal Air Force.

Civil Division

• Paul Adams, T.D., Chief Master, Taxing Office, Supreme Court of Judicature.
• Sidney Charles Bacon, Controller, Royal Ordnance Factories, Ministry of Defence.
• Ian Powell Bancroft, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment.
• Jack Eglington Beddoe, Under Secretary, Department of the Environment.
• Edward Percy Brown, Chief Inspector and Commissioner, Board of Customs and Excise.
• Richard Henry Watson Bullock, Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.
• Neil Francis Cairncross, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office.
• William Robert Cox, Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Home Office.
• Andrew Francis Joseph Grant, lately Director of Home Regional Services, Department of the Environment.
• Edwin William George Haynes, Under Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.
• Patrick Dalmahoy Nairne, M.C., Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence.
• William John Conway Plumbe, lately H.M. Chief Inspector of Factories, Department of Employment.
• Henry Peter Rowe, Parliamentary Counsel.
• David Somerville, Under Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security.
• Joanna Miriam, Mrs Spencer, C.B.E., Under Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry.
• Douglas William Gretton Wass, Deputy Secretary, H.M. Treasury.

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

• Sir Archibald Duncan Wilson, K.C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Moscow.
• Sir Denis Arthur Hepworth Wright, K.C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Tehran.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

• Geoffrey George Arthur, C.M.G., H.M. Political Resident, Bahrain.
• Reginald Michael Hadow, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Buenos Aires.
• John Edward Killick, C.M.G., Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Crawford Murray MacLehose, C.M.G., M.B.E., Governor-designate, Hong Kong.
• John Howard Peck, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Dublin.

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

• Christopher Mervyn Dalley, Chairman, Iraq Petroleum Company Ltd.
• George Geoffrey David Hill, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Environment.
• Professor William Edgar Kershaw, V.R.D. For services to parasitology.
• Harry Norman Roffey, Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security.
• David Pascoe Aiers, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• William Stanley Bates, British High Commissioner, Georgetown,
• Roy Grissell Bennett. For services to British interests in Singapore.
• Edwin Bolland, Counsellor, H.M. Embassy, Washington.
• Michael Denys Arthur Clinton, G.M., Deputy Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong.
• Kenneth Arthur East, Minister, British High Commission, Lagos.
• Anthony Arthur Golds, M.V.O., H.M. Ambassador and Consul-General, Yaounde.
• Keith Lyndell Gordon, lately Justice of Appeal, West Indies Associated States Supreme Court.
• David Gerard Gordon-Smith, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Geoffrey Ernest Derek MacBride, M.B.E., Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Frank Mills, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Terence John O'Brien, M.C., H.M. Ambassador, Kathmandu.
• Reginald McCartney Samples, D.S.O., O.B.E., Head of British Government Office and Senior Trade Commissioner, Toronto.
• Anthony James Williams, H.M. Ambassador and Consul-General, Phnom Penh.

Australian States

State of New South Wales

• Edwin James Walder. For services to the State.

State of Victoria

• Councillor Edward Wallace Best. For services to local government and the community especially as Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne.

State of Queensland

• Alderman William Robert Golding, M.B.E., of Gladstone. For outstanding public service.

State of South Australia

• Maxwell Lewis Dennis, of Glenelg East. For outstanding public service.

Royal Victorian Order

Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO)

• The Honourable Olivia Vernon, Mrs Mulholland, C.V.O.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

• The Right Honourable Gilbert James, Earl of Ancaster, T.D.
• Major-General the Honourable Michael Fitzalan-Howard, C.B., C.B.E., M.V.O., M.C.
• John Francis Hewitt, C.B.E.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• Reginald Wilfrid Barrow, M.V.O.
• Robert Edward Boote.
• Brigadier William Greenwood Carr, D.S.O.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Andrew Balvaird Lawson, M.V.O.
• Commander Philip Brian Martineau, O.B.E., Royal Navy (Retired).
• Edward Max Nicholson, C.B.
• Marshall Arnott Sisson, C.B.E.
• Cecil Dennis Waldron, O.B.E.

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

At this time the two lowest classes of the Royal Victorian Order were "Member (fourth class)" and "Member (fifth class)", both with post-nominals MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.

Fourth Class

• James Bell.
• The Reverend Ronald Budge.
• Miss Ethel Strachan Colquhoun, M.V.O., M.B.E.
• Commander John Phillip Edwards, Royal Navy.
• Squadron Leader Thomas Alvin Jackson, A.F.C., Royal Air Force.
• John William Lewis, M.V.O.
• Malcolm Henry McQueen.
• Adrian Vincent Pelly, M.V.O.
• Leslie Potts.
• Harold Vince Tillotson.

Fifth Class

• Walter Arthur Carpenter.
• George Crisp.
• Ann Mary, Mrs Hughes.
• Miss Joan Margaret Kirby.
• Miss Diana Mary Robina Makgill.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

• Henry Charles Owen Clarke.
• Police Constable Edward William Fry, Metropolitan Police.
• George Gordon.
• William Holloway.
• Police Constable Evan John Jones, Metropolitan Police.
• Chief Petty Officer John Roland Mayes.
• Bernard Wallace McLaren.
• Arthur Stanley Shergold.
• Reginald Southgate.
• William Henry Spong.
• William George Tinson.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

• Lieutenant-General Sir Ian Henry Freeland, K.C.B., D.S.O., late Infantry, Deputy Colonel The Royal Anglian Regiment (Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire).
• Sir Peter Malden Studd, Lord Mayor of London.

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

• Kathleen Mary, Mrs Ollerenshaw. For services to Education.

Australian States

State of Victoria

• Mabel Irene, Lady Coles, C.B.E., of Mount Eliza. For charitable activities.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

• Surgeon Vice Admiral Eric Blackburn Bradbury, C.B., Q.H.P.
• Acting Air Marshal John Samuel Rowlands, G.C., O.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Sir John Norris Nicholson, Bt., C.I.E., Chairman, Ocean Steam Ship Company Ltd.
• Ernest John Partridge, President, Confederation of British Industry.
• The Right Honourable Robert Hugh Turton, M.C., D.L., M.P. For political and public services.
• Rudolf Franz Josef Bing, C.B.E. For services to Anglo-American relations.
• Professor Douglas Vernon Hubble, C.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P., lately Dean of Medical Faculty, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa.

Australian States

State of Queensland

• The Honourable Gordon William Wesley Chalk, M.L.A., of Brisbane. For distinguished services to the State as a Minister of the Crown and Parliamentarian.

Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

• Charles Herbert Best, C.B.E., F.R.S. For services to Medical Research.
• Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, K.C.V.O. For services to Music.
• The Right Honourable John Grey Gorton, M.P., Minister for Defence, lately Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia.

New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

• Walter Neville Norwood - of Wellington. For outstanding services to commerce.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

• Charles Hilgendorf - of Ashburton. For very valuable services to farming.
• The Most Reverend Norman Alfred Lesser - of Napier. For very valuable services as Primate and Archbishop of New Zealand of the Anglican Church.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

Civil Division

• Reginald Harry Smythe - of Auckland. For outstanding services to the forestry industry.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• The Reverend Pakake Heketoro Leonard MBE - of Rotorua. For very valuable services to the community and especially the Māori people.
• Cyril William Mace - of Christchurch. For very valuable services to manufacturing.
• Victor Worth Thomas - of Wellington. For very valuable services as Comptroller of Customs.
• Robert Archibald Whyte - of Paraparaumu. For very valuable services to sport administration especially horse racing.

Military Division

• Air Commodore Douglas Fitzclarence St George DFC AFC - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Reginald Percy Andrews - of Wanganui. For valuable services as mayor of Wanganui.
• Eric Tamate Beaven - of Christchurch. For valuable services to commerce and tourism.
• Arthur Trevor Campbell. For valuable services as New Zealand Public Relations Officer in London.
• Robert James Charles. For services to sport.
• Geoffrey Noel Townshend Greenbank - of Auckland. For valuable services as headmaster of King's College, Auckland.
• Matthew Graham Blacklock Harvey - of New Plymouth. For valuable services as chairman of the Taranaki Education Board.
• Geoffrey Henry Leslie - of Wellington. For valuable services as director of the Division of Dental Health, Health Department.
• Terence Henderson McCombs - of Christchurch. For valuable services to education.
• David Hedley McElrea - of Milton. For valuable services to the community.
• The Reverend Lawrence Alfred North - of Wellington. For valuable services as a minister of religion.
• Peter John Scott - of Dunedin. For valuable services to the community.
• Mrs Mavis Ada Tiller - of Wellington. For valuable services as national president of the National Council of Women.
• Robert Burns Watson MB ChB - of Queenstown. For valuable services as a medical practitioner.

Military Division

• Captain Frederick Hardman - Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Senior - Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers (Territorial Force).
• Wing Commander Alfred George Edward Pugh - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Mrs Ellen Elizabeth Buckingham - of Invercargill. For services to the community especially as a member of the Southland Education Board.
• John William Byers - of Kaikohe. For services to the community.
• Raymond Malcolm Collis - of Manawatu. For services to local government.
• Mrs Doris May Dennis - of Gisborne. For services to the community.
• Mrs Elsie Elizabeth Fellingham - of Featherston. For services to the community.
• James Albert Nichols Halford - of Norsewood. For services to the community.
• John Brown Hamilton - of Queenstown. For services to local government.
• Sidney Perrin Harling - of Blenheim. For services as mayor of Blenheim.
• Arthur Reginald Harris - of Mount Maunganui. For services as mayor of Mount Maunganui.
• John Hobson - of Auckland. For services as superintendent of Mount Eden prison and especially for his exemplary resolution and skill in successfully terminating a prison riot at that prison on 20 March 1971.
• Graeme Laurenson - of New Plymouth. For services to his profession and to the community as an architect.
• David Collingwood Low MD FRACS - of Nelson. For services to the community.
• Archibald James McCallum - of Oamaru. For services to scouting.
• Robert Millen McCulloch - of Auckland. For services as mayor of Mount Wellington.
• Ralph Murrell McDonald - of Mosgiel. For services as mayor of Mosgiel.
• Albert Leonard Sutherland - of Greymouth. For services to the community.
• Conway Wilberforce Teppett - of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• Miss Heeni Teteira Wharemaru - of Hamilton. For social work among the Māori people of the Waikato.
• Ernest Edwyn Willoughby MD ChB - of Huntly. For services to the community especially as mayor of Huntly.

Military Division

• Temporary Lieutenant Commander Brian John Mahoney - Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Second Class Joseph Gormanly - Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals (Regular Force).
• Major Molly Lois Moore - New Zealand Women's Royal Army Corps (Regular Force).
• Warrant Officer Second Class (Temporary Warrant Officer First Class) Leslie George Stanton - Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Squadron Leader John Alan Scrimshaw AFC - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• John Bruce Brown - of Wellington. For valuable services as Valuer-General.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

For gallantry, Military Division

• Marine Engineering Artificer Third Class Graeme Stewart Holmes - Royal New Zealand Navy. For courage and devotion to duty during a fire in the engine room of HMNZS Waikato.
• Marine Engineering Mechanician First Class Stephen Howarth - Royal New Zealand Navy. For courage and devotion to duty during a fire in the engine room of HMNZS Waikato.

Civil Division

• Andrew Robert Michael Bowie - of Hanmer. For services as a mountain guide.
• Herbert Wedgwood Brabant - of Whakatane. For services to those at sea by the operation of a shore wireless station.
• Mrs Joyce Brabant - of Whakatane. For services to those at sea by the operation of a shore wireless station.
• Miss Mary Constance Burrell - of Hastings. For services to the aged.
• Sidney Keith Christensen - of Taupo. For services to the community.
• Henry Willoughby Hampton - of Chatham Islands. For services to the community as a police constable.
• Albert Cyril Loach - of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Hector George McAllister - of Kaiapoi. For services to the community as a chief fire officer.
• Mrs Grace McNaught - of Te Kuiti. For services to the community.
• Miss Elizabeth Matheson - of Wellington. For services as a potter.
• Miss Amy Marion Ryan - of Auckland. For services to nursing.
• Mrs Patricia Helene Pamela Simcox - of Hawke's Bay. For services to the community.
• Gordon Day Staveley - of Wellington. For services as a prison officer.
• Athol Gladwyn Wood - of Papakura. For services to farming.

Military Division

• Chief Electrician Edward Dawson - Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Sergeant (Temporary Staff Sergeant) Frederic Donald Barclay - Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force).
• Flight Sergeant David Karl - Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant Alexander Allan McEwan - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Royal Red Cross

Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC)

• Matron Marjorie Edith Traill - Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps (Regular Force).

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader Gerrard Clive Brown - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• Robert Alexander Moore - Chief Superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.

Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct

• Engineering Mechanic First Class Rick Rivas Ormsby - Royal New Zealand Navy. For courage shown during a fire in the engine room of HMNZS Waikato.
• Leading Engineering Mechanic Bernard Charles Shearsby - Royal New Zealand Navy. For courage shown during a fire in the engine room of HMNZS Waikato.

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