1948 Birthday Honours

The 1948 King's Birthday Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth Realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King. The announcement date varies, both from year to year and from country to country.

New Zealand

The 1948 King's Birthday Honours for New Zealand were announced on 10 June 1948.

Knight Bachelor

• Donald Charles Cameron – mayor of Dunedin.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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

• Berkeley Lionel Scudamore Dallard – Undersecretary for Justice, Wellington.
• Rev. John George Laughton – member of the Maori Mission Department of the Presbyterian Church, Ohope, Whakatane.

Order of the British Empire

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

Civil Division

• Major-General Howard Karl Kippenberger CB CBE DSO – editor-in-chief, New Zealand War Histories, and vice-president of the New Zealand Returned Services Association.

Military Division

• Major-General Norman William McDonald Weir CB CBE – Chief of the General Staff, New Zealand Military Forces.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• Harry Howard Barton Allan DSc MA – director of Botany Division, Plant Research Bureau. For services in the field of botany in New Zealand.
• William Robert Brugh – president, Otago Early Settlers' Association. For services to education.
• Miss Agnes Lang Loudon – formerly headmistress, Epsom Girls' Grammar School, Auckland.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Miss Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd Bennett MBE MD CM. For services as medical practitioner in Wellington.
• Percy Leslie Foote FRCSEd MRCS LRCP – medical superintendent, Buller Hospital.
• Athol Eady Gibbons – Dominion chairman of the New Zealand Red Cross Society.
• Thomas Jackson – formerly mayor of Rotorua.
• Martin Maxwell Fleming Luckie – formerly deputy mayor of Wellington City Council.
• Miss Edith Ngaio Marsh. For services in connexion with drama and literature in New Zealand.
• Wiremu Teihoka Parata – elder of Ngāitahu tribe. For services to the Māori people.
• Miss Emily Margaret Sparkes – matron of St Helen's Hospital, Christchurch.
• Percy Vernon Esmond Stainton MBE. For services in connexion with patriotic and welfare work in New Plymouth.
• David Tannock – formerly superintendent of reserves, Dunedin. For services to horticulture in New Zealand.

Military Division

• Commander (S) Herbert Russell Sleeman MBE – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Colonel (temporary) John Ingham Brooke – New Zealand Regular Force.
• Wing Commander Francis Ross Dix – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• John Bennetts – of Central Otago, chairman of New Zealand Fruit Growers Federation.
• Mrs Mabel Lillian Campbell – of Auckland. For patriotic and social welfare work.
• Mrs Amelia Emily Carpenter – formerly mayoress of Waipukurau.
• Mrs Ada Frances Cochrane – of Gore. For patriotic and social welfare work.
• Miss Mary Teresa Enright – of Christchurch. For social welfare work among women and children.
• Alfred Fraser – inspector of storehousemen at HM New Zealand Dockyard, Auckland.
• Mrs Muriel Archer Guthrie – of Wellington. For services among disabled servicemen.
• Miss Mary Alice Hall – of Helensville. For services as district nurse.
• Mrs Amy May Hutchinson – of Auckland, secretary of Auckland branch of Society for the Protection of Women and Children.
• Miss Marie Louise Dansey Iles – of Havelock North, Dominion secretary to New Zealand Girl Guides Association.
• Charles Mallia – of Wellington, president of the Catholic Maritime League in New Zealand.
• Hugh Livingstone McKinnon – of Pahiatua. For services as headmaster of the school at the Polish camp, Pahiatua.
• Alfred Hamish Reed – of Dunedin. For services in connexion with publication of historical and other New Zealand works.
• Miss Clara Emily Marion Rogers – of Rangiora, formerly matron of the Christchurch YMCA.
• Thomas James McDowell Tweed – of YMCA.

Military Division

• Major and Quartermaster Claude Harold Kidman MM – Royal New Zealand Medical Corps.
• Captain (temporary) Robert Lepper DCM – New Zealand Temporary Staff.
• Captain and Quartermaster Leslie Mossong – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
• Junior Commander (Mrs) Mabel Emma Steele – New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
• Warrant Officer Gilbert James McKay – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Section Officer May Catherine Middleton – New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• Frederick Templeton Manheim Kissell – formerly general manager, State Hydro-Electric Department, New Zealand.
• George Patrick Shepherd – formerly chief judge, Native Land Court, and Undersecretary of Maori Affairs.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil Division

• Montague William George Wareham – senior magazine storeman, HM New Zealand Dockyard, Auckland.

Military Division

• Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Fred Broadbent – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Ordnance Artificer Third Class Ernest Gard – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer John William Jeffcote – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Private (temporary Warrant Officer 2nd Class) Andrew Wilfred Stewart Murray – New Zealand Regiment.
• Private (temporary Warrant Officer 1st Class) Roy Veysey – New Zealand Temporary Staff.
• Flight Sergeant Francis James Herbert Patterson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Eric William Scott – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Flight Lieutenant Basil John Townsend Heath – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant John Richard Wenden – Royal New Zealand Air Force.