The 1923 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by King George V on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1922 and the beginning of 1923, and were announced on 1 January 1923.[1][2][3]
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Knight Bachelor edit
- Harold Beauchamp – of Wellington; lately chairman of the board of directors of the Bank of New Zealand, and a leading financial authority.
- George Elliot OBE – of Auckland; chairman of the board of directors of the Bank of New Zealand. Has frequently acted as arbitrator in industrial disputes.
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Sir Harold Beauchamp -
Sir George Elliot
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George edit
Knight Grand Cross (GCMG) edit
- The Honourable Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell KCMG KC – attorney-general and leader of the Legislative Council.
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Sir Francis Bell
Companion (CMG) edit
- Edward Newman – of Marton; for many years member of the House of Representatives, and author of the movement resulting in the "New Zealand Sheepowners' Acknowledgment of Debt to British Seamen Fund".
- Colonel Robert Ward Tate CBE – lately administrator of Western Samoa.
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Edward Newman -
Robert Ward Tate
Order of the British Empire edit
Commander (CBE) edit
- Civil division
- William Barr Montgomery OBE – of Wellington; permanent head of the Customs Department.
- Henry Percy Pickerill OBE MD – of Dunedin. In recognition of valuable services since the war in connection with facial and jaw operations on wounded soldiers.
- Bernard Edward Howard Tripp MBE – of Timaru; representative of New Zealand at the Red Cross conference at Geneva, 1921.
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William Barr Montgomery -
Henry Pickerill -
Bernard Tripp
Officer (OBE) edit
- Civil division
- William Henry Leader Foster MA – of Wellington; headmaster of the Clyde Quay Primary School.
King's Police Medal (KPM) edit
- Francis John O'Donoghue – of Wanganui; constable, New Zealand Police.
- Roger John Wilson – of Wanganui; constable, New Zealand Police.
References edit
- ^ "New year honours". Waikato Times. 2 January 1923. p. 5. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Local and general". Stratford Evening Post. 9 March 1923. p. 4. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "No. 32782". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1923. pp. 1–16.