1953 Coronation Honours (New Zealand)

Honorary military appointments

• Her Majesty The Queen:

  Knight Bachelor

• William Goodfellow – of Auckland. For service to the dairy industry.
• Enoch Bruce Levy – formerly director of the Grasslands Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

  Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

• Rear-Admiral Frank Arthur Ballance – Chief of Naval Staff, Royal New Zealand Navy.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• Richard Mitchelson Campbell – chairman of the Public Service Commission.
• Philip Stanley Foster – of Christchurch, a prominent surgeon.
• The Honourable Robert Masters – of Stratford. For public services.

  Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

• Francis Gordon Bell – formerly professor of surgery, University of Otago.

  Commander (CBE)

• Andrew Linton – a member of the Dairy Board for many years.
• John Thomas Martin – of Wellington. For public services, especially in the field of commerce.
• Oswald Chettle Mazengarb – of Wellington. For charitable and public services, especially in the field of law.
• Kenneth Mathison Sleight – chief private secretary to the prime minister.
• Harvey Turner – chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board.

• Group Captain George Henry Procter – Royal Air Force.

  Officer (OBE)

• George Bruce Bolt – of Auckland. For services to aviation.
• Arthur James Dickson – city engineer, Auckland, and chairman of the Auckland Metropolitan Planning Committee.
• Alfred Hildus Hansen – of Dannevirke. For services to local government.
• Joseph Auty Harley – mayor of Nelson.
• Noeline Mary Knight – matron-in-chief, Wellington Hospital.
• William Thomas Lester – of Lyttelton. For services to local government.
• Melville Edwin Lyons – of Christchurch. For services to local government and agriculture.
• Charles James Parlane – of Hamilton. For services to the dairy industry and farming.
• Frederick Martyn Renner – of Lower Hutt. For services to education.
• Helena, Lady Sidey – of Dunedin. For social welfare services, especially in connection with women's organisations.
• Charles James Strongman – of Greymouth. For services to the coal-mining industry.
• Frederick Ernest Sutton – of Lyttelton. For services to local government.
• Henry Te Reiwhati Vercoe – chairman of the Arawa Trust Board.
• Francis William Ward – chief commissioner, St John Ambulance Brigade.

• Commander Peter John Knowling – Royal Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander William Huntly Borrie – New Zealand Territorial Force.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Reid – Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps.
• Squadron Leader Thomas Gerald Harpur – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• George Richard Ashbridge – secretary, New Zealand Educational Institute.
• Alfred Ernest Bedford – of Napier. For services to the community.
• Albert Raymond Blank – of Christchurch. For services to primary education.
• Frederick Ernest Bognuda – of Wellington. For services to the community in the field of public transport.
• Margaret Ann Selena Brown – of Invercargill. For social welfare services.
• Whina Cooper – of Auckland. For services to the Māori people.
• Alan Percival Day. For services to Franklin County Council and to patriotic movements.
• Eric Charles Day. For services in promoting rehabilitation activities in the South Auckland area.
• Sidney Ensor – mayor of Thames.
• Thelma Ruth Faulconbridge – matron of the Wilson Home for Crippled Children, Auckland.
• Stewart William Gaspar – a member of the Rehabilitation Board.
• John Septimus Hawkes – secretary, Canterbury Automobile Association.
• Paul Joseph Hintz – of Auckland. For public services.
• Stanley Clarence Hyndman – of Blenheim. For services to the community, especially in connection with education.
• Amy Kasper – of Auckland. For social welfare services.
• Jessie Elizabeth Mackay – of Christchurch, a prominent social welfare worker and a member of the North Canterbury Hospital Board.
• The Reverend Alexander McNeur – a Presbyterian minister, of Waiau.
• William James O'Connell – clerk of the Hawkes Bay County Council.
• Geoffrey Buckland Orbell – of Invercargill. For scientific work.
• Emilie Mary Gladys Ormond – of Hawkes Bay. For social welfare services.
• Mark Edwin Perreau – of Foxton. For services to local government.
• Albert Eden Russell – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Henry Piet Drury van Asch – of Havelock North. For services to civil aviation, especially in connection with aerial survey.
• Florence Webb – of Cromwell. For social welfare services.
• Elizabeth Maria Wilkinson – of Auckland. For social welfare services, especially in connection with the Returned Soldiers' Association.

• Warrant Officer First Class Robert John Barr Allan – The New Zealand Regiment.
• Major Geoffrey James Austin – New Zealand Territorial Force.
• Major Clifford Allen Borman – New Zealand Territorial Force.
• Major Denis Alfred Caughley – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps.
• Lieutenant Joseph Robb Harrison – New Zealand Territorial Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Alfred Charles Gordon Baldwin – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Francis Maitland Bissett George – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Victor Leonard Vivian Crawshay – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Claude Francis Halkett – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• Francis Raymond Callaghan – secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
• David George Sawers – comptroller of Customs.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Robert Waddell – chargeman of labourers, Naval Dockyard, Auckland.

• Chief Petty Officer Joe Dykes – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Flight Sergeant Gordon Robert Homer – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Alfred Spencer Price – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant Charles Milford Jennings – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant Eric Slinn – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Royal Red Cross

Member (RRC)

• Matron Christina McDonald – New Zealand Army Nursing Service, attached the Royal New Zealand Navy.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Reid Burton Highet – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Thomas Robin Rabone – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Sergeant David Scott Galloway – Royal New Zealand Air Force.