1975 New Year Honours


The New Year Honours 1975 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 1975 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1975. Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Mauritius, Fiji, and Grenada.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honours.
At this time honours for Australians were still being awarded in the UK honours on the advice of the premiers of Australian states. The Australian honours system began with the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours.
At this time the two lowest classes of the Royal Victorian Order were "Member " and "Member ", both with post-nominals MVO. "Member " was renamed "Lieutenant" from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.

United Kingdom

[Life peer]s

State of New South Wales
State of Victoria
State of Queensland
State of Western Australia

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

Military Division
Civil Division

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

State of New South Wales
State of Victoria
State of Queensland
State of Western Australia

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

;Fourth Class
;Fifth Class

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

State of Victoria
State of Western Australia
Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;;Overseas Awards
;;Diplomatic and Overseas List

Member of the Royal Red Cross (RRC)

;ENGLAND AND WALES
;NORTHERN IRELAND
;SCOTLAND
;BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD
;OVERSEAS TERRITORIES
;AUSTRALIAN STATES
;STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES
;STATE OF VICTORIA
;STATE OF QUEENSLAND
Francis Dunstan Gorman, Inspector, Queensland Police Force.
;STATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
;STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
;STATE OF TASMANIA
;ENGLAND AND WALES
Honours in respect of Papua New Guinea were awarded on the advice of Her Majesty's Australian Ministers.

Order of the British Empire

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

Mauritius

Knight Bachelor

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Order of the British Empire

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

;Military Division
;Civil Division

Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

;Civil Division
;Civil Division
;Civil Division