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1937 Coronation Honours (Australia)

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The 1937 Coronation Honours were awarded in honour of the coronation of George VI.[1]

Hereditary Peerage

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Baron

Baronet

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  • Robert -William Dalton, Esq., CMG, His Majesty's Senior Trade Commissioner in Australia.

Privy Council

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Knight Bachelor

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Most Honourable Order of the Bath

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

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Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George

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

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

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

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  • Edgar Layton Bean, Esq., Parliamentary Draftsman, State of South Australia.
  • Kingsley Anketell Henderson, Esq., For public services in the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable George Victor Lansell, VD, Member of the Legislative Council, State of Victoria. For public and social welfare services.
  • Arthur Edgar Leighton, Esq., Controller-General of Munitions Supply, Commonwealth of Australia.
  • James Francis Murphy, Esq., Secretary, Department of Commerce, Commonwealth of Australia.

Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

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

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Civil Division

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

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Civil Division
  • The Honourable John Richards Harris, Minister of Public Instruction and Minister of Public Health, State of Victoria.
  • John Sanderson, Esq. For services to the Commonwealth of Australia.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

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Military Division
  • Lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Gardells Wieck, DSO, Australian Staff Corps, Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master - General, 5th Military District, Australian Military Forces.
  • Honorary Lieutenant and Temporary QuarterMaster Herbert Percy. Lawrence, Australian Instructional Corps, Australian Military Forces.
  • Honorary Major and Quarter-Master Walter Reginald Olifent, Australian Instructional Corps, Australian Military Forces.
  • Group Captain Adrian Trevor Cole, MC, DFC, Royal Australian Air Force.
Civil Division
  • George Stanley Colman, Member, Pastoral Research Council, Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Jessie Isabel, Mrs. Henderson. For social welfare services in the State of Victoria.
  • Raymond Douglas Huish, For services to ex-servicemen in the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • James Perrins Major, Esq., Honorary Secretary of the Branch in the State of Victoria of the British Medical Association.
  • Robert Fitzroy Sanderson, Member of the Federal Advisory Committee on Eastern Trade, Commonwealth of Australia.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

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Military Division
Civil Division
  • Joseph Procter Bainbridge, Esq., Registrar of the University of Melbourne, State of Victoria.
  • Kate Baker. For literary services in the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Harry James Burrell, Esq., For contributions to natural history in the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • The Reverend Canon Robert Brodribb Stewart. Hammond. For social welfare services in the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Charles Royden Laraghy, Esq., Secretary, Limbless Soldiers' Association, Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Professor Arthur James Perkins, formerly Director of Agriculture in the State of South Australia.
  • Stanley Wesley Perry, Esq. For social welfare services in the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Charles Ernest Prell, Esq., a prominent grazier in the Commonwealth of Australia. For public services.
  • Lawrence Wells, Esq. For public services in the State of South Australia.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

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Civil Division
  • Elizabeth Ann, Mrs. Alphen. For social welfare services in the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Joseph Maxwell Bauman, Esq. For services to ex-service men and their dependents in the Commonwealth of Australia
  • Edmund Albert James Benjafield, Esq., Collector of Customs (Tasmania), Department of Trade and Customs, Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Edwin Alexander Black, Esq., formerly Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (Western Australia), Department .of the Treasury, Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Charles Henry Brown, Esq., Representative in Western Australia of the Public Service Board, Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Walter Enves, Esq., Station Master, Victoria, Southern Railway Company.
  • Arthur George Harston, Esq. For services to disabled ex-service men in the Commonwealth of Australia
  • Helen, Mrs. Marina. For charitable services in the Commonwealth of Australia
  • William McPherson, Esq., formerly Deputy Commissioner of Invalid and Old Age Pensions (Victoria), Department of the Treasury, Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Blanche, Mrs. O'Loghlin. For social welfare services in the State of South Australia
  • Millicent Frances Dora Ritchie, Honorary Secretary, Braille Association, Commonwealth of Australia
  • Pearl Ernestine, Mrs. Stow, Organising Secretary of the Junior Red Cross Organisation in the State of South Australia.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard Rhys Thomas, DSO, Manager of the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Station at Hobart, State of Tasmania.
  • Mary, Mrs. Warnes, President of the Country Women's Association in the State of South Australia.

Imperial Service Order

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Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

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  • Charles Buxton Anderson, Esq., Railways Commissioner for the State of South Australia.
  • Peter Kennedy, Esq., Superintending Engineer (South Australia), Postmaster-General's Department, Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Alexander Llewellyn Read, Esq., MVO, Under-Secretary and Clerk of the Executive Council, State of South Australia.
  • Richard Harold Reeves, Esq., Secretary and Chief Inspector, Auditor-General's Office, Commonwealth of Australia
  • Bernhard Wallach, Esq., Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trade Marks, Copyrights and Designs, Attorney-General's Department, Commonwealth of Australia

Imperial Service Medal

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  • Birmingham, Michael Patrick, Overseer, Mail Branch, Postmaster-General's Department, Victoria.
  • Larimer, Frederick Hugh, Overseer, Grade 2, Mail Branch, Postmaster-General's Department, Western Australia.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

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  • Alick Alfred Fleet, Sergeant Instructor, South Australian Police Force.
  • Peter King, Foreman Driver, Government Motor Garage, South Australia

References

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  1. ^ "No. 34396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1937. pp. 3073–3106.