# 1937 Coronation Honours (Australia)

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

## Hereditary Peerage
### Baron

* Brigadier General The Honourable Alexander Gore Arkwright, GCMG, CB, DSO, to be Baron Gowrie, of Canberra in the Commonwealth of Australia and of Dirleton in the County of East Lothian.

## Baronet

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

## Privy Council

* Brigadier General The Honourable Alexander Gore Arkwright, GCMG, CB, DSO - Governor-General of Australia

## Knight Bachelor

* Robert William Chapman, Esq., CMG, Professor of Engineering, University of Adelaide, State of South Australia. For public services.
* William James Clemens, Esq., CMG, ISO, Commissioner, Public Service Board, Commonwealth of Australia.
* Major the Honourable Henry Alan Currie, MC, Member of the Legislative Council, State of Victoria. For public services.
* Robert William Dalton, Esq., CMG, His Majesty's Senior Trade Commissioner in Australia.
* James Wallace Sandford, Esq. For public services in the Commonwealth of Australia.
* The Honourable Alexander George Wales, J.P., Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, State of Victoria.

## Most Honourable Order of the Bath
### Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

* Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, GCMG - former Governor-General of Australia

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

* Sir Robert Randolph Garran, KCMG, KC. For public services in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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

* The Honourable Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann – Lieutenant-Governor and Chief Justice of the State of Victoria.

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

* 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
### Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)
#### Civil Division

* Enid Muriel, Mrs. Lyons. For public services rendered in the Commonwealth of Australia.

### Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
#### 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)
#### 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)
#### Military Division

* Squadron Leader George John William Mackinolty, Royal Australian Air Force.

#### 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)
#### 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
### Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

* 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

* 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)

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