1953 Coronation Honours (Australia)
# 1953 Coronation Honours (Australia)

The 1953 Coronation Honours were awarded in honour of the Coronation of Elizabeth II.

## Privy Council

* The Honourable Harold Edward Holt, Minister for Labour and National Service and Minister for Immigration. Commonwealth of Australia.
* The Honourable John McEwen, Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Commonwealth of Australia.

## Knight Bachelor

* The Honourable Shirley Williams Jeffries, of the State of South Australia. For public services.
* The Honourable Geoffrey Sandford Reed, Judge of the Supreme Court, State of South Australia.
* Eric Ernest Von Bibra, Esq., OBE, AgentGeneral in London for the State of Tasmania.
* Corporal Raymond Douglas Huish, CBE, of Queensland, Australia, president of the Queensland Branch of the Returned Services League.

## Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George

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

* Brigadier Thomas Charles Eastick, DSO, ED, President of the South Australian Branch of the Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmen's League.

## Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

### Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

* Maxwell Gordon Butcher, Esq., OBE, For public services in the State of Tasmania.
* Gilbert Brown, Esq., of the State of South Australia. For services in the development of Anaesthetics.
* Richard Henry Maclure Lea, Esq., General Manager of the Electricity Trust, State of South Australia.
* Charles Kingsley Murphy, Esq., Clerk of the House of Assembly, and Librarian to Parliament, State of Tasmania.

### Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

* Ann Frances Ellen, Mrs. Adams, Matron, Lachlan Park Mental Hospital, State of Tasmania.
* John Bishop, Esq., Elder Professor of Music 'at the University of Adelaide, State of South Australia.
* William Charles Morris, Esq., formerly Headmaster of the Launceston High School, State of Tasmania
* Miss Mary Stuart Douglas, President of the Ex-Servicewomen's Association, and State Commissioner for Girl Guides, State of South Australia.
* Miss Gladys Ruth Gibson, Inspector, Education Department, and President of the National Council of Women, State of South Australia.
* Rex Whaddon Parsons, Esq., Principal, School of Mines and Industries, State of South Australia.
* William Wilson, Esq., J.P., Council Clerk of the Lilydale Municipality, and formerly Secretary of the Municipal Association, State of Tasmania.

### Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

* George Patten Adams, Esq., of Westbury, State of Tasmania. For services to philanthropic and charitable movements.
* Frank Robert Dowse, Esq., Superintendent of Reserves, Launceston City Council, State of Tasmania.
* Miss Katherine Isabel Kewley, Matron of the Lady Victoria Buxton Girls' Club, State of South Australia.
* Mary Evangelist, Mrs. Lamp, of Launceston, State of Tasmania. For social welfare services.
* Miss Mary Julia Lawes. For services to the Red Cross in the State of South Australia.
* Ida Josephine Isabell, Mrs. Norton. For social welfare services, especially to the Royal Hobart Hospital, State of Tasmania.
* Albert Baden Thompson, Esq., a prominent Trade Unionist, and a member of the Board of Management of the State Bank, in the State of South Australia.
* Benjamin Watkins, Esq. For public and philanthropic services in the State of Tasmania.
* Cecil Hobart Webster, Esq. For services to patriotic and philanthropic organisations in the State of Tasmania.

## Imperial Service Order

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

* Harold Bruce Bennett, Esq., MBE, ED, Director of Industrial Development, State of Tasmania.
* William Richard Penhall, Esq., Secretary, Aborigines Protection Board, State of South Australia.

## British Empire Medal (BEM)

* Walter Muggleton, Messenger, Department of the Premier, State of South Australia.

## Royal Red Cross

### Member of the Royal Red Cross (RRC)

* Wing Commander George Hubert Newbourne Shiells, DFC, (033077), Royal Australian Air Force.
