1953 New Zealand gallantry awards
The 1953 New Zealand gallantry awards were announced via a special honours list dated 20 January 1953, and recognised New Zealand military personnel for gallant and distinguished services in Korea between 1 January and 30 June 1952.[1]
Order of the Bath
Companion (CB)
- Military division, additional
- Brigadier Ronald Stuart Park CBE – commander, New Zealand Emergency Force.
Ronald Park
Order of the British Empire
Member (MBE)
- Military division, additional
- Second Lieutenant Richard Marchant Burrows – Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals.
- Major George Solomon – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
- Captain Jack Mahony Wilson – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Military Medal (MM)
- Bombardier Louis John Maioni Gordon – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
Mention in despatches
- Bombardier John Howard Beange – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
- Sergeant Reginald Thomas Benyon – Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps.
- Warrant Officer (Class I) John Dickinson – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
- Warrant Officer (Class I) Evan Charles Gummer – New Zealand Regiment.
- Lance Corporal Ian Lockhard Hawkes – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps.
- Captain Cecil John Moloughney – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
- Temporary Corporal Robert Alexander Struthers – Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals.
- Temporary Captain Thomas Alfred Noel Vine – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
- Sergeant Robert Wallace – Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals.
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