1953 New Zealand gallantry awards explained

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.

Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

Military division, additional

• Brigadier Ronald Stuart Park – commander, New Zealand Emergency Force.

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.