Geoffrey Roberts (airline manager)

Roberts in 1943

Sir Geoffrey Newland Roberts CBE AFC (8 December 1906 – 27 August 1995) was a New Zealand military aviator and leader, and airline manager. He was born in Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand in 1906.[1]

Roberts was awarded the Air Force Cross in the 1941 King's Birthday Honours.[2] In 1946 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his service in operations against the Japanese.[3] He was appointed a Knight Bachelor, for services to aviation, in the 1973 New Year Honours.[4]

In 2001, Roberts was posthumously inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame.[5]

  1. ^ Lockstone, Brian. "Geoffrey Newland Roberts". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ^ "No. 35204". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 July 1941. p. 3752.
  3. ^ "No. 37508". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 March 1946. p. 1483.
  4. ^ "No. 45861". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 1 January 1973. p. 33.
  5. ^ "Past laureates". Business Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 February 2023.