1950 Birthday Honours

The King's Birthday Honours 1950 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of the King, and were published in supplements to the London Gazette of 2 June 1950 for the British Empire,[1] Australia,[2] Ceylon[3] and New Zealand.[4]

At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours, on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australia honours list.[2]

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

  1. ^ British Empire: "No. 38929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1950. pp. 2775–2808.
  2. ^ a b Australia: "No. 38930". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1950. pp. 2809–2812.
  3. ^ Ceylon: "No. 38932". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1950. p. 2817.
  4. ^ New Zealand: "No. 38931". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1950. pp. 2813–2815.