1937 Coronation Honours (Australia)

The 1937 Coronation Honours were awarded in honour of the coronation of George VI.

Hereditary Peerage

 * Baron
 * Brigadier General The Honourable Alexander Gore Arkwright,, to be Baron Gowrie, of Canberra in the Commonwealth of Australia and of Dirleton in the County of East Lothian.

Baronet

 * Robert -William Dalton, Esq.,, His Majesty's Senior Trade Commissioner in Australia.

Privy Council

 * Brigadier General The Honourable Alexander Gore Arkwright, - Governor-General of Australia

Knight Bachelor

 * Robert William Chapman, Esq.,, Professor of Engineering, University of Adelaide, State of South Australia. For public services.
 * William James Clemens, Esq.,, Commissioner, Public Service Board, Commonwealth of Australia.
 * Major the Honourable Henry Alan Currie,, Member of the Legislative Council, State of Victoria. For public services.
 * Robert William Dalton, Esq.,, His Majesty's Senior Trade Commissioner in Australia.
 * James Wallace Sandford, Esq. For public services in the Commonwealth of Australia.
 * The Honourable Alexander George Wales, J.P., Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, State of Victoria.

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

 * Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, - former Governor-General of Australia

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

 * Sir Robert Randolph Garran, . For public services in the Commonwealth of Australia.

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

 * The Honourable Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann – Lieutenant-Governor and Chief Justice of the State of Victoria.

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

 * Edgar Layton Bean, Esq., Parliamentary Draftsman, State of South Australia.
 * Kingsley Anketell Henderson, Esq., For public services in the Commonwealth of Australia.
 * Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable George Victor Lansell,, Member of the Legislative Council, State of Victoria. For public and social welfare services.
 * Arthur Edgar Leighton, Esq., Controller-General of Munitions Supply, Commonwealth of Australia.
 * James Francis Murphy, Esq., Secretary, Department of Commerce, Commonwealth of Australia.

Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

 * Civil Division
 * Enid Muriel, Mrs. Lyons. For public services rendered in the Commonwealth of Australia.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

 * Civil Division
 * The Honourable John Richards Harris, Minister of Public Instruction and Minister of Public Health, State of Victoria.
 * John Sanderson, Esq. For services to the Commonwealth of Australia.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

 * Military Division
 * Lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Gardells Wieck,, Australian Staff Corps, Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master - General, 5th Military District, Australian Military Forces.
 * Honorary Lieutenant and Temporary QuarterMaster Herbert Percy. Lawrence, Australian Instructional Corps, Australian Military Forces.
 * Honorary Major and Quarter-Master Walter Reginald Olifent, Australian Instructional Corps, Australian Military Forces.
 * Group Captain Adrian Trevor Cole,, Royal Australian Air Force.


 * Civil Division
 * George Stanley Colman, Member, Pastoral Research Council, Commonwealth of Australia.
 * Jessie Isabel, Mrs. Henderson. For social welfare services in the State of Victoria.
 * Raymond Douglas Huish, For services to ex-servicemen in the Commonwealth of Australia.
 * James Perrins Major, Esq., Honorary Secretary of the Branch in the State of Victoria of the British Medical Association.
 * Robert Fitzroy Sanderson, Member of the Federal Advisory Committee on Eastern Trade, Commonwealth of Australia.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

 * Military Division
 * Squadron Leader George John William Mackinolty, Royal Australian Air Force.


 * Civil Division
 * Joseph Procter Bainbridge, Esq., Registrar of the University of Melbourne, State of Victoria.
 * Kate Baker. For literary services in the Commonwealth of Australia.
 * Harry James Burrell, Esq., For contributions to natural history in the Commonwealth of Australia.
 * The Reverend Canon Robert Brodribb Stewart. Hammond. For social welfare services in the Commonwealth of Australia.
 * Charles Royden Laraghy, Esq., Secretary, Limbless Soldiers' Association, Commonwealth of Australia.
 * Professor Arthur James Perkins, formerly Director of Agriculture in the State of South Australia.
 * Stanley Wesley Perry, Esq. For social welfare services in the Commonwealth of Australia.
 * Charles Ernest Prell, Esq., a prominent grazier in the Commonwealth of Australia. For public services.
 * Lawrence Wells, Esq. For public services in the State of South Australia.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

 * Civil Division
 * Elizabeth Ann, Mrs. Alphen. For social welfare services in the Commonwealth of Australia.
 * Joseph Maxwell Bauman, Esq. For services to ex-service men and their dependents in the Commonwealth of Australia
 * Edmund Albert James Benjafield, Esq., Collector of Customs (Tasmania), Department of Trade and Customs, Commonwealth of Australia.
 * Edwin Alexander Black, Esq., formerly Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (Western Australia), Department .of the Treasury, Commonwealth of Australia.
 * Charles Henry Brown, Esq., Representative in Western Australia of the Public Service Board, Commonwealth of Australia.
 * Walter Enves, Esq., Station Master, Victoria, Southern Railway Company.
 * Arthur George Harston, Esq. For services to disabled ex-service men in the Commonwealth of Australia
 * Helen, Mrs. Marina. For charitable services in the Commonwealth of Australia
 * William McPherson, Esq., formerly Deputy Commissioner of Invalid and Old Age Pensions (Victoria), Department of the Treasury, Commonwealth of Australia.
 * Blanche, Mrs. O'Loghlin. For social welfare services in the State of South Australia
 * Millicent Frances Dora Ritchie, Honorary Secretary, Braille Association, Commonwealth of Australia
 * Pearl Ernestine, Mrs. Stow, Organising Secretary of the Junior Red Cross Organisation in the State of South Australia.
 * Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard Rhys Thomas,, Manager of the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Station at Hobart, State of Tasmania.
 * Mary, Mrs. Warnes, President of the Country Women's Association in the State of South Australia.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

 * Charles Buxton Anderson, Esq., Railways Commissioner for the State of South Australia.
 * Peter Kennedy, Esq., Superintending Engineer (South Australia), Postmaster-General's Department, Commonwealth of Australia.
 * Alexander Llewellyn Read, Esq.,, Under-Secretary and Clerk of the Executive Council, State of South Australia.
 * Richard Harold Reeves, Esq., Secretary and Chief Inspector, Auditor-General's Office, Commonwealth of Australia
 * Bernhard Wallach, Esq., Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trade Marks, Copyrights and Designs, Attorney-General's Department, Commonwealth of Australia

Imperial Service Medal

 * Birmingham, Michael Patrick, Overseer, Mail Branch, Postmaster-General's Department, Victoria.
 * Larimer, Frederick Hugh, Overseer, Grade 2, Mail Branch, Postmaster-General's Department, Western Australia.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

 * Alick Alfred Fleet, Sergeant Instructor, South Australian Police Force.
 * Peter King, Foreman Driver, Government Motor Garage, South Australia