New Year Honours 1949
Austin Busby OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• Assistant General Manager of the Nigerian Railway
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1949 with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1949
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New Year Honours 1949- Role at the time
- Assistant General Manager of the Nigerian Railway
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 163 times in the New Year Honours List 1949 — about 14% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Assistant General Manager of the Nigerian Railway.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1949
- George Handasyde Dick
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Corps of Royal Engineers
—' - Alan Andrews
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\Vfilliam John Goble
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Royal Air Force
Aberdeen University Senior Training Corps.
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Alan Robertson . ^edwards
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Albert James Collocott
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Alexander Kidd Duthie
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Alexander Miers Macgregor
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Alfred John Beavis
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Royal Air Force
Andrew McCallum Johnstone
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Royal Air Force
Anthony 'Tosswill - Courtney
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Royal Navy
Arthur Douglas Bonny
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Royal Navy
Arthur Leslie Brice Bennett
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Arthur Mackay Newbold
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Aubrey William Barnes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1949
“For long services as Honorary Secretary of the State , of-Western Australia Branch of the Over- "< -seas League.”
August Schoener Arrindell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1949
“For public services in Trinidad.”
Bernard Cooke
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Royal Air Force
Brian Arthur Cullum Duncan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1949
Calvert Milford Staine
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1949
“For public ser- vices in British Honduras.”
Carmel Thake
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Charles Cledwyn Williams
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1949
Charles Jefferson Wood
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Royal Air Force
Charles Joseph Ellis
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“For long and efficient service to the Newfoundland Patriotic Association..”
Colin Eric Duff
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1949
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1949 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1948.
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