New Year Honours 1962
Datu Abang Haji Openg bin ABANG Sapifee OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For public services in Sarawak.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 1962
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“For public services in Sarawak.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 372 times in the New Year Honours List 1962 — about 29% of the list.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1962
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"Vlictor Ernest George Alton
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Adelaide Elfrida Welser
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Adrian Vincent Pelly
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Alan "George Tilbury
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Alan Mackay Anderson
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“For political and public services in Renfrewshire.”
Alan Parkhurst Dodd
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Alan Walter Campbell
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“For siervices to the primary 'industries.”
Albert Charles Thackeray
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Albert Ernest Wernly
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Albert George Moyle
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Alexander Brown
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Alexander Hutchison
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Alexander John Webb
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Alexander Law
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Alexander Martin Smith
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Alexander Whyte Davidson
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Alexis Forter
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Alfred Hardwicke Marsack
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Alfred John Charge
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Alfred Thomas Anderson
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Andrew Vavasour Scott Yates
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Royal Navy
Anthony Camilleri
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1962
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1962 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1961.
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