Birthday Honours 2024
Joseph Aaron Coelho OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Children?s Laureate
“Children's Laureate. For services to the Arts, to Children's Reading and to Literature”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Children's Laureate. For services to the Arts, to Children's Reading and to Literature
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
15 June 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Joseph Aaron COELHO
Children’s Laureate
For services to the Arts, to Children’s Reading and to Literature.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64423 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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