New Year Honours 1939
Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Chisholm OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For public services in the Commonwealth of Australia.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For public services in the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For public services in the Commonwealth of Australia.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 162 times in the New Year Honours List 1939 — about 24% of the list.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1939
— Elena Boote
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
— Ethel Adelaide Douglas
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
— Francis Alonzo Abbott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For political and public services in Battersea.”
Alexander Keir
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Alexander Wilson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Alice Woodward-Horsley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For social welfare services.”
Amir Haidara bin Nasr bin Shaif Seif
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For public services in the Aden Protectorate.”
and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Wise Richardson Scott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Angus McCallum
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Anna Bellette
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“For philanthropic ser- vices in the State of Tasmania.”
Arthur Charles Wood
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Arthur George Ramsey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Arthur Macdonell Morley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Arthur Sidney Wilcockson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Arthur Sturgess
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Arthur Walter Pryde
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
“for the City of Bombay and Bombay Suburban District, Bombay.”
Bertram Arthur George Willis
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Bryan Edwin Frayling
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Captain- Tom Hickinbotham
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Cecil Cuthbert Murrell Anderton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Charles Henry James Garland
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Charles Naples Brown
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Charles Pennycook Robertson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
Charles Withers Sabin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1939
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1939
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1939 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1938.
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