For public services in the British Solomon Islands. John Stewart Warren, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Northern Region, Nigeria. Hilary Godwin Wayment, British Council Representative, The Netherlands. Alexander Edwin Welsh, City Treasurer, Penang, Malaysia. Charles Vivian Leslie Westergreen, , Special Duties Officer, Seychelles. Arthur William Edge Wheeler, Director of Public Prosecutions, Northern Region, Nigeria. Stephen Dennis Whetham, British Subject resident in Kenya. John Alexander Williams, Administrative Officer, Class 1B, Kuching, Malaysia. Donald Caswell Wright, lately Reuters Correspondent in the Caribbean. Hendrik Abraham Esterhuysen, Deputy Director of Education, Swaziland. State of New South Wales William Henry Cavill Bentley. For services to commerce. Stanley Ernest Card. For services to the community, particularly in the field of industrial relations. The Reverend Brother Joseph Hugh Crowley. For services to education. Esme Fenston. For services to journalism. George Nathaniel Shirt, . For services to ex-servicemen. Frederick Kynnersley Smythies Woods. For services to education. State of Victoria Edgar James Bartrop, . For services to the community especially in the field of industrial development and welfare. Annie Edith Galvin, of Bendigo. For services to the community. Councillor Ebenezer William Giles, of Stawell. President of the Municipal Association of Victoria. William Balcombe Griffiths, , of South Yarra. For services to the community, particularly to architecture and education. Raymond Edward Trickey, lately Chairman of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. The Reverend Canon Philip St. John Wilson, Headmaster of Brighton Grammar School. State of Queensland Geoffrey Gibson Boreham. For services to the community, particularly to local government. Kiernan John Joseph Dorney, . For services in the fields of medicine and community welfare. Daniel John Kearney. For services in the Public Service and hospital administration. Mary Hycinthe Petronel White. For services to the community and local government. State of South Australia Thomas John Meaney, Chief Officer, South Australian Fire Brigade. The Reverend Edward John Mulvihill. For services to the community and education. State of Western Australia John Hyman Abrahams. Mayor of the City of Subiaco. Benjamin Kempston Killerby, . For services to the community, particularly in the field of local government. Adelaide Rita Dorothy Laurie, Mayoress of the City of Fremantle. State of Tasmania William Edward Harold Rainbird, . For services to the community. Roydon Edward George Shone. For services to journalism. Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) Military Division Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Robert Henry Bradley, , Royal Naval Reserve. Lieutenant Commander Jack Cooper.