hiː wʌz ɐwˈɔːɹdᵻd ðə tˈɑːməs ɹˈæŋkən lˈaɪl mˈɛdəl ʌvðɪ ɔːstɹˈeɪliən nˈæʃənəl ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ kˈaʊnsəl ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi sˈɛvən fɔːɹ hɪz dɪskˈʌvɚɹi ʌv ˌætməsfˈɛɹɪk tˈaɪdz, ænd ɹᵻsˈiːvd ðə tˈiː. kˈeɪ. sˈaɪdi mˈɛdəl fɹʌmðə ɹˈɔɪəl səsˈaɪəɾi ʌv nˈuː zˈiːlənd ɪnðə sˈeɪm jˈɪɹ, ɐn ɐwˈɔːɹd sˈɛt ˌʌp fɔːɹ aʊtstˈændɪŋ saɪəntˈɪfɪk ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ.
He was awarded the Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal of the Australian National Research Council in 1947 for his discovery of atmospheric tides, and received the T. K. Sidey Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand in the same year, an award set up for outstanding scientific research.