Knighthood for HCWP
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Birthday
Honours
THE highest award in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours went to the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, who thereby became Sir John Gutch, KCMG.
His appointment, as HCWP, in succession to Sir Robert Stanley, was announced in May, 1955, and he took up his appointment towards the end of that year. He joined the Colonial Service in 1928 and had had posts in Gold Coast, Palestine, Cyrenaica and British Guiana.
Shortly after the Birthday Honours were announced, Sir John and Lady Gutch left Honiara, BSIP, for leave in the UK. They travelled the hard way, by WPHC ship to Canton Island via the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony.
Other Honours
There were two other BSIP honours announced; OBE: Venerable Archdeacon H. V.
C. Reynolds (Officer); and Mr Frederick Henry Sims (Member).