1972 Birthday Honours


The 1972 Queen's Birthday Honours were appointments to orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms to reward and highlight citizens' good works, on the occasion of the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 23 May 1972 for the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, Fiji, and Barbados. At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australia honours list.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes and then divisions as appropriate.

United Kingdom and Commonwealth

Life Peer

;Baron
;;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;Australian States
;State of New South Wales
;State of Victoria
;State of Queensland
;State of Tasmania

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)

;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

;;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;Australian States
;;State of Victoria
;;State of Queensland

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

;Fourth Class
;Fifth Class
;In Silver
;Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

;Civil Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;Australian States
;;State of Victoria
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;Australian States
;;State of New South Wales
;;State of Victoria
;;State of Queensland
;;State of Tasmania
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Overseas Award
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;Australian States
;;State of New South Wales
;;State of Victoria
;;State of Queensland
;;State of Tasmania
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Civil Division
;;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;Australian States
;;State of New South Wales
;;State of Victoria
;;State of Queensland
;;State of Tasmania
;;Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
;Australian States
;State of Queensland
;Home Civil Service
;Military Division
;;Royal Navy
;;Army
;;Royal Air Force
;Bar to the British Empire Medal
;Civil Division
;;United Kingdom
;;Overseas Territories
;Australian States
;State of New South Wales
;State of Victoria
;Royal Navy
;Royal Air Force
;Royal Air Force
;England and Wales
;Northern Ireland
;Scotland
;Overseas Territories
;Australian States
;State of New South Wales
;State of Victoria
;State of Western Australia
;England and Wales
;Scotland
;Australian States
;State of Victoria
;Overseas Territories
;Royal Air Force
;United Kingdom

Knight Bachelor

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

;Military Division

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Australian Navy
;;Royal Australian Military Forces
;;Royal Australian Air Force
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Australian Navy
;;Royal Australian Military Forces
;;Royal Australian Air Force
;Civil Division
;Military Division
;;Royal Australian Navy
;;Royal Australian Military Forces
;;Royal Australian Air Force
;Civil Division

Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC)

;Royal Australian Air Force

Mauritius

Order of the British Empire

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

;Civil Division
;Civil Division

Order of the British Empire

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

;Civil Division
;Civil Division
;Military Division

Order of the British Empire

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

;Civil Division
;Civil Division