Geoffrey Roberts (airline manager)
Sir Geoffrey Newland Roberts CBE AFC (8 December 1906 – 27 August 1995) was a New Zealand military aviator and leader, and airline manager. He was born in Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand in 1906.[1]
Roberts was the first commander of No. 1 Squadron, being appointed to the role in May 1940.[2] He was awarded the Air Force Cross in the 1941 King's Birthday Honours.[3] He commanded the New Zealand Air Task Force, which was headquartered at Bougainville.[4] In 1946 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his service in operations against the Japanese.[5] He was appointed a Knight Bachelor, for services to aviation, in the 1973 New Year Honours.[6]
In 2001, Roberts was posthumously inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame.[7]
Notes
- ↑ Lockstone, Brian. "Geoffrey Newland Roberts". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ Ross 1955, p. 321.
- ↑ "No. 35204". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 July 1941. p. 3752.
- ↑ Ross 1955, p. 264.
- ↑ "No. 37508". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 March 1946. p. 1483.
- ↑ "No. 45861". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 1 January 1973. p. 33.
- ↑ "Past laureates". Business Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
References
- Ross, J. M. S. (1955). Royal New Zealand Air Force. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch. OCLC 912824475.