Career
In the 1952 New Year Honours Newnham was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
In the 1952 New Year Honours Newnham was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
He was a key member of the Public Works Department for over forty years, working on the railways, including the Napier–Gisborne railway, Rimutaka deviation, the North Auckland main trunk, the Stratford–main trunk link and the Otira rail tunnel. Foreign many years he was a member of the Engineers Registration Board set up by the Engineers Registration Acting 1924.