1976 Australia Day Honours

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The 1976 Australia Day Honours were announced on 26 January 1976 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir John Kerr. [1]

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The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, announced on Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours which are announced on the second Monday in June.

Order of Australia

Companion (AC)

Civil Division

RecipientCitationNotes
Sir Bernard Thomas Heinze For eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in the field of music. [1]
Ronald Gordon Jackson For eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in the fields of industry and business management.
Professor Peter Henry Karmel CBE For eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in the field of education.
Kenneth Baillieu Myer DSC For eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in the fields of the arts and public service and in particular, to the development of library based information systems.
Emeritus Professor Arthur Dale Trendall CMG For eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in services to Australian Universities and to the study of the Humanities.

Military Division

RecipientCitationNotes
Vice-Admiral Hugh David Stevenson CBE For eminent service in duties of great responsibility. [1]

Officer (AO)

Civil Division

RecipientCitationNotes
Arthur BassingthwaiteFor distinguished service of a high degree in the field of primary industry. [1]
Harold Leigh BeaneyFor distinguished public service of a high degree.
Jean Edna Blackburn For distinguished service of a high degree to education.
Dr John Frederick Joseph Cade For distinguished service of a high degree in the field of medicine.
Edward John CareyFor distinguished public service of a high degree.
Thomas Kingston Critchley CBE For distinguished public service of a high degree.
Ronald DowdFor distinguished service of a high degree to opera.
Arthur Frederik Alan HarperFor distinguished public service of a high degree in the field of metric conversion.
Clem Jones For distinguished service of a high degree in the fields of public service and local government.
Dr Menzie LipsonFor distinguished service of a high degree to science, particularly in the field of wool textile research.
Alan McLeod McCulloch For distinguished service of a high degree in the artistic field, particularly in the promotion of art and as an art historian.
Dr Donald MetcalfFor distinguished service of a high degree to medical research.
Dr Raymond Milton MooreFor distinguished service of a high degree to science, particularly in the field of ecology.
John Wesley PoultonFor distinguished service of a high degree to the electrical industry.
Dr William Cropley RadfordFor distinguished service of a high degree to education.
Tulloch Llewelyn RobertsFor distinguished service of a high degree to the community and in the field of primary industry.
Right Reverend Ian Wotton Allnutt Shevill For distinguished service of a high degree to the community.
Donald John George StrangFor distinguished service of a high degree to commerce and in the field of industrial relations.
Wilfrid Coad Thomas For distinguished service of a high degree to the media, particularly in the field of radio broadcasting.
Emeritus Professor Wilfred Asquith TownsleyFor distinguished academic service of a high degree.
Emeritus Professor Eric John Underwood CBE For distinguished academic service of a high degree, particularly in the fields of agriculture and education.
Professor Robert John Walsh OBE For distinguished service of a high degree in the field of science, particularly medical research.

Military Division

RecipientCitationNotes
Surgeon Rear Admiral J.A.B. Cotsell QHP, MRCS, LRCP For distinguished service in responsible positions [1]
Major General W.G. Henderson DSO , OBE
Air Vice-Marshal J.C. Jordan
Major General J.M.L. Macdonald MBE , ED
Rear Admiral A.G. McFarlane
Brigadier J.A. Munro
Air Vice-Marshal R. Noble
Brigadier W.J. Norrie OBE
Air Vice-Marshal F.S. Robey CBE

Member (AM)

Civil Division

RecipientCitationNotes
Ronald George BennettFor service to the community. [1]
Harold Blair For service to the Aboriginal community and in the field of music.
Lillian E. CaelliFor service to the community and in the field of sport.
Matron Gwenda Elaine CanningFor service in the field of nursing.
Dudley John CarterFor service to youth.
Alderman Kenneth Reuben CavanoughFor service to the community and to local government.
Councillor Charles Henry ChiswellFor service to the community and local government.
Frederick George CottrellFor service to the welfare of ex-servicemen and women.
Ray Neil CrawfordFor service to sport of rodeo.
Grace Crowley For service to art.
Matilda Christina de VereFor service to the community.
Lena DobbinFor service to the community.
Francis Patrick DonovanFor public service, particularly in the field of trade promotion.
Dr Brian Robinson Elliott For academic service in the field of Australian literature.
Richard Dyason FerrisFor service to medicine.
Dr John Allan ForbesFor service to medicine.
Alan Charles FrostFor service to the community and local government.
Richard Gaensler JP For service to the community.
Edwin Charles GiffordFor service to the community.
Mary Elizabeth GilchristFor public service.
Maxwell Alexander GrayFor service to youth.
Alexander Morris Griffiths For service to conservation.
Keith John GriggsFor service to the community.
Councillor Clarence Henry HallFor service to the community and to local government.
Raymond Hanson For service to music.
Sidney Jones HayesFor service to the community, particularly in the field of sport.
Sidney Frank HeaslipFor service to the community and in the field of primary industry.
Vernon Clifford HendersonFor service to the community and local government.
Olive Rosaine HineFor service to the community.
Dr D'Arcy KellyFor service to medicine and to the community.
Dr Lorna Ince KingFor public service in the field of medicine.
Dr Albert LaceyFor service to the community.
Donald Ernest LeggettFor service to the community and to local government.
Catherine Agnes McEwanFor service to the community.
Robert Bruce MacKenzieFor public service in the field of housing.
Keith J. McKinnonFor service to the community.
Commissioner William James McLarenFor public service, particularly in association with the Darwin Relief Operation in 1974.
Estelle Yvonne McMinn JP For service to the community and to sport.
Kathleen Jean MenziesFor service to the community.
Lois O'Donoghue For service to the Aboriginal community in South Australia.
Trevor Brian PrescottFor service to commerce and to the community.
Cecil John Seddon PurdyFor service to chess.
Erwin Aladar RadoFor service to the film industry.
Carl Edward RectorFor service to the community and to sport, particularly surf life-saving.
Reverend Laurie ReeceFor service in the field of Aboriginal studies.
Hubert Staner ReillyFor service to the community.
George SeelafFor service to the community and to the trade union movement.
James Wesley Blackwell SempleFor service to the community particularly youth.
Vincent Serventy For service to preservation, particularly in the field of the preservation of wildlife.
John ShawFor public service in the field of civil aviation.
Leslie Rosemary TaylorFor service to the community and in the field of international relations.
Maida ThomasFor service to the community.
Gerorge UnderwoodFor public service and service to the community
Margaret Joan VollerFor service to the community.
Margaret Leitch WalkerFor service to the community, particularly in the fields of child health and children's welfare.
May Hilda WalshFor service to the community.
Horace WardFor service to the community.
Felix Werder For service to music.
Peter WhallinFor service to the hotel industry.
Detective Sergeant James Arthur Joseph WilsonFor service to the community, particularly to youth.
Norma Dorothy YoungFor service to the community.

Military Division

RecipientCitationNotes
Major J.E.S. AlwynFor exceptional service or performance of duty. [1]
Warrant Officer Air Technical Aircraft L.E.A. Bolden
Squadron Leader L.D. Brown
Colonel R.O. Brown ED
Warrant Officer G.P. Buckham
Sergeant F.B. Cahill
Captain G.P. Corlis
Warrant Officer Marine Technical Hull L.D. Durston
Flight Sergeant A.J. Elshaw
Warrant Officer W.L. Garrad
Commander S.A Hall RAN
Lieutenant Colonel A.W. Hammett
Warrant Officer Coxswain D.V. Harper
Flight Sergeant R.J. Heffernan
Lieutenant Commander R.W.H. Holister, RANEM
Warrant Officer L.J. Irlam
Colonel D.R. Leslie ED
Major G.L. Mansford
Lieutenant Colonel R.A.H. McCluskey
Wing Commander G.J. Moore
Warrant Officer 2 P.F. Moravic
Warrant Officer Radar Pilot R.J. Morris
Warrant Officer G.W. O'Brien
Corporal E. Pinoli
Squadron Leader N. McN. Pollock
Major P.H.B. Pritchard
Warrant Officer 2 D.C.V Pye
Chaplain R.J.L. Quirk MBE
Warrant Officer 2 J.F. Reid
Flight Lieutenant R.J. Rider
Commander R.P. Rodriguez RD , RANR
Sergeant P.J. Short
Lieutenant E.C. Swinnerton RAN
Sergeant H. Taylor
Warrant Officer 1 I.A. Thomson
Warrant Officer Survey Recorder D. Waining
Squadron Leader E.J. Walker
Colonel W.H. Wansley
Warrant Officer J.B. Webster

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