1979 Australia Day Honours

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The 1979 Australia Day Honours were announced on 26 January 1979 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Zelman Cowen. [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

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Order of Australia (Civil) ribbon
Order of Australia (Military) ribbon AUS Order of Australia (military) BAR.svg
Order of Australia (Military) ribbon

Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)

RecipientCitationNotes
Bob Hawke For service to trade unionism and industrial relations. [1]
Sir Laurence Rupert McIntyre CBE For public service.
The Honourable John Brophy Renshaw For service to politics and management.
Sir Walter Scott For service to industry and government.
Sir Frederick Wheeler CBE For public service.

Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

General Division

RecipientCitationNotes
The Honourable Lance Herbert Barnard For service to politics and government. [1]
The Honourable Kim Edward Beazley For service to politics and government.
Lewis Harold Border MVO For public service.
Arthur Meric Bloomfield Boyd For service to the visual arts.
Lester Joseph Brain AFC For service to the aviation industry.
Dr Peter Braithwaite CBE , ED For community service, particularly with the Australian Red Cross Society.
Cleaver Ernest Bunton OBE For service to local government.
James Allen CrawfordFor community service.
The Honourable John Patrick Ducker For service to trade unionism.
Professor Donald William GeorgeFor service in the fields of science and engineering.
The Most Reverend James William Gleeson CMG For service to religion and social welfare.
Dr Phyllis Marion Elliott GoatcatcherFor community service.
Leslie Kenneth GordonFor public service.
Albert Edward HarrisFor service to industry.
Cyril Nathaniel KleinigFor service to the aviation industry.
David Surrey Gibson Littlemore For service to architecture.
John Osman MillerFor community service.
Roger Neil MorseFor public service.
Norman Richard Seddon CBE For services to the performing arts.
Egon SternFor services to the development of air navigational facilities.
The Honourable Frank Joseph Scott Wise For service to politics and government.

Military Division

BranchRecipientCitationNotes
Navy Commodore Ivan Raoul JonesFor service as Director-General of Fleet Maintenance. [1]
Army Brigadier Roy Wilfred MorrisFor service to the Australian Army and in particular as Director-General of Supply.
Major General John Irvine Williamson OBE For service in positions of great responsibility including that of Deputy Chief of the General Staff.
Air Force Air Commodore Jeffrey Hubert De La Tour BlackwellFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force and in particular as Director-General of Personnel Services.
Air Commodore Robert David EgertonFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force and in particular as Director-General of Supply.

Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

General Division

RecipientCitationNotes
Betty Joan AllenFor service to the Girl's Brigade Australia. [1]
Rabbi Raymond AppleFor service to the Jewish community.
Professor George William BassettFor service to education.
Edwin Charles BennessFor service to industry and the community.
Dr Edward Allan BoothFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of radiology.
Colonel Henry Noel BoyleFor service to the welfare of service men and women, particularly as Chairman of the Regular Defence Force Welfare Association.
Anthony BookmanFor service to the Adelaide Children's Hospital
Thomas Napier BrownFor service to the furniture industry.
John Keith Buchanan JP For community service.
Joy Collins
Allan George CoombsFor service to the building industry and to education.
George Henry Dallimore JP For service to pharmacy
Dr William Gardner DaviesFor public service, particularly as a member of the Australian Delegation to UNESCO
Paul Louis DuboisFor public service with the Australian Telecommunications Commission.
John Isadore EinfeldFor service to the community and to the welfare of ex-servicemen and women.
Dr Archie Samuel EllisFor service in the field of mental health, particularly as Director of Mental Health Services in Western Australia.
Dr Kenneth Duncan FitchFor service in the field of sports medicine.
Victor McDonald GibsonFor service to industry.
Lindsay Gaye GogginFor service to the sport of golf.
Emeritus Professor Douglas GordonFor service to medicine and medical research, particularly in the field of preventative medicine.
Rhoda Joyce Evelyn GrayFor service to nursing and community welfare.
James Merewyn GreenwoodFor service to industry.
Allan Thomas GriffithFor public service.
John Dennis HarrisFor community service.
Dr Morton Earle HermanFor service to architecture.
Henry Francis Critchely HinderFor service to art.
Margel Ina Harris Hinder
Dr Tulloch Graham Heuze HoggFor service to handicapped children.
Emeritus Professor Colin James HorneFor service to literature.
Stanley Ernest HuddlestonFor public service.
Peter John Hudson For service to the sport of Australian Rules Football.
Beryl Elaine Jacka MBE For service to the mining industry.
Dr Henry Buckhurst KayFor service to medicine and to the National Heart Foundation of Australia.
David Anthony KearneyFor community service.
Nancy Florence Keesing For service to literature.
Sidney Joseph Albert KempFor service to country radio and television.
Breno Edwin LangeFor service to local government and the community.
Professor Noel Desmond MartinFor service to dentistry.
Kelvin Paul McGrathFor service to forestry and conservation.
Heather Pamela McKay MBE For service to the sport of squash.
Desmond Joseph MooneyFor service in the field of mental health.
Deaconess Frances Jean NorthropFor service to Aboriginal welfare.
Dr Desmond John PittarFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of pathology.
Clement William Bailey Renouf For community service.
Milton William RobinsonFor public service.
Kenneth Robert Rosewall MBE For service to the sport of tennis.
Kathleen Steele ScottFor public service with the Australian Postal Commission.
Francis Arthur Sedgman For service to the sport of tennis.
Robert Michael Seymour DFC For public service.
Eric Abraham SilbertFor community service.
Milton Graham StevensFor public service with the Australian Postal Commission.
James Thomas Davy Stewart MC For service to the welfare of ex-service men and women.
Alderman Douglas William Sutherland For service to local government.
John James Thornton RD For community service.
Margaret Trask For service to librarianship.
The Reverend Clarence Samuel Trudgian MBE For service in the field of community welfare.
Professor William George WalkerFor service in the fields of university administration and learning.
Dr Annie Winifred WallFor service to the community, particularly in the field of women's affairs.
Joseph Dudley Westwood OBE , MC For service to the welfare of ex-service men and women
Edgar Walwyn Wortley JP For community service.

Military Division

BranchRecipientCitationNotes
NavyCaptain Ronald Rex Calder RAN For service to the Royal Australian Navy and in particular as Director of Naval Weapons Design. [1]
Captain Malcolm Aidan McKinnon Clarke RAN For service to the Royal Australian Navy and in particular as Inspector of Administration.
Commander Patrick John Clough RAN For service as Officer-in-charge of the Marine Engineering School.
ArmyLieutenant Colonel Murray Phillip Blake MC For service as Commanding Officer of 5/9 Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel Phillip Roy Carey ED For service to the Royal New South Wales Regiment and to the Army Reserve.
Lieutenant Colonel Paul Netherton GreenhalghFor service to the Australian Army and as Assistant Army Attache to the United States.
Lieutenant Colonel John Cameron HardingFor service to the Australian Army and to the Royal Military College, Duntroon.
Lieutenant Colonel Brian William Howard MC For service as Commanding Officer of 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel Barrington George William Ingram ED For service to the Australian Army Reserve.
Colonel Herbert Malcolm LanderFor service to the Australian Army and in particular as Director of Personnel Employment.
Air ForceGroup Captain Kevin Thomas CaseyFor service as an Equipment Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force.
Wing Commander Robert William FretwellFor service as a Radio Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force.
Group Captain Robert George SharpFor service to Dentistry in the Royal Australian Air Force.

Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)

General Division

RecipientCitationNotes
Reverend Father Henry George AertsFor service to ethnic communities. [1]
Yvette Fay AmberFor community service.
Peter Marcus AndersonFor service to the welfare of ex-service men and women.
Lilian AskewFor community service.
Ethel May Bain
Gordon Charles Baker
Shirley Enid Ball
Grace Mary Baker
Kathleen Frances BatemanFor service to youth welfare.
Betty Margaret BlattmanFor public service.
Harold William BoultonFor service to the Victorian Football Association.
Daphne Jean BowmanFor service to youth welfare.
Marcus Temple BrodribbFor community service.
John Austin ChapmanFor community service in the field of sport.
Ernest Alfred ChittockFor community service.
David James ClarkFor service to the community, particularly the Brighton Primary School.
Joan Roma ConnellFor public service.
Kathleen CunninghamFor community service.
Sylvia Joyce CupplesFor community service, particularly in the development of school libraries.
Eileen Beatrice DaerFor service to nursing.
Bernard George D'ArcyFor community service.
Claire Southwell DavisFor public and community service.
Hugh St. Omer DentryFor service to industry and to community.
Dr Thomas Hewson DonnellyFor service to medical administration.
Raymond Robert DuffFor service to local government.
Gordon Llewellyn DuffieldFor service to the accountancy profession and to the community.
Pastor Clemence Victor EckermanFor service to Aboriginal welfare.
John Joseph Bronte Edwards OBE , MC For service to local government and to the community.
Purki EdwardsFor service to nursing and to Aboriginal welfare.
Veronica Beryl FerrisFor community service.
John Torrens FlynnFor public service.
Alderman Andrew James FrameFor community service.
William Alexander FureyFor service to the sport of surf life saving.
Dulcie Louisa FyleFor service to the mentally handicapped.
Winifred Helen GeorgeFor service to music.
John Barry GilmourFor service to the sport of athletics.
Robert Richard William GouldFor public service.
Norman Sydney GrayFor community service.
Lawrence Gibson Grope
Maxine Constance Grope
Kenneth Grave HainesFor service to education and youth welfare.
Ernest Edgar HambleyFor service to industry and the community.
Thomas Nobes HerrmanFor services to swimming and diving.
Jean Katherine HoganFor community service.
Henry Vivian HollowayFor service to the sport of tennis.
Councillor William Birchall HunterFor community service.
Milton JenkinsFor public service.
Lilian Winifred JohnsFor public service, particularly as Postmistress at Old Toongabbie.
Constantine KarangersFor service to ethnic communities.
George Trotter LambFor community service, particularly with the Australian Inland Mission.
Leeta Coleman LawrenceFor public service.
Maxwell Gilbert LumsdenFor community service.
Colina Kinloch LynhamFor community service, particularly with the Young Women's Christian Association.
Alderman Henry Lionel MaleyFor service to local government and the community.
Leah Janet MerchantFor community service.
Reverend Alexander Johnstone Wilson McAlisterFor service to the welfare of members of the Defence Force.
Ann McGarryFor service to music.
Melville James McInnes For service to sport of cricket.
Augusto MerziFor service to music and entertainment.
Andrew Gilbert MillarFor service to the welfare of ex-service men and to the community.
Francis Charles Rex MitchellFor service to local government and the community.
Hubert Vincent MorrisFor service with the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association of Queensland.
Albert NixonFor service to the development of primary industry in the Northern Territory.
Edwin Joseph OkelyFor service to the welfare of ex-service men and women.
Raymond Donald Orr JP For service to the community, particularly in the provision of fire-fighting services.
John Bucknill OwenFor community service.
Gayner Wilton ParkerFor public service.
Ethel Rose PearceFor community service
Lilian Blanche PennycuickFor public service, particularly as Postmistress at Melton Mowbray
Renzo PiroliFor service to ethnic communities.
William Henry PittFor public service.
Charles Herbert RaeFor service to the community, particularly in the provision of hospital facilities.
Lilian Mavis RamsayFor public service.
Nellie Durie ScottFor services to nursing and the community.
Cecil Thomas ShannonFor community service.
Cedrick Richard Ewan SouthwellFor service to local government and the community.
Laurence Edward SteptoFor service to the sport of rowing.
Dr Robert King StevensonFor community service.
Ralph Alfred StoneFor service to handicapped children.
Clarence Frederick StronetterFor community service
Margaret Ruby (Nancy) Sturges
William Sutherland
Joyce Clare Swan
William Alexander Goodall SwanFor service to country cricket.
Roger Ivan TextorFor public and community service.
Jean Blanche TuckerFor service to the Girl Guides Association of Australia.
Elinor UlinFor community service.
John Thomas VocklerFor service to the welfare of ex service men and women.
Marjorie Florence Jane WilsonFor service to animal welfare, particularly in the protection of Kangaroos
William Gerard WilsonFor service to the community, particularly as a volunteer fire officer.
Elwyn Anthony WrideFor community service.
Hans Edwards WrightFor service to the sport of archery.
James YatesFor service to education.
Ernest Shapland YeoFor service to the mentally handicapped.

Military Division

BranchRecipientCitationNotes
NavyWarrant Officer Henri Wilhelm BladFor service as Flight Deck Electrical Warrant Officer of HMAS Melbourne [1]
Chief Petty Officer Gordon StubbsFor service to the main Naval store at the Royal Australian Naval Air Station, Nowra.
ArmyWarrant Officer Class Two James Harold BreezeFor service to the Army Reserve.
Warrant Officer Class One Neil Ronald EibyFor service to 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.
Warrant Officer Class One Maxwell Roy SteigerFor service to the Australian Army and to the School of Army Health.
Warrant Officer Class One Peter Edward WilkinFor service to the Australian Army as a Supervisor, Construction and Maintenance.
Warrant Officer Class One Colin James WilliamsonFor service to the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Training Centre.
Air ForceWarrant Officer Johannes Ronald Brook-RerecichFor service as an Instrument Fitter at the Aircraft Research and Development Unit.
Warrant Officer Robert Keith Davidson BEM For service as an Engineer at Number 3 Aircraft Depot, Amberley, Queensland.
Warrant Officer Robert Francis LavinFor service in Equipment Accounting Duties with the Royal Australian Air Force.
Warrant Officer Brian Harold Stanley MayfieldFor service in Administrative Duties with the Royal Australian Air Force.

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