1979 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)

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The 1979 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were appointments to recognise and reward good works by citizens of Australia and other nations that contribute to Australia. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations and were announced on 6 June 1979 in Australia. [1]

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The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by honour with grades and then divisions i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.

Order of Australia

The following appointments were made in the Order of Australia.

Companion (AC)

General Division

Officer (AO)

General Division

  • Keith Gabriel Brennan – For public service as a diplomatic representative.
  • Dr Lloyd Thomas Evans – For public service to science.
  • Reverend Father Francis Stanislaus Flynn – For community service, particularly in the fields of religion, medicine and Aboriginal welfare.
  • Athol Vere Gough – For public service to education.
  • Professor Richard Norman Peter Johnson – For service to architecture.
  • Albert Walter Jones – For public service to education.
  • Ernest William Palmer – For service to the sport of game fishing and to commerce.
  • Douglas Alexander Stewart OBE – For service to literature.
  • John Walker Utz – For service to industry.
  • Leonard Gatton Wilson – For public service to science.

Military Division

Royal Australian Navy

  • Rear Admiral Guy Richmond Griffiths DSO , DSC , RAN – For service to the Royal Australian Navy over a period of forty-two years and particularly as Chief of Naval Personnel.

Australian Army

  • Major General Bruce Alexander McDonald DSO , OBE , MC – For service in positions of great responsibility including General Officer Commanding Training Commanding Training Command
  • Major General Francis Eric Poke ED – For service in positions of great responsibility in the Army Reserve.
  • Brigadier Paul Duke Yonge – For service in positions of great responsibility in both the general staff and engineering fields of endeavour.

Royal Australian Air Force

Member (AM)

General Division

  • Joseph Saviour Attard JP – For service in the field of migrant welfare.
  • Geoffrey Mervyn Ayling – For service to the sport of rifle shooting.
  • Maurice William Bednall – For community service.
  • Dr Allan John Bloomfield – For service to the dental profession.
  • Lindsay Burton Bowes – For public service to industry.
  • Rabbi Dr Rudolph Brasch – For service to the Jewish community.
  • Dr Lisbeth Angelika Brodribb – For service to business and industry.
  • Howard Keith Carey – For service to the Scout Association of Australia.
  • Norman Arnold Currie – For service to trade unionism.
  • Merle Lloyd Deer – For service to the Girl Guides Association of Australia.
  • Bruce William Dilger – For service to the community and to local government.
  • Reverend Keith Lachlan Doust – For service to religion.
  • Mollie Geraldine Dyer – For service in the field of Aboriginal welfare.
  • Marea Gazzard – For service to art, particularly in the field of ceramics.
  • Leslie Gibbs BEM – For community service.
  • Antonio Giordano – For service in the field of migrant welfare.
  • Dr Maureen Grattan-Smith – For public service to medicine.
  • Arthur William Latham – For service to local government and to the community.
  • Gunner Vernon Lawrence – For community service, particularly in the development of the Murray Valley region.
  • Marlene Judith Matthews – For service to the sport of athletics.
  • Henry William Marryat – For community service, particularly in the field of fire protection.
  • Paul John McKeown – For service to education.
  • Gavan Ray Oakley – For service to local government.
  • Councillor Patricia Oakman – For service to local government and to the community.
  • Frank Lionel O'Keefe – For service to local government and to the community.
  • Dr John Hemsley Pearn – For service to medicine, particularly in the field of child health.
  • Norman James Brian Plomley – For service to the field of historical research.
  • Ross Anthony Rumble – For service to industry.
  • David Michael Shannon – For service to art.
  • Walter Stiansny – For service to music.
  • John Alexander Wiseman Strath – For public service to defence science.
  • Professor Kenneth Joseph George Sutherland – For service to dentistry.
  • Dr Bryan William Thompson – For community service.
  • Ralph Mansfield Tremethick JP – For service to trade unionism, particularly to the Police Federation of Australia.
  • Judah Leon Waten – For service to literature.
  • George Tennyson Webb – For public service to transport.
  • Ronald John Withnall – For public service.
  • Henry Herbert Yoffa – For service to the welfare of ex-service men and women.

Military Division

Royal Australian Navy

  • Captain Sydney Frank Comfort RAN – For high standards and devotion to duty in the training and education of Royal Australian Navy personnel.
  • Captain Brian Geoffrey Gibbs RAN – For loyalty and dedication to the Royal Australian Navy Legal Service.

Australian Army

  • Lieutenant-Colonel Phillip Davies – For dedication and devotion to Army duties, and service to the Singleton community.
  • Chaplain Second Class Kevin Douglas Hoffmann – For dedication and professional efficiency as an Army Chaplain.
  • Brigadier Ian James Meibusch – For professional ability and dedication to duty in the field of acquisition at national and international level.
  • Colonel Robert Duncan Mercer ED – For service to the Army Reserve.
  • Colonel Eric Ronald Philip – For dedication to the Army, in particular his contribution to the effectiveness of the Infantry Corps.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel James Harold Townley – For performance of duties as the Commanding Officer of the 1st Field Regiment.

Royal Australian Air Force

  • Wing Commander John Patrick Ferdinand Baker – For service as an Administrative Officer at Royal Australian Air Force Base, Townsville.
  • Chaplain Jack Graham Leonard – For service as a Chaplain in the Royal Australian Air Force.
  • Group Captain Terence Ernest Philpott – For service as an Equipment Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force.
  • Wing Commander Ernest Barry Watson – For service as an Aeronautical Engineer Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force.

Medal (OAM)

General Division

  • Ulrikka Jean Alexander – For service to the sport of hockey.
  • George William Francis Althoffer – For service to the conservation of Australian flora.
  • Michael Anastassiou – For community service.
  • Gladys Hilda Aubourg JP – For community service.
  • Thomas Charles Beaumont BEM – For community service.
  • Betty Linda Berg – For service to the sport of women's basketball.
  • Elisabeth Best – For community service.
  • Elizabeth Patricia Bowman – For community service.
  • Gilbert Stanley Broomfield – For service to the community and to the welfare of ex-service men and women.
  • David Jonathon Byrnes – For public service.
  • Thomas Ross Caddy – For community service.
  • Norman Chaffer – For service to conservation.
  • Milton Harvey Checker – For community service.
  • Eric Charles Child – For service to music.
  • Joyce Bernadette Coorey – For community service.
  • Marjorie Douglas Cornell – For service to music.
  • Alderman Norman Clive Cox – For service to local government and to the community.
  • Mary Terese Cranswick – For public service.
  • Thomas John Delaney – For community service.
  • John Geoffrey Druett – For community service.
  • David George William Drysdale – For service in the field of Aboriginal welfare.
  • Ingrid Ameliad Drysdale – For service in the field of Aboriginal welfare.
  • Grace Elizabeth Edwards – For service to the sport of croquet.
  • Donald Rex Elliott – For service to local government and to the community.
  • Kathleen Mary Ellis – For community service.
  • Marie Corella Ellis – For service to handicapped children, through the Girl Guides Association of Queensland.
  • Mirabella Ellis – For service to the sport of horse riding.
  • Maxwell Harold Filer – For service to the welfare of ex-servicemen and women.
  • Joseph Ross Fletcher – For service to trade unionism.
  • Frederick William Fritsch – For community service.
  • Reginald Edward Gallagher – For public service.
  • Clive Conrad Gesling – For community service.
  • Milton James Gooley – For public service.
  • Brimalaw Smythe Green – For community service.
  • Joan Mary Hauxwell – For public service to nursing.
  • Philip Robert Heydon – For public service.
  • Kenneth Norwood Mends Hillyar – For service to the transport industry.
  • Eleanor Adelaide Elizabeth Jesiman – For service to handicapped children, particularly in teaching the deaf.
  • Jack Keen – For service to the Scouts Association of Australia.
  • Daphne May Kingston – For service to nursing.
  • William Victor Ladner – For community service.
  • Roy Thomas Livingston – For service to local government and to the community.
  • Ronald Francis Macfarlane – For public service.
  • Grace Gladys MacGibbon – For service to music.
  • John Charles Maguire – For service in the field of teaching.
  • Gillian Marvin – For community service.
  • John William McAlister – For community service.
  • Keith Reginald McAlister – For public service.
  • Kenneth Hindle McBurnie JP – For service to the welfare of ex-servicemen and women.
  • Laurel Kathleen McIntyre – For community service.
  • Ray Mitchell – For community service.
  • Henry Milton Scott – For public service and service to the community.
  • Sister Helen Pamela Shaw – For service to nursing and child welfare.
  • Vincent Joseph Shaw – For service to swimming and life-saving.
  • John Cameron Small – For service to the sport of basketball.
  • Robert George Smith – For community service.
  • Robert Bruce Smith – For service in the field of teaching.
  • Norman James Sparnon – For service to floral art.
  • Selwyn Speight – For service to journalism and broadcasting.
  • Lucy Francis Stone – For service to the Girl Guides Association of Australia.
  • Claire Hinchcliffe Sunderland – For service to the sport of motor cycling.
  • Walter Aloysius Torrington – For community service.
  • Anne Catherine von Bertouch – For service to the visual arts.
  • John Francis Wallace – For community service.
  • Colin Hugh Watt DFM – For service to handicapped children.
  • Edward George Weblin – For service to junior cricket.
  • George Arnold Wiffen – For public service and for service to the welfare of ex-service men and women.
  • William Ernest Wigzell – For service to the sport of motor racing.
  • Joseph Edward Williams – For public service and for service to the community.
  • Antonie Witsel – For community service.

Military Division

Knight Bachelor

Order of the Bath

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Civil Division

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

The following appointments were made in the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.

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

Order of the British Empire

The following appointments were made in the Order of the British Empire.

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

Civil Division

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

  • Leonard Charles Abbott – For service to the community.
  • Lance Colin Armstrong – For service to local government.
  • Edvins Baulis – For service to migrants.
  • William Gordon Blair – For service to local government and the community.
  • Sister Mary Borgia (McNamara) – For service to health.
  • Hallam Chesney Broe – For service to civil aviation.
  • Raymond Bruce Carter – For service to youth.
  • Gordon Noel Chamberlain – For public service.
  • Dr. Clifford Stirling Colvin – For service to medicine.
  • Donald Austin Cooper – For service to the community.
  • Seth David Cottell – For service to health.
  • Mabel Patricia Daw – For public service.
  • Enoe Maria Di Stefano – For service to migrant welfare.
  • William James Dowling – For public service.
  • Vera Jean Eagle – For service to children's welfare.
  • Roy Douglas Filleul – For service to local government and the community.
  • Frank Eric Freeman, MVO – For public service.
  • Adel Olga Friman – For public service.
  • Kenneth Prosser Grayling – For service to the sport of rugby union.
  • The Reverend Maxwell John Lewis Griffiths – For service to religion.
  • Ethel Hoskins Hayton, JP – For service to the community.
  • Edward Johnson – For service to the community.
  • George Henry Kirby – For service to the community.
  • Patricia Mary Lance – For service to health.
  • Daniel Thomas Lattin – For public service.
  • The Reverend Frederick Percival McMaster, ED – For service to religion.
  • Derrick Edward Styles Mathews – For service to the community.
  • Marie Clare Maunder, JP – For service to women and the community.
  • Robert Peter Maxwell – For service to the community.
  • Wilbur Keith Moon – For service to health insurance.
  • Ralph Allister Mortimer – For service to the community.
  • Bert Newton – For service to the performing arts.
  • Thomas Myles O'Donnell – For service to medical technology.
  • Colin Lindsay Palmer – For service to the performing arts and the community.
  • Sister Mary Patrick (Carter) – For service to health.
  • John Andrew Pattison – For public service.
  • James William Harold Pearce – For public service.
  • Bonnie Anne Quintal – For service to health and the community.
  • Henry Ross Rayner, MVO – For public service.
  • Kerry Reid – For service to the sport of tennis.
  • Luigi Ruffino – For service to the community.
  • Francis Henry Ruler – For service to youth.
  • Francis Keith Smyth – For public service.
  • Lisle John Treblico – For service to the community.
  • Ronald Stewart Tudor – For service to the recording industry.
  • Victor Tuting – For service to the sport of soccer.
  • Dr. Luke Everard Verco – For service to medicine.
  • Ross Leslie Walker – For service to the community.
  • Margaret Jean Warland – For service to children's welfare.
  • Sister Mary Sheila White – For service to nursing and the community.

Military Division

Royal Australian Navy

  • Lieutenant Commander Francis David Gunst
  • Lieutenant Commander Linwood Clarence Parker Smith
  • Lieutenant Commander Frank Dennis Watton

Australian Army

Royal Australian Air Force

  • Squadron Leader William Kelvin Brammer, AE
  • Squadron Leader Neville James Conn
  • Squadron Leader Barrie John Miller
  • Flight Lieutenant Alan Patrick Worthington

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil Division

Military Division

Royal Australian Navy

  • Chief Petty Officer Keith Robert Freemantle
  • Chief Petty Officer Donald William Milford

Australian Army

  • Warrant Officer Class Two John Charles Dodd, Royal Australian Infantry.
  • Staff Sergeant Lyndon Donald Easton Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps.
  • Sergeant Rosemary Margaret Foxe, Women's Royal Australian Army Corps.
  • Staff Sergeant Douglas Gordon Henderson, Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps.
  • Sergeant Robert Ian Maclean, Royal Australian Infantry.
  • Staff Sergeant Laurence George Smithson, Royal Australian Infantry.

Royal Australian Air Force

  • Flight Sergeant Barteld Valom.
  • Flight Sergeant Kevin Charles Wendt
  • Flight Sergeant Richard Noel Wills
  • Flight Sergeant Frank Roland Willson

Royal Red Cross (RRC)

Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC)

Air Force Cross (AFC)

Australian Army

Royal Australian Air Force

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

Royal Australian Air Force

Queen's Police Medal

For Distinguished Service

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