1976 Australia Day Honours

The 1976 Australia Day Honours were announced on 26 January 1976 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir John Kerr. 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 Recipient Citation NotesSir Bernard Thomas HeinzeFor eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in the field of music.AD76 http://gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/AD76.pdf 13 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20150403031513/http://gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/AD76.pdf 3 April 2015 Governor General's Office of AustraliaRonald Gordon JacksonFor eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in the fields of industry and business management.Professor Peter Henry Karmel AUS CBEFor eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in the field of education.Kenneth Baillieu Myer AUS DSCukFor 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 AUS CMGFor eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in services to Australian Universities and to the study of the Humanities. Military Division Recipient Citation NotesVice-Admiral Hugh David Stevenson AUS CBEFor eminent service in duties of great responsibility. Officer (AO) Civil Division Recipient Citation NotesArthur BassingthwaiteFor distinguished service of a high degree in the field of primary industry.Harold Leigh BeaneyFor distinguished public service of a high degree.Jean Edna BlackburnFor distinguished service of a high degree to education.Dr John Frederick Joseph CadeFor distinguished service of a high degree in the field of medicine.Edward John CareyFor distinguished public service of a high degree.Thomas Kingston Critchley AUS CBEFor 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 JonesFor 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 McCullochFor 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 ShevillFor 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 ThomasFor 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 AUS CBEFor distinguished academic service of a high degree, particularly in the fields of agriculture and education.Professor Robert John Walsh AUS OBEFor distinguished service of a high degree in the field of science, particularly medical research. Military Division Recipient Citation NotesSurgeon Rear Admiral J.A.B. Cotsell QHP, MRCS, LRCPFor distinguished service in responsible positionsMajor General W.G. Henderson AUS , DSO OBEAir Vice-Marshal J.C. JordanMajor General J.M.L. Macdonald AUS , MBE EDRear Admiral A.G. McFarlaneBrigadier J.A. MunroAir Vice-Marshal R. NobleBrigadier W.J. Norrie AUS OBEAir Vice-Marshal F.S. Robey AUS CBE Member (AM) Civil Division Recipient Citation NotesRonald George BennettFor service to the community.Harold BlairFor 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 CrowleyFor 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 ElliottFor 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 AUS JPFor service to the community.Edwin Charles GiffordFor service to the community.Mary Elizabeth GilchristFor public service.Maxwell Alexander GrayFor service to youth.Alexander Morris GriffithsFor service to conservation.Keith John GriggsFor service to the community.Councillor Clarence Henry HallFor service to the community and to local government.Raymond HansonFor 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 AUS JPFor service to the community and to sport.Kathleen Jean MenziesFor service to the community.Lois O'DonoghueFor 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 ServentyFor 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 communityMargaret 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 WerderFor 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 Recipient Citation NotesMajor J.E.S. AlwynFor exceptional service or performance of duty.Warrant Officer Air Technical Aircraft L.E.A. BoldenSquadron Leader L.D. BrownColonel R.O. Brown AUS EDWarrant Officer G.P. BuckhamSergeant F.B. CahillCaptain G.P. CorlisWarrant Officer Marine Technical Hull L.D. DurstonFlight Sergeant A.J. ElshawWarrant Officer W.L. GarradCommander S.A Hall AUS RANLieutenant Colonel A.W. HammettWarrant Officer Coxswain D.V. HarperFlight Sergeant R.J. HeffernanLieutenant Commander R.W.H. Holister, RANEMWarrant Officer L.J. IrlamColonel D.R. Leslie AUS EDMajor G.L. MansfordLieutenant Colonel R.A.H. McCluskeyWing Commander G.J. MooreWarrant Officer 2 P.F. MoravicWarrant Officer Radar Pilot R.J. MorrisWarrant Officer G.W. O'BrienCorporal E. PinoliSquadron Leader N. McN. PollockMajor P.H.B. PritchardWarrant Officer 2 D.C.V PyeChaplain R.J.L. Quirk AUS MBEWarrant Officer 2 J.F. ReidFlight Lieutenant R.J. RiderCommander R.P. Rodriguez UK RD, AUS RANRSergeant P.J. ShortLieutenant E.C. Swinnerton AUS RANSergeant H. TaylorWarrant Officer 1 I.A. ThomsonWarrant Officer Survey Recorder D. WainingSquadron Leader E.J. WalkerColonel W.H. WansleyWarrant Officer J.B. Webster References Category:1976 awards Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Australia Category:1976 in Australia