1981 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)

December 2020 December 2020 The 1981 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 13 June 1981 in Australia.13 June 1981 The Queen's Birthday Honours Lists – Commonwealth 55 11 The Canberra Times 16,696 Australian Capital Territory, Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125640658 4 December 2020 National Library of Australia13 June 1981 Government Gazette Notices 1 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special S114 Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240701233 4 December 2020 National Library of Australia 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 Knight of the Order of Australia (AK) General Division RecipientCitationNotesThe Right Honourable Sir Garfield (Edward John) Barwick, AUS GCMGFor service to the Australian Parliament, government and the law Companion (AC) General Division RecipientCitationNotesSir John (Laurence) Knott, AUS CBEFor service to industry and the communityKeith William Steel, AUS OBEFor service to industry Officer (AO) General Division RecipientCitationNotesJohn Hamilton AndrewsFor service to the architectureDr Percy Raymond BeggFor service to dentistry, particularly in the field of orthodonticsHugh Reskymer Bonython, AUS DFC AFCFor service to the artsMurray Goulburn Madden BourchierFor service to the diplomatic corpsMac BrunckhorstFor service to bankingEdward John Connellan, AUS CBE OBEFor service to the community and aviationJack Napier Davenport, AUS DSO DFC GMFor service to industryLaurence Desmond Draper, AUS QPMFor service to the South Australian Police Force, particularly as CommissionerSydney Stephen DunnFor services to educationJohn Keith EdwardsFor service to industry and educationDr Alexander MacDonald FraserFor service to educationRobert Donald Hill-LingFor service to industryHerman Diederik HuyerFor service to industry and to the communityKenneth Thomas JenkinsFor service to the disabledCharles Wooller MarshallFor service to the mining industryProfessor Donald William McElwain, AUS EDFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of psychologyWilliam Norman MorrisonFor service to industry and to the communityThe Honourable Justice John Flood NagleFor service to the community and to educationIvan Edgar Newnham, AUS MBEFor public service to industryFrancis John Owen Ryan, AUS ISOFor public service in the field of corporate affairsGilbert Frederick Seaman, AUS CMGFor public serviceProfessor Julius Stone, AUS OBEFor service to law, particularly in the field of international lawDr Margaret Ada Sutherland, AUS OBEFor service to musicMaurice Carmel TimbsFor public service Military Division BranchRecipientCitationNotesNavyRear-Admiral David Willoughby Leach, AUS CBE MVOFor service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Flag Officer commanding H M Australia Fleet and as Chief of Naval PersonnelArmyMajor-General Phillip Harvey Bennett, AUS DSO KBEFor service to the Australian Defence Force, particularly as Chief of the Defence ForceAir ForceAir Vice-Marshal Henry Alfred Hughes, AUS DFCFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Chief of Air Force Material Member (AM) General Division RecipientCitationNotesNeville Francis Amadio, AUS MBEFor service to musicLouis Athol-ShmithFor service to photographyEmeritus Professor Mervyn Neville AustinFor service to educationBertram Charles BallardFor service to the public service as a diplomatic representativeKevin Charles BartlettFor service to the sport of Australian footballLuciano BiniFor service to migrant welfareNorman Joseph CampbellFor service to industrial relationsRalph Gordon ConleyFor service to the aviation industryHelen Craven CrispFor service to educationSydney Page CroslandFor service to journalismMargaret Isabel DayFor service to the performing artsThe Honourable Renfrey Curgenven De GarisFor service to the community and to parliament and governmentRosalind Janet DennyFor service to nursingJohn Stuart DowieFor service to the arts as a sculptor and painterJames Heward EarleFor service to architectureWilliam John EasonFor service to educationBrother Ethelred Alan Nestor FergusonFor service to educationRichard Batten GallFor service to industryGeorge Andrew Gray, AUS DFCFor service to education, particularly in the field of psychologyJames Patrick HaganFor service in the fiend of Aboriginal welfareHarry Oswald HallFor service to the building industryDr Donald Graham HamiltonFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of paediatricsMajor Colin Alistair Harper, AUS MBEFor service to the communityLorna Ruby HauslerFor service to the communityJames Charles HoughtonFor service to industryDavid Neil IrelandFor service to literatureDonald IsaacsFor service to industry and to the communityFreda Elizabeth JacobFor service to the disabledColin Frederick JacobsenFor service to the entertainment industryCharles Thomas KearneyFor service to the communityRabbi John Simon LeviFor service to religionWalter John LewerFor public serviceMarie Lenore LowndesFor service to nursingWallace Vivian McKenseyFor service to engineeringHilarie Clare Moore, AUS MBEFor service to disabled childrenHoward Charles MortonFor service to the prevention and control of tuberculosisFrancis Joseph MurphyFor service to the sport of divingDr Stephen Murray-SmithFor service to education and to literatureRobyn Anne NevinFor service to the performing artsHarold Charles OgilvieFor service to the communityJohn Galloway PainterFor service to musicPeter Allen PowditchFor service as a painter and sculptorDr Peggy Elizabeth Roberta ReadFor service in the field of animal welfareDr Joan Margaret RedshawFor service to the communityGeorge Leslie Clarence ReesFor service to literatureEdward Francis SandbachFor public serviceDr Eric Baldwin SimsFor services to medicine, particularly in the field of paediatricsRonald Nathan StoneFor service to local government and to the communityThe Honourable Joe Slater ThompsonFor service to trade unionismGeoffrey Alan VincentFor service to the accounting professionDonald Percival Williams, AUS KStJFor service to the communityJames Hardy WiltonFor service to bankingJoan Merle WoodberryFor service to literature and to educationDr Robin George WoodsFor service to dentistryCharles Arthur Noel YoungFor service to primary industry Military Division BranchRecipientCitationNotesNavyCommander Anne Lorraine BriggsFor service to the Royal Australian NavyCaptain Thomas Alfred DadswellFor service to the Naval Material Division, particularly as Aircraft Carrier Project DirectorArmyLieutenant Colonel Frederick William Maxwell BondFor service to the Army ReserveLieutenant Colonel Geoffrey David CarterFor service to the Australian Army in the field of air defenceLieutenant Colonel Michael Francis EkmanFor service to the Australian Army in Field Force planning and organisationLieutenant Colonel Maxwell Martin FlohrFor service to the Army ReserveColonel Philip Michael Jeffery, AUS MCFor service to the Australian Army in the formation of the Special Action ForceLieutenant Colonel Jeremy Hepworth Taylor, AUS MCFor service to the Royal Australian Infantry CorpsAir ForceChaplain Mervyn Steve BoxFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the Senior Chaplain, LavertonWing Commander Eric John KluukeriFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Commanding Officer of Central Photographic EstablishmentGroup Captain Norman Robin Wade, AUS MBEFor services to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as the commanding Officer of No 478 Squadron.Wing Commander Lynton Thomas WinnFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Commanding Officer of No 11 Squadron Medal (OAM) General Division RecipientCitationNotesLawrence James AndersonFor service to the public serviceBetty Maureen AndersonFor service to the nursingTomas AndrewsFor service to the sport of orienteeringRonald Naish BaileyFor service to the community and local governmentAlbert Abraham BakerFor service to the communityAmy Storey BaldwinFor service to the communityWilliam John BarkerFor service to the community and local governmentDavid John BarrattFor service to primary industryLouis John BenaudFor service to the Public ServiceMargaret Mercer BlackburnFor service to commercial educationEnid Ross BowmanFor service to conservationArthur James BrissettFor service to local governmentHector George BrooksFor service to primary industryDouglas Haig BruceFor service to the welfare of ex-service personnelFrancis Joseph BryantFor service to the sport of cricketRichard John BryantFor service to the sport of cricketValma BurrowsFor service to child welfareIan Alexander CameronFor service to the Public ServiceHenry Francis CayleyFor services to bridgeDr Archibald Frederick George Cornelius ChristieFor service to community medical welfareCharles James CliffordFor service to the Public Service and the communityNola Edith ColefaxFor service to the Theatre of the DeafRuth Emily Gwendoline CooperFor service to nursingClifford Douglas CordonFor service to the communityFrederick Sperry CoventryFor service to the wool industrySybil Mary Frances CraigFor service as an artistHeather Bembrick CrosbyFor service to the communityLeslie Howard CrossFor service to the sport of billiards and snookerFrederick Francis De SaxeFor service to the legal profession as a barrister's clerkJacqueline Mary Theresa DeverilFor service to children's welfareRobert William Doyle DevlinFor service to local governmentIsabel Helen DillonFor service to the Public ServiceJohn Fletcher ElliottFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of optometryOwen Rowland EvansFor service to conservationLolita FarmerFor service to migrant welfareFlorence Roma FieldFor service to the communitySydney John Fisher, AUS QPMFor service to the communitySam FiszmanFor service to the communityDr James Aloysius FlahertyFor service to the community and to local governmentRosetta FlynnFor service to the communityLloyd George FoordFor service to the communityDoris Orr FordFor service to the communityGraeme Lindsay GaulFor service to the community in the field of youth welfareAnnibale Gaetano GiuffreFor service in the field of migrant welfareMargaret Ipsa GleesonFor service to local government and to the communitySister Mary Ursula GrachanFor service to educationJohn Joseph GrumleyFor service to the community and to band musicBrian Patrick HarfordFor public serviceCharles Artlett HarrisFor service to the sport of cricketShirley Kathleen Anne HaslemFor service to welfare, particularly through the New South Wales Council for the Mentally HandicappedThelma Anne HatfieldFor service to the communityNancye Lee HayesFor service to the performing artsDonald Southwell HerbornFor public and community service in Papua New GuineaCaptain Charles Nelson HillFor service to the aviation industryFrancis Vincent HoldenFor service to the community and to local governmentWinifred Gladys HooperFor service to the communityLorna Ellen HoskingFor service to the communityColin Richard JamesFor service to the communityKenneth Eric JohnsonFor service to special education, particularly in the field of specific learning difficultiesVivian Thomas JuddFor service to local government and to the communityColin Charles James KellyFor service to Public ServiceAlbert Leonard KuipersFor service to the communityPastor Frederick KummerowFor service to religion and to the communityReginald Clive LaneFor service to the sport of rugby footballJames (Yami) LesterFor service in the field of Aboriginal welfareBarry Graham LindnerFor service in the field of Aboriginal welfareJack Wilson LittlerFor service to the communityKeith Kenneth LoweFor service to the communityJames Fraser MacdonaldFor service to primary industry and to the communityMarie Therese MaidmentFor service to the disabledBarbara Berrima ManningFor service to the theatreReverend Keith Henderson MarrFor service to religionJohn Curtis MarshFor service to the communityHorace Hayden MartinFor service to the community of Swan HillLinda Mary Elizabeth McBurneyFor service to the communityRoy Edward McDonnellFor service to medicine through the invention and design of technical equipmentMalcolm Paterson McPhersonFor service to local government and to the communityArthur Forrest McRobbieFor service to the sport of basketballRoy William MillsFor service to the communityBonifacius Casimirus MiniusFor public service in the field of plant propagationBarbara Jessie MissonFor service to the communityKeith Raymond MorrisFor service in the field of Aboriginal welfareAlison MossFor service to nursingJohn William MoysesFor service to local government and to the communityFrederick Walter NapierFor service to athleticsRita Grace NassarFor service to handicapped childrenBrian Arthur NewtonFor service to the disabledDulcie Laura NoonanFor service to the communityFrancesco OliveriFor service to local government and to the communityRobert John PadulaFor service to short wave radioAlbert Alexander Lyle PattisonFor service to the communityRobert Wilson PayenFor service to the sport of greyhound racingDerek Van Halen PendletonFor service in the field of health administrationJames Edward PerceyFor service to local government and to the communityThomas James PetersFor service to the motor trading industryDr Sydney James William PlayerFor service to medicineRobert Norman PriorFor service to the field of health insuranceLionel Norman Rackley, AUS DFC AEFor service to the disabledClytie Louise RannardFor public serviceEdwin Charles RentonFor service to medicine, particularly as a chiropodistJohn ReynoldsFor service as a writer and historianElizabeth Mary RobbFor service to the disabledRaymond Errol RobertsFor service in the field of youth welfareWilliam James RobertsonFor service to local government and to the communitySylvester Robert RobinsonFor service to local government and to the communityEllen Alma Clarice RobinsonFor service to the disabledEric Joseph RoughanaFor service to the timber industry and to the communityFrederick Joseph RoyalFor service to band musicWilliam Denis RyanFor service to trade unionismAllen Edward SchaferFor service to the sport of tennisMacGregor SchulzFor service to primary industryColin Purdom ScottFor service to local governmentPatrick Edward ShellyFor service to local government and to the communityJoshua Shilkin, AUS EDFor service to industryHector Allan SkidmoreFor service to local government and to the communityDavid Douglas SmithFor service to the communityWilliam David SmithFor service to the welfare of ex-service personnelHarold Albert Leonard StarkFor service to local government and to the communityJulian Ferdinand StefaniFor service to the communityWalter William StoneFor service to literatureRaymond Wilton Theodor SuessFor service to the welfare of ex-service personnelJack SweetFor public service and for service to the communityMajor Alan Delpah TaylorFor service to the community of BallaratHazel Joyce TinleyFor public service and for service to the communityThomas Harris Arthur Titley, AUS MCFor service to local government and to the communitySamuel Leonard Lancelot TrenwithFor service to band musicRuth Edith Tuck (SMITH)For service as an art teacher and as an artistMargaret June TuckerFor public serviceClifford Taylor TurnbullFor service in the field of youth welfareAlan Skelton WardFor service to the sport of cricketMaurice Adrian WebbFor service to the sport of surf life savingEdward Louis WeidnerFor service to the sport of rugby footballDaniel George White, AUS OBEFor service to the sport of surf life savingEudora Mary WilkshireFor public servicePercy WilliamsFor service to local governmentAlthea Mary WilliamsFor service to the disabled, particularly through the development of Riding for the DisabledDavid WiskarFor service to the welfare of ex-service personnelWalter Allan WoodFor service to the community Military Division BranchRecipientCitationNotesNavyWarrant Officer John Richard AaronFor service to the Royal Australian Navy School of Training Technology and Naval training in generalWarrant Officer Peter Lloyd FrostFor service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Wardroom Mess Manager, HMAS HarmanWarrant Officer Gary Neville JacksonFor service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as an instructor at Great Lakes Training CentreWarrant Officer Christopher Nicholas NicolaidesFor service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Stores Officer of HMAS StirlingArmyWarrant Officer Class Two Evalds ErglisFor service to the Army ReserveWarrant Officer Class One Keith Kevin HunterFor service to the Australian Army in the Stores Procurement fieldWarrant Officer Class Two Robert Leslie RowleyFor service to the Royal Australian Survey CorpsWarrant Officer Class One Stephen Alan SmithFor meritorious service with the Australian Army, in the field of personnel managementWarrant Officer Class Two James Edward SmithersFor service to Army Reserve RecruitingWarrant Officer Class Two Douglas Alexander ThoresenFor service to the Australian Army in the field of military musicAir ForceWarrant Officer Murray Dennis JohnsonFor service as a Warrant Officer Engineer at no 2 squadron, Royal Australian Air Force References Category:Birthday Honours Category:Award ceremonies in Australia Category:1981 in Australia Category:1981 awards Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Australia