1980 Australia Day Honours

The 1980 Australia Day Honours were announced on 26 January 1980 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Zelman Cowen.26 January 1980 Australia Day Honours The Complete List 55 11 The Canberra Times 16,193 Australian Capital Territory, Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137011026 National Library of Australia 8 May 2022 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 thumb|90px|Order of Australia (Civil) ribbon thumb|90px|Order of Australia (Military) ribbon Dame of the Order of Australia (AD) Recipient Citation NotesThe Honourable Dame Enid Lyons AUS GBEFor public and parliamentary service to Australia over many years. Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) Recipient Citation NotesProfessor Sir Rutherford Ness Robertson AUS CMGFor service to biological sciencesAD80 http://gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/AD80.pdf 21 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20150403031559/http://gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/AD80.pdf 3 April 2015 Governor General's Office of AustraliaSir James Vernon AUS CBEFor service to industry and to government. Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) General Division Recipient Citation NotesHarold David AndersonFor public service as a diplomatic representative.Dr Rupert Jethro BestFor service to agricultural science.Charles Warren BonythonFor service to conservationGavin MacRae BunningFor service to industry and to the community.Dr Harold James FrithFor public service in the field of wildlife research and conservation.The Honourable Norman John Oswald MakinFor service to Parliament, to politics and to government.Lyndon Lloyd McKenzieFor public service in the aviation industry.Richard James PascoeFor public service.Dr Sam Scruton Richardson AUS CBEFor service to education.Laurence Elwyn Short AUS OBEFor service to trade unionism.Kylie TennantFor service to literature.John Allan UhrigFor service to industry.Professor Rex Eugene VowelsFor service to education.Roy Mervyn Watis AUS ISOFor public service Military Division Branch Recipient Citation NotesNavyRear Admiral Peter Hogarth Doyle AUS OBEFor service to the Royal Australian Navy particularly as Chief of Naval Material and as Chief of Joint Operations and Plans.ArmyMajor General David Frederick Walter Engel AUS OBEFor service to the Australian Army, particularly as Chief of Material - Army.Major General John Dennis Stevenson AUS CBEFor service to the Royal Australian Navy particularly as General Officer Commanding Logistics Command.Air ForceAir Vice-Marshal David Archibald Stevenson Morgan UK , OBE QHPFor service to the Medical Branch of the Royal Australian Air Force and particularly as Director-General of Air Force Health Services. Member of the Order of Australia (AM) General Division Recipient Citation NotesPastor Paul Gerhard Ernst AlbrechtFor service in the field of Aboriginal welfare.His Honour Judge David Ross AndersonFor service to the Royal Life Saving Society of Western Australian.Deaconess Mary Maria AndrewsFor service to religion.Kenneth Alan ArcherFor service to media.Franca ArenaFor service in the field of ethic affairs.Violet Thenie BaddamsFor service to education.George Kenneth BarlinFor service to the media and to the community.Jeffrey Allison BennellFor service to the sport of lawn bowlsWilliam Martin BoothFor service to aviation.Dr Harold James BrownFor service to education.Roy Henry George BryantFor community service, particularly in the welfare of alcoholics.William Patrick CalnonFor service to local government.Roy Angus CameronFor service to trade unionism.Stanley James ColeFor community service.Chandler Phillip CoventryFor service to art.Ruth Winifred CracknellFor service to the performing arts.William Leslie Carrington DaviesFor service to commerce and to the media.Victor Allen EdgeloeFor service to education.Deaconess Doris Norma FarleyFor service in the field of Aboriginal welfare.Maxwell Edgar FatchenFor service to journalism and to literature.Trevor Charles FentonFor public service in the aviation industry and for service to the arts.Kenneth James FoxFor service to aviation.Eric John GeeFor service to the dental profession.James Patrick GibsonFor service to trade unionism.Arthur Royston GriffithsClive Frank Sutherland GroomFor service to the stevedoring industry.Dr Eric Rowland GuilerFor service to biological sciencesAlexander Leonard HeiligFor public service.Robert Arthur HingstonFor service to local government.Hazel HolymanFor service to the aviation industry.Frederick Leslie Kerr AUS MBEFor service in the field of fire protection, particularly as Director of the South Australian Country Fire ServiceJoan Elizabeth KirnerFor community service.Dorothy Isabel Knox AUS OBEFor service to education.Joan Dorothy LongFor service to the film industry.Doris Irene Magee AUS MBEFor service to the sport of athletics.Alan David McGilvray AUS MBEFor service to the sport of cricket.James Gordon MenziesFor community service.Dr Alwyn John MillingtonFor service to agriculture.Reverend Edmund Laurence RandallFor service to religious education.Josephine Francis RogersFor community service in the field of diet and nutrition.Honora Maud RyanFor community service.John Kevin RyanFor service to the sport of horse racing.Alwyn Monteith ShearerFor service to commerce and industry.Donald Adrian Allen SimpsonFor service to handicapped children.Dr William Anderson Hugh SmithFor service to medicine.Desmond Joseph Sullivan AUS , DSO DFCFor public service, particularly as Managing Secretary, Rottnest Island.Dr Eric Hyman TaftFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of dermatology.Robert Hunter TaitFor community service, particularly with the Boys' Brigade Australia.Dr Wilfred Victor TeniswoodFor service to education and the community.Margaret Kennings WardFor service to education.Dr Louis Ronald WernerAlfred Desmond Joseph WoodFor service to handicapped children. Military Division Branch Recipient Citation NotesNavyCommander Keith Martin Adams AUS RANRFor service to the Naval Reserve Cadets.Commander Rudolph Raleigh Laing AUS RANFor service as Supply Officer in HMAS Stalwart.Commander Peter Clifford Mitchell AUS RANFor service as Assistant Director Naval Weapons Design.ArmyLieutenant Colonel John Stuart BakerFor service on the directing staff of the Joint Services Staff College.Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Robert BlackFor service to the Australian Army, particularly as a member of the Regular Officers Development Committee.Lieutenant Colonel Edwin John CharltonFor service as Chief Transport and Movements Officer, 1st Transport and Movements Group.Colonel Brian Douglas Clendinnen AUS EDFor service to the Army Reserve, particularly as Colonel (Planning) Headquarters 3red Divisional Field Force Group.Colonel Peter Maxwell DouglasFor service as Commander Royal Australian Corps of Transport, Headquarters Field Force Command.Colonel Richard Seaton FlintFor service as Director of Army Training and Director of Training Requirements - Army.Colonel Alfred Barrett GarlandFor service to the Australian Army, particularly in the administration of Field Force Command.Air ForceGroup Captain Edward James BushellFor service as an aeronautical engineer in the Royal Australian Air Force.Group Captain Langton James ConnellyFor service as Director of Personnel Airmen, Royal Australian Air Force.Group Captain Ian Russell GordonFor service as Defence Adviser and Head Australian Defence Co-operation Group, Papua New Guinea.Group Captain William Eric SansumFor service as the Director of Maintenance Policy in the Royal Australian Air Force. Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) General Division Recipient Citation NotesElaine Nancy AdlerFor service in the field of children's welfare.Frances Mary AlvinFor community service with the Salvation Army.Rex Leonard AndrewFor service to the fruit growing industry.Charles Stuart ArnoldFor service to local government and to the community.William Charles ArnottFor community service.Harold Leonard AsmithFor service to the welfare of ex-service personnel and to the community.William Henry John AvelingFor public service as Custodian, Admiralty House, SydneyJudith Anderson BakerFor community service.Marjorie Faith BarnardFor service to literature.Vera Florence BarnesFor community service.Alexander John BarterFor service to the sport of archery.Nancy Evelyn BeaneyFor community service.Douglas Frank BennettsFor community service.Thomas John BennisonFor service to the sport of sailing.Marion Maria BishopFor community service.George Edward BowdenFor public service.Malcolm Russell BromellFor community service.Kenneth Symington BrownFor service to education.Raymond Clarence BruceFor community service.Brigadier Claude Ewen Cameron AUS , MC EDFor service to the community and to the welfare of ex-service personnel.Veronica Jill CampbellFor public service, particularly at the Australian Embassy, Tehran.Jessie Madeline ClydeFor community service.Colin Cecil ColemanFor public and community service, particularly in relation to the Australian Army Apprentices School, Balcombe, Victoria.Carmel Mary CroanFor community service.James William CulleyFor service to the sport of cycling.Rowland Stanley James DartFor service to the Scout Association of AustraliaMerle Lorraine DaviesFor community service.John William DixonFor public service.Teresa Ada DixonLeonard Joseph EdgarFor public service in the aviation industry.William Middleton EllingsFor community service.Thomas Sydney EllisBobbie Ellen Fenner UK ARRCMillicent Olive Vera FernanceZora Ruby May FibbinsFor service to athletics and the sport of hockey.Henry FowlerFor community service.Henry Alan FlowerFor public service.Alleyn Albert GainsfordFor community service.Charles Alexander GardnerCharles Owen GeddesClive Francis GeddesFor service to the sport of rugby league football.Dulcie Edna GiffordFor community service.Gloria Anne GoolagongFor community service, particularly the welfare of Aboriginal children.Diana Rose GrahamFor community service.John Goldney Heylen GreenFor service to local government and to the community.Amy Lillian GriffithFor community service.Janis GulbisFor service in the field of migrant welfare.Patricia HalpenFor service to music.Maxwell Roy HarveyFor community service.Kathleen Mavis HayFor service to nursing.Charles Gordon HillFor service to the sport of Australian football.Donovan Wheatley HillFor community service.Leonard HockleyFor public service and for service to the community.Jack Douglas HurleyFor community service.Leonora Oakley HurrellFor service to the community, particularly as Postmistress at Sheringa, South Australia.Clarence Frank JohnsonFor service to local government and to the community.Albert Reginald KellyFor service to the community.Heinrich Edgar KrugerFor service to the welfare of ex-service personnel.Lazarus LiverisFor public service and for service to the community.Walter Michael LothFor service to local government and to the community.James Douglas MacfarlaneFor service to horticulture.Margaret John MackieFor community service.Dorothy Amelia MackinnonCharles Ernest MardenFor public service.Robert James Percival MarshallFor service to the sport of billiards and to the community.Edward William McBrideFor service to the sport of wood chopping.Frances Patricia McCannFor service to the sport of softball.Allan John McDonaldFor service to the welfare of ex-service personnel and to the community.Basil Vernon McDonaldFor service to the sport of life saving.Bruce Frederick McIntoshFor service to local government and to the community.James Gordin McIntoshFor service to the sport of rifle shooting.Alison McMullenFor community service.Betty Ann MichelmoreEllen Mary MitchellFor service to children's welfare.Patricia Mary MitchellFor community service.John Alexander MorganGene Lorelle MooreFor service to the welfare of children of ex-service personnel.Denis Royston James MorrisseyFor service to local government and to the community.Dr Noel Andrew NeedhamFor service to the Scouts Association of Australia.Major William Barr Nehl AUS ED RAA (Retired)For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel.Eva May NettleFor community service.Margaret Ruth NewnhamFor service to aged persons' welfare.Colin Stanislaus NewtonFor service to local government and to the community.John William NoakesFor public service.John Johnson NylandFor service to trade unionism.Henry James O'CallaghanFor service to the sport of Australian football.James O'DeaFor service to music.Allan Forrest PankhurstFor service to local government.Maria Maddalena PascoliFor community service.George Edward PetersenThomas Hugh PhillipsPeter PolacikFor service in the field of migrant welfare.Edward QuongFor community service.Frances Lionel RankinFor public service.Edward Leslie Joseph ReardonFor service to local government and to the community.Ethel May RedmanFor community service.Adrian Gerard RocheWladsyslaw RogowskiFor service to migrant welfare.Sergeant First Grade Lionel Edgar SamuelsFor public service.Lionel Robson ShearerFor service to local government and to the community.Joy Bethel SmithFor community service.Henry William Percy SmithFor service to junior sport.Marjorie Hilda SpurlingFor community service.Gordon John Willy SuhrFor community service, particularly as a volunteer fire fighter.Kenneth George StewardFor service to the sport of athletics.Lieutenant Commander William Noel Swan AUS RAN (Retired)For community serviceAgnes Vera Mabel SynanMarian Olga TarlingFor service in the aviation industry, particularly as an Air Traffic Controller.Gloria Maude TateFor service to education.Betty Christine TeltscherFor community service, particularly with the Australian Huntington's Disease Association.Jenkin Newton ThomasFor service to the sport of clay target shooting.Detective Chief Superintendent Kenneth Lawrence ThorsenFor public service.John VandelooFor community serviceFrederick Herbert WalkerFor public service.Joan Muriel WaltonFor community service.Hettie Elizabeth Matilda WardRhonda Hearnshaw WatsonPercy George Wallace WhitelawFor service to the welfare of ex-service personnel.Helen Helga WilsonFor service to literature.William Austin WoodgerFor service to the sport of rugby union.Victor Albert WoolcockFor service to the welfare of ex-service personnel.William Leonard WrightFor community service. Military Division Branch Recipient Citation NotesNavyWarrant Officer Norbert Hans FriebeFor service in HMAS Supply.Warrant Officer Francis Alan GibbsFor service during the refitting of HMA Submarines Oxley and OnslowArmyWarrant Officer Class One Hilton Robert AtkinsFor service to the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.Warrant Officer Class One Arthur John BrethertonFor service as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the Royal Military College, Duntroon.Warrant Officer Class Two Donald Keith MorganFor service to the Army Reserve.Warrant Officer Class One Gerald Ivan NeagleFor service to the Army Reserve, particularly as Regimental Sergeant Major, 4th Training Group.Warrant Officer Class One John Neil SheehanFor service to the Special Air Service Regiment and to the Infantry Corps.Air ForceWarrant Officer Christopher James BohrFor service as a Warrant Officer Engineer at Number 3 Aircraft Depot, Royal Australian Air Force.Warrant Officer Henry James BurkeFor service to the Defence and Fire Section of Operations Branch, Headquarters Support Command, Royal Australian Air Force.Warrant Officer Neville GannawayFor service as an accounting clerk, RAAF Base, Edinburgh, South Australia.Warrant Officer Mervyn Charles PinnerFor service with Number 24 (City of Adelaide) (Auxiliary) Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. 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