1981 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
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.[1][2]
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
General Division
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Right Honourable Sir Garfield (Edward John) Barwick, GCMG | For service to the Australian Parliament, government and the law | [1][2] |
General Division
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sir John (Laurence) Knott, CBE | For service to industry and the community | [1][2] |
| Keith William Steel, OBE | For service to industry |
General Division
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| John Hamilton Andrews | For service to the architecture | [1][2] |
| Dr Percy Raymond Begg | For service to dentistry, particularly in the field of orthodontics | |
| Hugh Reskymer Bonython, DFC AFC | For service to the arts | |
| Murray Goulburn Madden Bourchier | For service to the diplomatic corps | |
| Mac Brunckhorst | For service to banking | |
| Edward John Connellan, CBE OBE | For service to the community and aviation | |
| Jack Napier Davenport, DSO DFC GM | For service to industry | |
| Laurence Desmond Draper, QPM | For service to the South Australian Police Force, particularly as Commissioner | |
| Sydney Stephen Dunn | For services to education | |
| John Keith Edwards | For service to industry and education | |
| Dr Alexander MacDonald Fraser | For service to education | |
| Robert Donald Hill-Ling | For service to industry | |
| Herman Diederik Huyer | For service to industry and to the community | |
| Kenneth Thomas Jenkins | For service to the disabled | |
| Charles Wooller Marshall | For service to the mining industry | |
| Professor Donald William McElwain, ED | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of psychology | |
| William Norman Morrison | For service to industry and to the community | |
| The Honourable Justice John Flood Nagle | For service to the community and to education | |
| Ivan Edgar Newnham, MBE | For public service to industry | |
| Francis John Owen Ryan, ISO | For public service in the field of corporate affairs | |
| Gilbert Frederick Seaman, CMG | For public service | |
| Professor Julius Stone, OBE | For service to law, particularly in the field of international law | |
| Dr Margaret Ada Sutherland, OBE | For service to music | |
| Maurice Carmel Timbs | For public service |
Military Division
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Rear-Admiral David Willoughby Leach, CBE MVO | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Flag Officer commanding H M Australia Fleet and as Chief of Naval Personnel | [1][2] |
| Army | Major-General Phillip Harvey Bennett, DSO KBE | For service to the Australian Defence Force, particularly as Chief of the Defence Force | |
| Air Force | Air Vice-Marshal Henry Alfred Hughes, DFC | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Chief of Air Force Material |
General Division
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Neville Francis Amadio, MBE | For service to music | [1][2] |
| Louis Athol-Shmith | For service to photography | |
| Emeritus Professor Mervyn Neville Austin | For service to education | |
| Bertram Charles Ballard | For service to the public service as a diplomatic representative | |
| Kevin Charles Bartlett | For service to the sport of Australian football | |
| Luciano Bini | For service to migrant welfare | |
| Norman Joseph Campbell | For service to industrial relations | |
| Ralph Gordon Conley | For service to the aviation industry | |
| Helen Craven Crisp | For service to education | |
| Sydney Page Crosland | For service to journalism | |
| Margaret Isabel Day | For service to the performing arts | |
| The Honourable Renfrey Curgenven De Garis | For service to the community and to parliament and government | |
| Rosalind Janet Denny | For service to nursing | |
| John Stuart Dowie | For service to the arts as a sculptor and painter | |
| James Heward Earle | For service to architecture | |
| William John Eason | For service to education | |
| Brother Ethelred Alan Nestor Ferguson | For service to education | |
| Richard Batten Gall | For service to industry | |
| George Andrew Gray, DFC | For service to education, particularly in the field of psychology | |
| James Patrick Hagan | For service in the fiend of Aboriginal welfare | |
| Harry Oswald Hall | For service to the building industry | |
| Dr Donald Graham Hamilton | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of paediatrics | |
| Major Colin Alistair Harper, MBE | For service to the community | |
| Lorna Ruby Hausler | For service to the community | |
| James Charles Houghton | For service to industry | |
| David Neil Ireland | For service to literature | |
| Donald Isaacs | For service to industry and to the community | |
| Freda Elizabeth Jacob | For service to the disabled | |
| Colin Frederick Jacobsen | For service to the entertainment industry | |
| Charles Thomas Kearney | For service to the community | |
| Rabbi John Simon Levi | For service to religion | |
| Walter John Lewer | For public service | |
| Marie Lenore Lowndes | For service to nursing | |
| Wallace Vivian McKensey | For service to engineering | |
| Hilarie Clare Moore, MBE | For service to disabled children | |
| Howard Charles Morton | For service to the prevention and control of tuberculosis | |
| Francis Joseph Murphy | For service to the sport of diving | |
| Dr Stephen Murray-Smith | For service to education and to literature | |
| Robyn Anne Nevin | For service to the performing arts | |
| Harold Charles Ogilvie | For service to the community | |
| John Galloway Painter | For service to music | |
| Peter Allen Powditch | For service as a painter and sculptor | |
| Dr Peggy Elizabeth Roberta Read | For service in the field of animal welfare | |
| Dr Joan Margaret Redshaw | For service to the community | |
| George Leslie Clarence Rees | For service to literature | |
| Edward Francis Sandbach | For public service | |
| Dr Eric Baldwin Sims | For services to medicine, particularly in the field of paediatrics | |
| Ronald Nathan Stone | For service to local government and to the community | |
| The Honourable Joe Slater Thompson | For service to trade unionism | |
| Geoffrey Alan Vincent | For service to the accounting profession | |
| Donald Percival Williams, KStJ | For service to the community | |
| James Hardy Wilton | For service to banking | |
| Joan Merle Woodberry | For service to literature and to education | |
| Dr Robin George Woods | For service to dentistry | |
| Charles Arthur Noel Young | For service to primary industry |
Military Division
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Commander Anne Lorraine Briggs | For service to the Royal Australian Navy | [1][2] |
| Captain Thomas Alfred Dadswell | For service to the Naval Material Division, particularly as Aircraft Carrier Project Director | ||
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Frederick William Maxwell Bond | For service to the Army Reserve | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey David Carter | For service to the Australian Army in the field of air defence | ||
| Lieutenant Colonel Michael Francis Ekman | For service to the Australian Army in Field Force planning and organisation | ||
| Lieutenant Colonel Maxwell Martin Flohr | For service to the Army Reserve | ||
| Colonel Philip Michael Jeffery, MC | For service to the Australian Army in the formation of the Special Action Force | ||
| Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Hepworth Taylor, MC | For service to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps | ||
| Air Force | Chaplain Mervyn Steve Box | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the Senior Chaplain, Laverton | |
| Wing Commander Eric John Kluukeri | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Commanding Officer of Central Photographic Establishment | ||
| Group Captain Norman Robin Wade, MBE | For services to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as the commanding Officer of No 478 Squadron. | ||
| Wing Commander Lynton Thomas Winn | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Commanding Officer of No 11 Squadron |
General Division
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lawrence James Anderson | For service to the public service | [1][2] |
| Betty Maureen Anderson | For service to the nursing | |
| Tomas Andrews | For service to the sport of orienteering | |
| Ronald Naish Bailey | For service to the community and local government | |
| Albert Abraham Baker | For service to the community | |
| Amy Storey Baldwin | For service to the community | |
| William John Barker | For service to the community and local government | |
| David John Barratt | For service to primary industry | |
| Louis John Benaud | For service to the Public Service | |
| Margaret Mercer Blackburn | For service to commercial education | |
| Enid Ross Bowman | For service to conservation | |
| Arthur James Brissett | For service to local government | |
| Hector George Brooks | For service to primary industry | |
| Douglas Haig Bruce | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel | |
| Francis Joseph Bryant | For service to the sport of cricket | |
| Richard John Bryant | For service to the sport of cricket | |
| Valma Burrows | For service to child welfare | |
| Ian Alexander Cameron | For service to the Public Service | |
| Henry Francis Cayley | For services to bridge | |
| Dr Archibald Frederick George Cornelius Christie | For service to community medical welfare | |
| Charles James Clifford | For service to the Public Service and the community | |
| Nola Edith Colefax | For service to the Theatre of the Deaf | |
| Ruth Emily Gwendoline Cooper | For service to nursing | |
| Clifford Douglas Cordon | For service to the community | |
| Frederick Sperry Coventry | For service to the wool industry | |
| Sybil Mary Frances Craig | For service as an artist | |
| Heather Bembrick Crosby | For service to the community | |
| Leslie Howard Cross | For service to the sport of billiards and snooker | |
| Frederick Francis De Saxe | For service to the legal profession as a barrister's clerk | |
| Jacqueline Mary Theresa Deveril | For service to children's welfare | |
| Robert William Doyle Devlin | For service to local government | |
| Isabel Helen Dillon | For service to the Public Service | |
| John Fletcher Elliott | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of optometry | |
| Owen Rowland Evans | For service to conservation | |
| Lolita Farmer | For service to migrant welfare | |
| Florence Roma Field | For service to the community | |
| Sydney John Fisher, QPM | For service to the community | |
| Sam Fiszman | For service to the community | |
| Dr James Aloysius Flaherty | For service to the community and to local government | |
| Rosetta Flynn | For service to the community | |
| Lloyd George Foord | For service to the community | |
| Doris Orr Ford | For service to the community | |
| Graeme Lindsay Gaul | For service to the community in the field of youth welfare | |
| Annibale Gaetano Giuffre | For service in the field of migrant welfare | |
| Margaret Ipsa Gleeson | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Sister Mary Ursula Grachan | For service to education | |
| John Joseph Grumley | For service to the community and to band music | |
| Brian Patrick Harford | For public service | |
| Charles Artlett Harris | For service to the sport of cricket | |
| Shirley Kathleen Anne Haslem | For service to welfare, particularly through the New South Wales Council for the Mentally Handicapped | |
| Thelma Anne Hatfield | For service to the community | |
| Nancye Lee Hayes | For service to the performing arts | |
| Donald Southwell Herborn | For public and community service in Papua New Guinea | |
| Captain Charles Nelson Hill | For service to the aviation industry | |
| Francis Vincent Holden | For service to the community and to local government | |
| Winifred Gladys Hooper | For service to the community | |
| Lorna Ellen Hosking | For service to the community | |
| Colin Richard James | For service to the community | |
| Kenneth Eric Johnson | For service to special education, particularly in the field of specific learning difficulties | |
| Vivian Thomas Judd | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Colin Charles James Kelly | For service to Public Service | |
| Albert Leonard Kuipers | For service to the community | |
| Pastor Frederick Kummerow | For service to religion and to the community | |
| Reginald Clive Lane | For service to the sport of rugby football | |
| James (Yami) Lester | For service in the field of Aboriginal welfare | |
| Barry Graham Lindner | For service in the field of Aboriginal welfare | |
| Jack Wilson Littler | For service to the community | |
| Keith Kenneth Lowe | For service to the community | |
| James Fraser Macdonald | For service to primary industry and to the community | |
| Marie Therese Maidment | For service to the disabled | |
| Barbara Berrima Manning | For service to the theatre | |
| Reverend Keith Henderson Marr | For service to religion | |
| John Curtis Marsh | For service to the community | |
| Horace Hayden Martin | For service to the community of Swan Hill | |
| Linda Mary Elizabeth McBurney | For service to the community | |
| Roy Edward McDonnell | For service to medicine through the invention and design of technical equipment | |
| Malcolm Paterson McPherson | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Arthur Forrest McRobbie | For service to the sport of basketball | |
| Roy William Mills | For service to the community | |
| Bonifacius Casimirus Minius | For public service in the field of plant propagation | |
| Barbara Jessie Misson | For service to the community | |
| Keith Raymond Morris | For service in the field of Aboriginal welfare | |
| Alison Moss | For service to nursing | |
| John William Moyses | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Frederick Walter Napier | For service to athletics | |
| Rita Grace Nassar | For service to handicapped children | |
| Brian Arthur Newton | For service to the disabled | |
| Dulcie Laura Noonan | For service to the community | |
| Francesco Oliveri | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Robert John Padula | For service to short wave radio | |
| Albert Alexander Lyle Pattison | For service to the community | |
| Robert Wilson Payen | For service to the sport of greyhound racing | |
| Derek Van Halen Pendleton | For service in the field of health administration | |
| James Edward Percey | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Thomas James Peters | For service to the motor trading industry | |
| Dr Sydney James William Player | For service to medicine | |
| Robert Norman Prior | For service to the field of health insurance | |
| Lionel Norman Rackley, DFC AE | For service to the disabled | |
| Clytie Louise Rannard | For public service | |
| Edwin Charles Renton | For service to medicine, particularly as a chiropodist | |
| John Reynolds | For service as a writer and historian | |
| Elizabeth Mary Robb | For service to the disabled | |
| Raymond Errol Roberts | For service in the field of youth welfare | |
| William James Robertson | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Sylvester Robert Robinson | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Ellen Alma Clarice Robinson | For service to the disabled | |
| Eric Joseph Roughana | For service to the timber industry and to the community | |
| Frederick Joseph Royal | For service to band music | |
| William Denis Ryan | For service to trade unionism | |
| Allen Edward Schafer | For service to the sport of tennis | |
| MacGregor Schulz | For service to primary industry | |
| Colin Purdom Scott | For service to local government | |
| Patrick Edward Shelly | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Joshua Shilkin, ED | For service to industry | |
| Hector Allan Skidmore | For service to local government and to the community | |
| David Douglas Smith | For service to the community | |
| William David Smith | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel | |
| Harold Albert Leonard Stark | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Julian Ferdinand Stefani | For service to the community | |
| Walter William Stone | For service to literature | |
| Raymond Wilton Theodor Suess | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel | |
| Jack Sweet | For public service and for service to the community | |
| Major Alan Delpah Taylor | For service to the community of Ballarat | |
| Hazel Joyce Tinley | For public service and for service to the community | |
| Thomas Harris Arthur Titley, MC | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Samuel Leonard Lancelot Trenwith | For service to band music | |
| Ruth Edith Tuck (SMITH) | For service as an art teacher and as an artist | |
| Margaret June Tucker | For public service | |
| Clifford Taylor Turnbull | For service in the field of youth welfare | |
| Alan Skelton Ward | For service to the sport of cricket | |
| Maurice Adrian Webb | For service to the sport of surf life saving | |
| Edward Louis Weidner | For service to the sport of rugby football | |
| Daniel George White, OBE | For service to the sport of surf life saving | |
| Eudora Mary Wilkshire | For public service | |
| Percy Williams | For service to local government | |
| Althea Mary Williams | For service to the disabled, particularly through the development of Riding for the Disabled | |
| David Wiskar | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel | |
| Walter Allan Wood | For service to the community |
Military Division
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Warrant Officer John Richard Aaron | For service to the Royal Australian Navy School of Training Technology and Naval training in general | [1][2] |
| Warrant Officer Peter Lloyd Frost | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Wardroom Mess Manager, HMAS Harman | ||
| Warrant Officer Gary Neville Jackson | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as an instructor at Great Lakes Training Centre | ||
| Warrant Officer Christopher Nicholas Nicolaides | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Stores Officer of HMAS Stirling | ||
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Evalds Erglis | For service to the Army Reserve | |
| Warrant Officer Class One Keith Kevin Hunter | For service to the Australian Army in the Stores Procurement field | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Robert Leslie Rowley | For service to the Royal Australian Survey Corps | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Stephen Alan Smith | For meritorious service with the Australian Army, in the field of personnel management | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two James Edward Smithers | For service to Army Reserve Recruiting | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Douglas Alexander Thoresen | For service to the Australian Army in the field of military music | ||
| Air Force | Warrant Officer Murray Dennis Johnson | For service as a Warrant Officer Engineer at no 2 squadron, Royal Australian Air Force |
References
- "The Queen's Birthday Honours Lists – Commonwealth". The Canberra Times. Vol. 55, no. 16, 696. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 13 June 1981. p. 11. Retrieved 4 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Government Gazette Notices". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special. No. S114. Australia. 13 June 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
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