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

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Knight of the Order of Australia (AK)

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General Division

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Recipient Citation Notes
The Right Honourable Sir Garfield (Edward John) Barwick, GCMG For service to the Australian Parliament, government and the law [1][2]

Companion (AC)

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General Division

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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

Officer (AO)

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General Division

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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

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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

Member (AM)

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General Division

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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

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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

Medal (OAM)

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General Division

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "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.