9 Jun 2024

King’s Birthday Honours 2024

Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM, Governor of Queensland, congratulates the following Queenslanders named in The King’s Birthday Honours List 2024.

Order of Australia

Award Title/Rank Given Name(s) Surname Citation
AO Mr Glenn Donald McGrath AM For distinguished service to community health through breast cancer support, and to cricket as an international coach.
AO Ms Felicity June Young For distinguished service to public health, particularly to those living with HIV/AIDS, and to gender equality and human rights.
AM Ms Margaret Ann Allison For significant service to public administration, and to the community.
AM Mrs Kathy Cavanagh For significant service to women’s affairs, and to the community.
AM Mr John Andrew Collins For significant service to the arts through music, and to the community.
AM Dr Laurie Margaret Cowled For significant service to philanthropy in the arts, education and health sectors, and to women.
AM Ms Roslyn Curtis For significant service to education, and to professional associations.
AM Dr John Kees De Groot For significant service to the law, to tertiary education, and to the community.
AM Mr Clifford Neville Fleming For significant service to business, and to the community of Bundaberg.
AM Professor Glen Anthony Gole For significant service to ophthalmology, to tertiary education, and to professional organisations.
AM Mr Philip Gregory Harrison For significant service to youth, and to outdoor and environmental education.
AM Associate Professor Anthony David Holley For significant service to intensive care and emergency medicine.
AM Professor Elizabeth Kendall For significant service to rehabilitation research, to people with disability, and to tertiary education.
AM Ms Linda Maree Kochanski For significant service to the law, particularly dispute resolution, and to tertiary education.
AM Mr Tim Low For significant service to conservation, and to environmental education and awareness.
AM The Honourable Ann Majella Lyons For significant service to the judiciary, to the law, and to the community.
AM Mr Richard James Marks For significant service to rugby as a player, coach, and administrator.
AM Dr Brendan Joseph Moore For significant service to anaesthesiology, and to pain medicine.
AM Emeritus Professor Michael Paul Pender For significant service to medicine, particularly neurology and multiple sclerosis research, and to tertiary education.
AM The Reverend Dr Charles Richard Ringma For significant service to theology, to the community, and to youth.
AM Ms Sarina Russo For significant service to business, to the community, and to vocational education and training.
AM Professor Gregory Michael Scalia For significant service to cardiology as a clinician, academic and mentor.
AM Mrs Patricia Joy Sibraa For significant service to softball as an umpire and administrator.
AM Ms Elizabeth Anne Taylor For significant service to the community through domestic violence initiatives and organisations.
AM Ms Jocelyn Walker For significant service to business, and to the community through philanthropic endeavours.
AM Emeritus Professor Ronald Arthur Weber For significant service to tertiary education, to accounting and information system development, and to professional associations.
AM Dr Beres Carmel Woodhead For significant service to general practice medicine, particularly in board leadership roles, and to the community.
OAM Mrs Effie Bacalakis For service to the community of the Cairns region.
OAM Mrs Kay
Elanor
Bryan For service to the arts community, and to education, through philanthropic contributions.
OAM Dr Belinda Edith Clarke (Hunter) For service to medicine, particularly pathology.
OAM Mrs Rhona Carol Collinson For service to the community of Caboolture.
OAM Mr Martin Henry Corkery For service to youth through early education, and to the community.
OAM Mrs Barbara Frances Daley For service to the community of Bulimba.
OAM Mrs Heather Isabelle Doherty For service to masters athletics.
OAM The Reverend Judith Patricia Edgar For service to the Anglican Church of Australia, and to the community of Springsure.
OAM Mr Wiliam Edward Faint For service to the community of Clermont.
OAM Mr John William Fradgley For service to the community, to the Anglican Church in Australia, and to the law.
OAM Mr Michael Munro Fraser For service to the communities of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta.
OAM Ms Tania Frazer For service to music as a soloist and chamber musician.
OAM Mr Leonard George Goode For service to the community of Sarina.
OAM Ms Suellen Hardie For service to swimming as an official and administrator.
OAM Mrs Cheryl Anne Harris For service to the community of the Sunshine Coast.
OAM Mr Lance Richard Haslewood For service to veterans and their families, and to the community.
OAM Ms Shauna Hicks For service to community history.
OAM Mr John Harold Honeycombe For service to community of North Queensland through a range of organisations.
OAM Mr Kevin James Hughes
BM
For service to the community through a range of organisations.
OAM Mrs Barbara Knowles For service to hockey.
OAM Mrs Prudence Ann Lawson For service to the community through social welfare support.
OAM Mrs Jo-Ann Patricia Lees For service to youth through Girl Guides.
OAM Ms Lee Lewis For service to the performing arts as a theatre director.
OAM Ms Jeanette Lockey For service to the community of Tamborine Mountain.
OAM Ms Margaret Jane Maunsell For service to business, and to the community of Cairns.
OAM Mr Garth Wallace McMillan For service to the community through emergency response organisations.
OAM Mr Edward Monaei For service to the Indigenous community, particularly through sport.
OAM Mrs Marie Jeanette Nicholson For service to music as a teacher and accompanist.
OAM Dr Janine Philippa O’Keeffe (Porter-Steele) For service to nursing.
OAM Mrs Merrill Penelope Ovenden For service to youth through Scouts.
OAM Mrs Susan Margaret Pavish For service to physical education.
OAM The Late Mr Gavin Hamilton Patterson For service to the community of Hervey Bay.
OAM Mr John Cyril Reynolds For service to business.
OAM Mrs Suzanne Roberts For service to music, and to secondary education.
OAM Dr Noel Clyde Robinson For service to architecture.
OAM Mrs Gail Mary Sellers For service to the community of Gladstone.
OAM Mr Peter Albert Senior For service to golf.
OAM Ms Colleen Mary Taylor For service to public administration.
OAM Mr Philip John Thomson For service to the community of the Numinbah Valley.
OAM Ms Wendy Jean Waller For service to local government, and to the community of Liverpool.
OAM Mrs Evelyn Joan White For service to the community of the Goondiwindi region.

Meritorious

PSM Mr Graham John Atkins For outstanding public service to the construction and housing industry in Queensland.
PSM Ms Michele Fay Bauer For outstanding public service to industry and economic development in Queensland.
PSM Mr Terry Paul Brennan For outstanding public service to local government in Queensland.
PSM Mr Jon Douglas For outstanding public service to traffic engineering in Queensland.
PSM Mr James Eynstone-Hinkins For outstanding public service through his substantial contribution to the Australian Government in the field of data and statistics in public health, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
PSM Mr Shaun David Ferris For outstanding public service in leading the Queensland resources industry response to COVID-19.
PSM Ms Michelle Gaye Lees For outstanding public service in the delivery of support and payments to Australian citizens in times of national emergencies and other critical events.
PSM Mr Gary McCahon For outstanding public service to corrective services in New South Wales and Queensland.
PSM Ms Lauren Moran For outstanding public service in jointly creating new, timely information on causes of deaths, by producing a range of mortality statistics to support COVID-19 responses.
PSM Mrs Michelle Gaye Wellington For outstanding public service to disaster management and the COVID-19 response in Queensland.
APM Senior Sergeant Craig William Berry
APM Chief Inspector Michael David Fawcett
APM Sergeant Kelly Suzanne Gurski
APM Chief Superintendent John Edwin Hallam
APM Senior Sergeant Robert William Richards
APM Senior Sergeant Rima Seferovic
APM Detective Senior Sergeant Peter John Ziser
AFSM Mr Peter Allen Bradow
AFSM Mr Mark James Crowe
AFSM Mr Stephen Vincent Diete
AFSM Mr Dean Thomas Tucker
ASM Mr Christopher Robert Haswell
ASM Ms Rachel Veronica Latimer
ACM Mr John Rosset
ACM Ms Selina Shea

Military

AM(Mil) Brigadier Paul Edward Smith For exceptional service as Deputy Judge Advocate General – Army.
CSC Lieutenant Colonel Owain Stuart Griffiths For outstanding devotion to duty as the Brigade Major of the 6th Brigade.
CSC Colonel Scott Jamieson For outstanding devotion to duty as the Australian Defence Advisor Central Pacific.
CSC Flight Sergeant Ludovico Jon Lico For outstanding achievement in training and capability development for the KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport Aircraft capability for the Royal Australian Air Force.
CSC Lieutenant Colonel Dayton Saul McCarthy For outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer of 9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment and Commanding Officer of the 2nd Division’s Reinforcing Battle Group.
CSC Group Captain Craig William Nielsen For outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer of the Royal Australian Air Force Security and Fire School.
OAM(Mil) Warrant Officer Class One Cameron Michael Gee For meritorious service and commitment across multiple appointments to the improvement of Army Geospatial Intelligence capability and cultural integration with the Australian Intelligence Corps.
OAM(Mil) Chief Petty Officer Patricia Anne Kelly For performance of duty in the field of Navy Personnel Management.
OAM(Mil) Warrant Officer Class One John Matthew Lines
MG
For meritorious service over the course of successive Regimental Sergeant Major appointments.
OAM(Mil) Warrant Officer Class One Craig Antony Webb For meritorious service across multiple Regimental Sergeant Major positions in the Australian Army.
CSM Major Timothy Peter Bowers For meritorious achievements as the Information Manager of the 1st (Australian) Division.
CSM Major Justin Thomas Cross For meritorious achievement as a Project Engineer delivering key infrastructure in support of Indo-Pacific Enhance Regional Engagement.
CSM Lieutenant Colonel Steven John Frankel
CSC
For meritorious achievement commanding the Australian Defence Force element supporting the stabilisation mission in the Solomon Islands from November 2021 to March 2022.
CSM Lieutenant David Alan-James Loynd
RAN
For meritorious achievement as the Joint Intelligence Officer to Headquarters Middle East on Operation ACCORDION from 10 December 2022 to 17 July 2023.
CSM Corporal Dylan Gary Neumann For meritorious achievement as the Information, Communication and Technology Administrator within the Weapons Technical Intelligence Platoon, 1st Intelligence Battalion.
CSM Warrant Officer Class Two Brenda Joy Smith For meritorious achievement as the Unit Welfare Officer of the 10th Force Support Battalion.
CSM Sergeant Leighton Barnet Wilson For meritorious achievement as acting Artificer Sergeant Major of the 7th Signal Regiment.