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Monday 25 January 2021
His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Governor of Queensland, congratulates the following Queenslanders recognised today in the Australia Day 2021 Honours List for their remarkable contributions to State and nation:
OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION |
Mr Gregory CHAPPELL MBE For distinguished service to cricket as a leading player, captain, coach and administrator at the elite level, and to a range of charitable foundations. |
Professor Helene MARSH For distinguished service to the biological and environmental sciences, to the conservation of marine mammals, and to tertiary education. |
Professor Paul Christopher MEMMOTT For distinguished service to ethno-architecture and anthropology, to Indigenous housing and cultural heritage, and to tertiary education. |
Dr Sally Anne PITKIN For distinguished service to business, to corporate governance standards and performance, to the arts, and to the advancement of women. |
Dr Russell Evan REICHELT For distinguished service to marine conservation, to ecosystem management of the Great Barrier Reef, and to climate change research. |
Emeritus Professor Kay Elizabeth SAUNDERS AM For distinguished service to tertiary education, particularly to history, as an academic and author, to professional associations, and to the community. |
MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION |
Mr Donald Steele BARRETT For significant service to tertiary education, particularly to the classics and ancient history. |
Mrs Judith Ann BELL For significant service to the administration of justice, to the visual arts, and to education. |
Ms Kerrin BENSON For significant service to the multicultural community, and to refugee settlement. |
Mr Kerry John BETROS For significant service to the banking sector, to the retail food industry, and to the community. |
Mrs Kirsty Margaret BROWN OAM For significant service to youth through Scouts. |
Mrs Radmila DESIC For significant service to women in the construction industry, and to unemployed youth. |
Ms Lorrae DESMOND MBE For significant service to the performing arts as an actor, entertainer and singer. |
Mr Michael Bruce HAWKINS For significant service to the film and television industry, and to screen content. |
Dr Michael David HUMPHREY For significant service to medicine, particularly to obstetrics and gynaecology. |
Mr Anthony John JOSEPH For significant service to the fruit and vegetable industry, and to rugby league. |
Mr Peter Barry KEARNS OAM For significant service to education, particularly to adult and lifelong learning. |
Ms Valerie Kathleen LEHMAN For significant service to the performing arts, and to wildlife conservation. |
Dr Bruce Gregory LISTER For significant service to paediatric intensive care medicine, and to professional societies. |
Dr James Jip McGILL For significant service to metabolic medicine, to biochemical genetic pathology, and to medical education. |
Professor Colleen Coyne NELSON For significant service to medical research, particularly to prostate cancer, and to health organisations. |
Dr Robyn Marie SHEAHAN-BRIGHT For significant service to children's literature, and to the promotion of reading. |
Commodore William Leonard TAYLOR RAN (Retd) For significant service to the people and Parliament of Australia, and to public administration. |
Dr Kevin William VANDELEUR For significant service to ophthalmology, and to the international community. |
Dr Carden Crea WALLACE For significant service to marine science, and to museums and galleries. |
HONORARY MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION |
Mr Antoni Robert BONETTI For significant service to the performing arts as an orchestral conductor and musical director. |
CONSPICUOUS SERVICE CROSS (CSC) |
Lieutenant Colonel Luke Thomas DAWSON For outstanding achievement as the Operations Officer at Headquarters 1st Division and Deployable Joint Force Headquarters. |
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Robert MUDIE For outstanding devotion to duty as the Commanding Officer 7th Signal Regiment, Staff Officer Grade One Cyber and Career Adviser Signals Corps. |
Wing Commander Mark David BROADBRIDGE For outstanding achievement in establishing the Aviation Candidate Management Centre, and in the remediation of aviation workforce supply for the Australian Defence Force. |
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (PSM) |
Mr Gordon James BUCHANAN For outstanding public service to the transport sector in Queensland. |
Ms Suzanne COXON For outstanding public service to child protection and family violence policy development in Queensland. |
Ms Shannon Lee GIBBS For outstanding public service to local government in Queensland through financial management roles. |
Mr Anthony Martin O'DEA For outstanding public service to rural and industry financial assistance in Queensland. |
Mr Peter Anthony SHADDOCK For outstanding public service to Corrective Services in Queensland. |
Miss Josephine Louise WHITEHEAD For outstanding public service to health care in northern Queensland. |
AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDAL (APM) |
Superintendent Melissa Lesly ADAMS |
Inspector Paul Lindsay BAKER |
Sergeant Cary Ellen COOLICAN |
Detective Inspector David Charles HICKEY |
Superintendent Mark Alan KELLY |
Sergeant Nadine WEBSTER |
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (AFSM) |
Mr Corey Michael BOCK |
AMBULANCE SERVICE MEDAL (ASM) |
Ms Julie Maree CALVERT |
Mr Gary William COTTERILL |
Mr Gene Morgan CURTIS |
AUSTRALIAN EMERGENCY SERVICES MEDAL (ESM) |
Ms Cheryl-Lee FITZGERALD |
AUSTRALIAN CORRECTIONS MEDAL (ACM) |
Ms Roberta Leigh EMBREY |
Mr Steven MITCHELL |
Ms Chel Shossana SEALEY |
MEDAL (OAM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION |
Mr Gary Race ALDRIDGE For service to veterans and their families. |
The late Dr Adrian Christopher ALLEN For service to tertiary education, and to the community of Toowoomba. |
Mrs Sheryl BACKHOUSE For service to the sub-tropical fruit growing industry, and to the community. |
Mr Colin BAILLIE For service to Indigenous health and education. |
Mr Raymond Fabian BANGE For service to paramedicine, to education, and to the community. |
Mr Gordon BARRATT For service to children with a disability and mental health issues, and their families. |
Mr Roni BAU For service to emergency response organisations. |
Mr Steven Jeffrey BLOXHAM For service to veterans and their families. |
Mrs Grace BRODIE For service to equestrian sports through a range of roles. |
Mr John Robert CORLESS For service to Australian rules football in Queensland. |
Mrs Diana Jill DICK For service to bridge through a range of roles. |
Mrs Angel DIXON For service to people with a disability, and to social inclusion. |
Mrs Christine Susan FAIRBROTHER For service to children, and to the community. |
Mrs Barbara Dawn FORREST For service to lawn bowls. |
The Reverend Bryan Leslie GILMOUR For service to the Uniting Church in Australia. |
Mr Paul GOENER For service to rugby league as a referee. |
Mr Kenneth William HIGGINS For service to veterans and their families. |
Professor Tammy Coral HOFFMANN For service to clinical epidemiology, and to occupational therapy. |
Mr Brian John HOLLINS CSC For service to war widows and their families. |
Dr Jeffrey Stevens KEMP For service to youth through counselling and sporting programs. |
Mrs Norma McLEOD For service to the community of Maleny. |
Mr Paul Anthony MAGUIRE For service to the community through a range of roles. |
The late Mr Ernest John MALTBY For service to the community of Bowen. |
Mr Jeremy David MANSFIELD For service to the building and construction industry. |
Mr John Clifford MARTIN For service to education through administrative roles. |
Mr David Henry MATTISKE For service to veterans and their families, and to the community. |
Dr Ronald Gordon MEIKLE For service to medicine, particularly to radiology. |
Mr Kenneth John MEWBURN For service to conservation and the environment. |
Mr Garry Anthony MOLLOY For service to education. |
Dr Frederick MORGAN For service to medicine as a general practitioner. |
Mr Desmond John MORRIS For service to rugby league. |
Mr Neil Charles MUSCH For service to emergency response organisations. |
Mr Howard Charles PICKERING For service to the community of Brisbane. |
Mrs Lorraine Mary PICKERING For service to the community of Brisbane. |
Mr Toby PRICE For service to motorsport, particularly to cross country motorcycle racing. |
Mrs Ronda QUINN For service to the community through citizens advocacy organisations. |
Mr John Cecil RAINE For service to the community through a range of roles. |
Mr Osman Ali RANE For service to the Islamic community of Queensland. |
Dr Barbara Doris REYNOLDS-HUTCHINSON For service to the Catholic community of Brisbane. |
Mrs Desley RIAL For service to the community of the Capricorn Coast. |
Mr John RUSSELL For service to Australian Antarctic research expeditions as an engineer. |
Mr Thomas Kevin RYAN For service to medical research, and to rugby union. |
Mrs Marcia Charlotte SCHOLES For service to the community, and to the Anglican Church of Australia. |
Dr Christopher Robert SCHULL For service to thoracic and tropical medicine, and to the community. |
Mrs Judith Ann SCHULL For service to community health in the tropics, particularly in Papua New Guinea. |
Mrs Bronwyn SHEEHAN For service to youth, particularly to children in foster care. |
Mr Norman Charles SHRUBSOLE For service to the community through a range of roles. |
Mr Robert David SLATER For service to the community of Herberton. |
Mr Raymond Hartley SMYTHE For service to people with an intellectual disability through employment initiatives. |
Mr Anthony Phillip SWAN For service to the Sri Lankan community of Queensland. |
Mrs Beverley Elaine TAYLOR For service to the community as a church organist. |
Mrs Suzanne (Sue) Constance THOMPSON For service to music education in Queensland. |
Mr Samuel Nelson TODHUNTER For service to aviation. |
Mr John Michael TYQUIN For service to sailing, to the community, and to business. |
Mr Ronald Alister WALLACE For service to youth through Scouts. |
Ms Rosalind WILLIAMS For service to the law, and to the performing arts. |
Mrs Jacqueline Ann WRIGHT For service to the community through charitable initiatives. |
Dr John Glover YOUNGMAN For service to medicine, and to medical administration. |
MEDAL (OAM) IN THE MILITARY DIVISION |
Warrant Officer Class One Paul Michael CASEY CSM For meritorious service as the Command Chief Clerk at Headquarters Forces Command, the Command Chief Clerk at Headquarters 2nd Division and as a Defence One Module Coordinator within the Army People Capability Branch. |
Warrant Officer Class One John Robert FRANKLIN For meritorious service as the Band Sergeant Major of the Band of the 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. |
Warrant Officer Class One Stephen Robert HILL CSM For meritorious service as the Squadron Sergeant Major of the 1st Topographical Survey Squadron; Career Manager at the Directorate of Soldier Career Management - Army and Warrant Officer Class One Military Geospatial Intelligence in Army Headquarters. |
Warrant Officer Shane William GRIST For meritorious performance of duty in aircrew survival training and infrastructure redevelopment at the Royal Australian Air Force Combat Survival Training School. |
CONSPICUOUS SERVICE MEDAL (CSM) |
Commander Matthew Scott RICHARDSON RAN For meritorious achievement to the Patrol Boat community as Chief of Staff, Patrol Boat Group Headquarters. |
Major Leigh Joseph BROWN For meritorious achievement as Staff Officer Grade 2 - Infantry at the Combined Arms Training Centre. |
Lieutenant Colonel Henry William STIMSON CSC For meritorious devotion to duty as the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment Task Group whilst deployed on Operation BUSHFIRE ASSIST 2019-2020. |
COMMENDATION FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE |
Corporal B For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as an Advisor with Task Group 632 Rotation XI deployed on Operation OKRA in Iraq from May to December 2019. |
Captain Owen Kenneth GIBBS For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as the Task Group Afghanistan Insider Threat Analyst during Operation HIGHROAD from March to October 2019. |
Lieutenant Jessica Ann LYONS For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as a Force Protection Platoon Commander on Operation HIGHROAD from March to September 2019. |
Brigadier Timothy Charles O'BRIEN For distinguished performance of duties on warlike operations as the Commander Task Group Afghanistan on Operation HIGHROAD from March to November 2019. |