INVESTITURE CEREMONIES
AUSTRALIAN HONOURS AND AWARDS
Cairns
Friday, 13 September 2024 9.00am
Brisbane Monday, 16 September 2024 2.00pm
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
10.00am and 2.00pm
Wednesday, 18 September 2024 10.00am and 2.00pm
Thursday, 19 September 2024 10.00am
Hosted by the Governor of Queensland Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM
A MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR OF QUEENSLAND
HER EXCELLENCY THE HONOURABLE DR JEANNETTE YOUNG AC PSM
As His Majesty The King’s representative in Queensland, I am immensely honoured to present today’s Awards and Decorations under the Australian Honours System.
Recognition through the Australian Honours System is the pre-eminent way our society acknowledges outstanding contributions and remarkable acts of bravery.
On behalf of all Queenslanders, I congratulate you most warmly for your achievements.
I further thank you for helping to build a stronger, more cohesive community.
PROGRAM
Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM
Governor of Queensland enters the Investiture Room
Vice-Regal Salute
National Anthem
Presentation of Honours and Awards
Her Excellency’s Address
Vice-Regal Salute
Recipients join Her Excellency for a group photograph
Recipients and guests join Her Excellency for a celebratory reception
Recipients and guests depart
RECIPIENTS
Her Excellency the Governor will invest the following recipients with Australian Honours and Awards:
APPOINTED AN OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION (AO)
Mr Glenn Donald McGrath AO
For distinguished service to community health through breast cancer support, and to cricket as an international coach.
APPOINTED A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION (AM)
Mrs Kathy Cavanagh AM
For significant service to women's affairs, and to the community.
Mr John Andrew Collins AM
For significant service to the arts through music, and to the community.
Dr Laurie Margaret Cowled AM
For significant service to philanthropy in the arts, education and health sectors, and to women.
Ms Julia Davison AM
For significant service to children, to youth, and to the community.
Dr John Kees De Groot AM
For significant service to the law, to tertiary education, and to the community.
Mr Clifford Neville Fleming AM For significant service to business, and to the community of Bundaberg.
Mr Philip Gregory Harrison AM
For significant service to youth, and to outdoor and environmental education.
Associate Professor Carmel Mary Hawley AM
For significant service to kidney medicine as a researcher, clinician and mentor.
Associate Professor Anthony David Holley AM For significant service to intensive care and emergency medicine.
Professor Elizabeth Kendall AM
For significant service to rehabilitation research, to people with disability, and to tertiary education.
Ms Linda Maree Kochanski AM
For significant service to the law, particularly dispute resolution, and to tertiary education.
Mr Tim Low AM
For significant service to conservation, and to environmental education and awareness.
The Honourable Ann Majella Lyons AM
For significant service to the judiciary, to the law, and to the community.
Mr Richard James Marks AM
For significant service to rugby as a player, coach, and administrator.
Dr Brendan Joseph Moore AM
For significant service to anaesthesiology, and to pain medicine.
Mr Nicholas Moore AM For significant service to the aquaculture sector.
Emeritus Professor Michael Paul Pender AM
For significant service to medicine, particularly neurology and multiple sclerosis research, and to tertiary education.
The Reverend Dr Charles Richard Ringma AM
For significant service to theology, to the community, and to youth.
Ms Sarina Russo AM
For significant service to business, to the community, and to vocational education and training.
Professor Gregory Michael Scalia AM
For significant service to cardiology as a clinician, academic and mentor.
Mrs Patricia Joy Sibraa AM
For significant service to softball as an umpire and administrator.
Ms Elizabeth Anne Taylor AM
For significant service to the community through domestic violence initiatives and organisations.
Ms Jocelyn Walker AM
For significant service to business, and to the community through philanthropic endeavours.
Emeritus Professor Ronald Arthur Weber AM
For significant service to tertiary education, to accounting and information system development, and to professional associations.
Dr Beres Carmel Woodhead (Wenck) AM
For significant service to general practice medicine, particularly in board leadership roles, and to the community.
APPOINTED A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE MILITARY DIVISION (AM)
Brigadier Paul Edward Smith AM
For exceptional service as Deputy Judge Advocate General – Army.
AWARDED THE CONSPICUOUS SERVICE CROSS (CSC)
Colonel Scott Jamieson CSC
For outstanding devotion to duty as the Australian Defence Advisor Central Pacific.
Flight Sergeant Ludovico Jon Lico CSC
For outstanding achievement in training and capability development for the KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport Aircraft capability for the Royal Australian Air Force.
Lieutenant Colonel Dayton Saul McCarthy CSC
For outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer of 9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment and Commanding Officer of the 2nd Division’s Reinforcing Battle Group.
Group Captain Craig William Nielsen CSC
For outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer of the Royal Australian Air Force Security and Fire School.
AWARDED THE BRAVERY MEDAL (BM)
Mr John Edward McGann BM
For displaying considerable bravery by his actions rescuing people from a burning house in Highgate Hill, Queensland on 20 August 2022.
AWARDED THE PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (PSM)
Dr Peter Aitken PSM
For outstanding public service to the construction and housing industry in Queensland.
Mr Graham John Atkins PSM
For outstanding public service to the construction and housing industry in Queensland.
Ms Michele Fay Bauer PSM
For outstanding public service to industry and economic development in Queensland.
Mr Terry Paul Brennan PSM
For outstanding public service to local government in Queensland.
Mr Jon Douglas PSM
For outstanding public service to traffic engineering in Queensland.
Mr James Eynstone-Hinkins PSM
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.
Ms Michelle Gaye Lees PSM
For outstanding public service in the delivery of support and payments to Australian citizens in times of national emergencies and other critical events.
Mr Gary McCahon PSM
For outstanding public service to corrective services in New South Wales and Queensland.
Ms Lauren Moran PSM
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.
Mrs Michelle Gaye Wellington PSM
For outstanding public service to disaster management and the COVID-19 response in Queensland.
AWARDED THE AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDAL (APM)
Senior Sergeant Craig William Berry APM
For distinguished service to the Queensland Police Service.
Chief Inspector Michael David Fawcett APM
For distinguished service to the Queensland Police Service
Sergeant Kelly Suzanne Gurski APM
For distinguished service to the Queensland Police Service.
Senior Sergeant Robert William Richards APM
For distinguished service to the Queensland Police Service
Senior Sergeant Rima Seferovic APM
For distinguished service to the Queensland Police Service.
Detective Senior Sergeant Peter John Ziser APM
For distinguished service to the Queensland Police Service.
AWARDED THE AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (AFSM)
Mr Peter Allen Bradow AFSM
For distinguished service to Queensland Fire and Emergency Services.
Mr Mark James Crowe AFSM
For distinguished service to Queensland Fire and Emergency Services.
Mr Stephen Vincent Diete AFSM
For distinguished service to Queensland Fire and Emergency Services.
Mr Scott Andrew Morgan AFSM
For distinguished service to Queensland Fire and Emergency Services.
Mr Dean Thomas Tucker AFSM
For distinguished service to Queensland Fire and Emergency Services.
AWARDED THE AMBULANCE SERVICE MEDAL (ASM)
Mr Christoper Robert Haswell ASM
For distinguished service as a member of the Queensland Ambulance Service.
Ms Rachel Veronica Latimer ASM
For distinguished service as a member of the Queensland Ambulance Service.
AWARDED THE AUSTRALIAN CORRECTIONS MEDAL (ACM)
Mr John Rosset ACM
For distinguished service to Queensland Corrective Services.
Ms Selina Shea ACM
For distinguished service to Queensland Corrective Services.
AWARDED THE MEDAL OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION (OAM)
Mrs Effie Bacalakis OAM
For service to the community of the Cairns region.
Mrs Kay Elanor Bryan OAM
For service to the arts community, and to education, through philanthropic contributions.
Dr Belinda Edith Clarke (Hunter) OAM
For service to medicine, particularly pathology.
Mrs Rhona Carol Collinson OAM For service to the community of Caboolture.
Mr Martin Henry Corkery OAM For service to youth through early education, and to the community.
Mrs Barbara Frances Daley OAM For service to the community of Bulimba.
Mrs Heather Isabelle Doherty OAM For service to masters’ athletics
The Reverend Judith Patricia Edgar OAM
For service to the Anglican Church of Australia, and to the community of Springsure.
Mr John William Fradgley OAM
For service to the community, to the Anglican Church of Australia, and to the law.
Mr Michael Munro Fraser OAM
For service to the communities of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta.
Ms Tania Frazer OAM
For service to music as a soloist and chamber musician.
Mr Leonard George Goode OAM
For service to the community of Sarina.
Mrs Cheryl Anne Harris OAM
For service to the community of the Sunshine Coast.
Mr Lance Richard Haslewood OAM
For service to veterans and their families, and to the community.
Ms Shauna Hicks OAM
For service to community history
Mr John Harold Honeycombe OAM
For service to the community of North Queensland through a range of organisations.
Ms Astrid Jorgensen OAM
For service to the community as a musical director.
Mrs Barbara Knowles OAM
For service to hockey.
Mrs Prudence Ann Lawson OAM
For service to the community through social welfare support.
Mrs Jo-Ann Patricia Lees OAM
For service to youth through Girl Guides.
Ms Jeanette Lockey OAM
For service to the community of Tamborine Mountain.
Ms Margaret Jane Maunsell OAM
For service to business, and to the community of Cairns.
Mr Garth Wallace McMillan OAM
For service to the community through emergency response organisations.
Mr Edward Monaei OAM
For service to the Indigenous community, particularly through sport.
Mrs Marie Jeanette Nicholson OAM
For service to music as a teacher and accompanist.
Mrs Merrill Penelope Ovenden OAM
For service to youth through Scouts
Mrs Susan Margaret Pavish OAM
For service to physical education.
Mrs Suzanne Roberts OAM For service to music, and to secondary education.
Dr Noel Clyde Robinson OAM For service to architecture.
Mr Philip John Thomson OAM For service to the community of the Numinbah Valley.
Ms Wendy Jean Waller OAM For service to local government, and to the community of Liverpool.
Dr Margaret Louise Ward PSM OAM For service to the building industry.
Mrs Evelyn Joan White OAM For service to the community of the Goondiwindi region.
AWARDED THE HONORARY MEDAL OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION (OAM)
Ms Lee Lewis OAM For service to the performing arts as a theatre director.
AWARDED THE MEDAL OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE MILITARY DIVISION (OAM)
Warrant Officer Class One Cameron Michael Gee OAM
For meritorious service and commitment across multiple appointments to the improvement of Army Geospatial Intelligence capability and cultural integration with the Australian Intelligence Corps.
Chief Petty Officer Patricia Anne Kelly OAM For performance of duty in the field of Navy Personnel Management.
Warrant Officer Class One Craig Antony Webb OAM For meritorious service across multiple Regimental Sergeant Major positions in the Australian Army.
AWARDED THE CONSPICUOUS SERVICE MEDAL (CSM)
Captain Jackson Harris Cail CSM
For meritorious achievement as the Construction Officer and Infrastructure Program Manager, Defence Cooperation Program, Papua New Guinea.
Lieutenant Colonel Steven John Frankel CSC CSM
For meritorious achievement commanding the Australian Defence Force element supporting the stabilisation mission in the Solomon Islands from November 2021 to March 2022.
Lieutenant David Alan-James Loynd CSM RAN
For meritorious achievement as the Joint Intelligence Officer to Headquarters Middle East on Operation ACCORDION from 10 December 2022 to 17 July 2023.
Corporal Dylan Gary Neumann CSM
For meritorious achievement as the Information, Communication and Technology Administrator within the Weapons Technical Intelligence Platoon, 1st Intelligence Battalion.
Sergeant Leighton Barnet Wilson CSM
For meritorious achievement as acting Artificer Sergeant Major of the 7th Signal Regiment.
AWARDED THE COMMENDATION FOR BRAVE CONDUCT
Mr William James Farley
Commended for brave conduct for his actions during a dingo attack on K'gari, Queensland on 3 April 2023.
Mr Shane William Fowler
Commended for brave conduct for his actions assisting a neighbour from a house fire in Burrum Heads, Queensland on 3 August 2021.
Mr John Mount Gee
Commended for brave conduct for his actions retrieving a young girl from the Brisbane River in Queensland on 17 April 2021.
Mr John Matthew Gordon
Commended for brave conduct for his actions rescuing a swimmer caught in rough seas at Dreamtime Beach in Fingal Head, New South Wales on 12 April 2023.
Mr Dylan John Lazzaroni
Commended for brave conduct for his actions rescuing a person who had fallen from a waterfall in Mareeba, Queensland on 6 March 2021.
Mr John Danial Stewart
Commended for brave conduct for his actions rescuing a trapped driver from floodwaters in St George, Queensland on 22 February 2020.
Mr Dylan Taylor
Commended for brave conduct for his actions rescuing an unconscious person from a submerged vehicle in Dalby, Queensland on 4 April 2022.
AWARDED THE GROUP BRAVERY CITATION
Mr Brenden Thomas Halloran
Recognised with the award of the Group Bravery Citation for his actions after a front-end loader caught fire in Queensland on 28 January 2018.
Mr Ivan Laurence Horne
Recognised with the award of the Group Bravery Citation for his actions after a front-end loader caught fire in Queensland on 28 January 2018.
Mr Ashley Jensen
Recognised with the award of the Group Bravery Citation for his actions after a front-end loader caught fire in Queensland on 28 January 2018.
Mr Darren Morris
Recognised with the award of the Group Bravery Citation for his actions after a front-end loader caught fire in Queensland on 28 January 2018.
Mr Lance Philips
Recognised with the award of the Group Bravery Citation for his actions after a front-end loader caught fire in Queensland on 28 January 2018.
AUSTRALIAN HONOURS AND AWARDS
The Australian Honours and Awards system includes:
• The Order of Australia
• Meritorious awards
• Military awards; and
• Bravery decorations.
Anyone can nominate someone to be recognised through the Order of Australia. Nominations are assessed by the Honours and Awards Secretariat, then considered by the Council of the Order of Australia before recommendations are made to the Governor-General.
To complete a nomination, you will need:
• The nominee’s name, age and contact details
• To explain why they are deserving of award, including details of their actions of service; and
• To provide details of up to four referees to support the nomination.
For more information visit www.gg.gov.au/australian-honours-and-awards
HISTORY OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE QUEENSLAND
Government House, also known as Fernberg, was built in 1865 for Brisbane merchant Johann Heussler and his family.
It was one of the first houses in the Paddington area, and since 1910 has been the working Vice-Regal residence of the Governor of Queensland.
As a heritage-listed, State-owned residence surrounded by 14 hectares of estate, it is an important Queensland landmark steeped in historical, cultural and environmental significance.
The Fernberg estate has a proud history of serving Queensland produce, and that continues today.
A place for all Queenslanders, Government House regularly hosts free guided tours of the Fernberg House and gardens. Further information can be found on the Government House website via the following QR code.
PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS
The Office of the Governor has engaged a professional photographer to capture official photographic coverage of the awards. Recipients will be provided instructions on how to access, order and purchase photographs directly from the photographer, should you wish to do so.
Cairns Romy Photography www.romyphotography.com.au
Contact: info@romyphotography.com.au 0410 177 364
Brisbane SR Photography www.sturiley.com.au
Contact:
sturiley@bigpond.com 0419 021 582
A Government House photographer will also be present at the Investiture Ceremony to photograph recipients individually, and as a group, for the purposes of sharing through the official Office of the Governor social media channels. If you would prefer your image to not be shared on social media, please advise a staff member on the day.
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