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King's Birthday Honours 2023
Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM, Governor of Queensland, congratulates the following Queenslanders named in the King’s Birthday Honours List, the first Birthday Honours released since His Majesty King Charles III ascended the throne.
Order of Australia
Award |
Title/Rank |
Given Names |
Surname |
Citation |
AO |
Professor |
David |
Craik |
For distinguished service to science in the field of biological and medicinal chemistry, to tertiary education, and as a mentor. |
AO |
Professor |
David Alan |
Ellwood |
For distinguished service to medicine as an obstetrician and gynaecologist, to research and tertiary education, and to professional associations. |
AO |
Ms |
Cheryl Anne |
Vardon |
For distinguished service to public administration, particularly education and health, and for the protection of children and young people. |
AM |
Mr |
John Geoffrey |
Allpass |
For significant service to business, and to the community. |
AM |
Dr |
Tony Cecil |
Badrick |
For significant service to diagnostic pathology in leadership roles, and to education. |
AM |
Mr |
Milton Ross |
Bartlett |
For significant service to surf lifesaving in international, national and local roles. |
AM |
Mr |
Peter John |
Blatch OAM |
For significant service to youth through Scouting, and to education. |
AM |
Wing Commander |
Sharon Amanda |
Bown |
For significant service to veterans and their families. |
AM |
Dr |
James Palmer |
Bradley |
For significant service to medicine in the field of anaesthetics. |
AM |
Professor |
Alexander Jonathan |
Brown |
For significant service to the law, and to public policy, particularly to whistleblower protection. |
AM |
Emeritus Professor |
Colleen |
Cartwright |
For significant service to aged care planning, policy and research. |
AM |
Mr |
Brett Robert |
Clark |
For significant service to community health, to the arts, and to sports organisations. |
AM |
Mrs |
Rhonda Mary |
Clayton |
For significant service to squash as a competitor and administrator. |
AM |
Mr |
Peter Maxwell |
Cooke |
For significant service to the Indigenous community of the Northern Territory. |
AM |
Ms |
Christine Alexia |
Gee |
For significant service to the community, particularly through hospital administration. |
AM |
Dr |
Genevieve Anne |
Goulding |
For significant service to anaesthesiology through professional and clinical roles. |
AM |
Dr |
Roger Gordon |
Grigg |
For significant service to medicine in the field of otolaryngology head and neck surgery. |
AM |
Councillor |
Jennifer Lorraine |
Hill |
For significant service to local government, and to the community of Townsville. |
AM |
Dr |
William Anthony |
Lord |
For significant service to paramedicine, particularly research and education. |
AM |
The late Ms |
Wendy Maree |
Lovelace |
For significant service to community health, and to disability advocacy. |
AM |
The Honourable |
Ian Douglas |
Macdonald |
For significant service to the people and Parliament of Australia, to local government, and to the community of Northern Australia. |
AM |
Professor |
Peter John |
Martin APM |
For significant service to public administration in Queensland. |
AM |
Emeritus Professor |
Lindy Leah |
McAllister |
For significant service to speech pathology and allied health in a range of roles. |
AM |
Mr |
John |
McGagh |
For significant service to the mining sector as a chemical engineer. |
AM |
Dr |
Philip Anthony |
Moses |
For significant service to the veterinary profession as a doctor, administrator and educator. |
AM |
Mr |
Martin |
O'Shannessy |
For significant service to social research and public polling. |
AM |
Mr |
John Murray |
Thompson |
For significant service to industrial relations in the building and construction industry. |
AM |
Ms |
Angela |
Toppin |
For significant service to local government, and to secondary education. |
AM |
Dr |
Barry John |
Traill |
For significant service to conservation and the environment in a range of roles. |
AM |
Dr |
Robert Michael |
Whitby |
For significant service to medicine in the field of infectious diseases, and to tertiary education. |
AM |
Dr |
Geoffrey |
Wilson |
For significant service to the community through charitable organisations. |
AM |
Ms |
Suzanne Ruth |
Wilson |
For significant service to the Indigenous community, to the book industry, and to education. |
OAM |
Mr |
Theodore John |
Bacalakis |
For service to the Greek community of Queensland. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Judith |
Bandidt |
For service to the community of Goomeri. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Wendy Janeene |
Bebbington |
For service to women, and to the community. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Ronlyn Nancye |
Benbow |
For service to the community through charitable organisations. |
OAM |
Mr |
Graham Thomas |
Brown |
For service to rugby union. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Lynette |
Buckley |
For service to youth through Girl Guides. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Josephine Cecily |
Burkett |
For service to the communities of Boyne Island and Tannum Sands. |
OAM |
Mr |
David William |
Clifton |
For service to local government, and to the community of Cairns. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Margaret Dorothy |
Curnow |
For service to special education, and to the community. |
OAM |
Mr |
Allan James |
Davies |
For service to the community through charitable organisations. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Lyn Margaret |
Davies |
For service to the community through charitable organisations. |
OAM |
Ms |
Amy |
Dawes |
For service to women's health, particularly to birth-related trauma. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Judith Rose |
De Boer |
For service to the community through a range of organisations |
OAM |
Mr |
Gregory John |
Decker |
For service to the welfare of veterans. |
OAM |
Dr |
Mary Louise |
Dunne |
For service to medicine through a range of roles. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Helen |
Fitzroy |
For service to the mining sector. |
OAM |
Mr |
David Thomas |
Floyd |
For service to the community through a range of organisations. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Robyn Gail |
Fuhrmeister |
For service to local government, and to the community of St George. |
OAM |
Dr |
Donald Allan |
Gilmour |
For service to the forestry sector. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Jennifer Dawn |
Gregory |
For service to veterans and their families. |
OAM |
Mr |
Ian Charles |
Grieve |
For service to community history. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Linda Faye |
Hall |
For service to the community of Boyne Island. |
OAM |
Mr |
Ian George |
Hamilton |
For service to the community of Mackay. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Penelope Sue |
Hamilton |
For service to the community through social welfare organisations. |
OAM |
Mr |
David Francis |
Hawdon |
For service to the community through a range of roles. |
OAM |
Mr |
Terence Malcolm |
Hayes |
For service to the community of Gloucester. |
OAM |
The Honourable |
Kenneth William |
Hayward |
For service to the people and Parliament of Queensland. |
OAM |
Mr |
John Robert |
Jacobson |
For service to the community through a range of organisations. |
OAM |
Ms |
Diane Helen |
Jameson |
For service to the community. |
OAM |
Mr |
Murray John |
Johnston |
For service to education. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Sandra |
Johnston |
For service to community health. |
OAM |
Dr |
Trevor Leslie |
Jordan |
For service to the community through a range of roles. |
OAM |
Ms |
Astrid |
Jorgensen |
For service to the community as a musical director. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Mary Josephine |
Katter |
For service to the community through a range of roles. |
OAM |
Mr |
Paul Christopher |
Kelly |
For service to youth, and to the community. |
OAM |
Mr |
Neil |
Kendall |
For service to the financial planning sector. |
OAM |
Mr |
Leonard John |
Kennedy |
For service to the community through emergency response organisations. |
OAM |
Mr |
Ian Alan |
Langdon |
For service to the community, and to primary industry. |
OAM |
Ms |
Michele |
Lipner |
For service to the community through a range of charitable organisations. |
OAM |
Ms |
Glenda Jean |
Lloyd |
For service to children, and to the community. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Robyn Lesley |
Mackenzie |
For service to the community of Eromanga, and to palaeontology. |
OAM |
Mr |
Stuart Alexander |
Mackenzie |
For service to local government, and to the community of the Quilpie Shire. |
OAM |
Mr |
Douglas Donald |
Marsen |
For service to veterans. |
OAM |
Mr |
Ross James |
McConachie |
For service to Australia-Japan relations, and to business. |
OAM |
Mr |
Robert Alexander |
McCosker |
For service to the community through a range of organisations. |
OAM |
Mr |
Mark James |
McDonnell |
For service to the community through charitable initiatives. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Jennifer Maisie |
McDuff |
For service to the arts, particularly in the Bundaberg region. |
OAM |
Ms |
Trudy Jane |
McGowan |
For service to Australians through consular support. |
OAM |
Ms |
Jennefer Jane |
McLean |
For service to animal welfare, and to landcare management. |
OAM |
Mr |
Neil Athol |
McPherson |
For service to the community through a range of organisations. |
OAM |
Dr |
Micheal |
Monsour |
For service to medicine. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Gail |
Paratz |
For service to the Jewish community, and to interfaith relations. |
OAM |
Miss |
Heather June |
Parry |
For service to the community of Isis. |
OAM |
Mr |
Kevin Michael |
Pattel |
For service to the road transport industry, and to the community of Richmond. |
OAM |
Mr |
Salvatore |
Petroccitto |
For service to the transport industry. |
OAM |
Mr |
Kenneth William |
Piva |
For service to the community through a range of organisations. |
OAM |
Dr |
Michael James |
Pyne |
For service to veterinary science. |
OAM |
Mr |
Peter Keith |
Rankin |
For service to ice skating. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Melissa |
Redsell |
For service to social welfare. |
OAM |
Mr |
Graeme Douglas |
Roberts-Thomson MVO RFD |
For service to public administration. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Joan |
Roper |
For service to the community of Broken Hill. |
OAM |
Ms |
Julie |
Russell |
For service to the road transport industry. |
OAM |
Mr |
Joseph John |
Russell |
For service to veterans and their families. |
OAM |
Mr |
John Stanislaus |
Ryan |
For service to education as an administrator. |
OAM |
Mr |
Peter Clark |
Ryan |
For service to dentistry. |
OAM |
Mr |
Wayne William |
Sachs ASM |
For service to the community of the Gympie region. |
OAM |
Mr |
Raymond Thomas |
Sandford |
For service to veterans, and their families. |
OAM |
Mr |
Cody |
Schaeffer |
For service to youth, and to the community of Queensland. |
OAM |
Dr |
Margaret |
Shapiro |
For service to community health. |
OAM |
The late Dr |
Michael Leo |
Simpson |
For service to the community of Montville. |
OAM |
Mr |
Kevin James |
Sinden |
For service to youth through Scouts. |
OAM |
Mr |
Richard John |
Sivyer |
For service to rowing, and to the community. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Patricia Mary |
Speed |
For service to the community through a range of organisations. |
OAM |
Ms |
Fiona |
Stager |
For service to literature as a bookseller. |
OAM |
Mr |
Donald Frank |
Stiller |
For service to the community of the Western Downs region, and to local government. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Madonna Elizabeth |
Suter |
For service to the community through a range of organisations. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Dushyanthi |
Thangiah |
For service to the community through social welfare organisations. |
OAM |
Dr |
Robyn |
Thompson |
For service to medicine, particularly as a midwife and breastfeeding specialist. |
OAM |
The late Mr |
Archibald Newlands |
Tudehope |
For service to community health. |
OAM |
Mr |
Edward |
Vann |
For service to the community of Maleny. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Linda Tamazin |
Vann |
For service to the community of Maleny. |
OAM |
Ms |
Bernice Lorraine |
Volz |
For service to conservation and the environment. |
OAM |
Mr |
Kevin John |
Wendt |
For service to children through a range of roles. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Margaret |
Whitchurch |
For service to the community through a range of organisations. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Janet Estelle |
White |
For service to youth, and to the community of Townsville. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Valerie |
Wilkinson |
For service to gliding. |
OAM |
Mrs |
Koliana Leata |
Winchester |
For service to local government, and to the community of Redcliffe. |
OAM (Hon) |
The late Mr |
David John |
Phillips |
For service to the community through service organisations. |
Meritorious Awards
Award |
Title/Rank |
Given Names |
Surname |
Citation |
PSM |
Mrs |
Bernadette Louise |
Ditchfield |
For outstanding public service during the COVID-19 pandemic for the protection and development of agribusiness in Queensland. |
PSM |
Ms |
Jodie Anne |
Elder |
For outstanding public service to youth justice in Queensland. |
PSM |
Mr |
Matthew Bryan |
Higgins |
For outstanding public service to Queensland with international impact in the fields of surveying, geodesy and spatial sciences. |
PSM |
Mr |
Malcolm Alexander |
Letts |
For outstanding public service to state and national biosecurity. |
PSM |
Professor |
Elizabeth Shirley |
McCready (Whiting) |
For outstanding public service to healthcare in Queensland, particularly for aged care. |
PSM |
Mr |
Michael James |
Shearer |
For outstanding public service to youth, community and families in regional Queensland. |
APM |
Assistant Commissioner |
Krissy Lee |
Barrett |
|
APM |
Detective Superintendent |
Denzil Owen |
Clark |
|
APM |
Senior Sergeant |
Jamie Ray |
Horn |
|
APM |
Sergeant |
Toni Veronica |
Phelan |
|
APM |
Senior Sergeant |
Toni Guiseppe |
Poli |
|
APM |
Sergeant |
David William |
Raymond BM |
|
APM |
Inspector |
Darren John |
Somerville |
|
APM |
Superintendent |
Anne Margaret |
Vogler |
|
AFSM |
Mr |
Ashley Alfred |
Cupitt OAM |
|
AFSM |
Mr |
Graeme Robert |
Hall |
|
AFSM |
Mr |
Waine Douglas |
Scott |
|
ASM |
Assistant Commissioner |
Matthew Raymond |
Green |
|
ASM |
Assistant Commissioner |
David Gregory |
Hartley |
|
ESM |
Mr |
Raymond Charles |
Mogg |
|
ESM |
Mr |
Darryl James |
Prizeman |
|
ACM |
Ms |
Vanessa Maree |
Aland |
|
ACM |
Mr |
Cornelius |
Smith |
|
ACM |
Ms |
Kristine Lynette |
Winter |
Military
Award |
Title/Rank |
Given Names |
Surname |
Citation |
AO (Mil) |
Air Vice-Marshal |
Stephen Leslie |
Meredith DSM |
For distinguished service in responsible positions as Commander Aerospace Operational Support Group; Head Joint Capability Management and Integration; and Deputy Chief of the Air Force. |
DSM |
Flight Lieutenant |
Michael Andrew |
Que Hee CSC |
For distinguished leadership in warlike operations as Commander Air Task Group 630 on Operations OKRA and HIGHROAD from November 2019 to September 2020. |
CSC |
Lieutenant Colonel |
Shamus Michael |
Armstrong |
For outstanding achievement as Commanding Officer of 20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. |
CSC |
Lieutenant Colonel |
Amber Nicole |
Humphreys |
For outstanding devotion to duty as the Staff Officer Grade One - Program Sustainment in Logistics Branch, Army Headquarters. |
CSC |
Lieutenant Colonel |
Gabrielle Louise |
Raffin |
For outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer of the Queensland University Regiment. |
CSC |
Wing Commander |
Justin Douglas |
Ryder |
For outstanding achievement in the development of the Air Mobility Group Safety Management Program for the Royal Australian Air Force. |
CSC |
Squadron Leader |
Kylie Ann |
Thompson |
For outstanding achievement in facilities management and sustainment for the Royal Australian Air Force. |
CSC |
Lieutenant Colonel |
Wendy Jayne |
Wheadon |
For outstanding achievement in the application of exceptional skills and judgement as the principal logistics advisor and Brigade Aviation Maintenance Officer within the 16th Aviation Brigade. |
OAM (Mil) |
Major |
Francisco Vamarasi |
Aisake |
For meritorious service in advancing the Regional Force Surveillance Group capability, enhancing Army's contribution to the national Closing the Gap strategy, and strengthening Australian Defence Force partnerships in the Southwest Pacific. |
OAM (Mil) |
Warrant Officer Class One |
Daniel George |
Hamilton |
For meritorious performance of duty as a Regimental Sergeant Major in the Australian Army. |
CSM |
Flight Lieutenant |
Jorgia Kate |
Broadbent |
For meritorious achievement as the Logistics Officer, Task Unit 630.1, Air Task Group, on Operation ACCORDION from May 2021 to December 2021. |
CSM |
Leading Seaman |
Jahlaya |
Weazel |
For meritorious achievement in cultural leadership and the promotion of diversity and inclusion in HMAS Supply. |