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Queen's Birthday Honours 2022

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

Order of Australia

Award Title/Rank Given Names Surname Citation
AC Mrs Gina Madeline Fairfax For eminent service to the community through leadership roles in charitable organisations, as an advocate for philanthropy, to arts administration, and to regional development.
AC Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Rosita Young For eminent service to public health administration, to medicine and medical research, to the tertiary education sector, and as the 27th Governor appointed in Queensland.
AO The Honourable Lawrence James Anthony For distinguished service to the people and Parliament of Australia, to political institutions, to business, and youth leadership organisations.
AO Ms Ashleigh Barty For distinguished service to tennis at the elite level, and to youth development programs.
AM Emeritus Professor Mary Elizabeth Hiscock (Allan) For significant service to tertiary education, and to the law.
AM Mr Franklyn Roger Brazil For significant service to medical research, and to agriculture.
AM Ms Judith Lea Brinsmead For significant service to charitable organisations, and to business.
AM The late Dr James Cameron For significant service to cardiology, and to professional societies.
AM The Honourable Timothy Francis Carmody For significant service to the law, and to the judiciary.
AM The Honourable Justice Sarah Catherine Derrington For significant service to the judiciary and to the law, and to legal education.
AM Mr Paul Donovan For significant service to the tourism sector in Queensland.
AM Mr Geoffrey Noel Fitzpatrick For significant service to optometry, and to the community.
AM Mr Robert James Fordham For significant service to rugby union through a range of roles.
AM Emeritus Professor Shu Fukai For significant service to agriculture and food science research, and to education.
AM Dr Steven Jon Hambleton For significant service to medical governance, to professional associations, and to the community.
AM Mr Nigel Scott Harris For significant service to the not-for-profit sector, and to the community.
AM Dr Anita Marianne Heiss For significant service to tertiary Indigenous studies, and to the arts.
AM Professor Louise Mary Hickson For significant service to tertiary education, and audiology associations.
AM Dr Rachel Elizabeth McFadyen For significant service to biosecurity, and to entomology.
AM Dr Ewen McPhee For significant service to general medicine, to health administration, and to tertiary education.
AM Mr Brendan Joseph Moon For significant service to public administration, and to rugby union.
AM The late the Honourable Timothy Sean Mulherin For significant service to the people and Parliament of Queensland.
AM Mr Patrick Stuart Murray For significant service to aviation safety, and to the air transport industry.
AM Mr Adam Scott For significant service to golf at the elite level.
AM Dr Ryan Anthony Story For significant service to motorsport, and to the community.
AM Emeritus Professor Linda Worrall For significant service to speech pathology through aphasia research and advocacy.
OAM Dr Sunday Adebiyi For service to general practice medicine.
OAM Mr David Anthony Allen For service to the visual arts.
OAM Mrs Jeanette Ayre For service to the community through volunteer roles.
OAM Mr Trevor Henry Bange For service to recreational flying and gliding.
OAM Mr Gregory Norman Beale For service to community safety.
OAM Dr Peter Bevan For service to general practice medicine.
OAM Ms Judith Helen Blacker For service to social welfare organisations.
OAM Mr Anthony Hugh Briggs For service to the cruising tourism industry.
OAM (Hon) Mr David James Bussey For service to the community through history preservation organisations.
OAM Mr Harry David Cramer For service to emergency response organisations.
OAM Mr William Robert Darby For service to the community of the Sunshine Coast.
OAM Dr Frances Louise Dark For service to psychiatry.
OAM Lieutenant Colonel John Patrick Dwyer For service to military history organisations.
OAM Mr Eric Douglas Geldard For service to the community of the Murilla Shire.
OAM Mrs Elena Gosse For service to manufacturing, and to the community.
OAM Ms Lenore Grice For service to surf lifesaving.
OAM Mr Charles Haswell For service to social welfare organisations.
OAM Mr Philip David Hay For service to veterans and their families.
OAM Mr Michael Ernest Hornby For service to the community through a range of roles.
OAM Mrs Vivianne Kissane For service to community mental health.
OAM Mrs Rosalind Elizabeth Lazar For service to the international community of Mozambique.
OAM Ms Therese Anne Lee For service to nursing.
OAM Mr Gordon Donald MacDonald For service to naval architecture.
OAM Mrs Judith Anne Malcolm For service to sport in a range of roles.
OAM Mr John Martin For service to community of Yeppoon.
OAM Mr Andrew McBryde For service to the Uniting Church in Australia.
OAM The late Mr Matt McCracken For service to people living with a disability.
OAM Mrs Pamela Unice McGahey For service to vocational education, and to the community.
OAM Mrs Deirdre Erma  McNeil For service to the Uniting Church in Australia.
OAM Mr Mark Middleton For service to medical administration.
OAM Mr Kevin John Moss For service to veterans and their families.
OAM Dr Phillip Moulds For service to secondary education.
OAM Dr Graeme Alexander Nicholson For service to community history and safety.
OAM Mrs Gail Elizabeth Nixon For service to the community of the Central Highlands.
OAM Mrs Rhonda Annette Nunns For service to the community through a range of roles.
OAM Mr Graham Barry Osterfield For service to the community of the Brisbane region.
OAM Mrs Helen Park For service to water polo.
OAM Mr John Marshall Pearce For service to sport, and to philanthropy.
OAM Mr Clive Edgar Plater For service to community history.
OAM Mr Patrick John Ringold For service to naval veterans.
OAM The late Mrs Joan Kathleen Rose For service to community health through voluntary roles.
OAM Mrs Gurpreet Pinky Singh For service to the community through a range of roles.
OAM Mr John Spink For service to Indigenous community health.
OAM Mr Oleg Stepanov For service to the performing arts, particularly to piano.
OAM Mrs Beryl Amelia Sutcliffe For service to the community, and to education.
OAM Dr Karolyn Vaughan For service to nursing.
OAM Mrs Natasha Vlassenko For service to the performing arts, particularly to piano.
OAM Mrs Toni Leigh White For service to family history organisations.
OAM The late Mrs Ellen Theresa Williams For service to the performing arts.
OAM Mr Peter Leslie Williams For service to the performing arts.
OAM Mr Kevin Winkleman For service to veterans and their families.

Meritorious Awards

Award Title/Rank Given Names Surname Citation
PSM Ms Paula Maree Duffy For outstanding public service in nursing and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
PSM Mrs Sally-Ann Edwards For outstanding public service for the Isisford community.
PSM Ms Dianne Michelle Francisco For outstanding public service in environmental and public health services, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic and flood events.
PSM Mr Todd Anthony Harris For outstanding public service in Queensland's sporting and major events, particularly through the COVID-19 pandemic.
PSM Mr David Newby For outstanding public service in whole-of-government financial reporting.
PSM Ms Maree Ann Parker For outstanding public service in regional development, infrastructure planning and delivery and disaster economic recovery.
PSM Professor Ajay Rane For outstanding public service in women's health in Queensland.
APM Senior Sergeant Gary Robert Hunter  
APM Sergeant Paul Thomas James  
APM Sergeant William Thomas Johnson  
APM Senior Sergeant Richard Craig McIntosh  
APM Detective Senior Sergeant Emma Judy Novosel  
APM Detective Inspector Leonie Maree Steyger  
AFSM Mr Mark Doble  
AFSM Commissioner Gregory James Leach  
ASM Mr Grant Richard Gamble  
ESM Mr Elliott Dunn  
ACM Mr Peter William Coyne  
ACM Ms Nicole Anne Duke  
ACM Mr Antony John Tarlowski  
ACM Mr Robert James Wood  

Military

Award Title/Rank Given Names Surname Citation
OAM (Mil) Warrant Officer Class One Bradley Scott Bargenquast For meritorious service as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the 11th Combat Service Support Battalion, 1st Combat Signal Regiment and Royal Military College - Duntroon.
OAM (Mil) Warrant Officer Class One Scott Andrew Rutland For meritorious service and exceptional commitment to the continuous advancement of Military Personnel Administration.
DSM Wing Commander Steven Graham Duffy For distinguished leadership in warlike operations as the Joint Task Force 633 Forward Liaison Officer during the Afghanistan Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations in August 2021.
DSM Lieutenant Colonel Scott William Holmes For distinguished leadership in warlike operations as the Commanding Officer of the deployed Ready Battle Group during the Afghanistan Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation in August 2021.
DSM Group Captain John Gordon Young For distinguished leadership in warlike operations as the Operation RESOLUTE SUPPORT Mission Senior Air Advisor Ministerial Advisory Group and concurrently as the Commander Train, Advise, Assist Command - Air on Operation HIGHROAD from October 2020 to May 2021.
Commendation for Distinguished Service Major Matthew David Hamill For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations as National Support Element commander, Operations Officer and Officer Commanding Force Protection Element 15 of Task Group Afghanistan on Operation HIGHROAD from January to June 2021.
CSC Group Captain Daniel Robert Cassilles For outstanding devotion to duty in training management and organisational development at Officers' Training School, Royal Australian Air Force.
CSC Squadron Leader Simon William Chittleborough For outstanding achievement in engineering maintenance management at Number 33 Squadron.
CSC Private Natasha Ailish Evans For outstanding achievement in Imagery Analysis in support of the United States Central Command Partner Integration Enterprise on Operation OKRA from 29 December 2020 to 15 July 2021.
CSC Lieutenant Colonel Fabian Ronald Harrison For outstanding achievement as the Brigade Major of the 6th Brigade over the period 2020-2021.
CSC Lieutenant Colonel Adam Nathanial Reimers For outstanding achievement in the application of skills and knowledge as the Staff Officer Grade One, Combat Arms Trades and Training.
CSC Major Geoffrey Mark Slavin For outstanding achievement as the Officer Commanding Charlie Company 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment and Officer Commanding Joint Task Force 639.2.1 during Operation RESOLUTE in the Torres Strait from 2020-2021.
CSM Chief Petty Officer Andrew Barr For meritorious devotion to duty as a Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diver within Tactical Assault Group - East, 2nd Commando Regiment, during the period October 2004 to March 2020.
CSM Major Ben Graham Caligari For meritorious devotion to duty in his role supporting the capability development of the Australian Defence Force joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance warfighting network. 
CSM Squadron Leader Emily Grace Carrie For meritorious devotion to duty in airworthiness certification for the Australian Defence Force.
CSM Warrant Officer Michael Gaugg For meritorious achievement in Non Destructive Testing in the Royal Australian Air Force.
CSM Major Charmian Lynette McKean For meritorious achievement in the management of Army's Military Employment Category Review Boards
CSM Major Lionel Edward Orreal For devotion to duty as the Chaplain of the 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, Regional Support Chaplain, Headquarters Forces Command and the Chaplain of the 8th/9th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment.
CSM Warrant Officer Danny Taylor For meritorious achievement in the enhancement of the Technical Secondment program and the development of Technical Mastery in the Royal Australian Navy and nations of the Pacific.

If you know someone who deserves to be recognised under the Australian Honours and Awards system for excellence, achievement or meritorious service, please consider nominating them. To access more information, including nomination forms for awards, visit http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/