The Bravery Council of Australia Meeting 79 Honours List was announced by the Governor General of Australia, the then Quentin Bryce, AC, CVO, on 1 September 2013.Quentin Bryce has subsequently been knighted and is now Dame Quentin Bryce
Awards were announced for the Bravery Medal,Bravery Medal Citations, August 2013, www.gg.gov.au Commendation for Brave ConductCommendations for Brave Conduct, August 2013, www.gg.gov.au and Group Bravery Citation.Group Bravery Citation, August 2013, www.gg.gov.au
† indicates an award made posthumously.
Bravery Medal (BM)
Sergeant Dean Francis BRIESE, Northern Territory Police Sergeant Daniel John BURGESS, Victoria Police Scott Nicholas BUTLER, New South Wales Lance Corporal Andrew Joseph FENECH, Australian Army Jamie Scott FERGUSON, Queensland Brooke Ann FOGARTY, New South Wales Daniel GRULKE, New South Wales Michael Kenneth HALL, Western Australia Constable Sean Malcolm HANLON, Queensland Police Katherine HILDER, Western Australia Matthew William HOWARD, Victoria Heather Louise KING, Western Australia Simon Joshua LEWIS, New South Wales Sally Lu McALPINE, Western Australia Warren William McERLEAN, Queensland Senior Constable Joshua Dylan PEACH, Tasmania Police Sean Gary ROBERTS, Western Australia James Marlon RUSSELL, New South Wales Antonino SCIDONE, Western Australia Jason Bryce STONE, Victoria Jo-Anne URQUHART, Western Australia
Commendation for Brave Conduct
Christopher John ANGWIN, Victoria Robert Vincent BARRON, Queensland Darren George BATES, Norfolk Island Senior Firefighter Corrie James BENSON, Queensland Fire and Rescue Service Rosalie Michelle BRADES, Western Australia Dean Laurent BURRELL, Norfolk Island Timothy John BUSHELL-HAZELL, South Australia Gregory James DARLINGTON, Queensland Joan Marion DARLINGTON, Queensland Ryan Donald HOUSTON, Western Australia Coel Kenneth IBBERTSON, Queensland Scott JAMES, New South Wales Michael Thomas KENNEDY, New South Wales Peter John LUCAS, New South Wales Senior Constable Brigitte Ann MANNING-JONES, Queensland Police Graham William PAGDEN, New South Wales Steven Samual PRICE, Queensland Senior Constable Daven Bruce RICHARDS, Queensland Police Senior Constable Bill Leslie RICHARDSON, Victoria Police William Bruce RILEY, Queensland Detective Sergeant Peter John ROBSON-PETCH, Queensland Police Jason Dale ROFF, Australian Capital Territory Jodie Marie ROFF, Australian Capital Territory Ronald Lloyd SCHEUERLE, Queensland Station Officer Bernard William TRACEY, Queensland Sam Ash-Lee TWEEDALE, Queensland Danica Lea Van den BOGERT, Western Australia Harley Paul WALLIS, New South Wales Doctor Joe William WEIR, Queensland Senior Constable Kristie WILLIAMS, Queensland Police Brendan William WINTER, Queensland
Group Bravery Citation Awardees are several members from the Bedfordale Voluntary Bushfire Brigade, involved in fire-fighting operations in the RoleystoneKelmscott area during bushfires in February 2011. Michael Kenneth HALL, Western Australia Alexander Bernard LEACH, Western Australia Michael Raymond McCAVANAGH, Western Australia Mark Anthony PUTTICK, Western Australia Antonino SCIDONE, Western Australia Stephen Edward SMITH, New South Wales
Awardees are several members of the Marysville SES who assisted with the evacuation of residents during the Victorian Bushfires in February 2009. David Brandon BARTON, Victoria Jennifer Anne BARTON, Victoria Josephine Ann HUNTER, Victoria Thomas Mark PEART, Victoria Keith David RAY, Victoria Ian Jeffrey WALTERS, Victoria
Awardees are members of the public who rescued a man from a burning vessel in Denham, Western Australia on 29 November 2011. George Ernest DIX, Western Australia Justin HEWITT, Western Australia Ronald David MARQUIS, Western Australia
Awardees are voluntary members of the Kinglake Community Emergency Response Team who responded to emergency incidents during the Victorian bushfires in February 2009. Ian James DUNELL, Victoria Victoria Lee DUNELL , Victoria Bartholomew WUNDERLICH, Victoria
Awardees are members of the Reefton Country Fire Authority involved in fire-fighting operations during the Victorian bushfires in February 2009. Danny James BENNETT, Victoria Rachel Lee BENNETT, Victoria Andrew Jeramie McDONALD, Victoria Ross Edward MINIFIE, Victoria Kathleen Marie TILLEY, Victoria
Awardees are crew members of sail boat TryBooking.com, who rescued sailors from a stricken vessel during the Melbourne to Port Fairy ocean race 2012 Grant David DUNOON, Victoria Klaus-Peter FECHT, Victoria Gordon Ross FISHER, Victoria Kimberley John WALKER, Victoria
Awardees are members of the public who rescued several people caught in a rip at Urquhart Bluff beach on 22 January 2012. Luke Connell BEAZLEY, Victoria Angus Harker JOHNSON, Victoria Benjamin James PANNELL, Victoria Jason Richard PHIELER, Victoria
Awardees are members of the public who rescued two people from a submerged vehicle at Broadbeach Waters, Queensland on 10 June 2012. John CHAMBERS, Queensland Evan Dougald DALTON, Queensland Tanya Maree MATHEWS, Queensland Steven Samual PRICE, Queensland
Awardees are three young boys who went to the assistance of a girl from an offender at Palm Island, Queensland on 12 May 2011. Harry Frederick FRIDAY, Palm Island Ralph Paul HUGHES, Palm Island Carey Lenny NUGENT, Palm Island
Awardees are Royal Australian Navy personnel involved in the winch rescue of a man from floodwaters at Laidley Creek during the Queensland floods on 11 January 2011. Commander Scott Christopher PALMER, Lieutenant Simon Paul DRIESSEN, Chief Petty Officer Kerwyn Louis BALLICO, Petty Officer Nicholas Edward ANDERSON,
Awardee assisted of members of the Queensland Police Public Safety Response Team who conducted rescue operations during the Queensland Floods in the Lockyer Valley in January 2011. Anthony James ALTHAUS, Queensland
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