1979 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)

The 1979 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were appointments to recognise and reward good works by citizens of Australia and other nations that contribute to Australia. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations and were announced on 6 June 1979 in Australia.

The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by honour with grades and then divisions i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.

Order of Australia The following appointments were made in the Order of Australia. Companion (AC) General Division Sir Donald (George) Bradman – For service to cricket and cricket administration. The Honourable Dr. John Jefferson Bray – For service to the law, to literature and to the community. The Honourable Robert Reginald Downing – For service to politics and government. The Honourable Donald Allan Dunstan – For service to politics and government.

Officer (AO) General Division Keith Gabriel Brennan – For public service as a diplomatic representative. Dr Lloyd Thomas Evans – For public service to science. Reverend Father Francis Stanislaus Flynn – For community service, particularly in the fields of religion, medicine and Aboriginal welfare. Athol Vere Gough – For public service to education. Professor Richard Norman Peter Johnson – For service to architecture. Albert Walter Jones – For public service to education. Ernest William Palmer – For service to the sport of game fishing and to commerce. Douglas Alexander Stewart – For service to literature. John Walker Utz – For service to industry. Leonard Gatton Wilson – For public service to science.

Military Division Royal Australian Navy Rear Admiral Guy Richmond Griffiths – For service to the Royal Australian Navy over a period of forty-two years and particularly as Chief of Naval Personnel. Australian Army Major General Bruce Alexander McDonald – For service in positions of great responsibility including General Officer Commanding Training Commanding Training Command Major General Francis Eric Poke – For service in positions of great responsibility in the Army Reserve. Brigadier Paul Duke Yonge – For service in positions of great responsibility in both the general staff and engineering fields of endeavour. Royal Australian Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Frederick William Barnes – For distinguished service as Air Officer Commanding Support Command.

Member (AM) General Division Joseph Saviour Attard – For service in the field of migrant welfare. Geoffrey Mervyn Ayling – For service to the sport of rifle shooting. Maurice William Bednall – For community service. Dr Allan John Bloomfield – For service to the dental profession. Lindsay Burton Bowes – For public service to industry. Rabbi Dr Rudolph Brasch – For service to the Jewish community. Dr Lisbeth Angelika Brodribb – For service to business and industry. Howard Keith Carey – For service to the Scout Association of Australia. Norman Arnold Currie – For service to trade unionism. Merle Lloyd Deer – For service to the Girl Guides Association of Australia. Bruce William Dilger – For service to the community and to local government. Reverend Keith Lachlan Doust – For service to religion. Mollie Geraldine Dyer – For service in the field of Aboriginal welfare. Marea Gazzard – For service to art, particularly in the field of ceramics. Leslie Gibbs – For community service. Antonio Giordano – For service in the field of migrant welfare. Dr Maureen Grattan-Smith – For public service to medicine. Arthur William Latham – For service to local government and to the community. Gunner Vernon Lawrence – For community service, particularly in the development of the Murray Valley region. Marlene Judith Matthews – For service to the sport of athletics. Henry William Marryat – For community service, particularly in the field of fire protection. Paul John McKeown – For service to education. Gavan Ray Oakley – For service to local government. Councillor Patricia Oakman – For service to local government and to the community. Frank Lionel O'Keefe – For service to local government and to the community. Dr John Hemsley Pearn – For service to medicine, particularly in the field of child health. Norman James Brian Plomley – For service to the field of historical research. Ross Anthony Rumble – For service to industry. David Michael Shannon – For service to art. Walter Stiansny – For service to music. John Alexander Wiseman Strath – For public service to defence science. Professor Kenneth Joseph George Sutherland – For service to dentistry. Dr Bryan William Thompson – For community service. Ralph Mansfield Tremethick – For service to trade unionism, particularly to the Police Federation of Australia. Judah Leon Waten – For service to literature. George Tennyson Webb – For public service to transport. Ronald John Withnall – For public service. Henry Herbert Yoffa – For service to the welfare of ex-service men and women.

Military Division Royal Australian Navy Captain Sydney Frank Comfort – For high standards and devotion to duty in the training and education of Royal Australian Navy personnel. Captain Brian Geoffrey Gibbs – For loyalty and dedication to the Royal Australian Navy Legal Service.

Australian Army Lieutenant-Colonel Phillip Davies – For dedication and devotion to Army duties, and service to the Singleton community. Chaplain Second Class Kevin Douglas Hoffmann – For dedication and professional efficiency as an Army Chaplain. Brigadier Ian James Meibusch – For professional ability and dedication to duty in the field of acquisition at national and international level. Colonel Robert Duncan Mercer – For service to the Army Reserve. Colonel Eric Ronald Philip – For dedication to the Army, in particular his contribution to the effectiveness of the Infantry Corps. Lieutenant-Colonel James Harold Townley – For performance of duties as the Commanding Officer of the 1st Field Regiment.

Royal Australian Air Force Wing Commander John Patrick Ferdinand Baker – For service as an Administrative Officer at Royal Australian Air Force Base, Townsville. Chaplain Jack Graham Leonard – For service as a Chaplain in the Royal Australian Air Force. Group Captain Terence Ernest Philpott – For service as an Equipment Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force. Wing Commander Ernest Barry Watson – For service as an Aeronautical Engineer Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force.

Medal (OAM) General Division Ulrikka Jean Alexander – For service to the sport of hockey. George William Francis Althoffer – For service to the conservation of Australian flora. Michael Anastassiou – For community service. Gladys Hilda Aubourg – For community service. Thomas Charles Beaumont – For community service. Betty Linda Berg – For service to the sport of women's basketball. Elisabeth Best – For community service. Elizabeth Patricia Bowman – For community service. Gilbert Stanley Broomfield – For service to the community and to the welfare of ex-service men and women. David Jonathon Byrnes – For public service. Thomas Ross Caddy – For community service. Norman Chaffer – For service to conservation. Milton Harvey Checker – For community service. Eric Charles Child – For service to music. Joyce Bernadette Coorey – For community service. Marjorie Douglas Cornell – For service to music. Alderman Norman Clive Cox – For service to local government and to the community. Mary Terese Cranswick – For public service. Thomas John Delaney – For community service. John Geoffrey Druett – For community service. David George William Drysdale – For service in the field of Aboriginal welfare. Ingrid Ameliad Drysdale – For service in the field of Aboriginal welfare. Grace Elizabeth Edwards – For service to the sport of croquet. Donald Rex Elliott – For service to local government and to the community. Kathleen Mary Ellis – For community service. Marie Corella Ellis – For service to handicapped children, through the Girl Guides Association of Queensland. Mirabella Ellis – For service to the sport of horse riding. Maxwell Harold Filer – For service to the welfare of ex-servicemen and women. Joseph Ross Fletcher – For service to trade unionism. Frederick William Fritsch – For community service. Reginald Edward Gallagher – For public service. Clive Conrad Gesling – For community service. Milton James Gooley – For public service. Brimalaw Smythe Green – For community service. Joan Mary Hauxwell – For public service to nursing. Philip Robert Heydon – For public service. Kenneth Norwood Mends Hillyar – For service to the transport industry. Eleanor Adelaide Elizabeth Jesiman – For service to handicapped children, particularly in teaching the deaf. Jack Keen – For service to the Scouts Association of Australia. Daphne May Kingston – For service to nursing. William Victor Ladner – For community service. Roy Thomas Livingston – For service to local government and to the community. Ronald Francis Macfarlane – For public service. Grace Gladys MacGibbon – For service to music. John Charles Maguire – For service in the field of teaching. Gillian Marvin – For community service. John William McAlister – For community service. Keith Reginald McAlister – For public service. Kenneth Hindle McBurnie – For service to the welfare of ex-servicemen and women. Laurel Kathleen McIntyre – For community service. Ray Mitchell – For community service. Henry Milton Scott – For public service and service to the community. Sister Helen Pamela Shaw – For service to nursing and child welfare. Vincent Joseph Shaw – For service to swimming and life-saving. John Cameron Small – For service to the sport of basketball. Robert George Smith – For community service. Robert Bruce Smith – For service in the field of teaching. Norman James Sparnon – For service to floral art. Selwyn Speight – For service to journalism and broadcasting. Lucy Francis Stone – For service to the Girl Guides Association of Australia. Claire Hinchcliffe Sunderland – For service to the sport of motor cycling. Walter Aloysius Torrington – For community service. Anne Catherine von Bertouch – For service to the visual arts. John Francis Wallace – For community service. Colin Hugh Watt – For service to handicapped children. Edward George Weblin – For service to junior cricket. George Arnold Wiffen – For public service and for service to the welfare of ex-service men and women. William Ernest Wigzell – For service to the sport of motor racing. Joseph Edward Williams – For public service and for service to the community. Antonie Witsel – For community service.

Military Division

Knight Bachelor Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Malcolm Badger, – For distinguished service to science and education. The Honourable Walter Angus Bethune – For distinguished parliamentary service. The Honourable Thomas Charles Drake-Brockman, – For distinguished parliamentary service. The Honourable Mr Justice Walter Benjamin Campbell – For distinguished service to government, law and education. Max Dillon – For distinguished service to commerce and industry. Nicholas Laurantus, – For distinguished service to the community. Eric Herbert Pearce, – For distinguished service to the community. Geoffrey John Yeend, – For distinguished public service.

Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Civil Division Duncan Robert Steele Craik, – For outstanding public service. Laurence John Daniels, – For outstanding public service. Dr. Gwyn Howells – For outstanding public service.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George The following appointments were made in the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Professor Arthur John Birch – For service to science. The Honourable Leslie Harry Ernest Bury – For parliamentary service. The Honourable John Leslie Stuart MacFarlane, – For parliamentary service and service to primary industry.

Order of the British Empire