1980 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)

The 1980 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 14 June 1980 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 Companion (AC) General Division Helen Grey Annetta, Lady Cutler – For public and community service to the people of New South Wales. Sir (George) Russell Drysdale – For service to art. Ralph Lindsay Harry – For public service, particularly as a diplomatic representative. Major General Sir William (Dudley) Refshauge – For public service, and service to the medical profession, particularly in the field of public health.

Officer (AO) General Division Dr Donald Douglas Brown – For service to industry. John Langdon Bonython – For service to the media and to industry. Richard Norman Hamilton Denton – For service to the accounting profession. Clifford Ormond Dolan – For service to trade unionism. Professor John Bernard Hickie – For service to medicine. Marshall Lewis Johnston – For public service as a diplomatic representative. Emeritus Professor Denis Oswald Jordan – For service to education. Lachlan De Salis Nicholson – For service to the tourist industry. Earl Ronald Owen – For service to medicine, particularly in the field of microsurgery. Alderman Douglas Robert Plaister – For service to local government, to the community and to sport. John Boyd Reid – For service to industry. Kenneth Brian Stonier – For service to the publishing industry and to the community. Dr Douglas Frew Waterhouse – For public service in the field of entomology

Military Division Royal Australian Navy Rear Admiral John Davidson – For service to the Royal Australian Navy and the Defence Force, particularly as Head, Australian Defence Staff, Washington. Rear Admiral Andrew John Robertson – For service to the Royal Australian Navy and the Defence Force, particularly as Head, Australian Defence Staff, London.

Australian Army Major General Alan Lindsay Morrison – For service to the Australian Army, particularly as the Commandant, Royal Military College, Duntroon. Major General William Joseph Watson – For service to the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, particularly as Director of Army Health Services.

Royal Australian Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Harold Kevin Parker – For service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Chief of Air Force Personnel. Air Commodore Keith Tongue – For service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Officer Commanding Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond, N.S.W.

Member (AM) General Division Henry Thomas Alce – For service to the liquor industry and to the community. Clive Lyof Amadio – For service to music. Queenie Ashton (Mrs Cover) – For service to the performing arts. Thea Beatrice May Astley (Mrs Gregson) – For service to literature. Donald Oscar Banks – For service to music. Eric Walter Barnard – For parliamentary and community service. Maston Beard – For public service in the field of radio physics. Alderman Margaret Ellen Bond – For service to local government and to the community. Peter Geoffrey Brock – For service to the sport of motor racing. Maurice Armstrong Buckley – For service to handicapped children. Edward Francis Charlton – For service to the sport of snooker. The Reverend Bernard Angus Clarke – For service to Aboriginal welfare. John Coburn – For service to art. Douglas Harry Cohen – For service to medicine, particularly in the field of paediatrics. James Slade Collins – For service to the sport of billiards and snooker. Bruce William Devlin – For service to the sport of golf. Eileen Marie Dyer – For community service. Robert Locke Finch – For service to commerce and to town planning. David Howells Fleay – For service to wildlife conservation. Dr Stanley Jack Marcus Goulston – For service to medicine. Anthony George Worsley Greatorex – For community service. Eugeniusz Hardy – For service to migrant welfare. Dr Robert Harris – For service to the dental profession. Peter Firman Harrison – For service to town planning. George Herbert Hawkes – For service to the community and to the arts. The Reverend Dr Siegfried Paul Hebart – For service to religious education. Merle Elaine Hurcomb – For community service. The Reverend Sydney John Jenkins – For service to religion and to the community. Francis Patrick Johnson – For service to the tourist industry. Desmond Percy Kelly – For service to aviation. William Edward Lancaster – For public service as Director of the Zoological Gardens of South Australia. James Robert Landman – For public service. Norman Spilsbury Lane – For service to the chemical industry and to the rehabilitation of alcoholics. The Honourable Leslie Arthur Logan – For service to Parliament and to the community. Frank P. Lowy – For community service and for service to the sport of soccer. The Very Reverend Dr Neil Macleod – For service to religion. Harold Gordon Marshall – For public service as a diplomatic representative. Professor Henry Mayer – For service to education. Ruth Gertrude McClelland (Mrs Rister) – For service to nursing. Brother Gerald Francis Joachim McGrath – For service to the education of handicapped children. Robert Peter McMillan – For service to conservation. Ena Emily Miles – For community service. Claude John Millar – For service in the field of Aboriginal welfare. Charles Robert Mortensen – For service to commerce and industry, Kelvin David George Nagle – For service to the sport of golf. Ian Milton Nisbet – For service to commerce and to the community. David Leon Pank – For service to industry. Dorothy Faith Patterson – For service to education. Peter Hugh Pigott – For community service. Harold Charles Richards – For service to technical education. Edwin John Lindsay Ride – For public service as a diplomatic representative. Dr Sandy Edwin John Robertson – For service to medicine, particularly in the field of paediatrics. Anthony Keith Robin Russell – For service to education and to industrial design. Bartholomew Carrack Ryan – For service to the mining industry. Dr Edward Clifford Lee Dawson Ryan – For service to medicine and to the community. Reuben Sackville – For service to commerce and to the community. Andrew John See – For public service. Andrew Bruce Sinclair – For service to the engineering profession. Dr Grigorij Abramovitch Sklovsky – For service in the field of radio broadcasting. Keith Archibald Smith – For public service in the field of railway transport. Thistle Yolette Stead – For service to wildlife conservation. Frederick Leslie Charles Taylor – For public service. Marjory Alice Hamlet Taylor (Mrs Walkowski) – For service to nursing. Rex Osborne Thiele – For service to commerce and to the accounting profession. Herman John Thumm – For service to tourism and to the wine industry. Robert Noel Tinning – For service to medicine, particularly in the field of orthopaedics. Richard Neil Townsend – For public service. Dr Ronald Campbell Webb – For public service. The Honourably Gerald Percy Wild – For parliamentary service.

Military Division Royal Australian Navy Captain Michael Calder – For service in the field of hydrography and particularly as Hydrographer, Royal Australian Navy. Captain Neil Ralph – For service in establishing the Royal Australian Navy Staff College.

Australian Army Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Gordon Anderson – For service in the field of logistic operations. Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Patrick Beesley – For service as the Commanding Officer, Special Air Service Regiment. Colonel Frederick Kevin Cole – For leadership of the Australian Contingent of the Commonwealth Monitoring Force in Southern Rhodesia. Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Philan Hubble – For service with the Australian Contingent of the Commonwealth Monitoring Force in Southern Rhodesia. Colonel John Brock Westphalen – For service in the Army Reserve as a member of the Logistic Planning Staff of Headquarters Field Force Command. Lieutenant Colonel Trevor John Wilkinson – For service in support of the Reserve Forces.

Royal Australian Air Force Group Captain James Robert Bartram – For service as Commanding Officer of the Royal Australian Air Force School of Technical Training. Group Captain James Dunne – For service as Commanding Officer of No. 7 Stores Depot, Royal Australian Air Force. Wing Commander Nicholas Leray-Meyer – For service as Commanding Officer, Number 9 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.

Medal (OAM) General Division The Reverend Douglas Charles Abbott – For service to the Welfare of Members of the Defence Force Teresa Vera Alfonzi – For services to the community Claude Allan Anderson – For service to the field of engineering design and planning Hiram Francis Angove – For service to the sport of basketball. Leslie George Gibson Atyeo – For service to the community Ian Leslie Auhl – For service to the community Enid Dorothy Bakewell – For service to the community Alec Malcolm Baldock – For service to the community and local government Derek Curtin Barnard – For service to community service, particularly in providing a Marine Safety Radio service Desmond Arthur Beer – For service to the community Livio Benedetti – For service to the welfare of migrants John Charles Stuart Bennett – For service to the Scout Association of Australia Albert Kevin Bindon – For service to the community Leonard John Bland – For service to the handicapped Ronald Bleakley – For service to the community Maurice James Bolton – For service to the community and the Public Service Francis Roger Bourke – For service to the community Daphne May Bragg – For service to the community Andrew James Brodie, BEM – For service to the community Elvy Curtis Brown – For service to the community George Buckton – For service to the sport of casting. Lavinia Sylvia Burges – For service to handicapped persons Brian Vincent Byrnes – For service to the community and local government The Rev Father Sebastian Emmanuel Camilleri – For service to the community and religion Victor Thomas Carell – For service to the theatre Darcy Cyril Carter – For service to the community and commerce Mabel Florence Cavanough – For services to the community Lily Cheney – For service to the community Frederick John William Clarke – For service to the community Lola Cousemacker – For service to youth welfare James Leslie Borlace Cowan – For service to the aviation industry Francis George Cox – For service to the community and local government James Baden-Powell Crabtree – For service to aged persons' welfare Russell Nelson Crook, QPM – For service to the community and ex-service personnel Donald George Wallace Crosby – For service to the media and to the theatre Avy Curley – For service to the community Joseph Albert Darcy – For service to the sport of boxing and to youth welfare. Joseph Keith Beresford Dawson – For service to the community and local government William Gordon Percival Dawson – For service to the community Dorothy Eva Isabell Dodd – For service to music Eileen Veronica Dooley – For service to the community Mabel Evelyn Downes – For service to the community Albert Ernest Edwards – For service to the public Flora Julia Fairlie – For service to child welfare Severino Mario Feleppa – For service to migrant welfare William George Forward – For service to amateur sports Josef Freeman – For service to the community Philip Leslie Geeves – For service to the education and history Jack Wilfred Granger – For service to the community and to local government