2011 Birthday Honours (Australia)

The Birthday Honours 2011 for Australia were announced on 13 June 2011.

Order of Australia

Companion (AC)

• The Honourable Justice Susan Kiefel - Puisne Justice of the High Court of Australia

Officer (AO)

• The Honourable John Anderson - For distinguished service to the Parliament of Australia, particularly through support of rural and regional communities, transport development, and water management initiatives.

Member (AM)

Royal Australian Navy

• Commodore David Letts, CSM, RAN - For exceptional service as Director General Navy People and as Head Navy People and Reputation.
• Commodore Roderick Nairn, RAN - For exceptional service in the field of hydrography and as the Australian Hydrographer.
• Captain Charles McHardie, RAN - For exceptional service in the field of Naval Warfare.

Australian Army

• Major General Rick Burr, DSC, MVO - For exceptional service as the Director General Preparedness and Plans in Army Headquarters and as the Director General Military Strategic Commitments.
• Brigadier Peter Jeffrey, CSC, RFD - For exceptional service as Assistant Commander, Training Command – Army, and as the Commander of the 11th Brigade.
• Brigadier Jeffrey Sengelman, DSC, CSC - For exceptional service as the Deputy Special Operations Commander Australia, Chief of Staff in Special Operations Command, and Commander of the 6th Brigade.
• Brigadier Philip Winter, CSC - For exceptional service as the Commander, Australian Defence Force Counter Improvised Explosive Device Task Force.
• Colonel Simon Stuart - For exceptional service as the Commander Joint Task Force 631 on Operation ASTUTE in East Timor from February to October 2010.

Royal Australian Air Force

• Air Commodore David Brennan, CSM - For exceptional performance of duty in the field of Defence Logistics and as the Director General Logistics Assurance, Joint Logistics Command.
• Air Commodore Richard Owen - For exceptional performance of duty in senior Australian Defence Force command and staff appointments, including as Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Warfare Centre and Joint Warfare Doctrine and Training Centre and as Chief of Staff Headquarters Air Command.
• Wing Commander Ian Henderson - For exceptional service in the field of military law.
• Warrant Officer of the Air Force John Millar - For exceptional service in the field of senior-level managerial and representational duties as Warrant Officer Disciplinary on deployment and as Warrant Officer of the Royal Australian Air Force.

Civilian

• Geoffrey Ainsworth - For service to the visual and performing arts through the promotion and support of contemporary art, and to the community.
• Elaine Attwood - For service to the community, particularly women, through executive roles with the National Council of Women, and as a contributor and advocate for consumer rights, human nutrition and health care policy development.
• Professor Janette Brand-Millar - For service to education in the field of human nutrition as a researcher and academic, and as a supporter of people with a hearing impairment.
• Associate Professor Trevor Budge - For service to town planning, particularly the development of regional and rural communities in Victoria, and to education.
• Doctor Gregory Burgess - For service to architecture in the area of environmentally sensitive building design, and to the community.
• Emeritus Professor John Burrows - For service to education in the fields of computational stylistics and English literature as an academic and researcher.
• Alexander Campbell - For service to conservation and the environment, and through executive roles with agricultural and natural resource management organisations.
• Arthur Cantrill - For service to the visual arts as a documentary and experimental film maker, and to education in the creative arts field, particularly surrealism and avant-garde cinema.
• Corinne Cantrill - For service to the visual arts as a documentary and experimental film maker, and to education in the creative arts field, particularly surrealism and avant-garde cinema.
• Nelson Cooke - For service to music performance and education as a leading cellist and as a mentor of emerging young musicians.
• Robert Cronin - For service to the print media industry and journalism, and to the community through a range of cultural organisations and youth development programs.
• Professor Suzanne Crowe - For service to medical research in the area of HIV/AIDS medicine and infectious diseases as an academic, clinician and researcher, and to professional associations.
• Nicholas Curtis - For service to the community through executive roles supporting medical research and health care organisations, and to Australia-China business relations.
• Graham Davies - For service to primary industry, particularly the Australian sugar industry through executive roles, to the development of agri-business, and to regional communities.
• The Honourable Robert Debus - For service to the Parliaments of Australia and New South Wales, to the development of an emergency response framework, through contributions to legal and environmental reforms, and to the community.
• Veronica Dobson - For service to the Indigenous community as an Arrente elder and traditional owner, as a linguist, naturalist and ecologist, and to the preservation of Aboriginal language and culture in central Australia.
• Professor David Dolan - For service to education as an academic and researcher, particularly in the area of culture and heritage in Western Australia, and to youth. (Posthumous Award)
• Doctor Michael Dudley - For service to medicine as a clinician in the child and adolescent mental health area, to medical education, and to a range of professional associations.
• Michael Dwyer - For service to the superannuation industry through leadership and executive roles, and to the community through Australia for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
• Professor Leslie Field - For service to the administration of higher education, and to the discipline of chemistry as an academic and researcher.
• Peter Fitzsimons - For service to literature as a biographer, sports journalist and commentator, and to the community through contributions to conservation, disability care, social welfare and sporting organisations.
• Doctor Joanna Flynn - For service to medical administration and to the community, particularly in the areas of practice standards, regulation, professional education and as a general practitioner.
• Peter Fox - For service to the transport and logistics industry through a range of executive roles, and to the community, particularly to social welfare organisations.
• Clinical Professor Jack Goldblatt - For service to medicine in the area of human genetics as a clinician and researcher, and to professional associations.
• Doctor Ian Gould - For service to the mining industry, particularly as a proponent of environmental management, to education as Chancellor of the University of South Australia, and to the community.
• Emeritus Professor Elinor Grant - For service to the profession of physiotherapy, to education, and to the development of clinical health sciences in Australia.
• Doctor Barry Hicks - For service to international humanitarian aid as a general and thoracic surgeon, and as an educator of medical trainees in Ethiopia.
• Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver - For service to medical education, particularly through the Muru Marri Indigenous Health Unit at the University of New South Wales, and as a supporter of educational opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
• George Jones - For service to the mining industry, to Australia-China business relations, and through executive roles with a range of youth care and hearing science organisations.
• Emeritus Professor Warren Julian - For service to illuminating engineering, particularly in education and research, to educational administration, and to professional associations.
• George Kapetas - For service to the Greek community of the Northern Territory, to the promotion of the Hellenic language and culture, and to architecture.
• Richard Kenzie, QC - For service to the law, particularly as the Defence Force Advocate, and through the provision of advice on military industrial matters.
• Gerald Lawson - For service to the rice growing industry, as a supporter of agricultural research, and to the community.
• Doctor John Lockwood - For service to dentistry through executive roles at state and national level, to professional organisations, and to the sport of yachting.
• Alastair Lucas - For service to medical administration, particularly through the Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research, to the financial sector, and to environmental organisations.
• Shirley McCarron - For service to the community through the preservation and restoration of the Cascades Female Factory Historic Site, to women, and to the arts.
• The Honourable Justice Peter McClellan, QC - For service to the judiciary through the Supreme Court of New South Wales, to environmental law, and to legal education.
• Doctor Edwin McIntosh - For service to medicine, particularly in the areas of vaccines and infectious diseases, as an academic, and to the community through the Glebe Music Festival.
• Emeritus Professor John McKenzie - For service to higher education through administrative roles, to professional associations, and to the community.
• Doctor Gregory McKeon - For service to environmental science, to the development of sustainable resource management, and to research on the impact of climate change.
• Robert McLean - For service to social welfare through leadership roles in the not-for-profit sector, to conservation and the environment through The Nature Conservancy (Australia), and to business.
• David Macintosh - For service to the community through philanthropic contributions to health care and medical research organisations, to surf lifesaving, and to business.
• Anthony Macken - For service to the community, particularly the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John at a national and international level.
• Doctor Joseph Magliard - For service to community health through the provision of psychological intervention and support programs, and support to personnel in the emergency services sector.
• Associate Professor Bruce Marshall - For service to community health through the provision of psychological intervention and support programs, and support to personnel in the emergency services sector.
• Mary Martin - For service to the Indigenous community through the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council, to the review of professional standards, and to community nursing.
• Kumantjayi Napanangka - For service to the arts as a contemporary Indigenous artist, to women painters of the Western Desert Art movement, and to the community of the Northern Territory. (Posthumous Award)
• Denis Nelthorpe - For service to social justice and advocacy for consumers' rights, to the development of national credit legislation, and to the provision of legal services to the disadvantaged through a range of community organisations.
• Associate Professor Lynne Oliver - For service to medical physics in the field of radiation oncology, and through executive roles with the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine, and to professional associations.
• Douglas Paling - For service to the community through executive roles with Foodbank Western Australia, and to the promotion and development of healthy eating programs for children.
• Professor Kerryn Phelps - For service to medicine, particularly through leadership roles with the Australian Medical Association, to education and community health, and as a general practitioner.
• Chad Reed - For service to motorsports as a professional supercross motorcycle rider at national and international levels, and to the community.
• Professor Susan Richardson - For service to the social sciences, particularly in the field of labour market economics as an academic and researcher, and through contributions to the development of socially inclusive public policy.
• Trevor Roocke - For service to local government in South Australia, to emergency services and agricultural advisory boards, and to the rural community.
• Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld - For service to medicine through clinical leadership and academic roles, particularly in the field of neurosurgery as a researcher and author, and to professional associations.
• Professor Perminder Sa Chdev - For service to medical research in the field of neuropsychiatry, as a clinician and academic, and to professional associations at a national and international level.
• John Scanlon - For service to environmental law nationally and internationally, particularly with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and the United Nations Environment Programme, and to the advancement of biodiversity conservation.
• Robert Seidler - For service to the international business community, to the development of Australia-Japan bilateral commercial relations, and through the generation of new business opportunities.
• Doctor Robert Sexton - For service to business and to the investment banking sector as a contributor to a range of government, trade, and economic development organisations in South Australia.
• Professor Kadambot Siddique - For service to agricultural science as an academic and researcher in the area of crop improvement and agronomy and through contributions to professional associations.
• Shane Simpson - For service to the law and to the arts through leading roles in intellectual property and entertainment law, and as a contributor to a range of cultural organisations.
• Professor Malcolm Smith - For service to medicine in the field of rheumatology as a clinician, academic and researcher, and through contributions to professional organisations.
• Doctor Anthony Sprent - For service to the community through the promotion, design and implementation of technical solutions for people with disabilities, and to spatial science and astronomy.
• Natasha Stott Despoja - For service to the Parliament of Australia, particularly as a Senator for South Australia, through leadership roles with the Australian Democrats, to education, and as a role model for women.
• Edgar Swane - For service to horticulture and to business, to the development and promotion of the Australian native plants export trade, and through executive roles with a range of industry-based organisations.
• Maxwell Walker - For service to cricket at a national and international level as a player and commentator, and to the community through a range of youth and social welfare organisations.
• Professor Sally Walker - For service to the higher education sector through leadership and administrative roles, to the advancement of women, and to the law as an academic.
• Emeritus Professor Christopher Wallace-Cra Bbe - For service to the arts as a leading poet, critic and educator, and as an ambassador and advocate for the humanities both nationally and internationally, and through support for emerging writers.
• John Walsh - For service to the community, particularly in the areas of disability and health policy, to people with a spinal cord injury, and to the actuarial profession.
• Barbra Ward - For service to business and commerce through a range of executive positions with private, public and professional organisations.
• Steven Wilson - For service to business, and to the financial services industry in Queensland, and to the community through leadership roles in cultural heritage, sport, and social welfare organisations.
• Emeritus Professor Richard Wright - For service to Indigenous and forensic archaeology and anthropology, to education, and to professional associations.
• Peter Yates - For service to education, to the financial services industry through the development of the Australian Financial Management Association of Australia, and to a range of arts, science and charitable organisations.

Medal (OAM)

RAN

• Commander Lee Argar, RAN - For meritorious service as the Staff Officer One Offshore Plans, Chief of Staff Commander Australian Surface Task Group, Chief of Staff Australian Fleet Battle Staff, and as Chief of Staff Combined Task Force 150.
• Petty Officer Matthew Wood - For meritorious service in health care as an Underwater Medicine Sailor in the Royal Australian Navy.

Australian Army

• Warrant Officer Class 1 Trudy Casey - For meritorious performance of duty as Regimental Sergeant Major of the 1st Combat Signal Regiment and the inaugural Force Communications Unit.
• Warrant Officer Class 1 John Kirkham, CSM - For meritorious service as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the 5th Combat Engineer Regiment in 2007, and the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment from 2008 to 2010.
• Warrant Officer Class 1 Gregory McEvoy - For meritorious service in the field of Materiel Maintenance.
• Warrant Officer Class 1 John Phillips - For meritorious service as the Regimental Sergeant Major of 6th Aviation Regiment, 5th Aviation Regiment, 16th Aviation Brigade, and as the Aviation Corps Career Manager.

Royal Australian Air Force

• Wing Commander Nicholas Dyce-McGowen - For meritorious service to the Royal Australian Air Force in the field of Joint Battlefield Airspace Control.
• Warrant Officer Raymond Bolton - For meritorious service to the Royal Australian Air Force in the field of combat support and force protection.

Civilian

• John Adams
• Beverley Adock
• James Affleck
• Constantina Manatidis
• Sharon Anderson
• Wilfred Adrill
• Jone Armstrong
• Graham Woodcrot
• Allan Backhouse
• Jernej Bajzelj
• Vicki Bakunowicz
• Alison Banks
• Jennifer Bantow
• Doctor Jayant Bapat
• Allan Baptist
• Heather Barclay
• Ian Barclay
• Doctor Rodney Barkman
• David Barnsdall
• Graham Bartle
• Gregory Bassani
• Kathleen Batchelor
• Helen Dawden
• Doctor John Beattie
• Rodney Beattie
• Alexander Beccari
• Eric Bell
• Doctor Howard Bell
• Francis Benfield
• Noel Berlowitz
• William Berry
• The Reverend Father Francis Bertagnolli
• Deanna Blacher
• Peter Bondfield
• Doctor Matgaret Bowman
• Charles Boyter
• Raymond Brailey
• Reginald Brandis
• Mark Brian
• Colin Brick
• Kenneth Briggs
• Bronwyn Brown
• Wallace Bruce
• Beris Campbell
• Doctor Betty Capper
• Ann Carlyon
• John Carmichael
• Margaret Cartterall
• Danielle Charak
• Doctor Naren Chellappah
• Bevan Christensen
• Laurence Christie
• Reginald Church
• Paul Clancy
• Kenneth Clarke
• Doctor Maureen Cleary
• Ronald Cragg
• Patricia Creed
• Robert Cross
• Janine Cullen
• Gretal Da Bovich
• Lesley Dalziel
• Doctor Anne D'Arcy
• Pamela Darling
• Doctor David Davidson
• Councillor Janet Davidson
• Ralph Davies
• John Day
• Don De Gigleo
• Richard Delbridge
• Alderman Delle Donne
• Doctor Ian De Mellow
• Sister Patrica Dent
• Barbara Dillon
• Professor Stephen Dinham
• Eileen Dinning
• Doctor Phillip Donato
• James Dryden
• Colonel Jeffrey Dunn, CSM, RFD (Ret'd)
• Professor Helen Edwards
• John Elliott, AFSM
• Robert Ellis
• Jane Elton-Brown
• Alan Eustace
• Suzanne Eileen

Public Service Medal (PSM)

• Elizabeth Astone - For outstanding public service in the delivery of innovative Centrelink services to vulnerable young people in detention centres in Western Australia.
• Liza Carroll - For outstanding public service in delivering Ahead of the Game: Blueprint for Reform of Australian Government Administration.
• Hae-Kyong Holdaway - For outstanding public service in strengthening the Australia-Korea bilateral relationship, particularly through major contributions to the successful outcome of the G-20 in Korea in 2010.
• Erin Holland - For outstanding public service in significantly improving revenue and service delivery outcomes for the Australian Taxation Office.
• Brian Huddleston - For outstanding public service in planning the introduction into service of the MRH90 troop lift helicopter.
• Kathryn Kennedy - For outstanding public service in providing high level intelligence research and analysis in relation to serious criminal activities within the Sydney Airport precinct.
• John Kovacic - For outstanding public service in leading the development and implementation of new workplace relations laws and policies and award modernisation.
• Robert Nash - For outstanding public service in driving significant improvements in Australia’s passport system.
• Adam Rodgers - For outstanding public service in the development and implementation of the Fair Work Ombudsman’s suite of on-line tools to assist employers and employees in the transition to modern awards.
• May Tanglee - For outstanding public service in advancing Australia’s relationship with the People’s Republic of China, particularly in the area of tourism.
• Stuart Thorn - For outstanding public service in protecting Australia’s national security interests.
• Andrew Tongue - For outstanding public service in the development of public policy, particularly in the areas of aviation security, Indigenous affairs and social housing.
• Phyllis Williams - For outstanding public service in driving significant reforms to communications and service delivery in the National Archives of Australia, particularly in relation to Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory.
• Michael Ardent - For outstanding public service to water management in New South Wales.
• Thomas Bagnat - For outstanding public service to the National Parks and Wildlife Service in New South Wales.
• John Cumberford - For outstanding public service to the provision of library services in New South Wales.
• Shirley Fuller - For outstanding public service to the provision of educational services in the New England region.
• Fiona Howard - For outstanding public service to the provision of educational services in the NSW Police Force.
• Stewart McLeod - For outstanding public service in the areas of water supply and sewerage management in New South Wales, particularly in the Dubbo region.
• Rodney Stowe - For outstanding public service in the provision of consumer protection to the community of New South Wales.
• Joseph Waugh - For outstanding public service to the NSW Law Reform Commission.
• Paul Acreman - For outstanding public service and strong commitment to public housing clients and citizens of the north and western suburbs of Melbourne.
• Doctor Anne Astin - For outstanding public service, particularly leadership and service excellence to the dairy industry, national food safety regulation and women's development.
• Brian Billington - For outstanding public service and ongoing commitment to community improvement, particularly in rural areas.
• Susan Hine - For outstanding public service particularly in fostering community partnership between Victoria Police, community groups and the Indigenous community.
• Doctor Bruce Kefford - For outstanding public service and leadership in science and public administration associated with the primary industries sector.
• Neil Robertson - For outstanding public service and leadership through the provision of innovative legal policy in a diverse range of areas.
• Arthur Rodgers - For outstanding public service and leadership in the redesign of Victoria's disability service.
• William Thomas - For outstanding public service and exceptional contribution as a leader in sustainability education.
• Ian Voigt - For outstanding public service in the sustainable management of land, water and biodiversity through practical and sustained leadership.
• Stewart Bell - For outstanding public service to the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, particularly in the area of Mine Safety and Health.
• Ricky Cox - For outstanding public service to the Department of Transport and Main Roads, particularly in the area of Road Design and Innovation.
• Peter Davis - For outstanding public service to Education Queensland, particularly in the area of Special Education.
• Paul Florian - For outstanding public service to Queensland Health, particularly in the areas of Environmental and Public Health.
• Captain Patrick Quirk - For outstanding public service to Maritime Safety Queensland, particularly in the areas of Maritime Safety and Marine Environment Protection.
• Alastair Bryant - For outstanding public service as an outstanding leader in the areas of business management, strategic planning and the arts over many years.
• John Dell - For outstanding public service to the advancement of natural history and conservation.
• Catherine Harrison - For outstanding public service at Parliament House in Perth, Western Australia.
• David Hillyard - For outstanding public service in the areas of consumer protection and fair trading.
• Philippa Aston - For outstanding public service in the area of housing for people with special needs.
• Susan Ireland - For outstanding public service in the area of health services.
• Professor Paddy Phillips - For outstanding public service in the area of health services.
• Byron Cross - For outstanding public service to the Tasmanian legal community in the establishment of effective systems which benefit all lawyers and clients involved with the Legal Aid Commission in Tasmania.

Australian Police Medal (APM)

Australian Federal Police

• Assistant Commissioner Neil Gayghan
• Commander Richard Moses
• Superintendent Barry Corrigan

New South Wales Police Force

• Superintendent Matthew Appleton
• Superintendent Patrick Paroz
• Inspector Edward Billett
• Inspector Ross Wilkinson
• Detective Inspector Wayne Hayes
• Senior Sergeant Peter Davis
• Detective Sergeant Cynthia Donovan
• Senior Constable Justine Housego

Victoria Police

• Assistant Commissioner Wendy Steendam
• Superintendent Paul Hollowood
• Inspector Robert Raaymakers
• Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Caulfield
• Detective Senior Sergeant Valentine Smith
• Senior Sergeant Paul McBride
• Senior Sergeant Jeffrey Smith

Queensland Police

• Assistant Commissioner Paul Doyle
• Chief Superintendent Grant Pitman
• Superintendent Donna Sturgess
• Inspector Murray Verrall
• Sergeant Geoffrey Fay
• Detective Sergeant Daryl Poole

Western Australia Police

• Detective Superintendent Paul Coombes
• Superintendent Harold Heavens
• Inspector Joanne McCabe
• Inspector Neil Royle

South Australia Police

• Chief Superintendent Linda Williams
• Superintendent Peter Harvey
• Detective Senior Sergeant Michael Eichner

Tasmania Police

• Sergeant Rodney Carrick

Northern Territory Police

• Brevet Sergeant Owen Auricht

Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM)

New South Wales

• Judee Bryant
• Norman Carter
• Jeffrey Cree
• Grahame Fothergill
• Richard Griffiths
• David Hoadley
• Warren Simmons
• Herbert Stacey
• John Tapper

Victoria

• William Rodda
• Jeffrey Ross
• Michael Tuddball
• Christoher Watt

Queensland

• William Garrahy
• Graham King
• Stephen Smith

Western Australia

• Jeffrey Drage
• Bruce Jones
• Gary King
• James McNamara
• Peter Thurkle

South Australia

• Jeffrey Clark
• Leigh Miller

Australin Capital Territory

• Conrad Barr

Ambulance Service Medal (ASM)

New South Wales

• Maxwell Cadis
• Terence Nelson
• Maxwell Stonesteet

Queensland

• Anthony King
• Sydney Melville, APM

South Australia

• Christopher Cotton
• Patricia Kakoschke

Tasmania

• David Godfrey-Smith
• Dominic Morgan
• Stephen Trewin

Australian Capital Territory

• David Sutton

Emergency Services Medal (ESM)

New South Wales

• Jennifer North

Victoria

• Richard Burgess

Queensland

• Francis Devlin
• George Phillips, OAM, RFD, ED

Western Australia

• Paul Carr

South Australia

• Ross Johnston
• Paul Ortman

Australian Capital Territory

• Anthony Graham

Medal for Gallantry (MG)

Australian Army

• Warrant Officer Class 2 Kevon Dolan - For acts of gallantry in action in hazardous circumstances while a joint terminal attack controller for Mentoring Team A, Mentoring Task Force 1, at Sorkh Lez in the Mirabad Valley, Afghanistan on 2 July 2010.
• Corporal B. - For acts of gallantry in action in hazardous circumstances on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan in 2008.
• Lance Corporal Brendan Clarke - For acts of gallantry in action in hazardous circumstances while a rifleman with Team Three, Mentoring Team C, Mentoring Task Force 1, in the Central Baluchi Valley, Afghanistan on 15 March and 8 July 2010.

Commendation for Gallantry

Australian Army

• Private M. - For acts of gallantry in action while on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.

British Army

• Corporal L. - For acts of gallantry in action while on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.

Meritorious Unit Citation

• 1st Mentoring Task Force - For sustained outstanding service in warlike operations on Operation SLIPPER in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, between 20 January and 30 October 2010.

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Australian Army

• Major J. - For distinguished command and leadership in action on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.

Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)

Australian Army

• Major - Jason Groat - For distinguished leadership in action as the Officer Commanding, Mentoring Team A, Mentoring Force 1, on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan from January to July 2010.
• Captain Ronald Harrison - For distinguished leadership in action as an engineer search team leader and patrol commander while deployed on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan from February to October 2010.
• Captain C. - For distinguished leadership in action while on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.
• Corporal D. - For distinguished leadership in action in the provision of critical medical care to multiple casualties while on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.
• Corporal Russell Goodsell - For distinguished leadership in action as a section commander with Mentoring Team C, Mentoring Task Force 1, at Kakarak in the Baluchi Valley, Afghanistan on 27 March and 29 July 2010.

Commendation for Distinguished Service

Australian Army

• Colonel David Hay - For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations while Commanding Officer, Force Communication Unit 3 on Operation SLIPPER in the Middle East Area of Operations in 2010.
• Captain Kahalid Khaligi - For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations and in action while Troop Commander, 105th Troop, 40th Regiment, Royal Artillery on Operation HERRICK 10 in Afghanistan in 2009.
• Sergeant G., DSM - For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations and in action while on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.
• Corporal Gary Francis - For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations while a medic with Mentoring Team C, Mentoring Task Force 1, in Afghanistan on Operation SLIPPER from January to October 2010.

United States Navy

• Chief Warrant Officer D. - For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations and in action while on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan in 2010.

Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC)

Royal Australian Navy

• Captain Steven Sparks, RAN - For outstanding achievement as the Director Joint Fuels and Lubricants Agency, Defence Materiel Organisation.
• Principal Chaplin Gary Lock, RAN - For outstanding achievement as Principal Chaplain of the Royal Australian Navy.
• Warrant Officer of the Navy Mark Tandy - For outstanding achievement as Warrant Officer of the Navy.

Australian Army

• Brigadier Gregory Downing - For outstanding achievement as Director General Australian Defence Test and Evaluation Office, Capability Development Group.
• Brigadier Stephen Kinlock - For outstanding achievement as Director General Munitions, Defence Materiel Organisation.
• Brigadier David Mulhall, AM - For outstanding achievement as the Chief of Staff Army Headquarters, Office of the Chief of Army, Army Headquarters.
• Colonel J., DSC
• Colonel Gary Potter - For outstanding achievement as the Project Director of the Defence Asbestos Inventory Tiger Team in the identification and eradication of asbestos from Defence inventory.
• Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Ashley - For outstanding achievement as the Staff Officer Grade One – Chief Legal Adviser, Office of the Chief of Army, Army Headquarters.
• Lieutenant Colonel Susuan Coyle - For outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer of the 17th Signal Regiment.
• Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Smith - For outstanding achievement as Staff Officer One Future Land Operating Concept, Directorate of Future Land Warfare and Strategy, Land Warfare Development Centre, Army Headquarters.
• Major Terrance Johnson - For outstanding achievement as the Staff Officer Grade Two Maintenance Standards, Headquarters 16th Aviation Brigade.
• Major Brendan Kallaway - For outstanding achievement as the Officer Commanding Australia’s Federation Guard.
• Captain Peter Challen - For outstanding achievement as the Regimental Medical Officer of 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment.

Royal Australian Air Force

• Wing Commander Pierre Blais - For outstanding achievement as Deputy Director Safety and Airworthiness at Headquarters Air Command.
• Wing Commander Glen Braz - For outstanding achievement as Deputy Director Australian Super Hornet Transition Team and Commanding Officer at Number 1 Squadron.
• Wing Commander Jeffrey Frost - For outstanding achievement in the conduct of the first warfighting experimentation of a remotely piloted aircraft and the development of the Woomera Test Range.
• Corporal Peter Wells - For outstanding achievement as a Technical Training Instructor at Surveillance and Control Training Unit.

Conspicuous Service Medal (CSM)

Royal Australian Navy

• Lieutenant Commander Johnathan Tha, RAN
• Chief Petty Officer Troy Dack - For meritorious achievement in the field of warship sustainment, refit and repair while employed as a Ship Agent in the ANZAC Systems Program Office.
• Chief Petty Officer Arthur Mitcherson - For meritorious achievement in the field of technical support to the Defence Materiel Organisation and the Royal Australian Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer Joanne Monaghan - For meritorious devotion to duty in the promotion of the principles of Equity and Diversity, and in the field of sexual offence support at HMAS Cerberus.
• Chief Petty Officer Nigel Williams - For meritorious devotion to duty as the Boarding Officer of patrol boat crew ARDENT FOUR from June 2009 until July 2010.
• Leading Seaman Rebekah Roediger - For meritorious devotion to duty as the senior communications sailor in Patrol Boat Crew ATTACK FOUR from January 2008 to October 2010.

Australian Army

• Colonel Shaun Love - For meritorious achievement as a member of the Directing Staff at the Australian Command and Staff College and as a mentor of future strategic level leaders.
• Major Neil Morris - For meritorious achievement as a Training Officer of Training Company and water operations subject matter expert, 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment.
• Major J., DSM - For meritorious achievement in command and instructional duties.
• Major Graham Palmer - For meritorious devotion to duty as the Unit Welfare Officer of the 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment in support of Mentoring Task Force 1 while the Force was deployed on Operation SLIPPER in 2010.
• Warrant Officer Class 2 Vivian Anderson - For meritorious achievement as the Acting Officer-in-Charge of the Oakey Detachment of Joint Logistics Unit (South Queensland).
• Warrant Officer Class 2 Tyrone Cantwell - For meritorious achievement as the Telecommunications Systems Manager, Defence Communications Area Master Station Australia.
• Warrant Officer Class 2 Gary Hughes - For meritorious devotion to duty as a warrant officer.
• Warrant Officer Class 2 Andrew Shore - For meritorious achievement as the Officer Commanding Training Wing, Parachute Training School.
• Warrant Officer Class 2 Carol Ward - For meritorious achievement as the Staff Officer Grade Three Personnel, Headquarters New South Wales Australian Army Cadets Brigade.
• Sergeant P. - For meritorious achievement as the Second-in-Command, Field Security Team, Joint Task Force 631, on Operation ASTUTE in East Timor in 2010.
• Corporal Benjamin Balchin - For meritorious achievement in a non-warlike situation while performing ground liaison support duties on Operation KOKODA ASSIST in August 2009.

Royal Australian Air Force

• Wing Commander Ross Wadsworth - For meritorious achievement as Commander Joint Task Force 636 on Operation PAKISTAN ASSIST II in 2010.
• Squadron Leader David Scherr - For meritorious achievement as the Training Officer at Headquarters Health Services Wing and Health Operational Conversion Unit in support of clinical and operational education and training.
• Flight Sergeant Paul Hardiker - For meritorious achievement as the Unit Training Coordinator and Maintenance Coordinator at Number 36 Squadron.
• Flight Sergeant David Sowden - For meritorious achievement as the Bonded Structures Technology Team Certification Officer for Bonded Structural Repair in the Australian Defence Organisation.
• Corporal David Janik - For meritorious achievement as the Research Assistant within the Military Claims Liaison Office

References

Governor General of Australia, Honours List's