# 1982 Australia Day Honours

The 1982 Australia Day Honours were announced on 26 January 1982 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Zelman Cowen.
The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, announced on Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours which are announced on the second Monday in June.

## Order of Australia
### Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)
#### General Division

| Recipient | Citation |
| Sir Edward John Bunting KBE | For public and community service. |
| Ethel Marian Summer, Baroness Casey CStJ | For service to literature, to art and to the community. |
| The Honourable Charles Balfour Marcus Fenton | For service to the Parliament of the State of Tasmania and to the community. |
| His Excellency, the Honourable Sir Henry Arthur Winneke KCMG, KCVO, OBE, KStJ, QC | For public service and for service to the Crown. |

#### General Division (Honorary)

| Recipient | Citation |
| Mother Teresa (Bojaxhiu) | For service to the community of Australia and humanity at large. |
| Shridath Surendranath Ramphal | For service to Australia and the Commonwealth community. |
| Brian Edward Talboys | For service to Australia–New Zealand relations. |

### Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
#### General Division

| Recipient | Citation |
| Emeritus Professor James Albert Allen | For service to education. |
| The Honourable Clyde Robert Cameron | For service to politics and to government. |
| Gordon Thomas Colebatch OBE | For service engineering. |
| The Honourable James Desmond Corcoran | For service to politics and to government. |
| The Honourable Sydney David Einfeld | For service to politics, to government and to the community. |
| Warwick Joseph Holcroft | For service to industry. |
| Dr Lawson James Holman | For service to medicine. |
| Steven Kenneth Langley | For service to engineering. |
| Robert Peter McIntyre | For service to architecture and to urban planning. |
| Dr Walter Douglas Neal | For service to education. |
| John Davey Norgard | For public service. |
| Dr Henry Ian Alexander Nowik OBE | For service to industry and to the community. |
| Neal Francis Stevens OBE | For public service. |
| His Excellency Gordon Noel Upton | For public service as a diplomatic representative. |
| Robert James White | For service to banking, to commerce and to the community. |
| Dr John Douglas Yeo | For service to medicine. |

#### Military Division

| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Army | Major General James Curnow Hughes DSO, MC | For service to the Australian Army |
| Army | Major General Kevin Ross Melham OBE, ED, QC | For service to the Army Reserve. |
| Air Force | Air Vice-Marshal Raymond Edward Trebilco DFC | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force. |

### Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
#### General Division

| Recipient | Citation |
| Jack Lewis Allen | For public service. |
| Kathleen Harris Anderson | For service to politics, to government and to the community. |
| Jeffrey Charles Bergmann | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Harry Bluck | For service to music. |
| Dietrich Hans Borchardt | For service to librarianship, particularly in the field of bibliography. |
| Victor George Borg | For service to migrant welfare. |
| Patricia Christine Braithwaite | For service to the media, particularly in the field of film and television. |
| Detective Chief Inspector Barrie John Brown | For public service as a member of the Australian Federal Police. |
| William Piper Brown | For service to engineering. |
| Reginald Clement Buckett | For service to industry and to the community. |
| Noel Wilfred Buckley | For service to the community. |
| Associate Professor Kenneth John Cable | For service to education. |
| Sergeant Frank Barry Cocks | For public service as a member of the South Australian Police. |
| Brian Frederick Cooper | For public service as a radio scientist. |
| Gregory Francis Coote | For service to the film industry and to the community |
| John Edward Daley OBE | For service to the community. |
| Lauris Margaret Elms OBE | For service to music. |
| John Murray Evans | For public service. |
| Robert Davis Fitzgerald | For service to literature. |
| William Mervyn Flassman | For service as a hospital administrator. |
| John Roslyn Garnet | For service to conservation. |
| Rear Admiral Frank Leveson George CBE, RAN (Retired) | For service to the community. |
| Father Anthony Joachim Glynn MBE | For service in the field of international relations. |
| Arthur Herbert Hams | For service to the coal mining industry. |
| Mervyn Emrys Rosser Horton | For service to the visual arts. |
| Christopher Edward Howe | For service to the sport of trotting. |
| The Reverend John Hughes ED | For service to religion and to the community. |
| Geoffrey Brian Hunt | For service to the sport of squash. |
| Professor Mark Jolly | For service to dentistry. |
| John Harold Kaye MBE | For service to scouting and to the community. |
| Dr Leslie Charles Dunstan Kemp | For service to education. |
| Donald James Laverick | For service to the shipbuilding industry. |
| Barry John McDonald | For service to the legal profession. |
| Major General Ronald Ramsay McNicoll CBE (Retired) | For service to literature, particularly as an historian of military engineering. |
| Kenneth Mallabone | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Ronald Nevill Damian Miller DFC | For service to the community. |
| Harold Bryce Mortlock | For service to architecture. |
| Graeme Lloyd Murphy | For service to ballet. |
| Raymond Jeffrey Myers | For service to the performing arts as an operatic singer. |
| Raymond Lindsay O'Neill | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Dr Dudley Joseph O'Sullivan | For service to the disabled. |
| Merle Elecia Parkes | For service to nursing. |
| Francis Albert Pascoe | For service to industry. |
| Lindsay John Phillips | For service to primary industry and to the community. |
| Henry Fox Powell | For service to the deaf. |
| David Maxwell Purnell MBE | For service to the community. |
| The Reverend Thomas Rees-Thomas MBE | For service to the community and to education. |
| June Marie Salter | For service to the performing arts. |
| Dr Leonard Ernest Samuels | For public service. |
| William Leonard Sidwell | For service to industry and to the community. |
| Edward Richard Taylor | For service to engineering. |
| Brian Henry Tregillis | For public service. |
| Ian Austin Abbot Vassie | For service to accountancy, to education and to the community. |
| Edgar Morris Weatherstone | For service to international commerce. |
| Clement Herman Alfred | For service to the community. |
| Alan Brian Whelpton | For service to surf life saving. |
| Raymond Gordon Williams | For public service. |
| Dr George Charles Wilson | For service to medicine. |
| Arthur Joseph Winter | For public service. |
| Samuel William Woods | For service to education and to the community. |
| Robert William Ernest Wrightson | For service to ballroom dancing. |

#### Military Division

| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Navy | Captain Alan Lee Beaumont | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Director of Naval Plans. |
| Navy | Captain Anthony Rockley Horton | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Commanding Officer of HMAS Hobart. |
| Navy | Commander Peter James Bobroff | For service to the Royal Australian Navy particularly in the area of research into Naval Combat Data Systems. |
| Navy | Commander David Whiston Nicol | For service to the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm in the field of training and technical support. |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Reuben Ernest Bowd | For service to the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. |
| Army | Colonel Robert Edmund Hagerty | For service to the Australian Army in the field of equipment management and procurement. |
| Army | Colonel Peter Thomas Johnson | For service to the Australian Army in the field of Joint Service Planning. |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Michael Kemp | For service to the Australian Army in the field of capability development. |
| Army | Colonel Donald Lundie ED | For service to the army reserve. |
| Air Force | Wing Commander Peter Massey Grindon-Ekins | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as a staff officer in the Directorate of Operational Requirements. |
| Air Force | Wing Commander Geoffrey Ivan Lumsden | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Commanding Officer of Number 37 Squadron. |
| Air Force | Group Captain John Irvine Thomson | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Director Material Definition. |
| Air Force | Group Captain Frederick James Winter | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as the Senior Administrative Staff Officer at Headquarters Support Command. |

### Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
#### General Division

| Recipient | Citation |
| Dudley John George Allen | For public service. |
| Margaret Edith Atkins | For service to education of the handicapped |
| Harold Arthur Ayers | For service to the community and to sport. |
| William Harold Barnes | For service to the community. |
| David Alan Beavis | For service to the community. |
| Michael Henry Geoffrey Becher ED | For service to surf life saving. |
| Edwin Charles Bone | For public service and for service to trade unionism. |
| James Alan Boultube | For service to the community. |
| Raymond Arthur Bradfield RSD | For service to the community. |
| George Swinton Bray | For service to local government. |
| William Edward Sparke Brennan | For service to the welfare of members of the defence force |
| Leonard James Bridge | For service to the community. |
| Alderman Raymond Edward Buchanan | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Zdzislaw Marian Burcon | For service to migrant welfare. |
| Alice Maud Campbell | For service to the community. |
| Percival Neil Carter | For service to the community. |
| Arthur James Chalmers | For service to the community. |
| Boyd Chandler | For service to the disabled. |
| Joyce Charger | For service to the community. |
| Elsie May Clarke | For service to the disabled. |
| Edward George Coomber | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Reginald William Correll | For service to the pig industry and to the community. |
| Cedric Francis Culbert | For service to journalism. |
| Sister Joan Davis | For service to nursing and to the community. |
| John Dieters | For service to dentistry, particularly in the field of dental prosthetics. |
| Max Frederick Dippert | For service to the toolmaking industry and to the community. |
| James Albert Dix | For service to the community. |
| Alan Towers Duncan | For service to adult education and to the community. |
| Thomas James Edmonds | For service to the performing arts as an operatic singer. |
| Raymond Thomas Edwards | For service to the community. |
| Cyril Rodney Fechner | For service to accounting. |
| Bernard Vincent Fennessy | For public service. |
| Ronald Charles Field | For service to surf life saving. |
| Francis George Ford | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Joseph Henry Ford | For service to the community. |
| Annetine Forell | For service to disabled children. |
| Raymond Craig Frith | For service to athletics. |
| Councillor James Murray Gavin | For service to local government. |
| Donald William Geddes | For service to local government. |
| Kathleen Goddard | For service to the community. |
| Alan Murray Grant-Taylor | For service to the community. |
| Marjorie Alma Green | For service in the field of child care and local government. |
| Irene Joan Haesler | For service to ballet. |
| Douglas Brooke Hall | For service to primary industry, particularly in the field of irrigation. |
| Mavis Catherine Hamer | For service to the community. |
| Miriam Doris Hampson | For service to the New Theatre. |
| Edna May Harper | For service to nursing. |
| Mervyn Harris | For service to the sport of basketball. |
| Norwood Hartley | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel and to the community. |
| Dr Frederick French Heddle OStJ | For service in the field of community medical welfare. |
| Leslie William Hellyer | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel and to the community. |
| Alderman Lewis Herman | For service to migrant welfare and to local government. |
| Clarice Mary Maud Hering | For service to the community. |
| Joan Syrelle Higgins | For service to the community. |
| Howard Laurie Hill | For service to the disabled. |
| John Noel Brian Hipwell | For service to the sport of rugby football. |
| Lindsay Robert Hodge | For service to the community. |
| Irene Isadora Hook | For service to the community. |
| Brother Joseph Andrew Howley | For service in the field of Aboriginal welfare, |
| Joan Catherine Hume | For service to the disabled. |
| Beatrice Margaret Hunt | For service to disabled children. |
| Thomas Patrick Hurley | For service to the disabled, through the invention and design of special equipment. |
| Councillor Martin James Hynes | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Florence Jane Jackson | For service to the community. |
| Edward Fitzroy Kent Jaggard | For service to surf life saving. |
| Harold Vincent Jenner | For service to youth welfare. |
| Betty Margaret Jordon | For service to the community. |
| Norman James Jordon | For service to the community. |
| The Reverend Leo Walker Kalleske | For service to the community. |
| Thomas Edward Kewley | For service in the field of social welfare education. |
| Donald William Kidd | For service to the fruit and vegetable industry. |
| Ion Will King | For service to the community. |
| Ronald Herbert Kirkley | For service to disabled children. |
| Albert Thomas Raymond Lloyd | For service to the sport of judo. |
| Councillor Colin James Logan | For service to local government and to the community. |
| James Jackson McCaulay | For service to the community. |
| Myrtle Fidelis Iris Macrae | For service to the community. |
| Sister Eleanor Macris | For service to the community. |
| Amy Isobel Maslin | For service to the community. |
| Doris Mary Matthews | For service to the community. |
| Neil Francis McCrystal | For public service. |
| Margaret Mary McKay | For service to the community. |
| Colleen Joyce McLean | For service to migrant welfare and adult education. |
| David McLeish | For service to trade unionism. |
| Kathleen Elizabeth McManus | For service to the community. |
| Ivan McMeekin | For service to the craft of pottery |
| Michael Agapilos Michael | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Margaret McVickar Crawford Mills | For public service. |
| Sister Cecilia Morgan | For service to music. |
| Sergeant Walter Desmond Morgan | For service to youth welfare. |
| Mavis Waugh Morgan | For service to the community. |
| Carlyle Herbert Mutton | For service to the sport of rifle shooting. |
| Alice Eleanor Myers | For service to disabled children, particularly in the field of education. |
| George Ivan Neville | For public service. |
| Eileen Newton | For service to the community. |
| Patrick Joseph Nilan | For service to the sport of hockey. |
| Patrick Joseph O'Neil | For service to the blind |
| Regina Loretto O'Neil | For public service. |
| George Frederick James Parry | For service to the aged. |
| Rupert Rowe Peft | For service to the sport of bowls. |
| Peter Donald Penna | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Cecil Clifford Phillips | For service to the community. |
| Dr Frederick Roy Phillips SBStJ | For service in the field of community medical welfare. |
| David William Pickering | For service to the community. |
| Barbara Edith Pimlott | For service to the accountancy profession. |
| George Bewick Podger BEM | For service to the disabled. |
| Charles Raymond Porter | For service to youth welfare. |
| Alexander Power | For public service. |
| Doughlas Raymond Purser | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel and to the community. |
| Frances Ingram Purser | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel. |
| Tom Raudonikis | For service to the sport of rugby league football. |
| Katherine Jane Rigby | For service to the disabled. |
| Austin Patrick Robertson | For service to the sport of Australian football and in training of athletes. |
| Margaret Winifred Ross | For service to the disabled, particularly in the field of sport. |
| Hugh Clifton Rudderham | For service to the community. |
| Charles Peter Schwerdt | For service to industry. |
| Kevin Raymond Siddell | For service to music. |
| Thomas Henry Sides | For service to youth welfare and to the community. |
| William Burnett Smyth | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Lionel Mervyn Stewart | For service to the community. |
| Samuel Angus Stewart | For service to the blind. |
| William Ernest Stone | For service to trade unionism. |
| Dorothy Esther Strangward | For service to the aged. |
| Myrtle Grace Swanson | For service to the community. |
| Amy Katherine Taylor | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel. |
| Gladys Clair Taylor | For service to the aged. |
| Councillor Hebert Raymond Thomas | For service to the community. |
| John Eliot Tonkin MC | For service in the field of aboriginal welfare. |
| Anthony Michael Vella | For service to trade unionism and to migrant welfare. |
| Francis Edward Henry Verinder | For public service. |
| Mabel Constance Wadsworth | For service to the community. |
| Archdeacon Emeritus Professor Arthur Edward Warr | For service to religion. |
| John Francis Watson | For service to trade unionism and to the community. |
| Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Denison Westwood | For service as a member of the Australian Federal Police. |
| Nancy Lockhard Whitelaw | For community service with the Australian War Memorial. |
| Pamela June Willmette | For service to the sport of basketball. |
| Malbel Isabel Watson | For community service. |
| William John Youll | For public service and for service to the community. |
| David Pelham Young | For service to the community. |

#### Military Division

| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Navy | Warrant Officer Ronald Edward Ashmore | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Establishment Maintenance Officer, HMAS Leeuwin. |
| Navy | Warrant Officer Fred Robert Butcher | For service to the Royal Australian Navy Submarine Arm. |
| Navy | Chief Petty Officer Richard Nicholas Curtis | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the Marine Engineering Department Officer of HMAS Brisbane. |
| Navy | Warrant Officer Robert Laurence Goodall | For service to the Royal Australian Navy in the field of Clearance Diving. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two John George Barnws | For service to the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps Centre. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One John Leslie Brady | For service to the Army Reserve. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Robert William Foster | For service to the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. |
| Army | Captain Stanislaw Perejmibida | For service to the Australian Army in the field of personnel management. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Donald Harry Quick | For service to the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Robert Douglas Wicks | For service to the Royal Australian Corps of Signals. |
| Air Force | Flying Officer Edward Henry Lee | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as a warrant officer disciplinary. |