# 1981 Australia Day Honours

The 1981 Australia Day Honours were announced on 26 January 1981 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)

| Recipient | Citation |
| Emeritus Professor Alec Derwent Hope OBE | For service to literature. |
| Sir William (John) Kilpatrick KBE | For community service. |
| Sir Charles (Gullan) McGrath OBE | For service to industry. |

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

| Recipient | Citation |
| Dr Neville Coleman Davis | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of melanoma research. |
| Professor Lance Aubrey Endersbee | For service to engineering. |
| Gordon Peter Fitzgerald | For service to the retailing industry and to the community. |
| John McKenzie Hillard | For service to the accounting profession. |
| Dr Jacques Francis Albert Pierre Miller | For service to medical research. |
| His Excellency John Russell Rowland | For public service as a diplomatic representative. |
| The Honourable, Justice John Bernard Sweeney | For service to the Law. |
| Roy Woodall | For service to the mining industry. |
| Emeritus Professor Hill Wesley Wonder | For public service in the field of metallurgy and industrial technology. |

#### Military Division

| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Air Force | Air Vice Marshal Selwyn David Evans DSO, AFC | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Chief of Air Force Operations. | |
| Air Force | Air Vice Marshal Michael Manifold Helsham DFC, QC | For service as Judge-Advocate of the Royal Australian Air Force. | |

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

| Recipient | Citation |
| Dr Joan Winifred Allsop | For service to adult education. |
| Reverend Brother Angelus (Donald Xavier McKinley) | For service to education. |
| Harold John Baily | For service to art. |
| Dr Maxwell Robert Banks | For service to science and the community. |
| Graham Gordon Blackwood | For service to the sport of yachting. |
| Joyce Blaiklock | For community service. |
| Nancy Roslyn Bundle | For service to nursing. |
| Dr Arthur William Burnell | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of domiciliary care. |
| Colonel William Ramsay Cairns | For community service with the Salvation Army. |
| Robert Elliot Champion | For service to local government and the community. |
| John Richard James Clark | For service to the theatre. |
| Dr John LLewellyn Colvin | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of ophthalmology. |
| Alexander Robert Connel | For service to the community. |
| Professor Lloyd Woodrow Cox | For service to the community. |
| Ellen Dymphna Cusack | For service to literature. |
| Beatrice Deloitte Davis | For service to literature. |
| John Noel Whitefoord Elliston | For service to the mining industry. |
| Dr Samuel Islwyn Evans | For service to education. |
| Peter Leonard Faiman | For service to the media, particularly in the field of television production. |
| Vincent James Forde | For service to the Royal Life Saving Society of Australia. |
| Harold Wesley Gillard | For community service. |
| Dewar Wison Goode | For service to conservation. |
| Isador Goodman | For service to music. |
| Major General Roy Russell Gordon CBE, DSO, ED | For community service. |
| James Murray Gosper OBE | For service to the building industry and to the community. |
| Guy Edward Grey-Smith | For service to art. |
| Professor Alfred Gordon Hammer | For service to education in the field of psychology. |
| Reginald Harris | For community service. |
| Dr Marshall Davidson Hatch | For public service in the field of plant metabolism. |
| Crawford Irving Hayes | For service in the field of industrial relations. |
| Francis Daniel Hayes | For service in the field of social welfare. |
| John William Houston | For parliamentary and community service. |
| Dr Herbert Leslie Hughes | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of ophthalmology. |
| Tom Morven Jeffrey | For service to the film and television industry. |
| Malcolm George King | For service to industry. |
| John Frederick Lavis | For service to the dental industry. |
| William Morris Lawry | For service to the sport of cricket. |
| Jack Lindsay | For service to literature. |
| Dr Ian Reay Mackay | For service to medical research. |
| William Allan Marshall OBE | For service to literature. |
| John Joseph McGuire | For service to the dairy industry. |
| Dr George Rex Meyer | For service to education. |
| Clive Harlie Monk | For service to engineering. |
| Dr Max Clifford Moore | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of ophthalmology. |
| Emeritus Professor Charles Edmund Moorehouse | For service to education. |
| Nathaniel Albert Alfred Myers | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of paediatrics. |
| Bruce Waddell Fieldew Pratt | For service to the publishing industry. |
| Dr Albert Tonkin Pugsley | For service to agriculture, particularly in the field of wheat research. |
| Eric Gordon Pullen | For service to the fertilizer industry. |
| Alexander Leslie Rigby ED | For service to the building industry and to the community. |
| Eric Richard Risstrom | For service to commerce and to the community. |
| John Justin Roche | For service to local government and town planning. |
| Dr Terese Royse-Smith | For service to the dental industry. |
| John Louis Rundle | For service to the community. |
| George Smith | For community service, particularly in the field of social welfare. |
| Ivan Francis Southall DFC | For service to literature. |
| Selby Kingston Steele | For service to hospital administration. |
| Evonne Rita Sullivan | For community service. |
| Newton Stanley Tiver | For service to agriculture, particularly in the field of pasture research. |
| Colonel Reno Vardanega | For public service. |
| The Honourable Geoffrey Thomas Virgo | For parliamentary and community service. |
| Jack Hayward Watson ISO, CStJ | For public and community service. |
| The Honourable John Alexander Weir | For service to trade unionism. |
| Garth de Burgh Welch | For service to ballet. |
| John Oswald Wicking | For service to the welfare of handicapped persons. |
| Foster Neil Williams | For service to the sport of Australian football. |
| Brooks Christian Wilson | For community service. |
| Malcolm Leslie Wright | For service to the accounting profession and to the community. |

#### Military Division

| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Navy | Captain Henry Alfred Josephs | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Australian Naval Attache, Jakarta. |
| Navy | Captain Anthony Rockley Horton | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Commanding Officer of HMAS Hobart. |
| Navy | Commander Gordon Lewis Sheridan | For service as Supply Officer of HMAS Nirimba. |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Edmond Ross Brown ED | For service in the Army Reserve. |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Edward Peter Constantine | For service to the Royal Australian Survey Corps. |
| Army | Colonel Brian George Florence MC | For service to the Australian Army, particularly as Commandant of Officer Cadet School, Portsea, Vic. |
| Army | Colonel David Walter Hanlin | For service to the Australian Army in the field of Army construction. |
| Army | Colonel Paul Desmond Lipscombe | For service to the Australian Army Aviation Corps. |
| Army | Colonel John Nelson Stein | For service to the Australian Army, particularly in the field of logistics and organisational development. |
| Air Force | Group Captain John Maxwell Chesterfield | For service as Commandant of the Royal Australian Air Force Staff College. |
| Air Force | Group Captain Marcus De Laune Faunce OBE | For service as a Medical Officer and consultant physician to the Director-General of Air Force Health Services, Royal Australian Air Force. |
| Air Force | Wing Commander Robert George Sharp | For service as a staff officer in the Directorate of Air Force Plans, Department of Defence (Air Force). |
| Air Force | Wing Commander Allan Jeffrey Pappin | For service as Commanding Officer of Number 34 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. |

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

| Recipient | Citation |
| Edna Parker Adkins | For community service. |
| Arthur Reginald Lancelot Alterator | For service to the sport of cricket. |
| Franca Antonello | For service in the field of migrant welfare. |
| Ronald George Appleyard | For service to art. |
| Ronald Haddington Nichols Badger | For community service. |
| Thomas John Bastow | For service to the community and to the welfare of ex-servicemen and women. |
| The Reverend Dennis Rupert Bazely | For community service. |
| Doris Jane Booth | For community service. |
| Lewis Boyd | For community service. |
| John Stanislaus Brady | For service to local government. |
| Laurence Bryan | For service in the field of aboriginal welfare. |
| Billie Jeanette Burke | For public service. |
| Mona Dora Byrnes | For service to art. |
| Sydnor Olive Campbell | For community service. |
| Alan Alwyn Carlyle | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Neville Richmond Cawthorne | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel. |
| Louis Censky | For service to trade unionism and in the field of migrant welfare. |
| John Charlton | For public service. |
| Daniel Joseph Clarke | For service to the tourist industry. |
| Harry Clifford Clegg | For service to local government. |
| Mervyn Douglas Creswell | For service to the community and to the transport industry. |
| Audrey Joan Daley | For public service. |
| Alice May Davies | For community service. |
| Llewella Hope Davies | For community service. |
| Alfred James Dickson | For public service and for service to the community. |
| Java Joseph Dix | For community service and for service to local industry. |
| Gildon Wilson Donnar | For service in the field of industrial relations. |
| Henry Arthur Douglas Dowling | For service to the tourist industry. |
| Keith Ralph Doyle | For community service. |
| Ellen May Dransfield | For community service. |
| Edith Dubsky | For service to music. |
| Basil Frederick Easther | For service to junior football. |
| Douglas Slater Ellice | For public service. |
| Cedric Raymond Emanuel | For service to art. |
| Lieutenant Colonel Lindsay Keith Farquhar | For service to the Scout Association of Australia. |
| Russell Glen Ferguson | For community service. |
| Giuesppe Fin | For community service. |
| Alfred Stephen Finney | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel. |
| Gwenyth Joyce Fisher | For service to the welfare of handicapped persons. |
| Amy Ritchie Forwood | For community service. |
| Charles Raymond Foskey | For community service. |
| Keith Gaisford | For service to the sport of archery. |
| Lita Marjorie Garrard | For community service. |
| Cecil Kenneth William Gerrity | For service to the community and to trade unionism. |
| Eric Peter Gianakos | For service to the community and to conservation. |
| Claude Vincent Gillard | For service to the sport of parachuting. |
| Florence Edna Goggins | For community service. |
| Alice May Gold | For service to the sport of bowls. |
| Graham Lindsay Gordon | For service to the sport of rugby football. |
| Roy Lanchester Gowing | For community service. |
| (Jessie) Iris Graham | For service to the community and to the arts. |
| Thomas Robertson Grimson | For service to the sport of soccer. |
| Maxwell Edward Hams | For service to local government. |
| Ruby Nance Hansen | For community service. |
| James Ross Harbison | For community service. |
| Dean Lawrence Harvey | For community service. |
| The Reverend Howard Ralph Heaton | For community service. |
| Luke William Robert Heffernan | For service to trade unionism. |
| Lloyd France Heylan | For service to tennis and football. |
| Jessie Fraser Horton | For community service. |
| Irene Doris Hoy | For community service. |
| Arthur Robert Moore Jackson | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel. |
| Timothy Jacobs | For service to education and to the community. |
| Donald Goldberg Jacquier | For community service. |
| Stanley Kelly | For service to the community and to conservation. |
| Doris Kate Kemp | For service to the welfare of handicapped persons. |
| Desmond Francis Kennedy | For service to sport, particularly the promotion of country football. |
| Harry David Krantz | For service to trade unionism. |
| Andrew Lambros | For service in the field of migrant welfare. |
| The Reverend Father John Edward Lander | For service to religion. |
| Frederick William Lean | For community service. |
| Raymond Mitchell Lentfer | For community service. |
| James Hewitt Main | For community service. |
| Eric Stanley Marshall | For service in the entertainment industry. |
| Donald Sidney Stuart May | For community service. |
| Duncan John McColl | For community service. |
| John Hector McDonald | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel. |
| Kevin McDonald | For service to the welfare of handicapped children. |
| Lionel Stanley McDonald | For service to the sport of surf life saving. |
| Sister Carmel McEwan | For service to education. |
| Shaun Dudley McIlraith | For service in the field of journalism. |
| Hazel Joan McKellar | For service to the community and to nursing. |
| Frank Edward McKenzie | For service to education and to the community. |
| Robert John McKinney | For service to sport. |
| James Archibald McKinnon | For community service. |
| Beatrice Dorothy McLean | For community service. |
| John Maxwell McLean | For community service. |
| Robert Alan McLoughlin | For community service. |
| William John Menz | For service to education. |
| Arthur Russell Milway | For community service. |
| Henry Frederick Minifie | For service to the welfare of handicapped persons. |
| Alfred Charles Morris | For service to the sport of casting. |
| Millicent May Nethery | For community service. |
| Louis Albert Norrak | For community service. |
| Lieutenant Commander Arthur Frederick Parry VRD | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel. |
| Olive Kari Parry | For service to the community and to conservation. |
| Percy Joseph Parry | For service to the community and to conservation. |
| Theodore Michael Pasiczynskyj | For service in the field of migrant welfare. |
| Dawn Trezise Grayson Paton MBE | For community service. |
| George Perrin | For service in the field of ethnic affairs. |
| Joan Perrott | For service in the field of social welfare. |
| Edwin Alexander Pound | For community service. |
| Susannah Caroline Proctor | For community service. |
| Gregory Thomas Prouse | For service to nursing. |
| Harold Lindsay Ralph | For service to the sport of athletics. |
| The Reverend Father John Christopher Relihan | For service to religion. |
| Daphne Mabel Roemermann | For service to education, particularly in the field of speech and drama. |
| Frank Charles Rossack | For service to the welfare of mentally handicapped persons. |
| Dorothy Rose Sales | For service to the community through the administration of credit union facilities. |
| Elsie May Scholes | For community service. |
| Reginald Francis Scott | For service to dentistry, particularly in the field of dental prosthetics. |
| George Ephraim Sheumack | For service to sport and to the community. |
| William Francis Simm | For service to band music. |
| Richard Baxter Stuart Sinclair | For community service. |
| Elsie Eileen Smith | For community service. |
| Lawrence Mervin Smith | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel. |
| William Richard Smith | For service to music and to the community. |
| Yvonne Flora Mackinnon Smith | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Judith Margaret Sorensen | For service in the field of child welfare. |
| Dorothy Maida Stilwell | For community service. |
| Alan George Storm | For service in education and to the community. |
| Ronald Aubrey Sutton | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel. |
| Carmel Phyllis Taheny | For public service. |
| Jeanette Campbell Telford | For service in the field of choral music. |
| Mabel Adeline Terry RD | For community service. |
| John William Thompson | For service to the sport of horse racing. |
| Harold Thomas Edward Tidemann | For service to the arts. |
| Mary Grace Tripp | For community service. |
| Ella Underwood | For community service. |
| Edna Josephine Vincent MBE | For community service. |
| Ernest Edward Vine | For community service. |
| Arthur William Percival Walker | For community service. |
| Alfred Ernest Ward | For service to the sport of tennis. |
| Wallace Ainsworth Ward | For service to the community and to the welfare of ex-service personnel. |
| Jack Andrew Warren | For public service. |
| George Ralph Weslake | For community service. |
| Mildred May Whitfield | For community service. |
| The Reverend Arthur Latimer Wilkins | For service to the welfare of visually handicapped persons. |
| Cornelius Edward Wilson | For service to the welfare of aged persons. |
| Mary Helen Campbell Withers | For community service. |
| Alexander Penn Wood | For service in the field of choral music and to the community. |
| Bevil Edgar Stanley Theodore Bob Philp Woosley | For community service. |
| Jean Wright | For community service. |

#### Military Division

| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Navy | Warrant Officer Trevor John Gibbs | For service as Air Engineering Officer of HC 723 Squadron. |
| Navy | Warrant Officer William Arthur O'Day | For service to the Marine Engineering School. |
| Navy | Warrant Officer Edward Joseph Shaw | For service as officer in charge of the Electronic Warfare School, HMAS Watson. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Maxwell John Beck | For service to the Army Reserve. |
| Army | Captain John Edward Cotton | For service as an Engineer Works Warrant Officer in the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Trevor Edward Gilliver | For service in the field of Army Reserve training. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Niels Ole Jensen | For service in the maintenance of armoured vehicles. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Robert John May | For service as Regimental Sergeant Major of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Thomas Emmanuel Webster | For service to the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police. |
| Air Force | Warrant Officer Ronald John Harbinson | For service as a Warrant Officer, Mess Supervisor, Royal Australian Air Force. |
| Air Force | Warrant Officer Trevor Alexander McIntosh | For service as a Warrant Officer Armament Fitter at Number 492 Squadron, Edinburgh, South Australia. |