# 1988 Australia Day Honours

The 1988 Australia Day Honours are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 1988 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Ninian Stephen.
The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, the first announced to coincide with Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours, which are announced on the second Monday in June.
† indicates an award given posthumously.

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

| Recipient | Citation |
| The Honourable Sir Nigel Hubert Bowen, KBE | For service to the law. |
| The Honourable Sir Francis Gerard Brennan, KBE | For service to the law. |
| Major-General Paul Alfred Cullen, AO CBE DSO | For service to the community, particularly to the welfare of the blind and visually impaired. |
| David John David | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of craniofacial surgery, and to international relations. |
| The Honourable Sir Daryl Michael Dawson, KBE CB | For service to the law. |
| The Honourable Sir William Patrick Deane, KBE | For service to the law. |
| The Right Honourable Sir William Frederick Payne Heseltine, KCB KCVO | For service to the Crown as a Private Secretary to The Queen of Australia. |
| The Honourable Sir Anthony Frank Mason, KBE | For service to the law. |
| Sir Eric James Neal | For service to commerce and to the community. |
| Professor David Geoffrey Penington | For service to medicine and to the community, particularly in the fields of medical education and health care. |
| The Honourable Justice John Leslie Toohey, AO | For service to the law. |
| The Honourable Sir Ronald Darling Wilson, KBE | For service to the law. |
| The Honourable Neville Kenneth Wran, QC | For service to government and politics and to the New South Wales Parliament. |

#### Military Division

| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| General Peter Courtney Gration, AO OBE | For service to the Australian Defence Force, particularly as Chief of the General Staff and as Chief of the Defence Force. | |

### Officers (AO)
#### General Division

| Recipient | Citation |
| Commissioner John Keith Avery APM | For public service, particularly with the New South Wales Police Force. |
| Professor Antony Basten | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of immunology. |
| Marcus Besen | For service to commerce and the community. |
| John Neil Bishop | For service to accountancy profession. |
| Robert Britten-Jones | For service to medicine. |
| Quentin Alice Louise Bryce | For service to the community, particularly to women and to children. |
| Judy Cassab OBE | For service to the visual arts. |
| Stanley Edgar Costigan | For service to secondary industry and to the community. |
| Kenneth Edward Cowley | For service to the media and to the community. |
| Philip Sutton Cox | For service to architecture. |
| Stuart Leslie Devlin CMG | For service to craftsmanship as a goldsmith, silversmith and designer. |
| Donald Herbert Eltringham | For public service. |
| Professor Peter Thomas Fink CB CBE | For service to science and to engineering. |
| The Honourable Justice William Kenneth Fisher | For service to industrial relations. |
| Marjory Joyce Fitzpatrick | For service to education. |
| Neale Andrew Fraser MBE | For service to tennis. |
| The Honourable Harold Hyam Glass RFD QC | For service to the law and to the Royal Australian Navy. |
| Professor Richard Spencer Butler Gye | For service to medicine. |
| Harry Hauenschild | For service to the trade union movement. |
| The Honourable Patrick Darcy Hills | For service to the New South Wales Parliament and to local government. |
| The Right Reverend Peter John Hollingworth | For service to religion and to the community. |
| Stuart Gordon Hornery | For service to secondary industry. |
| The Honourable Thomas Eyre Forrest Hughes QC | For service to the legal profession. |
| The Honourable Colin John Jamieson | For service to the Western Australian Parliament and to the community |
| Brian Francis Johns | For service to publishing and to the media. |
| Harold Gemmell Kippax | For service to the theatre and to the media. |
| Robert Edward Klippel | For service to art, particularly sculpture. |
| Professor Alex Lazenby | For service to learning. |
| Eve Mahlab | For service to business, to government and to the community, particularly to women. |
| Stanley William Otto Menzel OBE | For service to the construction industry and to the promotion of exports. |
| His Excellency the Honorable William Lawrence Morrison | For service to the Commonwealth Parliament and to international relations. |
| Doctor David Mossenson ISO | For service to education. |
| Noel Bede Nairn | For service to education as an historian and biographer. |
| Professor Robert John O'Neill | For service to international relations and to education. |
| Kevin John Parry | For service to secondary industry, to sport and to the community. |
| John Theodore Ralph | For service to the manufacturing industry and to the community. |
| Emeritus Professor Rupert William Roye Rutland | For service to science, particularly in the field of geology. |
| Doctor Mercy Sadka | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of neurology. |
| Ralph Tony Sarich | For service to engineering. |
| Emeritus Professor Peter Scott OBE | For service to learning and to the community. |
| Doctor Mark Xavier Shanahan | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of cardio-thoracic surgery. |
| Harold James Souter AM | For service to the trade union movement. |
| Emeritus Professor Trevor Winchester Swan | For service to education and to government, particularly in the field of economics. |
| Stewart Laurence Wallis | For service to the construction industry. |

#### Military Division

| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Navy | Rear Admiral Barrie Lawson West RAN | For service to the Royal Australia Navy as Chief of Naval Materiel. |
| Army | Major General Duncan McKenzie Francis OBE | For service to the Australian Army as Chief of Materiel. |
| Army | Major General John Nelson Stein AM | For service to the Australian Army as Chief of Logistics. |
| Air Force | Air Commodore Robert Alexander Kee | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Director General, Material Projects — Air Force. |

### Member (AM)
#### General Division

| Recipient | Citation |
| Albert Henry Royce Abbey DCM | For service to the community. |
| Richard John Aggiss | For service to hockey. |
| William Arthur Akers | For service to the performing arts as a production and lighting designer. |
| Graham Ross Anderson | For service to primary industry, particularly the avocado industry. |
| Herbert Maxwell Andrew | For service to primary industry, particularly the dairy industry. |
| Kenneth Richard Arthurson | For service to rugby league football. |
| Jack Ball | For service to lawn bowls and to the advertising industry. |
| Geoffrey Robert Bardon | For service to the preservation and development of traditional Aboriginal art forms. |
| Max Rafeek Basheer | For service to Australian football. |
| Doctor Clifford Douglas Blake | For service to tertiary education and to the community. |
| Maria Anna Elizabeth Blake | For service to the travel industry. |
| Doctor Richard William Boden | For service to medicine. |
| Donald Stirling Bray | For service to secondary education. |
| Arthur Edward Breasley | For services to horse racing. |
| His Honour Judge Donald Malcolm Brebner | For service to Australian football and to the community. |
| John Edwards Bromell | For service to agriculture and to conservation. |
| Leo Brown | For service to the trade union movement. |
| Alderman Ian Brusasco | For service to soccer. |
| Jane Margaret Harding Burns | For service to the promotion of Australian crafts. |
| Richard William Butler | For service to international peace and disarmament. |
| Donel Kevin Byrne | For service to people with disabilities. |
| Thomas Ewan Cain | For service to tertiary education particularly in the field of legal studies. |
| Kevin John Cashman | For service to the manufacturing industry. |
| The Right Reverend Michael Boyd Challen | For service to religion. |
| Emeritus Professor Edna Rose Chamberlain | For service to social work, education and the community. |
| Maren Isobel Chandler | For service to the Girl Guides Association of Victoria and to the community. |
| Geoffrey William Chard | For service to opera. |
| Thelma Cecily Clune | For service to the visual arts. |
| Bruce Joseph Collier | For service to medicine and to the community. |
| Doctor Michael Connaughton | For service to medicine and to the community. |
| Antony Edmund Rundle Coote | For service to commerce and to the community. |
| Nigel Arthur Holloway Creese | For service to education. |
| James Leo Crichton | For public service. |
| William Edward Kenneth Dalzell | For service to primary industry, particularly grain growing and marketing. |
| Wing Commander Francis William Davison RAF (Retd) | For service to people with intellectual disabilities. |
| John Henry Day | For service to education and to the community. |
| Sister Francis Dunne | For service to Aboriginal communities in the Kimberley Region, particularly in the management of leprosy. |
| Ernest William Bower Eddy | For service to secondary industry, particularly in the field of engineering. |
| Rex Ernest Ellis | For service to music, particularly as an organiser of concerts. |
| Edward William Excell | For service to the development of Australian overseas trade. |
| Evelyn Doreen Fesl | For service to the development of multiculturalism in Australia and to the preservation of Aboriginal culture and languages. |
| Rabbi Brian Douglas Fox | For service to the Jewish community and to religion. |
| John Colin Frearson | For service to primary industry and to banking. |
| Irene Muriel Gale | For service to the community through the promotion of racial understanding. |
| Geoffrey John Gateley | For service to secondary industry, particularly in the field of computer technology. |
| Brian Francis Gibson | For service to the forestry industry. |
| Robert Malcolm Goot | For service to the welfare of the Jewish community. |
| Reverend Father Joseph Matthew Grealy ED | For service to religion and to the community as an industrial chaplain. |
| Peter Christopher Bourne Grey | For service to Australian economic development and research. |
| Ian Maurice Haig | For service to international relations. |
| Edith Mary Hall | For service to the community, particularly to people with disabilities. |
| Doctor Benedetto Haneman | For service to medicine and to the Spanish community. |
| Doctor Geoffrey George Haward | For service to education, particularly teacher education. |
| John Herbert Somerset Heussler | For service to primary industry. |
| Lorna Joy Hewson | For service to stroke sufferers and to their families. |
| Doctor Kevin Thomas Hobbs | For service to sports medicine. |
| Doctor Raymond Moulton Hollings | For service to medical education, particularly in the field of surgery. |
| Doctor Edward Gordon Hudson | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of anaesthesia. |
| Ronald Dennis Ireland MBE ED | For service to secondary industry, to veterans and to Legacy. |
| Alan Belford Jones | For service to rugby union football. |
| Eileen Rosemary Jones | For service to Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, particularly in the management of leprosy. |
| John Benjamin David Joslin | For public service as Controller of the Royal Australian Mint. |
| Arthur Powell Kenyon | For service to the community. |
| William Donald Kibbler | For service to the community and to Australian-Japanese relations. |
| Howard Ivan King | For service to the meat industry. |
| George Henry Anderson Knowles | For public service and for service to agriculture. |
| Harold John Lawrence | For service to secondary industry, particularly in the field of transport. |
| Anthony Michael Laws | For service to the community, particularly in the field of alcohol and drug awareness. |
| James Willoughby Leedman | For service to the community. |
| Aylwin Stuart Leslie | For service to the community. |
| Dorothy Leviston | For service to commerce, particularly in the field of small business, and to education. |
| Lancelot Hamilton Lines | For service to primary industry. |
| Edna Alice Lloyd | For service to the community of Norfolk Island. |
| Thomas Leslie Lloyd | For service to the community of Norfolk Island. |
| Samuel Stuart McBurney | For public service. |
| Thelma Dalzell McCarthy | For service to the community. |
| Wendy Maplestone | For service to riding for the disabled. |
| Alderman Valerie Hope Marland MBE | For service to local government and to the community. |
| David Martin | For service to Australian literature. |
| Tony Matisi | For service to the community, particularly the Italian community. |
| Colin Henry Meagher | For service to pony clubs and to equestrian sport. |
| Doctor William Gerard Meehan | For service to medicine and to the community. |
| Kenneth Miller | For service to the credit union movement. |
| Doctor Winifred Joyce Mitchell | For service to the community and to tertiary education. |
| Eric John Montgomery | For service to the community, particularly in the field of driver education. |
| Doctor Graham Jaunay Mount | For service to the dental profession. |
| The Most Reverend William Edward Murray | For service to religion. |
| Doctor Noel Edward Norman | For service to chemical engineering and to the environment. |
| Daniel O'Sullivan | For service to the media. |
| Doctor William Kenneth Amadee Paver | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of dermatology. |
| Trevor Picker | For service to primary industry, particularly in the growing of superfine wool. |
| Osmond Francis William Pitts | For service to the travel industry. |
| Alexander Pongrass | For service to soccer. |
| Peter John Poulton | For service to the welfare of Vietnam veterans, particularly as Chairman of the Organising Committee for the Australian Vietnam Forces Welcome Home Parade 1987. |
| John Launden Prichard | For public service, particularly in the field of dental health. |
| Mary Grace Rankine Wilson | For service to occupational therapy. |
| Doctor Stanley Edward Reid | For service to yachting and to medicine. |
| Doctor Maurice Edward Renshaw | For service to the community. |
| Charles Karol Seely | For service to the Australian ginger industry. |
| The Honourable David Mayer Selby ED | For service to learning, to legal education, and to the community. |
| Doctor Ahmad Muhammad Hadi Shboul | For service to the Islamic community. |
| Sidney Sinclair OBE | For service to the wool industry and to the community, particularly the Jewish community. |
| Ernest Keith Skillicorn | For service to agriculture and to the management of leprosy in India and Bangladesh. |
| Ruth Emma Skillicorn | For service to agriculture and to the management of leprosy in India and Bangladesh. |
| John Hamilton Halbert Sleigh | For service to primary industry, particularly the cattle industry. |
| Trevor Keith Smith | For service to hockey. |
| Professor Jerzy Jaroslaw Smolicz | For service to migrant education. |
| Pamela Joy Spry | For service to nursing. |
| John Martin Stevens | For service to landscape architecture. |
| Clare Grant Stevenson MBE | For service to the community and to the welfare of veterans. |
| John Bradridge Studdy | For service to secondary industry and to community health. |
| The Reverend Canon Lawrence Edgar Styles | For service to religion and to the community as an industrial chaplain. |
| Doctor Harold Lindsay Thompson | For service to medicine. |
| George Tongerie | For service to the Aboriginal community. |
| Maude Tongerie | For service to the Aboriginal community. |
| Bruce John Scott Vasey | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Chief Superintendent Michael John Mills Vincent | For service to international relations and to the community. |
| Peter Bayford Wells | For service to the community. |
| George William Westlake | For service to medicine, particularly as a cardio-thoracic surgeon. |
| Professor Jean Primrose Whyte | For service to education, particularly in the field of librarianship. |
| Raymond Charles Williams | For public service and for service to the community. |
| Phillip David Arundel Wright | For service to primary industry. |
| Doctor Dolph Warren Zink | For service to secondary industry and to the community. |

#### Military Division

| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Navy | Commodore James Stewart Dickson MBE RAN | For service to the Royal Australia Navy, particularly as Director General of Naval Plans and Policy. |
| Navy | Commodore Kelvin Allan Gulliver RAN | For service to the Royal Australia Navy, particularly as the Director General of Recruiting. |
| Navy | Captain Anstey Rolfe L'Oste Lindsey RANR | For service to the Royal Australia Navy as the Captain Naval Reserves. |
| Navy | Captain Terence Anthony Augustine Roach RAN | For service to the Royal Australia Navy, particularly as the Director of Submarine Warfare. |
| Army | Captain Garry Raymond Bannister | For service to the Australia Army, particularly as Instructor, Royal Military College, Duntroon. |
| Army | Major Ralph Henderson Bradstreet | For service to the Australia Army Reserve Recruiting in Western Australia. |
| Army | Principal Chaplain Gerald Anthony Cudmore | For service to the Australia Army as Principal Chaplain. |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Brian Eric Irons | For service to the Australia Army as Commanding Officer, 4th Base Workshop Battalion. |
| Army | Colonel John William Kingston | For service to the Australia Army in the field of logistics. |
| Army | Colonel Ewart John O'Donnell MC | For service as Australia Defence Attache, Philippines. |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Garry James Spencer | For service to the Australia Army and the Royal Australian Armoured Corps Museum. |
| Army | Brigadier Brian Wade | For service to the Australia Army as Commander, Third Military District. |
| Army | Major Roderick David White | For service to the Australia Army Reserve in New South Wales. |
| Air Force | Air Commodore Leslie Bruce Fisher | For service to the Royal Australia Air Force as Officer Commanding, Royal Australian Air Force Townsville. |
| Air Force | Squadron Leader Peter Frederick Gamgee | For service to the Royal Australia Air Force as Director Jindalee Upgrade Project Office. |
| Air Force | Wing Commander Ronald Irwin Gretton | For service to the Royal Australia Air Force as an Engineer Officer. |
| Air Force | Wing Commander Roger Harrison | For service to the Royal Australia Air Force as Training Flight Commander, No 38 Squadron. |
| Air Force | Squadron Leader Andrew Nicholas Mascini | For service to the Royal Australia Air Force as Engineering Officer — Defence Cooperation — Indonesia. |
| Air Force | Wing Commander Robert Bruce Treloar | For service to the Royal Australia Air Force as a Staff Officer in the Directorate of Personnel — Officers — Air Force. |

### Medal (OAM)
#### General Division

| Recipient | Citation |
| John Bray Allan | For service to the wool industry, particularly shearing. |
| Ernest James Francis Altschwager | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Leslie Edward Argoon MM | For service to local government. |
| Douglass Ingham Aspinall RFD ED | For service to primary industry and to the community. |
| Stanley John Attwood | For service to the community, particularly marine safety. |
| Bob Balmer | For service to the welfare of veterans. |
| Eileen Mary Balzer | For service to the community. |
| Prudence Jane Barbour | For service to child welfare. |
| Lucy Barwick | For service to the community. |
| Tessa Emelia Beneke | For service to the community, particularly through the Youth Hostel Association. |
| Eric Benjamin | For service to social welfare. |
| Frederick John Blencowe | For public service as an officer of the Melbourne Metropolitan Transit Authority. |
| Lyell John Blogg QPM | For service to the community. |
| Norman Richard Blythe | For service to community health. |
| Stanley Albert Boreham | For service to the community. |
| Carlo Breschi | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Raymond James Bright | For service to cricket. |
| Viola Beatrice Bromley | For service to the visual arts. |
| Donald Graham Brooker | For service to youth and to the community. |
| Geoffrey Maurice Brown | For service to surf life saving. |
| George Patulla Brown | For service to community welfare. |
| Leslie Francis Brown | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Robert Charles Brumm | For service to the welfare of veterans. |
| Leffler Conrad John Buhmann | For service to the community. |
| Pauline Gabrielle Carr | For service to community health. |
| Councillor George Felix Cartwright | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Ronald Arthur Casey | For service to the media, particularly as a sports commentator. |
| Michele Winifred Castagna | For service to people with physical disabilities. |
| Keith Reginald Challenger | For service to the trade union movement. |
| Norma Isobel Chapman | For service to the community. |
| Ronald Clarence Chesher | For service to veterans, to surf life saving and to the community. |
| Bruce Osborne Chick | For service to conservation. |
| William Henry Collins | For service to the media as a broadcaster and journalist. |
| Muriel Jasper Commens | For service to the community, particularly through the Country Women's Association. |
| Alexander Powell Cooke | For service to the community and to welfare. |
| Frederick George Corben | For service to soccer. |
| Peter Daniel Corcoran | For service to rugby league football. |
| Ruth Louise Cotterill | For service to the community. |
| Robert Craig | For service to community health and welfare. |
| Allen Vincent Curtis | For service to the community and to the Real Estate Institute of the Australian Capital Territory. |
| John Arthur Cutting | For service to the community. |
| Norman George Cuzner | For service to the community, particularly through the Tasmanian Ambulance Service. |
| Irwin John Dack DFC | For service to the community. |
| Alan Ray David | For service to the community. |
| Detective Station Sergeant John Alexander Davies | For public service. |
| Alison Anne Davis | For service to the welfare of children. |
| Frank De Stefano | For service to the welfare of migrants. |
| Stanley Charles Dickson | For service to the trade union movement and to local government. |
| Joseph Henry Patrick Dixon | For service to the welfare of veterans. |
| Alexander George Dolphin | For service to Australian football. |
| Mary Helena Dubois | For service to the community. |
| Elisabeth Valder Duff | For service to community health as an occupational therapist. |
| Keith John Duke | For service to cricket. |
| George William Eaton | For service to youth. |
| Joan Patricia Ellard | For service to community welfare. |
| John Denis Elliott | For service to the media, particularly in the field of horse racing journalism. |
| John Embleton | For service to music, particularly in schools. |
| Henry Vaughan Burden Evans | For service to education, particularly in the field of maritime history. |
| The Reverend Robert Owen Evans | For service to science, particularly astronomy. |
| Roy Herbert Evans | For service to community welfare. |
| Ruby Jean Faunt | For service to the community, particularly through the Glen Innes and District Historical Society. |
| Phillip Leo Fehon | For service to the community. |
| Amelia Marie Findlay | For service to nursing. |
| Ronald Alexander Findlay | For service to the community. |
| Robina Eugenie Fitz-Gerald | For service to the community, particularly the elderly. |
| Martin George Fitzhenry | For service to the community, particularly through bush fire brigades. |
| William Francis Flanagan | For service to the community, particularly through radio broadcasting for senior citizens. |
| Neil Galt Frankland | For service to the trade union movement and to the community. |
| John Friedrich | For service to the community, particularly in the areas of industrial safety and search and rescue services. |
| Suzette Gallagher | For service to people with intellectual disabilities. |
| Gladys Mary Gilbert | For service to community welfare. |
| Sirenne Muriel Gould | For service to people with physical disabilities. |
| Robert Lawrence Gradwell | For service to the trade union movement. |
| Mary Coman Graham | For service to the community. |
| Arthur Donald Gray | For service to tennis. |
| Arthur Percy Green | For service to the welfare of veterans. |
| Councillor Charie Marino Gregorini | For service to local government. |
| Pius Leo Gregory | For service to the Aboriginal community. |
| Sidney Francis Gregory | For service to angling. |
| Anthony Yale Gresham | For service to golf. |
| Allan Maxwell Grice | For service to motor racing. |
| Marjorie Helen Hann | For service to the visual arts. |
| Doctor Ian Robert Hanson | For service to community health. |
| William Archer Harrison | For service to the community. |
| Maurice Kierce Hatton | For public service and service to the community. |
| Constance Margaret Hicks | For service to lawn bowls. |
| David George Holloway | For service to yachting. |
| Cyril Claud Hood | For service to the community. |
| Edie Hoy Poy | For service to the Chinese community. |
| Leslie John Hudson | For service to athletics. |
| Lionel Hilton Hughes | For service to the community. |
| Francis John Hunt | For service to the welfare of veterans. |
| Mervyn Irvine | For service to the community. |
| Anthony George Jackson | For service to the martial arts. |
| Yvonne James | For service to the Girl Guides Association. |
| William Ernest Jennings | For service to education and to the community. |
| Barry Campbell Johnston | For service to local government. |
| Donald Graham Jolley | For service to sport and recreation for people with disabilities. |
| Garth Clement Jubb | For service to the community, particularly to youth. |
| Anne Kathleen Kealy | For service to community health. |
| Marjorie Valantine Kinane | For service to the community. |
| Mavis Jean Kirkham | For service to people with intellectual disabilities. |
| Patricia Ellen Kohout | For service to the community. |
| Marjory Lilian Lane | For service to the print handicapped and to the Girl Guides Association. |
| Colin Robert Lawton | For service to education. |
| Lorrimer Victor Leckie | For service to scouting. |
| Jan Stefan Lesnicki | For service to the Polish community. |
| Robert Anthony Lethbridge | For service to athletics. |
| John George Levitzke | For service to the deaf and those with hearing disabilities. |
| John Alan Lindley | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Jean Dorothy Llewellyn | For service to horticulture, particularly through the Australian Geranium Society. |
| The Reverend Brother Romulus Daniel Lyons | For service to education. |
| James McClelland | For service to Australian genealogical and historical research. |
| Robert Malcolm McCosker | For service to the media, particularly rural journalism. |
| Olive Edna McCredie | For service to social welfare, particularly through World Vision. |
| Marjorie Elaine McDonald | For service to people with intellectual disabilities. |
| Deahnne Mary McIntyre | For service to sport, particularly in track and field and swimming. |
| Muriel June McKeon | For service to the poultry industry. |
| Jack Donald Cobham McLean | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Leslie McNamara | For service to community welfare. |
| Keith Albert Mitchell | For service to contract bridge and to the community. |
| Edith Ailsa Macklin | For service to the Federation of Parents and Citizens Association. |
| Antonio Maniaci | For service to the Italian community. |
| Doctor Neil Stanley Mattes | For service to scouting. |
| Graeme Charles Milburn | For service to the community. |
| Margaret Janette Mitchell | For service to social welfare, particularly through Community Aid Abroad and World Vision. |
| Marjorie Florence Monahan | For service to the community. |
| Patricia Beryl Moore | For service to the community. |
| Grace Moorhouse | For service to the welfare of children in the Republic of Chad. |
| Stephen Charles Mortimer | For service to rugby league football. |
| Elizabeth Alma Morton | For service to the community, particularly to women and to children. |
| Clarence John Murphy | For service to the development of the credit union movement. |
| Elizabeth Anne Murray | For public service, particularly to early childhood education. |
| Sheila Nicholas | For service to the Sydney University Medical Society. |
| Charles Benedict Nolan | For service to the welfare of the elderly and to the community. |
| Michael John Norman | For service to education. |
| Kenneth Edward Nowland | For service to the Aboriginal community. |
| Owen John Nugent | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Arthur Leonard Ormsby | For service to the welfare of veterans. |
| Joseph Herbert Orr MBE | For service to the community. |
| Julie Papandonakis | For service to the Greek community. |
| John Alfred Papworth | For service to music and to the community. |
| Roman Pavlyshyn | For service to soccer. |
| Simon Paul Poidevin | For service to rugby union football. |
| Sarah Heriot Russell Potter | For service to the community, particularly through the Pensioner Advancement League. |
| Salvatory Puglisi | For service to the fishing industry. |
| David Norman Pyne | For public service. |
| Colleen Norrie Quinn | For service to hockey. |
| John Henry Rafe | For service to the welfare of youth and children. |
| Anthony Raheb | For service to the Lebanese community. |
| Ingo Renner | For service to gliding. |
| Stanley Thomas Reynolds | For service to the community, particularly the Alexandria Fire Brigade and Ambulance Service. |
| Chief Inspector Thomas Rippon | For service to the Victoria Police and to the Police Association of Victoria. |
| Ali Omar Roude | For service to the Arabic speaking community. |
| Howard Adam Salzer | For service to the deaf and those with hearing disabilities. |
| Anne Elizabeth Sargeant | For service to netball. |
| Lloyd Walter Scott | For service to junior Australian football. |
| William Robert Seimons | For service to the community and to local government. |
| E Ross Smith | For service to surf lifesaving. |
| William Henry Smith | For public service. |
| Winifred Jessica Snodgrass | For service to the community. |
| Ronald Garth Stephens | For public service. |
| Albert Adrian Stobart | For service to the welfare of veterans and to community welfare. |
| Donald George Stockins | For service to badminton. |
| William Desmond Thomas | For service to the community and to conservation. |
| Cecil William Toy | For service to the community and to local government. |
| Richard Lloyd Trevaskis | For service to local government and to the community. |
| Geraldine Gail Turner | For service to the performing arts. |
| Margaret Waddell | For service to nursing. |
| James Walshe | For service to the trade union movement. |
| John Leone Waters | For service to the trade union movement. |
| Leila Loveday Rosemary Watson | For service to music education and to the community. |
| Doreen Amelia West | For public service. |
| Chief Superintendent James Maxwell Whitbread | For public service. |
| Blodwyn Gwladys Whitehead | For service to music. |
| Ivan Jack Thomas Wilkinson DFC | For service to the community. |
| Ernest Victor Willats | For service to the community. |
| Edward Albert Williams | For service to secondary industry. |
| Ralph Campbell Wilson | For service to the performing arts. |
| Gilbert William Woellner ED | For service to community welfare. |
| Graham Edwin Wood | For service to music. |
| Len Stanley Wood | For service to surf lifesaving. |
| Ron Albert Edward Wootton | For service to water polo. |
| Wing Commander Donald Archibald Wright | For service to the community. |
| Shirley Margaret Wright | For service to sport and recreation for people with disabilities. |
| Michael Wrublewski | For service to sport. |
| John Lawrence Young | For service to local government. |

#### Military Division

| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Navy | Petty Officer Gavin James Dawe | For service to the Royal Australia Navy as the Anti-Submarine Warfare Director and Sonar Controller in HMAS Canberra. |
| Navy | Warrant Officer Carol Judith Lacey | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as the Hospital Patients Division Officer and Alcohol and Drug Programme Administrator at HMAS Penquin. |
| Navy | Warrant Officer Graham Anthony Pannell | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as the Support Craft Officer at HMAS Stirling. |
| Navy | Warrant Officer Richard Arthur Pearse | For service to the Royal Australian Navy Submarine Squadron. |
| Navy | Lieutenant Gunther Suczynski RAN | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as Deputy Marine Engineering Officer of HMAS Darwin. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two James Jerome Bolton | For service to the Australian Army in the administration of the Australian Cadet Corps in Victoria |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Garry Keith Ernst | For service to the Australian Army in the field of electrical and mechanical engineering. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Peter Francis Graham | For service to the Australian Army in the field of training. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Carl Alexander Guy | For service to the Australian Army as the Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant of the Parachute Training School. |
| Army | Sergeant Edwin George Howard | For service to the Australian Army in the field of training. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Wayne John Langford | For service to the Australian Army in the field of medical administration. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Colin Nelson Lee | For service to the Australian Army as Regimental Sergeant Major of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Peter Francis McCabe | For service to the Australian Army Reserve in South Australia. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Lawrence George McGarry | For service to the Australian Army as Regimental Sergeant Major, Training Command. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Darrel John O'Loughlin | For service to the Australian Army in the field of transport. |
| Army | Lieutenant John Barham Parsons | For service to the Australian Army as Bandmaster, Australian Defence Force Academy. |
| Army | Corporal Zusje Lynann Possingham | For service to the Australian Army Reserve in the Northern Territory. |
| Army | Corporal Chester Ray Scaddan | For service to the Australian Army in the field of mechanical recovery. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One James John Wilkie | For service to the Australian Army as Bandmaster of the 6th Military District Band. |
| Air Force | Warrant Officer Graham John Connolly | For service to the Royal Australia Air Force as Senior Non-Commissioned Officer-in-Charge of No. 2 Flying Training School Flight Line. |
| Air Force | Flight Sergeant Ronald John Davie | For service to the Royal Australia Air Force as Avionics System Technician at Aircraft Research and Development Unit. |
| Air Force | Flight Sergeant Anthony Victor Brace Element | For service to the Royal Australia Air Force in the procurement of a computerised maintenance management system for No. 3 Aircraft Depot. |
| Air Force | Sergeant David Clyde Jones | For service to the Royal Australia Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force Museum, Point Cook. |
| Air Force | Warrant Officer Zeon Peter Sztybel | For service to the Royal Australia Air Force as the Housing Officer at Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond. |
| Air Force | Flight Sergeant Eric John Tomes | For service to the Royal Australia Air Force Non-Commissioned Officer-in-Charge, Electrical Section, No. 38 Squadron Richmond. |
| Air Force | Warrant Officer Bruce Keith Warnock | For service to the Royal Australia Air Force as the Formation Warrant Officer Disciplinary at Royal Australian Air Force Base Fairbairn. |