1984 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)

The 1984 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday, 11 June 1984, by the office of the Governor-General.

These honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.

Order of Australia

Companion (AC)

General Division RecipientCitationNotesNeil Andrew Smith, For service to the community, particularly through administration of the Victorian Bush Fire Appeal (1983) Trust Fund

Military Division BranchRecipientCitationNotesNavyVice Admiral David Willoughby Leach, For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Chief of Naval StaffAir ForceAir Marshal Selwyn David Evans, For service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly as Chief of Air Staff

Officer (AO)

General Division RecipientCitationNotesProfessor Kenneth John Campbell BackFor service to educationDr Alexander BodenFor service to the community and scienceProfessor Geoffrey Curgenven BoltonFor service to educationHarrison BryanFor service as a librarianLeslie William Ralph CaveFor services to commerce and industryDr David Owen CromptonFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of ophthalmologyProfessor Graeme Reade Anthony EllisFor service to science, particularly in the field of radiophysicsMichael Gleeson-WhiteFor service to commerce and to the artsAlbert Keith JohinkeFor public service, particularly in the field of public transportJames Bolton Leslie, For service to the aviation industry and to community and cultural affairsNeville John McCarthyFor public service, particularly as Director Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, and for service to the communityDr Ian Gordon McWilliamFor service to science and technologyRobert Lyndhurst PiesseFor service to primary industry, particularly in the development of fencing techniquesThe Most Reverend Donald William Bradley RobinsonFor service to religionErnest James Lyle TurnbullFor service to mediaProfessor Jerzy Zubrzycki, For service to ethnic welfare

Military Division BranchRecipientCitationNotesNavyRear Admiral Michael Wyndham HudsonFor service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the Flag Officer Commanding Her Majesty's Australian FleetArmyMajor General Raymond Jack Sharp, For service to the Army ReserveBrigadier Raymond Alan SunderlandFor service to the Australian ArmyAir ForceAir Vice Marshal John William NewhamFor service to the Royal Australian Air ForceAir Commodore Ian Traill SutherlandFor service to the Royal Australian Air Force

Member (AM)

General Division RecipientCitationNotesClaudio Piperno AlcorsoFor services to the arts, education and to ethnic welfareIda Lessing Faith BandlerFor service to Aboriginal welfareElizabeth Lorna BartlettFor service to the community, particularly in the field of women's and children's welfareMarina BerezowskyFor service to balletDr Peter Bernard BotsmanFor service to the arts and educationGeoffrey Wilfred BottrillFor service to the accountancy professionNancy Fotheringham CatoFor service to Australian literatureEmeritus Professor Avon Maxwell ClarkFor service to education, particularly in the field of biological scienceHarold Spencer CotteeFor service to the communityThe Reverend Dr David Ray CoxFor service to ethnic welfareBrother Quentin Michael DuffyFor service to education and to religionMargreta Ann Enid ElkinsFor service to operaGiuseppe EmanueleFor service to the building industryJohn Edward FerrisFor service to the building industry and to the communityMaxwell Raymond FinlaysonFor service to local governmentJack Lovett FitzgeraldFor service to the community, particularly with the Salvation ArmyEugene Kenneth ForemanFor public service, particularly in the development of statistical methods in Australia and PNGGordon David GeevesFor service to the welfare of people with disabilitiesJohn Meighen GibbsFor service to children's welfareJohn Clifford HamiltonFor service to the sport of Australian footballWilliam HowardFor public service, particularly in the field of defence scienceRaymond Barraclough JennisonFor service to local government and to the communityStanley Patrick Kelly, For service to bankingDr Ernest Joseph KirbyFor service to the communityProfessor Kwong Chiu Lee DowFor service to educationFaye Lo PoFor service to education and to the communityRonald Grant LyonFor service to architectureDenis James MartinFor service to the Australian manufacturing industryDr Ian Haig McConchieFor service to medicine, particularly in the field of thoracic surgeryKathleen Louise McCredieFor service to educationRegis Maria McKenzieFor service to nursingStephen Hamar MidgleyFor service to the conservation of freshwater fish speciesDr Roy Markham MillsFor service to thoracic medicineDr Reginald MillsFor service to education and to science, particularly in the fields of physical and electro-chemistryMilton MoonFor service to ceramic arts, particularly potteryIan Kenneth MortonFor service to rural development, particularly through the Rural Finance CommissionCyril Joseph NetheryFor service to the welfare of the ageingGeoffrey Malcolm OscarFor service to the pharmacy professionProfessor Beverley Raphael (Rickarby)For service to medicine, particularly in the field of psychiatryDr William David Lindsay RideFor service to science and education, particularly in the fields of zoology and biologyJudith Mary RobertsFor service to the community, particularly women's affairsAmedeo Filiberto SalaFor service to the electronics industryMax Edmund SchubertFor service to the wine industryVernon John SchuppanFor service to the sport of motor racingFrancis Joseph SweeneyFor service to accountancy and to commerceMaximilian Sean WalshFor service to journalismAlexander Storry WaltonFor service to the Australian film industry, particularly as director of the Australian Film and Television SchoolFrederick William WhitbyFor service to trade unionismRonald Thomas WhiteFor service to local government and to the communityMary Alice WhiteheadFor service to the community, particularly women's affairsLindsay Gordon WilsonFor service to primary industry, particularly vegetable growing and marketingProfessor Dianne YerburyFor service to education, particularly in the fields of industrial relations management and public administration

Military Division BranchRecipientCitationNotesNavyLieutenant Commander Michael Victor ButlerFor service to the Royal Australian NavyCommodore Donald Morton CoulsonFor service to the development of Naval Supply SupportLieutenant Commander William Warland FarrellFor service to the Musician Branch of the Royal Australian NavyCaptain Peter Ian Murdoch FergusonFor service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as Director of Naval TrainingArmyLieutenant Colonel Peter William Brooks, For service to the Army ReserveMajor Sidney Harold CheesemanFor service as Officer Commanding 1st Watercraft WorkshopLieutenant Colonel Peter John FitzpatrickFor service as Commanding Officer 2nd Signal RegimentMajor Geoffrey Thomas HawkerFor service to workshop equipment and facilities engineering in the Australian ArmyColonel David Robert LawrenceFor service as the Commandant of the Army Apprentices SchoolLieutenant Colonel Robert William McLeod, For service as Commanding Officer 10th Battalion, The Royal South Australian RegimentMajor Neil Colin SmithFor service to the Australian Army in the field of explosive ordnance disposal in the Solomon IslandsMajor James John Arundel WallaceFor service as Officer Commanding 1st Special Air Service SquadronBrigadier Ian Rignold WillsFor service as Commander 2nd Supply GroupAir ForceWing Commander Richard John CampbellFor service as Senior Engineering Officer, No 5 Squadron, Royal Australian Air ForceWing Commander Leo Francis JamesFor service as Commanding Officer, Number 1 Operational Support Unit, Royal Australian Air ForceFlight Lieutenant James Graham KelleyFor service to the joint exercise planning staff, Exercise Kangaroo 83Wing Commander Anthony Edward LoweFor service as a staff officer at Headquarters Operational Command, Royal Australian Air ForceSquadron Leader Barbara Ann Fillery McKeownFor service as a nursing officer in the Royal Australian Air ForceWing Commander Richard James PaveyFor service as the Director of Computerised Supply Systems, Air Force Office

Medal (OAM)

General Division