Australian Military Decorations/Honours announced today (Some for Iraq)
Australian Honours List, Australia Day 2006 | 26th January 2006

The following information has been extracted from todays Australia Day Honours list, and I have made every effort to ensure all awards to members of the Australian Defence Force are listed. Awards that I believe are linked to specific service in the War on Terror appear in red.

OFFICER (AO) IN THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN ARMY

Brigadier Kenneth Allan BROWNRIGG CSC and Bar
Australian Capital Territory
For distinguished service to the Australian Defence Force, in particular as Head of Australian Defence Staff, Jakarta.

Major General Ian Campbell GORDON AM
Australian Capital Territory
For distinguished service to the Australian Defence Force in senior command and staff appointments.

MEMBER (AM) IN THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY

Commodore Russell Richard BAKER RAN
Australian Capital Territory
For exceptional service to the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Defence Force as Director General Navy Strategic Policy and Futures.

Commodore Peter John LAW RAN
Australian Capital Territory
For exceptional service to the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Defence Force as Director General Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance.

AUSTRALIAN ARMY

Colonel John Byram MANSELL
New South Wales
For exceptional performance of duty in the field of Special Operations.

Brigadier Stephen David MEEKIN
Australian Capital Territory
For exceptional service to the Australian Defence Force as Director Joint Intelligence Staff, Defence Intelligence Organisation; Commander Joint Captured Materiel Exploitation Center, Iraq; and Director General Scientific and Technical Analysis, Defence Intelligence Organisation.

Colonel Michael James MILFORD
Australian Capital Territory
For exceptional service to the Australian Defence Force as Commanding Officer of 1st Joint Support Unit and Director of Personnel �?Army.

Brigadier Paul Bernard RETTER
Australian Capital Territory
For exceptional service to the Australian Defence Force as Director General Preparedness and Plans �?Army; Deputy Force Commander United Nations Mission in East Timor; and Director General Land Development.

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE

Air Commodore Andrew John KIRKHAM RFD QC
Victoria
For exceptional service in the field of military law, particularly as the Deputy Judge Advocate General (Air Force).

Group Captain William Bernard MALKIN
New South Wales
For exceptional service to the Royal Australian Air Force in the field of F/A-18 Hornet logistics support and major capability upgrades.

Group Captain John ODDIE CSC
Australian Capital Territory
For exceptional service as Officer Commanding, Number 86 Wing.

Group Captain David Thomas PASFIELD
Queensland
For exceptional service in the development of Air Force Combat Support Group.

MEDAL (OAM) IN THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY

Lieutenant Commander Mark Leonard BURTON RAN
Australian Capital Territory
For meritorious leadership in the Royal Australian Navy, especially when posted as Head �?Management and Strategic Studies Faculty, Royal Australian Naval College, and as the Maritime Engineer Adviser to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force.

Chief Petty Officer Peter James JONES
New South Wales
For meritorious service in the performance of duty as the Combat Systems Manager in HMAS STUART and in previous postings as the Combat Systems Supervisor in HMAS BRISBANE, Combat Systems Instructor at HMAS WATERHEN, and Senior Instructor and Chief Petty Officer at the Recruit School, HMAS CERBERUS.

Commander Ross Alexander WENDT RANR
New South Wales
For meritorious service to the Royal Australian Navy.

AUSTRALIAN ARMY

Warrant Officer Class Two Peter Nicholas GUTZEIT
Queensland
For meritorious service in the performance of duty as the Training Sergeant, 5th Aviation Regiment and Squadron Sergeant Major, B Squadron, 5th Aviation Regiment.

Warrant Officer Class One Stephen Michal HLADIO
Australian Capital Territory
For meritorious service as Regimental Sergeant Major of the Defence Force School of Music and Australian Army Band Corps.

Warrant Officer Class One Graeme Thomas SMITH
New South Wales
For meritorious service and performance of duty while employed as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 11th Brigade and the Army Recruit Training Centre.

Warrant Officer Class One Stephen John SWAYSLAND
Queensland
For meritorious service as the Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant of the 9th Battalion, the Royal Queensland Regiment and the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE

Sergeant Michael Craig MELIA
New South Wales
For meritorious performance of duties as an Instructor and Course Developer at Number 278 Squadron.

Wing Commander Gavin John PEARCE
United States of America
For meritorious service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the Resident Project Engineering Manager for Project AIR 5077 Airborne Early Warning and Control (Project Wedgetail).

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (DSC)

AUSTRALIAN ARMY

Major General Andrew James MOLAN AO
New South Wales
For distinguished service in command and leadership in action while serving as Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Operations and Deputy Chief of Staff Civil Military Operations with Multi-National Force �?Iraq from April 2004 to April 2005, during Operation CATALYST.

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE

Air Vice Marshal Gregory John EVANS AM
New South Wales
For distinguished service in command and leadership in the Middle East Area of Operations as the Commander Joint Task Force 633 during Operation CATALYST.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL (DSM)

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY

Lieutenant Commander Tony Colin JOHNSTON RAN
New South Wales
For distinguished command and leadership in action as Mission Commander of HMAS ADELAIDE’s Seahawk helicopter during Operation CATALYST.

Petty Officer Andrew Edward KEITLEY
Western Australia
For distinguished leadership in action as leader of the HMAS ADELAIDE boarding team during a confrontation with heavily armed militant forces during Operation CATALYST.

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE

Wing Commander Michael Charles PATERSON
Queensland
For distinguished service in leadership in action while serving as the Commander of the Australian Medical Detachment at Balad Air Base in Iraq from September 2004 to March 2005 during Operation CATALYST.

COMMENDATION FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

AUSTRALIAN ARMY

Trooper Linton Anthony HARRIS
Northern Territory
For distinguished performance of duties whilst deployed with the Australian Security Detachment �?Iraq on Operation CATALYST.

Corporal Daniel Shane MOYLE
Queensland
For distinguished performance of duties whilst deployed with the Australian Security Detachment �?Iraq on Operation CATALYST.

Sergeant Samuel Alan PIKE
Queensland
For distinguished performance of duty as the Troop Sergeant, Cavalry Troop Security Detachment and Force Protection Group Detachment to Australian Army Training Team Iraq.

Major Matthew James SILVER
Queensland
For distinguished performance of duty whilst deployed to the Middle East Area of Operations as the Officer Commanding Australian Security Detachment VI Baghdad, Iraq.

CONSPICUOUS SERVICE CROSS (CSC)

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY

Commodore Timothy William BARRETT RAN
Australian Capital Territory
For outstanding achievement in the performance of duty as Commanding Officer HMAS ALBATROSS and as Chief of Staff Navy Aviation Force Element Group Headquarters.

Principal Chaplain Eric BURTON RAN
Australian Capital Territory
For outstanding achievement in the performance of duty as Director General Chaplaincy - Navy.

Lieutenant Commander James Mackintosh HILLOCK RAN
New South Wales
For outstanding achievement as Executive Officer HMAS SYDNEY.

Captain Richard Malcolm McMILLAN RAN
Australian Capital Territory
For outstanding achievement in the performance of duty as Director, Sea Power Centre-Australia.

Captain Robert Stephen PEARSON RAN
New South Wales
For outstanding achievement in the performance of duty as the Commander of the Navy Aviation Systems Program Office.

AUSTRALIAN ARMY

Captain Peter John BAXTER
Victoria
For outstanding achievement in the performance of duty as an instructor in logistic operations, acting senior instructor, and project engineer for Project Cassowary.

Colonel Wayne Gregory BUDD
New South Wales
For outstanding achievement in the performance of duty as the Chief Plans Officer, Headquarters Joint Operations Command.

Major Benjamin Gene BUTSON
Queensland
For outstanding achievement as the Regimental Medical Officer of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment.

Warrant Officer Class Two Anthony John DILGER
Queensland
For outstanding achievement in the performance of duty as a building supervisor, 19th Chief Engineer Works.

Lieutenant Colonel James Morgan GAYNOR
New South Wales
For outstanding achievement and the application of exceptional dedication, as well as leadership and legal skills, in his duties as the Deputy Director of International Law and as the Deputy Director of Military Prosecutions.

Major Douglas Watson LAIDLAW
Victoria
For outstanding achievement, professionalism and leadership of Rifle Company Butterworth Contingent 68 and providing support of the highest standard to Operation SUMATRA ASSIST.

Colonel Gregory Maxwell LAWLER
Queensland
For outstanding achievement in the development of aviation training at the Army Aviation Training Centre.

Lieutenant Colonel Christina Marion MATHEWSON
New South Wales
For outstanding achievement in the performance of duty as Chief Legal Officer, Headquarters Training Command �?Army.

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE

Squadron Leader Ian Gordon GOOLD
New South Wales
For outstanding achievement in the performance of duty as the Standardisation Officer at Number 78 Wing.

Group Captain John Michael McGARRY
New South Wales
For outstanding achievement and performance of duty as the Chief Operations Officer of Headquarters Joint Operations Command.

Squadron Leader Michael Andrew QUE HEE
New South Wales
For outstanding achievement in the performance of duty as Executive Officer at Forward Air Control Development Unit.

Group Captain Christopher James SAWADE
Australian Capital Territory
For outstanding achievement in the performance of duty as Director of Air Force Safety.

NURSING SERVICE CROSS (NSC)

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE

Flight Lieutenant Amanda BANKS
New South Wales
For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties as the critical care Nursing Officer on Operation CATALYST within the USAF Theatre Hospital, 332nd Expeditionary Health Group, Balad, Iraq.

CONSPICUOUS SERVICE MEDAL (CSM)

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY

Warrant Officer Robert Alan DREW
Northern Territory
For outstanding service in the performance of duty as Staff Officer Engineering (Two) with the Minor War Vessel Sea Training Unit.

Chief Petty Officer Gregory Ralph DUNNICLIFF
New South Wales
For outstanding service as a member of the Australian Fleet Combat Support Group and the Major War Vessel Sea Training Unit.

Chief Petty Officer Ian Richard GOULD
Western Australia
For outstanding performance of duty as the Stores Accounting Officer in HMAS ANZAC.

Lieutenant Commander David Jason TIETZEL RAN
New South Wales
For outstanding service in the performance of duty as Coordinator, Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2004 on the staff of United States THIRD Fleet from December 2002 to December 2004.

AUSTRALIAN ARMY

Warrant Officer Class Two James William DIXON
Queensland
For outstanding service in the field of Small Arms Training and Marksmanship.

Warrant Officer Class Two Geoffrey Andrew ELFORD
Northern Territory
For outstanding service in the performance of duty as the Contracts Manager Support Company, United Nations Security Force for the Australian contribution to the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (Operation SPIRE).

Warrant Officer Class Two Maria Helen LEETHAM
New South Wales
For outstanding service in the performance of duty as the 5th Brigade Recruiting Liaison Officer.

Sergeant Kevin James O’HANLON
New South Wales
For outstanding service in the performance of duty as a Recruit Training Instructor and Platoon Sergeant of Digger James Platoon, the Rehabilitation and Remedial Training Platoon, Army Recruit Training Centre.

Warrant Officer Class Two Bruce PATERSON
New South Wales
For outstanding service in the performance of duty as the Aerial Delivery Project Officer at Air Movements Training Development Unit.

Sergeant Vidal Mark SHEARER
Victoria
For outstanding service as the Troop Sergeant and Sergeant Instructor Initial Employment Training Troop, School of Armour, in the training of Initial Employment Training Royal Australian Armoured Corps soldiers.

Warrant Officer Class One Cherylee Dorothy SIMMONDS
New South Wales
For outstanding service in the performance of duty as the Unit Recruiting Liaison Officer at the 8th Combat Engineer Regiment.

Captain Steven Jamie TWIDALE
Victoria
For outstanding service in the performance of duty as the Warrant Officer Watermanship and Bridging Section, Combat Engineering Wing, School of Military Engineering.

Warrant Officer Class Two Edward Peter WRIGHT
Northern Territory
For outstanding service in the performance of duty as the Mechanised Warrant Officer of 1st Combat Engineer Regiment and the Company Sergeant Major of Support Company, United Nations Security Force, United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor.

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE

Sergeant Robert John AUSIC
New South Wales
For outstanding service in the performance of supervisor duties at Number 324 Combat Support Squadron Mechanical Equipment Operations and Maintenance Section.

Squadron Leader Glen Alan FERGUSON
Queensland
For outstanding service in the performance of duty as the F-111 Weapons Systems Software Facility Aircrew Liaison Officer and as Number 1 Squadron Operations Flight Commander.

Flight Sergeant Brett Edward HOLLAND
New South Wales
For outstanding service in the performance of duty as an Instructor at Number 92 Wing.

Squadron Leader Andrew Simeon McHUGH
South Australia
For outstanding service in the performance of duty as Executive Officer and Temporary Commanding Officer at Number 1 Airfield Defence Squadron.

Wing Commander Robert Peter RODGERS
Australian Capital Territory
For outstanding service in the performance of duty as Commanding Officer, School of Postgraduate Studies, Royal Australian Air Force College.

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