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More than 20 Australian Defence Force personnel have been recognised for their devotion to duty during natural disasters, strategic innovation, and professional mastery in the Australia Day Honours and Awards for 2024.
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The Australia Day Honours List recognised 20 ADF personnel in the Order of Australia’s military division and 58 ADF personnel for distinguished and conspicuous service on 26 January.
Royal Australian Air Force Chief Air Marshal Robert Chipman was listed for his leadership in developing rapid-support plans to identify the equipment Australia could gift to Ukraine and was made an officer in the military division of the Order of Australia.
Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the general division for his leadership roles in public administration, particularly in national and international security.
Navy personnel Rear Admiral Matthew Paul Buckley and Commodore Peter James Leavy were made members of the military division of the Order of Australia, alongside Army personnel Brigadier David Charles Hafner and Major General Jason Kyle Walk, as well as RAAF personnel Group Captain David John Clyde, Group Captain Dennis Davison, Air Commodore Gretchen Elizabeth Fryar, Air Commodore Anthony John Hindmarsh, and Group Captain Hannah Louise Jude-Smith.
Commander Steven John Bliss, Captain Jacqueline Margaret King, Warrant Officer David John Passmore, Chief Petty Officer Steven David Paterson, Commander Liza Jane Stephenson, Major David Graeme Brown, Warrant Officer Class One Glen Andrew Donaldson, Warrant Officer Class Two Tommy Munyarryun, Sergeant Justin Luke Kurban, and Flight Sergeant Grant William Reibel received medals in the military division of the Order of Australia.
Australian Army Lieutenant Colonel M was announced as a Distinguished Service Medal recipient.
Conspicuous Service Cross recipients included Petty Officer Gillian Louise Bryant, Commander Claire Elizabeth Jones, Commander Nathan Wyllie Lockhart, Commodore Gustaaf Henri Nord-Thomson, Brigadier Mark Norman Armstrong, Lieutenant Colonel Alana Burkitt, Lieutenant Colonel Gwenda Margo Caspersonn, Colonel John Angus Dougall, Lieutenant Colonel David James Evans, Brigadier G, Colonel Michael James King, Brigadier Robert Barton Lording, Colonel Rodney Waldemar Petersen, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan David Pollard, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Lytton Watson, Warrant Officer Paul Ernest Argus, Wing Commander David Norman Bell, Wing Commander Brett Andrew Clarke, Group Captain Daniel Christopher Drinan, Wing Commander Andrew Michael Jackson, Squadron Leader Malith Jayasinghe, Warrant Officer Martin James Miller, Air Commodore Scott Matthew Parry, and Warrant Officer Melinda Jane Skinner.
Conspicuous Service Medal recipients included Lieutenant Commander Simon Craig Abley, Chief Petty Officer Dennis Andrew Anning, Warrant Officer Jessica Amy Buley, Lieutenant Commander Michael Copland, Captain Roger Fonhof, Lieutenant Commander Mark Gallagher, Petty Officer Keigan James Gunther, Warrant Officer Steven Alexander Mcconnachie, Lieutenant Matthew Alex Parritt, Commander Peter Dennis Shirley, Warrant Officer Cheryl Valerie Young, Captain Jackson Harris Cail, Warrant Officer Class One Damien Mark Cheung, Warrant Officer Class One Steven Owen Davies, Bombardier Adam James Davies-Moore, Warrant Officer Class One Nigel Roy Dobson, Warrant Officer Class Two David Robert Elliott, Captain Nicholas Paul Goldsworthy, Warrant Officer Class One Shawn Glenn Goodbody, Signaller Thomas Anthony Grayham, Warrant Officer Class One Megan Jennifer Griffiths, Colonel Alison Kim Kaine, Warrant Officer Class Two Benjamin James Kilgour, Major Benjamin Kreis, Major L, Lieutenant Colonel James Thomas Pidgeon, Lieutenant Colonel Meng Wang, Warrant Officer Class One Sean Heinz Weber, Major Sally Williamson, Chaplain (Wing Commander) Lindsay Brian Carey, Wing Commander Denis Brian French, Corporal Matthew Palmer, Corporal Jack Clifford Simpson, and Squadron Leader Melissa Jane Vreugdenburg.
