Bravery Meeting 79 (Australia)

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The Bravery Council of Australia Meeting 79 Honours List was announced by the

CVO, on 1 September 2013.[1]
[2]

Awards were announced for the Bravery Medal,[3] Commendation for Brave Conduct[4] and Group Bravery Citation.[5]

† indicates an award made posthumously.

Bravery Medal ribbon
Commendation for Brave Conduct ribbon

Awardees are several members from the Bedfordale Voluntary Bushfire Brigade, involved in fire-fighting operations in the RoleystoneKelmscott area during bushfires in February 2011.

  • Michael Kenneth HALL, Western Australia
  • Alexander Bernard LEACH, Western Australia
  • Michael Raymond McCAVANAGH, Western Australia
  • Mark Anthony PUTTICK, Western Australia
  • Antonino SCIDONE, Western Australia
  • Stephen Edward SMITH, New South Wales

Awardees are several members of the Marysville SES who assisted with the evacuation of residents during the Victorian Bushfires in February 2009.

  • David Brandon BARTON, Victoria
  • Jennifer Anne BARTON, Victoria
  • Josephine Ann HUNTER, Victoria
  • Thomas Mark PEART, Victoria
  • Keith David RAY, Victoria
  • Ian Jeffrey WALTERS, Victoria

Awardees are members of the public who rescued a man from a burning vessel in Denham, Western Australia on 29 November 2011.

  • George Ernest DIX, Western Australia
  • Justin HEWITT, Western Australia
  • Ronald David MARQUIS, Western Australia

Awardees are voluntary members of the Kinglake Community Emergency Response Team who responded to emergency incidents during the Victorian bushfires in February 2009.

  • Ian James DUNELL, Victoria
  • Victoria Lee DUNELL
    ASM
    , Victoria
  • Bartholomew WUNDERLICH, Victoria

Awardees are members of the Reefton Country Fire Authority involved in fire-fighting operations during the Victorian bushfires in February 2009.

  • Danny James BENNETT, Victoria
  • Rachel Lee BENNETT, Victoria
  • Andrew Jeramie McDONALD, Victoria
  • Ross Edward MINIFIE, Victoria
  • Kathleen Marie TILLEY, Victoria

Awardees are crew members of sail boat TryBooking.com, who rescued sailors from a stricken vessel during the Melbourne to Port Fairy ocean race 2012

  • Grant David DUNOON, Victoria
  • Klaus-Peter FECHT, Victoria
  • Gordon Ross FISHER, Victoria
  • Kimberley John WALKER, Victoria

Awardees are members of the public who rescued several people caught in a rip at Urquhart Bluff beach on 22 January 2012.

  • Luke Connell BEAZLEY, Victoria
  • Angus Harker JOHNSON, Victoria
  • Benjamin James PANNELL, Victoria
  • Jason Richard PHIELER, Victoria

Awardees are members of the public who rescued two people from a submerged vehicle at Broadbeach Waters, Queensland on 10 June 2012.

  • John CHAMBERS, Queensland
  • Evan Dougald DALTON, Queensland
  • Tanya Maree MATHEWS, Queensland
  • Steven Samual PRICE, Queensland

Awardees are three young boys who went to the assistance of a girl from an offender at Palm Island, Queensland on 12 May 2011.

  • Harry Frederick FRIDAY, Palm Island
  • Ralph Paul HUGHES, Palm Island
  • Carey Lenny NUGENT, Palm Island

Awardees are Royal Australian Navy personnel involved in the winch rescue of a man from floodwaters at Laidley Creek during the Queensland floods on 11 January 2011.

  • Commander Scott Christopher PALMER,
  • Lieutenant Simon Paul DRIESSEN,
  • Chief Petty Officer
    Kerwyn Louis BALLICO,
  • Petty Officer
    Nicholas Edward ANDERSON,

Awardee assisted of members of the Queensland Police Public Safety Response Team who conducted rescue operations during the Queensland Floods in the Lockyer Valley in January 2011.

  • Anthony James ALTHAUS, Queensland

References

  1. ^ Quentin Bryce has subsequently been knighted and is now Dame Quentin Bryce
  2. ^ "Bravery Council Meeting 79 Honours List (1 September 2013)". gg.gov.au. 2013-09-01. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  3. ^ Bravery Medal Citations, August 2013, www.gg.gov.au
  4. ^ Commendations for Brave Conduct, August 2013, www.gg.gov.au
  5. ^ Group Bravery Citation, August 2013, www.gg.gov.au