The 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 8 June 1987 by the office of the Governor-General.
The Birthday 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
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Ernest Edward Dunlop, CMG OBE | For service to Australian prisoners of war | |
| The Right Honourable Sir Harry Talbot Gibbs, GCMG KBE | For service to the law and to the Australian honours system | |
| The Honourable Mr Justice Leonard James King | For service to the South Australian Parliament, Government and to the law | |
| His Excellency Dr John Davis McCaughey | For service to the Crown, to religion, to learning and to the community | |
| His Excellency The Honourable Douglas McClelland | For service to the Commonwealth Parliament and Government | |
| The Honourable Mr Justice Gordon Jacob Samuels | For service to learning, to the community and to the law | |
| Harry Seidler, OBE | For service to the advancement of architecture in Australia | |
| Sir William (Joshua) Vines, CMG | For service to industry, to commerce and to government |
Officer (AO)
General Division
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| David Outram Anderson | For service to the secondary industry and commerce | |
| Tudor Harvey Barnett | For service to the public service | |
| Dr Alfred Dunbavin Butcher, CMG | For service to conservation, particularly to the re-development of the Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens | |
| Professor Alexander Cambitoglou | For service to archaeology and to international relations | |
| Ian Castles, OBE | For public service, particularly as Secretary to the Department of Finance and as Australian Statistician | |
| Dr John Hinton Bassett Christian | For service to science, particularly in the field of microbiology | |
| Augustus Morris Cornish | For service to the sport of lawn bowls | |
| Charles Paul Curran | For service to the community and commerce | |
| Emeritus Professor Arthur Delbridge | For service to education, particularly in the field of linguistics and as editor-in-chief of the Macquarie Dictionary | |
| Dr Judith Elizabeth Dey | For service to paediatrics, particularly in the field of developmental disabilities | |
| William Leslie Dix | For service to secindary industry, particularly the automotive industries | |
| Dr Kevin James Fagan | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel, to medicine and to the community | |
| His Excellency Roy Robert Fernandez | For service as a diplomat | |
| Sir Arthur Thomas George | For service to the community and to education | |
| Emeritus Professor Louis Goldberg | For service to education, particularly in the field of accounting | |
| Lydia Karola Ludewine Hebestreit | For service to nursing education | |
| Dr John Keith Henderson | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of neurosurgery | |
| Henry Percival Hurrell | For service to the trade union movement | |
| Roger Kemp, OBE | For service to the arts | |
| Donald King | For service to mining, particularly coal mining | |
| Lady Dorothy Wolseley Macarthur-Onslow | For service to the community and to youth | |
| Thomas Ernest May | For service to industry and to the community | |
| Alan Gordon McGregor | For service to the arts and to the community | |
| Charles Rothauser | For service to secondary industry particularly to the design and manufacturing of plastics | |
| James Harcourt Shepherd | For service to primary industry, particularly to the wool and sheep meat industries | |
| John Robert Thomas | For public service particularly as chief executive of the Australian Industry Development Corporation | |
| John Bruce Thomson, ED | For service to the coal mining industry | |
| Dr Helen Alma Newton Turner, OBE | For service to science, particularly in the field of animal genetics and sheep breeding | |
| Ronald Joseph Walker, CBE | For service to the community and to social welfare | |
| Dr Leonard James Webb | For service to conservation, particularly in the field of rainforest ecology |
Military Division
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Rear Admiral Nigel Richard Benbow Berlyn, AM | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as a Marine Engineering Officer, particularly as the General Manager of Her Majesty's Australian Naval Dockyard, Garden Island | |
| Army | Major General Gordon John Fitzgerald | For service to the Australian Army as Chief of Personnel | |
| Major General Neville Robert Smethurst, MBE | For service to the Australian Army in the field of operational development | ||
| Air Force | Air Commodore Richard William Bradford | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Officer Commanding, RAAF Air Base, Butterworth, Malaysia |
Member (AM)
General Division
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Edith Emma Adlard | For service to the community | |
| Cyril Norman Aynsley | For service to the transport industry | |
| The Reverend Aubrey Vincent Baker | For service to religion and to the community, particularly in the outback | |
| John Anthony Bell, OBE | For service to the performing arts as an actor and director | |
| John Alexander Birch | For service to overseas aid agencies and international relations | |
| Nancy Wilmot Borlase | For service to art | |
| The Honourable William Archibald Borthwick | For service to the Victorian Parliament and to the community | |
| Richard Boyer | For service to the Tariff Board and the Industries Assistance Commission | |
| Francis Brady | For service to the public service, particularly to the New South Wales Electricity Commission | |
| Professor Gerald Anthony Broe | For service to medicine, particularly geriatric medicine | |
| Keith Osborne Brown | For service to secondary industry and education | |
| Joan Shirley Brown | For service to education | |
| Donald Ross Burton | For service to the trade union movement | |
| Alan Winter Chandler | For services to the community | |
| Dr Richard Ian Charlesworth | For service to the sport of hockey | |
| Teofila Cohen, OBE | For service to the community and education | |
| John William Connell | For service to civil engineering and to the community | |
| Councillor The Honourable Leo Paul Connellan | For service to local government | |
| Barry Hugh Crocker | For service to the performing arts and to the community | |
| Vernon John Dalton | For service to youth and community services and as Chairman of the Corrective Services Commission of New South Wales | |
| Dr Glyn Anthony Davies, ED RFD | For service to the community | |
| John Antony Barclay Dunlop | For service to the welfare of children | |
| The Reverend Gilbert William Arthur Duthie | For service to religion, the community and to the Commonwealth Parliament | |
| Edna Theresa Edgeley | For service to the performing arts | |
| Thomas James Edmonds, OAM | For service to the performing arts, particularly in the field of opera | |
| Alan Newbury Edwards, OBE | For service to the community, particularly to the Army Reserve | |
| Dr Frederica Lucy Erickson | For service to the arts, particularly as an author and illustrator | |
| Sydney Alan Field | For service to the community, particularly the Jewish community | |
| William Joseph Fisher | For service to the mining industry | |
| Desmond Lionel Foster | For service to the media, particularly radio | |
| Alderman Desmond Allan Freeman | For service to the community and to local government | |
| Dorothy Elliott Ginn | For service to the welfare of children, particularly through the establishment of the Child Abuse Preventative Service | |
| John Ernest Dunlop Goldie | For service to medicine particularly in the field of surgery | |
| Dr Morris Michael Gollow | For service to medicine particularly in the field of venereology | |
| Mary Elizabeth Grant | For service to health administration and to the community | |
| David Gulpilil | For service to the arts through the interpretation of Aboriginal culture | |
| Wilfred John Harris | For service to primary industry, particularly in the field of oenology | |
| Geoffrey John Henke | For service to sport, particularly through the Australian Olympic Federation | |
| Khalil Herro | For service to secondary industry, particularly in the field of commerce | |
| Alma Eleonor Hexter | For service to children with physical and intellectual disabilities | |
| Ross Ainsworth Hohnen, OBE | For service to the community and to youth | |
| Dr Robinson Mainwaring Jacklyn | For service to science, particularly in the field of cosmic ray research | |
| Norton Jackson | For service to the mining industry | |
| Ralph Jacobi, MP | For service to the Commonwealth Parliament | |
| Allan Lindsay Jeans | For service to Australian football | |
| Patrick James Johnson | For service to health and public administration | |
| Ronald Stephen Jones | For service to surveying | |
| Reginald Lionel Kermode, MBE | For service to secondary industry, particularly to the transport industry | |
| The Most Reverend Archbishop Abdo Rachid Khalife | For service to the Maronite Church in Australia | |
| Reginald Thomas King | For public service as Director of the Queensland office of the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations | |
| Dr Stanley George Kings | For service to the dental profession | |
| Henry Maxwell Kitson | For service to the community | |
| Andrew Peter Knox | For service to the retail industry | |
| Marie Jeanne Lamp | For service to the nursing profession particularly in the fields of hospital standards and nurse education | |
| William Charles Langshaw | For service to youth and the community | |
| David Alexander Lawe Davies | For service to youth and to the community | |
| Ronald James Letten | For service to secondary industry, particularly in the fields of building and construction | |
| Walter James Lewis | For service to rugby league football | |
| Clifton Walter Love | For service to secondary industry and to the community | |
| Professor Alban Jude Lynch | For service to the mineral processing industry | |
| Dr Alasdair Mackellar | For service to medicine in the field of paediatric surgery | |
| Kenneth Mackenzie-Forbes | For service to the arts, particularly opera | |
| Ronald Dereck Armstrong Maconaghie | For service to the arts, particularly to opera and as a teacher of voice | |
| Dr David Michael Madew | For service to local government | |
| Louis Edward Marks | For service to the transport industry | |
| Dr Gerard Joseph McCafferty | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of otolaryngology | |
| Kenneth Hugh McLeod | For service to industrial relations | |
| Noreen Patricia Minogue | For service to international relations as Deputy Secretary General of the Australian Red Cross Society | |
| Godfrey William Moessinger | For service to hockey | |
| Alan Leslie Morse, OBE | For service to local government | |
| Francis Xavier Murphy | For public service | |
| Roy Alfred Newton | For service to the community | |
| Gregory John Norman | For service to golf | |
| Dr June Norma Olley (Cumbrae-Stewart) | For service to science, particularly to food science | |
| Dr Reginald Roland Roessler Pascoe | For service to veterinary science | |
| John Keith Petrie | For public service and for service to the community | |
| Frederick Kenneth Lionel Phillips | For service to unemployed youth as the founder of the Bridging the Gap scheme | |
| The Reverend Lloyd Gladstone Phillips | For service to the Marriage Guidance Council movement | |
| Mervyn John Phillips | For service to banking | |
| Barbara Jean Pitt | For service to the National Council of Women | |
| William James Reedman | For service to education | |
| Dr John George Hamilton Refshauge, OBE | For service to sports medicine | |
| John Douglas Richards | For service to local government and underprivileged groups | |
| Paul Henry Riomfalvy | For service to the film industry and to the performing arts | |
| The Right Reverend Stanley Bruce Rosier | For service to religion and to the Anglican diocese of Willochra, South Australia | |
| Thomas Hendry Russell | For service to road engineering and construction | |
| Philip Andrew Satchell | For service to radio broadcasting | |
| Barbara Madge Schaefer | For service to the Women's Agricultural Bureau | |
| Michael Zdenek Schulz | For service to the community, particularly through the Ethnic Affairs Commission of South Australia | |
| Herbert George Seymour | For service to the welfare of ex-service men and women | |
| Dr Anthony Greville Shannon | For service to education, particularly in the field of applied mathematics | |
| The Reverend Canon Charles Henry Sherlock | For service to religion, particularly as Anglican minister to the parish of Hunters Hill, New South Wales | |
| William James Shields | For service to public health | |
| Thomas John Smith, MBE | For service to medicine | |
| Anthony John Stanfield | For service to welfare, particularly to those afflicted by drug and alcohol abuse | |
| George Rathjen Starritt, OBE | For service to primary industry and to the horticultural show movement | |
| Kevin Peter Stevens, ISO | For public service | |
| Dr David Maxwell Storey | For service to medicine and to health administration | |
| Elizabeth Mary Stubbs | For service to pre-school education | |
| William John Stutt, DFC | For service to thoroughbred horse racing | |
| Alderman Sheila Burns Swain | For service to local government and to women's groups | |
| Joyce Belle Thurgood | For service to the community, particularly through the Association of Civilian Widows | |
| John Garfield Tilley | For service to local government | |
| Lyn Kreutzer Turner | For service to forensic science | |
| Victor Vaclav Vodicka | For service to the craft of gold and silver smithing | |
| Reverend Brother Robert John Wallace | For service to education | |
| Dr Ronald Harry Cecil Wells | For service to medicine and to health administration | |
| The Honourable Arthur Mornington Whyte | For service to the Parliament of South Australia | |
| Eric Gordon Willetts | For service to primary industry, particularly maize growing | |
| William John Agnew Wills | For service to commerce | |
| Professor Stephen Adolphe Wurm | For service to education particularly in the field of linguistics | |
| John William Cardwell Wyett | For service to the health insurance industry |
Military Division
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Commander James Gerald Bridges Armstrong, MBE | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence | |
| Commander Peter Derek Johnstone-Hall | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as the Command Support Services Officer to the Flag Officer, Naval Support Command | ||
| Lieutenant Commander Edward Ernest Powell | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as Office in Charge, Fleet Intermediate Maintenance Activity onboard HMAS Stalwart | ||
| Captain Robert Andrew Kevin Walls | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as the Director of Naval Force Development | ||
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Gary Robert Bell | For service to the Australian Army in the field of communication equipment | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Peter James Dunn | For services to the Australian Army as Commanding Officer, 1st Field Regiment, Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery | ||
| Colonel John Curtis Hartley | For service to the Australian Army as Commandant, Army Apprentices School and Commander, Albury/Wodonga Military Area | ||
| Major Leslie John Hiddins | For service to the Australian Army in the field of combat survival | ||
| Major Bradley Keating | For service to the Army Reserve in New South Wales | ||
| Major Kevin Konemann | For service to the Australian Army in the field of personnel management | ||
| Colonel Cyril Brian McAuley, MBE ED | For service to the Australian Army in the field of transport and movement | ||
| Air Force | Wing Commander Donald Bruce Chandler | For services to the Royal Australian Air Force as Temporary Commanding Officer of No 482 Maintenance Squadron | |
| Squadron Leader James Eric Males | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Staff Officer, Air Traffic Control Projects, Air Force Office | ||
| Wing Commander Phillip Leslie Morrall | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a Staff Officer with the Directorate General of Personnel Services, Air Force Office | ||
| Squadron Leader Brian Winston Overall | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Office responsible for Engineering Management of the Operational Mirage Fleet | ||
| Wing Commander Brian Anthony Robinson | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force, particularly through his contribution to the Hornet Aircraft Project | ||
| Group Captain Bruce David Searle | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Manager of the Tactical Fighter Project Sub-Office in Washington |
Medal (OAM)
General Division
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Margaret Allan | For services to the public service | |
| William Charles Modwen Appleby | For service to the community | |
| Wallace Thomas Kennedy Baird | For service to the media | |
| Alexander Leslie Baker | For service to the welfare of ex-service men and women | |
| Alan Edgar Barlow | For service to athletics | |
| Reginald Barlow | For service to athletics | |
| William Maxwell Bartlett | For service to the Public Service, particularly to the Australian Bureau of Statistics | |
| Herbert Thomas Bates | For service to the community as Divisional Officer of the St John Ambulance Brigade | |
| Edward David Batrouney | For service to the community and local government | |
| Arthur Henry Beetson | For service to the sport of Rugby League | |
| David Ian Bell | For service to hockey | |
| Douglas Alan Bishop | For service to primary industry, particularly to the Australian Apple and Pear Corporation | |
| Robert James Black | For service to the sport of baseball | |
| Ian Bruce Blair | For service to local government | |
| Rae Flora Blesing | For service to multicultural adult education | |
| Efrem Bonacina | For service to the Italian community | |
| Frederick Thomas Borchardt | For service to education, particularly as an administrator | |
| Kira Abricossova Bousloff | For service to ballet | |
| William Harry Boylan | For service to primary industry, particularly tea planting | |
| Ernest Charles Percy Bradley | For service to the Queensland Ambulance Service | |
| Alan James Branson | For service to the community, particularly to the rural fire brigade | |
| Walter Howard Dent Brattan | For service to social welfare | |
| Netta Patricia Burns | For service to the Public Service | |
| John Desmond Button | For service to the community | |
| Clarence William Byrne | For service to the community | |
| The Reverend James Henry Cain, OBE | For service to religion and community welfare | |
| John Harold Campbell | For service to the Victorian Parliament | |
| Sydney James Campbell | For service to the community through the Australian Honours system | |
| Frederick Bernard Cavanagh | For services to local government | |
| Margaret Argyle Clements | For service to the welfare of Aboriginal children and their families | |
| Eileen May Coker | For service to the community | |
| Arthur Roy Coker | For service to the community | |
| Royce Collier | For service to the community, particularly to urban fire brigades | |
| Retta Grace Collins | For service to the Christian Women Communicating International | |
| Thomas Patrick Collins | For service to the community and local government | |
| Francis Cormac Cox | For service to community welfare | |
| The Reverend Thomas Howard Crago | For service to religion | |
| William Eric Crane | For service to the community | |
| Elizabeth Catherine Crawford | For service to the community | |
| Mary Cremin | For service to scientific research as a librarian | |
| Rex Lawrence Cross | For service to the community | |
| Alan Cunningham | For service to the sport of rowing | |
| Helen Bohumila Daff | For service as an educational therapist | |
| Marjorie Ruth Dale | For service to the welfare of people with intellectual disabilities | |
| Ellen May Davidge | For service to the community | |
| George Russell Davidson | For service to the community | |
| Frances Barbara Dawson | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Councillor Dorothy Kathleen Dean | For service to the community, particularly to youth | |
| Norman Arthur Clayton Dean | For service to the community | |
| Gordon Nivens Dick | For service to the performing arts | |
| Mary Clouston Dive | For service to the sport of women's hockey and women's cricket | |
| Leo Owen Donovan | For service to hospital administration | |
| Stanley Lawrence Doust | For service to the sport of Rugby League football | |
| Dr Patricia Dawn Downie | For service to the Blind Sports Association of Australia | |
| Esma Lila Dries | For service to the sport of lawn bowls | |
| Desmond William Dumbrell | For service to the community and to local government | |
| Frank George Dunn | For service to the community, particularly to the Country Fire Service | |
| John Edward Dunphy | For service to the community and to local government | |
| Jane Durbin | For service to improving cancer treatment facilities | |
| Dorothy Mary Durkin | For service to the welfare of ex-service men and women | |
| Eleanor Catherine Eade | For service to music and as a teacher of voice | |
| Alec Samuel Edwards | For service to the community and local government | |
| Colleen Ann Egan | For service to community welfare | |
| Nancy Grace Everingham | For service to the welfare of children with physical disabilities, particularly through the Riding for the Disabled Association | |
| Alderman John Francis Ford | For service to the community and to local government | |
| Helga Maria Theresia Forster | For service to the welfare of the aged | |
| William Henry Gallie | For service to the sport of swimming | |
| Helen Elizabeth George | For service to conservation | |
| Maxwell Raymond Gray | For service to the community | |
| Dr Geoffrey John Hall | For service to medicine, particularly cancer detection in women | |
| Jennifer Helen Broughton Hammond | For service to music | |
| Betty Marion Hauptmann | For service to the visually impaired, particularly children | |
| Edna Elizabeth Haynes | For service to the community, particularly as a librarian | |
| Charles Raymond Hepworth | For service to harness racing | |
| Raymond William Hills | For service to the community | |
| George Clavering Holman | For service to education, particularly promoting literature for children | |
| Annie Christina Hovey | For service to adult literacy | |
| Shirley Jean Hughson | For service to nursing | |
| Agnes Betty Jeffrey | For service to the welfare of nurses in Victoria and ex-service men and women | |
| Florence Elizabeth Johnson | For service to aviation | |
| Dulcie Zena Johnston | For service to the welfare of people with physical or intellectual disabilities | |
| James Padman Kelly | For service to the community, particularly the South Australian Jubilee 150 celebrations | |
| Robert Kerr | For service to community welfare, as a teacher of first aid | |
| Kristine Kay Klugman | For service to education and to the social welfare of the community | |
| Ante Kovac | For service to soccer | |
| Gwendoline May Langford-Smith | For service to the welfare of Aboriginal children | |
| John Michael Lines | For public service | |
| Minnie Ethel Littlewood | For service to community welfare | |
| Mientje Adriana Anthonius Septimus Maas | For service to the community | |
| Janet Winifred Mansfield | For service to the arts, particularly in the fields of ceramics and pottery | |
| Domingo Martinez | For service to the community | |
| Esmae Lilias Marwick | For service to the community | |
| Donald Gordon Mason | For service to local government | |
| Victoria Margaret McCormack | For service to Aboriginal welfare and to the community | |
| Steuart Pender McIntyre | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Shirley Elizabeth McKechnie | For service to dance, particularly as a teacher | |
| Albert Harold Hepburn McShane | For service to the community, particularly the elderly | |
| Hubert Henry Maudsley Miller | For service to conservation and the environment | |
| Peter Sydney Moore | For service to rugby league football | |
| Margaret Moraitis | For service to the Ethnic Communities Council and the Greek community | |
| Donald William Morgan | For service to those with impaired hearing | |
| Margaret Hamilton Muirhead | For service to the YWCA of Darwin and to the community | |
| Patrick Joseph Mullane | For service to the community | |
| Butcher Joe Nangan | For service to the arts and to Aboriginal heritage as a painter, shell carver, keeper of legends and songwriter | |
| Lily May Nesbitt | For service to the community | |
| Walter George O'Hara | For service to cricket | |
| John Joseph O'Toole, MBE | For service to sport administration | |
| Dr Geoffrey Gordon Olsen | For service to medicine and health administration | |
| Allan Lincoln Opie | For service to the community | |
| Richard Palmer | For service to the forestry industry | |
| Grace Gibson Parr | For service to the performing arts, particularly through radio productions | |
| Victor Patrick | For service to boxing | |
| Henry David Patton | For service to the community | |
| Herbert William Petras | For service to primary industry, particularly to the Australian Barley Board | |
| Ada Elizabeth Catherine Piper | For service to the community | |
| Felix Prattico | For service to the Italian community | |
| James Lyall Priestly | For service to horticulture, particularly to rose growing | |
| Werner Hellmuth Colze Rares | For service to the arts, particularly the collection and preservation of costumes, decorate arts and textiles | |
| Alderman Ronald William Rathbone | For service to local government | |
| John William Rattley | For service to local government | |
| The Reverend Canon Bruce Herbert Reddrop | For service to marriage guidance and family counselling | |
| Gladys Mildred Reeves | For service to people with physical disabilities | |
| Thomas Carl Ridgeway | For service to the Victorian Teachers' Union Credit Union | |
| Dr Michael Gerrans Ridpath | For service to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and to education | |
| Irene Robson | For service to the establishment of community health centres and to the support of sufferers of cancer | |
| James Alexander Rochford | For service to the community | |
| Ian Paul Rohde | For service to local government | |
| William Harold Rowan-Robinson | For service to the community | |
| Gerard Edward Ryan | For service to the community | |
| John William Ryley | For service to primary industry, particularly in the field of livestock health and production | |
| Joseph Sarib | For public service in the Northern Territory | |
| Roy Alvine Scrivener | For service to the welfare of Naval ex-service men | |
| William Henry Seymour | For service to the community, particularly the Albany Sea Rescue Squad | |
| John Frederick Shaw | For service to primary education and to the community | |
| Mervyn Albert Short, ED | For service to the North Queensland Regional Committee for Employer Support of Reserve Forces and to Rotary | |
| Athina Constance Sideris | For service to the community, particularly the ethnic community | |
| Councillor Kevin Mackay Skinner | For service to local government | |
| Thomas James Smith | For service to boxing | |
| Ernest Joseph Smith | For service to the community, particularly in the care of others at the Matthew Talbot Hostel | |
| Lloyd Maxwell Stapleton | For service to local government and the community | |
| Jeane Yvonne Stuart | For service to the community | |
| Gary Myles Stutsel | For service to swimming | |
| Max Joseph Syer | For service to local government | |
| Olive Mary Tattersall | For service to the community, particularly the United Hospital Auxiliaries of New South Wales | |
| John Grahame Temple | For service to the disabled, particularly the Disabled Person Activity Centre | |
| Ronald George Till | For service to the community | |
| Armando Tornari | For service to the Italian community | |
| Henri Edouard Touzeau | For service to music, particularly as a teacher of the cello | |
| Albert Victor Wade | For service to the trade union movement | |
| George Albert Warnecke | For service to local government and to the community | |
| Keith Alexander Watson | For public service | |
| Cecil Andrew Webster | For service to the community | |
| Iriss Linda Whiteman | For service to the community, particularly the Bathurst District Hospital Auxiliary | |
| John Thomas Wilton | For service to the Victorian Vocational Rehabilitation Association | |
| James Wessing Wishart | For service to rifle shooting | |
| Margaret Lorna Wright | For service to the development of music performances for schools in New South Wales |
Military Division
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Petty Officer Anthony John James Emmett | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as the Maintenance Co-ordinator for 723 Squadron Squirrel helicopters at HMAS Albatross | |
| Warrant Officer William Peter Franklin | For service to the Royal Australian Navy in the field of Naval communications | ||
| Petty Officer Wayne Paul Hanson | For service in the Naval Stores Sub-department of HMAS Sydney | ||
| Warrant Officer Ian Maxwell Neville | For service to the Royal Australian Navy as Food Services Officer at HMAS Nirimba | ||
| Warrant Officer Barry George Spencer | For service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the Regulating Officer at HMAS Penguin | ||
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Cyril Terrence Ainslie | For service to the Australian Army Administration | |
| Warrant Officer Class One Phillip Thomas Douglas | For service to the Australian Army in the field of Army welfare | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Beverley Margaret Dunstall | For service to the Australian Army in the field of administration | ||
| Staff Sergeant Lester Brian Ehrlich | For service to the Australian Army in the field of Construction Supervisor, 22nd Construction Squadron | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Gary Wayne Hanson | For service to the Australian Army as Regimental Sergeant Major 3rd Brigade | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Gordon Leslie Hewett | For service to the Australian Army as Training Officer, Pilbara regiment | ||
| Sergeant Robert Dinnin James | For service to the Australian Army in the field of Communications | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Kyle James Kerr | For service to the Army Reserve in the field of Marine Engineering | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Roger John Locke | For service to the Australian Army in the field of Army Reserve Recruiting | ||
| Staff Sergeant Barry John Lutwyche | For service to the Australian Army in the field of Survey Mapping | ||
| Staff Sergeant John Alexander McGregor | For service to the Australian Army Band Corps | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two John Joseph Sherington | For service to the Army Reserve in Queensland | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Reginald Wallace Wildermuth | For service to the Australian Army in Equipment Recovery training | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Terrance Hamilton Wilson | For service to the Australian Army as Battery Sergeant Major, 131st Divisional Locating Battery | ||
| Air Force | Warrant Officer Trevor James Andrews | For service as housing officer at Royal Australian Air Force base, Fairbairn | |
| Warrant Officer Malcolm Newland Bradbrook | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force in the field of communications | ||
| Warrant Officer Robert Joseph Kirk | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force in the administration of foreign military sales | ||
| Corporal Allan Raymond Mader | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a supplier at No 4 RAAF Hospital Butterworth Malaysia | ||
| Flight Sergeant Richard Laurence O'Dea | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Non-Commissioned Officer-in-Charge of Aircraft Maintenance at No 35 Squadron | ||
| Warrant Officer Raymond Herbert Townsend | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as a Warrant Officer Engineer at No 3 Aircraft Depot | ||
| Warrant Officer Garry Gordon Watt | For service to the Royal Australian Air Force as an Instrument Fitter at No 5 Squadron |
References
- ^ "THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY 1987 HONOURS". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special. No. S117. Australia. 8 June 1987. p. 1. Retrieved 19 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST 1987". The Canberra Times. Vol. 61, no. 18, 875. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 June 1987. p. 8. Retrieved 19 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.