Bravery Meeting 70 (Australia)
# Bravery Meeting 70 (Australia)

The Bravery Council of Australia Meeting 70 Honours List was announced by the Governor General of Australia on 2 March 2009.

Awards were announced for the Star of Courage, the Bravery Medal, Commendation for Brave Conduct and Group Bravery Citation.

† indicates an award made posthumously.

## Star of Courage

* Stephen William Hyland, Queensland
* Michael Anthony Tucker, Victoria

## Bravery Medal (BM)

* Editha Aquino, Victoria
* Michael John Chillemi, New South Wales
* Phillip John Collins, New South Wales
* Paul Johannes de Waard, Middelburg, Netherlands
* Senior Sergeant Richard James Downie, Queensland Police
* Brian Leonard Elvery, New South Wales
* Grant James Ford, Victoria
* Stephen Oswald Foster, Queensland
* Daniel Garlick, Victoria
* Benar Giawa, Indonesia
* Sergeant Peter Thomas Gibson, New South Wales Police
* Alan James Grant, New South Wales
* Adiziduhu Harefa, Indonesia
* Motani Harefa, Indonesia
* Brendan Gerard Keilar†, Victoria
* Senior Constable John Sione Lima, Queensland Police
* Luke Luchetti, New South Wales
* Craig Meaney, New South Wales
* Barbara Joan Mitchell, Western Australia
* Seti Eli Ndruru, Indonesia
* Simon Nguyen, New South Wales
* Senior Constable Anthony Charles Rodgers, New South Wales Police
* Edward George Tamms, Western Australia
* Rodney Newman Wells, Western Australia
* Trent James West, Western Australia

## Commendation for Brave Conduct

* Glendon Leigh Aitchison, Queensland
* Sergeant Gary Charles Beling, Queensland Police
* Stephen Charles Bennett, New South Wales
* Selwyn John Brown, New South Wales
* Anthony Joseph Cameron, New South Wales
* Helen June Cowan, Western Australia
* Stephen James Coward, Western Australia
* Chief Petty Officer Gary Roderick Dhu, Queensland
* Senior Constable Paul James Doherty, Queensland Police
* Peter Henry Dubois, New South Wales
* Brent Craig Eccles, Western Australia
* Samuel William Edwards, Queensland
* Paul Anthony Fitzgerald, Australian Capital Territory
* Jane Cristy Flavel, South Australia
* Mark David Flett, Australian Capital Territory
* Charlie Ricky Gafa, Victoria
* Matthew Peter Hobson, New South Wales
* Siobhan Jackson, Victoria
* Charles Lakey, Victoria
* Judith Rae McAlpine, Western Australia
* Senior Constable Daniel James McArthur, New South Wales Police
* Constable Ray Peter Noffke, New South Wales Police
* Gary Edward Pearce, New South Wales
* Jeffrey Piefke, Western Australia
* Constable Benjamin Geoffrey Radcliffe, New South Wales Police
* Duncan James Rayward, New South Wales
* Chief Inspector David Kenneth Robinson, New South Wales Police
* Michael Donald Rogan, New South Wales
* Senior Sergeant Garry John Smith, Northern Territory Police
* Senior Constable John Robert Smith, New South Wales Police
* Michael Thomas Sydes, New South Wales
* Sarah Leone Thompson, New South Wales
* Mark William Tucker, New South Wales
* Catherine Odette Vincent, Queensland
* Keslie Rose Zosars, New South Wales

## Group Bravery Citation

Awardees comprise the crew of the Tugboat Watagan who, on 8 June 2007, went to the assistance of the Sea Confidence during the Hunter/Central Coast Storm Emergency.

* Stephen Robert Balker
* Captain Jack De Gilio
* Paul Stephen Devereux
* Leslie Harold Handicott
* Robert William Harris
* Steven William Parker
* Jon Gregory Partridge
* George William Sewell
* Stephen Ernest Taylor

Awardees comprise the crew of the Tugboat Wickham who, on 8 June 2007, went to the assistance of the Betis during the Hunter/Central Coast Storm Emergency.

* Murray Francis Green
* Ashley Ian Hardy
* Captain Aaron Jeremiah Henshaw
* Gerard Christopher Inkston
* Michael Arthur Miners
* Captain Ian Robert Turnton
* Peter James Weary
* Thomas Pearson Wiley
