2025 King's Birthday Honours

The Australian National University (ANU) proudly congratulates all who were recognised in the King's Birthday Honours in 2025. This year's recipients reflect the depth and diversity of service to the wider community by our alumni, donors, staff & students.

Recipients

Dr Bridget Gilmour-Walsh PSM

LLB '94, BA '94

For outstanding public service in the development of new legislative regulation on vapes.

Mr Neville Tomkins AM JP

BA '80

For significant service to youth through leadership roles in the Scouting movement and to the community.

Dr Julie Quinn PSM

PhD '03

For outstanding public service in the management of biosecurity risks.

Dr David Bagnall OAM

MSc (Spec) '80, PhD '91

For service to rowing.

Emeritus Professor John Carver OAM FRACI

PhD '83

For service to science in the fields of chemistry and biochemistry.

Mr David Turvey PSM

GDipEc '99, MEc '05

For outstanding public service in establishing the National Skills Commission and subsequently the formation of Jobs and Skills Australia.

Dr Greg Fry OAM

MA '80 PhD '20

For service to tertiary education.

Mr Hieu Huy Hoang OAM

BEc '06, MAcc (Prof) '07

For service to the community of Canberra.

Commander John Gill OAM RAN

MMil&Def ’12

For meritorious service to the health safety and wellbeing of Navy People.

Warrant Officer Michael Ward OAM

MMil&Def ’16

For meritorious service in advancing Air Force agile command and control interoperability and situational awareness capabilities.

Major Michelle Griffith OAM

GCertMilSt '12, MStratSt '13

For meritorious performance of duty as a Regimental Sergeant Major the Commander of the Army Personnel Coordination Detachment - Northern Territory/Katherine and the Executive Officer of the 1st Combat Signal Regiment.

Group Captain Adam Saber CSC

MMil&Def ’19

For outstanding achievement in ensuring the development of a professional resilient and effective P-8A capability as part of Number 11 Squadron.

Mr Iain Smith OAM

LLB '96, BEc '96

For service to music and foreign affairs

Lieutenant Colonel William Morrison OAM

MMil&Def ’20

For meritorious performance of duty as a support planner on peacetime operations in Australia from June to July 2023 and as the operations campaign planner in Germany as part of the Security Response Team–Europe from April to September 2024.

Captain Andreas Buttler CSC RAN

MMil&Def ’16

For outstanding achievement as the Commander Fleet Information Warfare Force.

Commodore Edward Seymour CSC RAN

MMil&Def ’20

For outstanding achievement and leadership in the field of Navy capability.

Lieutenant Colonel Tommy Gains CSC

For outstanding achievement in advancing experimentation and learning in the Australian Army.

Colonel Travis Gordon CSC CSM

MMil&Def ’20

For outstanding achievement as Australia's Defence Adviser to Papua New Guinea.

Professor Mark Howden AC FTSE FAA

For eminent service to environmental science to the global response on climate change and adaptation to agriculture and to tertiary education.

Mr Terence Maloon OAM

For service to the museums and galleries sector.

Professor Bronwen Dalton AM

BA '99

For significant service to social advocacy and social justice academia and to charitable organisations.

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel King CSC

LLB '94, BA '94

For outstanding achievement as the Staff Officer Grade One Sustainment Army Headquarters.

Ms Christine Faulks AM

BA '73

For significant service to education to business and to the community.

Lieutenant Colonel Konrad Kazmirowicz CSM and Bar

GDipEc '99, MEc '05

For meritorious achievement as an Operational Planner in the Indo-Pacific Operations Team and lead planner for Indo Pacific Endeavour 2022 and 2023.

Emeritus Professor Tony Johns AM

For significant service to tertiary education particularly to language and culture.

Dr Deidre Tronson OAM

BSc (Hons) '70

For service to science education.

Professor Ray Lovett AM

MAppEpi '06, PhD '13

For significant service to Indigenous health and research as an epidemiologist.

Mr John Trowbridge OAM

BA '75

For service to business to the risk management sector and to the actuarial profession.

Adjunct Professor Richard Malik AM FACVSc

PhD '85

For significant service to veterinary science particularly in the field of medicine and infectious diseases.

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