Investiture Ceremony; 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea; Investiture Dinner

On Thursday 3 May 2012, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended, and the Governor-General, as Chancellor of the Order of Australia, conducted an investiture ceremony.

In the afternoon, at Australian-American Memorial, Sir Thomas Blamey Square, Russell Offices, Canberra, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce, as guests of the President of the Canberra Division of the Australian-American Association, Ms Bronwyn Halbisch, attended the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea Commemorative Service at which the Governor-General laid a wreath.

In the evening, at Government House, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce hosted an investiture dinner. Guests included: Emeritus Professor Hans-Albert Bachor AM and Mrs Cornelia Bachor; Emeritus Professor John Baird AM and Mrs Catherine Baird; Professor Roderick William Boswell AM; Mr William Bowtell AO and Ms Wendy McCarthy AO; Air Marshal Geoffrey Brown AO and Mrs Amanda Brown; Mrs Sue Buckingham and Mrs Joyce Buckingham; Brigadier Damian Cantwell AM and Mrs Susan Cantwell; Rear Admiral David Johnston AM RAN and Mrs Belinda Johnston; Professor Charles Mackenzie AO and Ms Fiona Firth; His Excellency Mr Malcolm McCusker AC CVO QC and Mrs Tonya McCusker; Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm McGregor AM and Ms Patricia Evans; Commodore Richard Menhinick AM CSC RAN and Mrs Michelle Menhinick; Mr David Parker AM and Mrs Deborah Parker; Lieutenant General Brian Power AO CSC and Mrs Narelle Power; Ms Prudence Howard Power AM and Mr Dennis Strand; and Ms Carol Woodrow AM and Mr John Woodrow.

Earlier, at the Sydney Opera House, the Governor-General was represented at the State Memorial Service for the late Mr James Osland Little AO, by Colonel Michael Miller RFD ADC, an Honorary Aide-de-Camp.