Investiture Ceremony; Investiture Dinner

On Friday 13 September 2013, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, as Chancellor of the Order of Australia, hosted an Investiture Ceremony.

In the evening, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted an Investiture Dinner. Guests included: Group Captain Michael Brown AM and Mrs Pam Brown; Ms Elizabeth Bryan AM and Dr David Evans AM; Mr Michael Callaghan AM PSM and Mrs Anne Callaghan; Professor James Crawford AC SC and Dr Rebecca Huntley; Commander Evan Paul Davies AM CSM RAN and Mrs Natasha Davies; Dr Kevin Doyle AM and Mrs Patricia Doyle; Professor Graham Farquhar AO and Dr Josette Masle; Colonel Andrew Gallaway AM and Mrs Tanya Gallaway; Major General Peter Gilmore DSC AM and Mrs Lisa Gilmore; Ms Susan Hawick AM and Ms Roslyn Isles; Mr Anthony Hedley AM and Ms Harriet Elvin; Mr Timothy Kain AM and Mrs Christine Kain; Professor Jill Ker Conway AC and Mrs Nina Riemer; Dr Simon Longstaff AO and Mrs Suzanne Longstaff; Mrs Ernestine Bonita Mabo AO and Ms Jess Mabo; Mrs Christine Macauley AM and Mr Colin Macauley; Mr David Montgomery AM and Mrs Gillian Montgomery; Ms Margaret O’Donnell AO and the Honourable Martin Moynihan AO; Ms June Oscar AO and Ms Emily Carter; Ms Tania Palmer AM and Mr Rem Poum; Air Vice Marshal Kevin Paule AO and Mrs Sue Paule; Professor Sally Redman AO and Mr Merrick Fry; Mr Glenn Rees AM and Mrs Hazel Rees; Dr David Charles Rentz AM and Ms Barbara Foster-Rentz; Major General Stuart Smith DSC AM and Mrs Karen Brown; Colonel Brendan Stevens AM and Mrs Sandra Stevens; Colonel Michael Tucker AM MBE and Mrs Sonja Christian; and Dr Jennifer Wray AM and Mr Jock Munro.

Earlier, at the Australian War Memorial, Mr Bryce, as Patron of the RAAF Association ACT, delivered a Commemorative Address at the ACT and Region Battle of Britain Ceremony.