Victoria Cross for Australia Investiture Ceremony and Lunch

On Tuesday 18 February 2014, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, hosted an investiture ceremony to award a posthumous Victoria Cross for Australia to the parents of Corporal Cameron Baird VC MG.

Afterwards, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce hosted a lunch in honour of Corporal Baird VC MG. Guests included: the Honourable Tony Abbott MP; Warrant Officer David Ashley OAM; Mr Doug Baird and Mrs Kaye Baird; Mr Brendan Baird; Master Max Baird; Master Riley Baird; Colonel Jonathon Beesley DSM; Air Marshal Mark Binskin AC; Mr Domenic Bonacci; Mr Victor Boscoe CV; Mr Tim Britten CV; Ms Gai Brodtmann MP; Air Marshal Geoffrey Brown AO; Mr Sam Bush; Lieutenant Colonel Brian Campbell; Major General Shane Caughey AM CSC; Lieutenant Colonel Brett Challenor; Lady Joan Cutler; Mr Mark Cutler; Major General Stephen Day AM DSC; Mr Andrew De Morton; Warrant Officer David Devlin; Corporal Mark Donaldson VC; Rear Admiral Ken Doolan AO RAN (Retd); Warrant Officer Class 1 Paul Dunbavin; the Honourable David Feeney MP; Colonel Craig Furini CSC; Justice Stephen Gageler SC; Major General Peter Gilmore DSC AM; Vice Admiral Ray Griggs AO CSC; Mr Len Hannah and Mrs Janet Hannah; Mr Andrew Harrison, Mrs Vanessa Harrison and Master Thomas Harrison; Dr Mark Higgie; Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC DFC (Retd); General David Hurley AC DSC and Mrs Linda Hurley; Miss Diane James; Senator the Honourable David Johnston; Corporal Daniel Keighran VC and Mrs Kathryn Keighran; Commissioner Dominic Lane AFSM; Lieutenant Colonel Ian Langford DSC and Bar; Mr Simon Lewis PSM; Dr Margot McCarthy; Brigadier Daniel McDaniel DSC DSM; Warrant Officer Class 1 David McLachlan; Major General Gus McLachlan AM; Ms Nishara Miles; Major General Michael Milford AM; Lieutenant General David Morrison AO; the Honourable Dr Brendan Nelson; Mr Glenn Nicholls and Mrs Diana Nicholls; Mr Keith Payne VC OAM and Mrs Florence Payne OAM; Brigadier Cheryl Pearce AM; Lieutenant General Ash Power AO CSC; Mr Dennis Richardson AO; Mr Eddie Robertson and Mrs Selina Robertson; Mr Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG and Mrs Emma Roberts-Smith; Senator the Honourable Michael Ronaldson; Mr James Runham SC AFSM OAM; Mr Peter Rush; Major General Jeffrey Sengelman DSC AM CSC; Major General Steven Smith AM CSC RFD; Major General Stuart Smith DSC AM; Mr Alan Sparkes CV; Mr Ken Stewart, Mrs Jenny Stewart, Miss Brittni Stewart and Miss Michelle Stewart; Major General Paul Symon AO; Major General the Honourable Justice Richard Tracey AM RFD; Mr Darrell Tree CV; Mr Robert Walls; Major General Simone Wilkie AM and members of the 2nd Commando Regiment.