title: Bravery Meeting 70 (Australia)
text: # 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
  