Soldiers and public servants have scored the lion's share of Queen's Birthday honours for ACT and Queanbeyan residents with only 19 of the 54 local awards being made in the general division for community service.
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The balance of the awards have gone to public servants, emergency services workers and the military.
Two of Canberra's three newly created Officers of the Order of Australia (AO) are high-ranking military men; Major General Peter Gilmore, DSC and Air Vice-Marshal Kevin Paule, AM.
The city's third AO went to Dr Michael Pearson, of Fisher, for his work as an educator and in the area of cultural heritage conservation and management (see separate report).
No current Australian resident, Canberran or otherwise, was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in the awards with the only ACs going to Professor James Crawford, of Cambridge in Britain, and Professor Jill Ker Conway, of Boston in the United States.
Major General Gilmore has been honoured for his work in one of the toughest jobs in the Australian Defence Force.
He has led Australia's Special Operations Command since January 2011 and has had to deal with numerous incidents of death and serious injury among the SAS troopers, commandos and combat engineers deployed to Afghanistan.
One, Sergeant Blaine Diddams, who was killed last July, was recognised in Monday's honours list with the Medal for Gallantry (see separate report).
The citation for General Gilmore's award also acknowledges his work as the deputy special operations commander and the commander of the International Security Assistance Force Special Operations Forces.
He held the latter position from 2009 until taking up his current appointment.
The Duntroon graduate already holds the Distinguished Service Cross and has previously been made a Member of the Order of Australia.
He is no stranger to the political sphere, having spent 18 months with the national security division of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in the latter years of the Howard government.
Air Vice-Marshal Paule was recognised for his service as head of Military Strategic Commitments, and commander, Integrated Defence System.
Canberra's newest Members of the Order of Australia include Michael Callaghan for his work in international economic policy development and financial reform, Dr Kevin Doyle for his service to veterinary science, Tony Hedley for his work in the property sector, Timothy Kain for his service to music as a classical guitarist, and Glenn Rees for his work in aged care, Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
Fisher husband and wife Johannis and Kathleen Berg scored a family double receiving Order of Australia Medals (OAMs) for their services to recreational walking.
John McKeough, of Weetangera, was recognised with an OAM for his services to the taxi industry. Daryl Powell, of Griffith, received his OAM for ''the teaching, promotion and preservation of Australian folk music and dance''.
Other awards recognised services to gymnastics (Kenneth Williamson, of Barton), the protection of human rights and liberties (William Rowlings) and retired Lieutenant Commander Peter McNay for his work with veterans.
Public Service Medals were awarded to, among others, Amanda Cattermole for her work on indigenous housing and national gambling reform; Ian Deane for his legal advice to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Dr Doug Kean for ''contributing to the understanding of Australia's strategic interests and the international environment, Patricia Kelly for her leadership of Australia's bid to host the International Square Kilometre Array, and Nigel Ray for his contribution to Australia's response to the global financial crisis.
- For a full list of the ACT's 2013 Queen's Birthday award winners, click here and follow the prompts.