June 19th, 2025OAM Honour

Guildford’s Raymond Pattle received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division for services to his town in the King’s Birthday Honours.
Mr Pattle’s achievements include being a member of the Guildford CFA, the Guildford Hall Committee, the Guildford History Group, Guildford Grumpies Car Club, Castlemaine Historical Society, Guildford Cemetery Trust, Guildford Banjo Jamboree, the John Powell Reserve Committee, Save Our Store campaign, Guildford Primary School, Guildford Grumpies Men’s Shed, the Guildford Grumpies and the Guildford ANZAC Day Dawn Commemoration Service. He is also the co-author of Guildford Cemetery: Commemorating 150 Years Since the First Burial 1871-2021, A History of Guildford and A History of Tarilta.