20/10/2026
On Monday 19 October the SA Branch of the Order of Australia Association hosted a New Recipients’ Reception, congratulating new recipients of the Order of Australia from this year’s King’s Birthday Honours List. Congratulations to all new recipients on behalf of the Branch Committee and members of the SA Branch. Dennis Oldenhove was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), “For service to veterans, and to the community of Macclesfield”. Dennis served as a member of the Australian Army from 1992 to 2011. He has been a member of Macclesfield Sub-Branch, Returned and Services League of Australia since 2004, was Vice-President in 2005, President in 2006, and again since 2009. He was Mount Barker Council’s Citizen of the Year in 2015, was awarded an Australia Day Medallion in 2016, and received the Anzac of the Year Award (SA) from the Returned and Services League of Australia in 2025.