Peter Moffitt OAM receiving his award from Her Excellency Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO Governor of NSW. Photograph courtesy Rob Tuckwell Photography
In a moving Investiture ceremony held at Government House on 5th September 2014, local identity Peter Moffitt was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) by the recently retired Governor of NSW, Dame Marie Bashir.
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As Dame Marie presented Peter with his medal she said “Grenfell is very dear to me”.
Peter responded “And you are very dear to the people of Grenfell”. Dame Marie visited Grenfell in her youth to spend time with her relatives, the Mellick family.
The OAM was presented to Peter ‘for service to the community of Weddin’.