Ron Crouch, who founded Ron Crouch Transport, has been honoured in the Australia Day 2021 Honours List with a medal of the Order of Australia – recognised for his service to the road transport industry and the community.
He has a long history in the transport industry, establishing Ron Crouch Transport with his wife Beverly in 1978, which grew from just one client to over 1700.
Crouch is widely recognised for his professionalism and passion and was a proactive member of industry associations and groups with a vision for improving industry safety. In the 1980s Crouch played an integral role in forming the National Transport Federation, which then turned into NatRoad.
The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) congratulated Crouch on this achievement.
ATA Director and Executive Director of Ron Crouch Transport, Geoff Crouch, said his father had an overall desire to give back.
“Something Mum and Dad instilled in the company from day one was a passion to give back to society. Not just to the road transport industry but the wider community too,” Geoff Crouch said.
“It all started from the huge risk they took commencing operations in 1978, with one truck carting hay and stock. That passion to give back was part of the company’s original DNA and continues now to the second and third generation involved with the company today.
“The entire company and our family are extremely proud of the work that Dad has done, and this honour is due recognition of the huge amount of volunteer work he has put in over many decades.”
Having contributed greatly to the road transport industry, in his retirement Ron Crouch has been renowned for his strong community spirit, having been involved in many volunteer groups in his hometown of Wagga Wagga.