Australian Service Medal

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Australian Service Medal



Obverse (left), reverse (right)
and ribbon (bottom) of medal with SINAI clasp
Awarded by Australia
Type Campaign Medal
Eligibility Australian Defence Force personnel
Awarded for Service in non-warlike operations
Status Currently awarded
Statistics
Established 13 September 1988
Total awarded 27,250 as at 30 June 2006
Precedence
Next (higher) Australian Active Service Medal
Related Australian Service Medal 1945-1975

The Australian Service Medal is an Australian military decoration. It was authorized 13 September 1988 to recognise prescribed service in peacekeeping and non-warlike operations. It is awarded with a clasp to denote the prescribed operation and subsequent awards of the medal are made in the form of additional clasps.

The Australian Service Medal 1945-1975 recognises non-warlike service prior to February 1975.

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[edit] Description

  • The Australian Service Medal is a nickel-silver medal ensigned with the Crown of St Edward. The obverse features a modified shield of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms surmounted by the Australian Defence Force Joint Service emblem superimposed on meridians of longitude.
  • The reverse of the medal shows clusters of mimosa blossoms surrounding a Federation Star with the inscription ‘FOR SERVICE’.
  • The medal ribbon has a central brown stripe symbolizing the earth. It is flanked by two stripes of dark green which in turn are flanked by stripes of light green, gold and silver-green.
  • A nickel-silver clasp with the name of the theatre or action for which the award is made is presented with the medal.

[edit] Clasps

[edit] BALKANS

30 days service with the United Nations or North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in the Balkans region with effect from 25 January 1997 - Present

[edit] BOUGAINVILLE

30 days service with the Truce Monitoring Group in Bougainville with effect from 20 November 1997 - 26 August 2003

[edit] CAMBODIA

30 days service in Cambodia from 8 October 1993 - 4 October 1999

[edit] EAST TIMOR

30 days service for:

[edit] ETHIOPIA/ERITREA

30 days service with Operation POMELO, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) from 15 January 2001 - Present

[edit] GUATEMALA

30 days service with the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala with effect from 15 February 1997 - 14 May 1997

[edit] GULF

30 days service with the Royal Australian Navy activity in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman between 17 November 1986 and 31 October 1988; and the continuing mine countermeasures operations within the Persian Gulf between 1 November 1988 and 28 February 1989

[edit] HAITI

30 sorties or 30 days service on authorised third country deployments with the United Nations Mission in Haiti from 1 July 1994 - 30 June 1996

[edit] IRAN/IRAQ

90 days service with the United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) from 12 August 1988 - 28 February 1991

[edit] IRAQ

for:

[edit] IRIAN JAYA

30 days service on Operation CENDARAWASIH, between 1976 and 1981 (Survey Operations)

[edit] KASHMIR

90 days service with the United Nations Military Observers Group India/Pakistan (UNMOGIP) from 14 February 1975 - Present

[edit] KOREA

30 days service with the United Nations Command (Military Armistice Commission) within the Demilitarised Zone between the Military Demarcation Line and the Republic of Korea boundary with effect from 14 February 1975 - Present

[edit] KUWAIT

Service with the Multinational Military Force in the Persian Gulf, from 2 August 1990 - Present (except 17 January to 28 February - for which the Australian Active Service Medal is awarded).

[edit] MIDDLE EAST

30 days service from 14 February 1975 - Present with:

[edit] MOZAMBIQUE

30 days service in Mozambique (Op CORACLE) with effect from 12 July 1994 - 31 March 2002

[edit] NAMIBIA

90 days service with the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) from 11 March 1989. In October 2001, revised to be a bar to the Australian Active Service Medal, for which recipients could exchange this award.

[edit] PESHAWAR

90 days service with the United Nations Mine Clearance Training Team (UNMCTT) from 16 July 1989 - Present

[edit] RWANDA

30 days service with the United Nations Operation in Rwanda with effect from 29 July 1994. This award has been replaced by a clasp to the Australian Active Service Medal.

[edit] SIERRA LEONE

30 days service on Operation HUSKY, the International Military Advisory and Training Team (IMATT) from 15 January 2001 - 28 February 2003

[edit] SINAI

30 days service with the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai (MFO) between 9 February 1982 and 28 April 1986; and for Op Mazurka with effect from 6 January 1993 - Present

[edit] SOLOMON IS

30 days service on Operation TREK, the International Peace Monitoring Team in the Solomon Islands from 04 November 2000 - 15 March 2002

[edit] SOLOMON IS II

30 days service on Operation ANODE, the ADF contribution to RAMSI from 24 July 2003 to Present

[edit] SOMALIA

30 days service with the First and Second United Nations Operations in Somalia (including activities associated with those operations in the areas extending 20 kilometres into Ethiopia and Kenya, 10 kilometres into Djibouti and 12 nautical miles (22 km) into the territorial waters of Somalia) between 17 October 1992 and 30 April 1993

[edit] SE ASIA

for 30 days service:

[edit] SPECIAL OPS

For service after 1975 in certain special non-warlike Australian Defence Force operations as determined by the Chief of the Defence Force

[edit] SUDAN

30 days service on Operation AZURE, United Nations Mission in Sudan from 10 April 2005 - Present

[edit] TIMOR-LESTE

For:

[edit] UGANDA

90 days service with the Commonwealth Military Training Team Uganda (CMTTU) between 18 March 1982 and 24 March 1984

[edit] VIETNAM 1975

Service with the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

[edit] WEST SAHARA

30 days service with United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara with effect from 5 September 1991 - Present

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