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The Governor-General of Australia has, at irregular intervals, notified for general information notifies the positioning of wearing of Australian orders, decorations and medals in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. The Order of Wearing Australian Honours and Awards was last published in 2007. Order of wearing The order of wearing decorations and awards within the Australian honours system ...
General Service Medal 1962 [note 3] Vietnam Medal. Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal [note 7] Australian Active Service Medal [note 3] International Force East Timor Medal (INTERFET) Afghanistan Medal. Iraq Medal. Australian Service Medal 1945–1975 [note 3] Australian General Service Medal for Korea.
The Australian honours and awards system refers to all orders, decorations, and medals, as instituted by letters patent from the Monarch of Australia and countersigned by the Australian prime minister at the time, that have been progressively introduced since 14 February 1975. The Australian honours and awards system excludes all state and ...
This list of military decorations is an index to articles about notable military decorations. It is organized by country in alphabetical order and in order of precedence. Note that there are many pages which overlap the domain of this page, including military awards and decorations and campaign medal, and pages mentioned within category:Military awards and decorations, category:Battle honours ...
More info below. Ribbons: general division; military division. The Order of Australia is an Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. [ 1 ] It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of then prime minister Gough Whitlam.
Australian Service Medal 1945–1975. The Australian Service Medal is an Australian military decoration. It was authorised 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 ...
The Australian Active Service Medal (AASM) is an Australian military decoration. It was authorised on 13 September 1988 to recognise prescribed service in "warlike" operations, backdated to February 1975. [1] It is awarded with a clasp to denote the prescribed operation and subsequent awards of the medal are made in the form of additional ...
Twenty-eight Australians have been awarded the medal posthumously. [3] One recipient— Captain Alfred Shout VC, MC (who was also Mentioned in Despatches)—was Australia's most decorated soldier of the Gallipoli campaign. His Victoria Cross was posthumously awarded after Shout died of his wounds during the Battle of Lone Pine. [4]