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Australian Active Service Medal 1945–1975 [note 3] Korea Medal; United Nations Service Medal for Korea [note 6] Naval General Service Medal 1915–62 [note 2] [note 3] General Service Medal 1918–62 [note 2] [note 3] General Service Medal 1962 [note 3] Vietnam Medal; Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal [note 7] Australian Active Service Medal ...
The majority of the awards were for action in the First World War when a total of 64 medals were awarded. Nine of these awards were for action during the Gallipoli Campaign. 20 medals were awarded for action in the Second World War, 6 in the Second Boer War, 4 in the Vietnam War and 2 in the Russian Civil War. [1]
The Arctic Star medal recognises service between 1941 and 1945 delivering vital aid to the Soviet Union, running the gauntlet of enemy submarine, air and surface ship attacks. This list of military awards and decorations of World War II is an index to articles on notable military awards presented by the combatants during World War II
World War II: No. 4 Squadron RAAF: Buna, Papua [10] Harold Edward Patch: 1953: Korean War: Australian Army [11] Keith Payne: 1969: Vietnam War: Australian Army Training Team Vietnam [12] Andrew Perry: 1970: Vietnam War: RAN Helicopter Flight – Vietnam: Binh Dai, Vietnam [13] John G. Pettit: 1970* Vietnam War: Australian Army: Dak Seang ...
Pages in category "Australian recipients of the Military Cross" The following 144 pages are in this category, out of 144 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The reverse shows the coat of arms of the Commonwealth of Australia surrounded by the words 'THE AUSTRALIA SERVICE MEDAL 1939–1945'. [5] The 32-millimetre (1.3 in) wide medal ribbon has a wide khaki central stripe, flanked by two narrow red stripes, with edge stripes of dark blue on the left and light blue on the right.
Recipients of Australian military awards and decorations (10 C) Pages in category "Military awards and decorations of Australia" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
A theatre honour for peacekeeping in East Timor in 1999–2003 was awarded to the Army on its 119th birthday in March 2020. [8] The most highly decorated unit in the Australian Army is the 12th/40th Battalion, Royal Tasmania Regiment (12/40 RTR), with 47 battle and theatre honours. It is an active Australian Army Reserve Infantry unit.