Category: New Zealand War Service Medal

Categories: Campaign Medals, New Zealand


The New Zealand War Service Medal (NZWSM)was a New Zealand campaign medal for service in World War II.

New Zealand War Service Medal & Reverse

The NZWSM was approved in 1946, and was awarded to members of the New Zealand armed forces, the National Military Reserve, and the Home Guard. The NZWSM was awarded in addition to the standard Commonwealth campaign awards for World War II.

The NZWSM was awarded for 28 days' full-time aggregated service or six months' part-time aggregated service between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945. Service brought to an end by death on duty, or due to wounds sustained on duty, or honourable discharge as a result of such wounds, automatically qualified for award of the medal. Some 238,000 medals were issued.

This medal, the reverse and mount of which were designed by the historian and typographer Dr John Beaglehole and the wood engraver E Mervyn Taylor, was the first distinctively ‘New Zealand' campaign medal, which was emphasised by the use of the fern leaf motif on the reverse and the national colours of black and white in the ribbon. The use of the fern leaf motif was made at the request of the Labour party cabinet who wanted 'a fern leaf like on the All Blacks' jersey'.

The NZWSM was issued unnamed.

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16 Jul 1920 Kohukohu, Northland, New Zealand - 01 Jan 2014
02 Apr 1914 Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand - 10 Feb 1981

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21 Apr 1911 New Zealand - 19 Oct 1982
15 Dec 1891 New Zealand - 27 Jun 1964
19 Nov 1921 New Zealand - 05 Jun 2002
06 May 1893 Auckland, New Zealand - 24 Oct 1974 photo

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04 Dec 1924 Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand - 29 Oct 1993
10 Apr 1913 Foxton, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand - 07 Nov 1942
21 Nov 1891 Macraes Flat, Otago, Otago, New Zealand - 07 Feb 1975
23 Nov 1911 New Zealand - 29 Nov 1969
05 Nov 1921 Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand - 17 Nov 1988 photo

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05 Jul 1910 Epsom, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 19 Jul 1995
08 Jun 1922 Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - 18 Sep 1991
07 Oct 1911 Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand - 30 Dec 1941
19 Nov 1898 Wellington, New Zealand - 04 Jan 1972

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15 Dec 1915 New Zealand - 16 May 2000
15 Feb 1906 Pleasant Point, Canterbury, New Zealand - 23 Aug 1976

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05 Sep 1912 Auckland, New Zealand - 01 Oct 1943
20 Mar 1916 Auckland, New Zealand - 23 Jan 1987

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02 Jan 1896 Dargaville, New Zealand - 29 Jun 1984 photo
08 Apr 1902 Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand - 20 Sep 1971 photo
18 Nov 1918 Awanui, Auckland, New Zealand - 24 Jul 2000 photo

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29 Sep 1881 Wharehine Rodney Auckland New Zealand - 26 Aug 1972

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28 Jan 1897 Ladbrooks, Canterbury, New Zealand - 05 May 1957 photo

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16 Dec 1918 New Zealand - 03 Apr 2002
15 Apr 1895 Tarata, Taranaki, New Zealand - 09 Dec 1987 photo
abt 13 Feb 1906 Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand - 07 Nov 1951

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10 Nov 1915 Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand - 08 Jun 2001
16 Apr 1914 New Zealand - 11 Nov 1990
27 Jul 1916 Raetihi, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand - 17 Dec 2006
abt 1914 Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand - 24 Dec 1997
25 Apr 1919 Rangitikei, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand - 30 Jun 1942 photo
1910s - 1940s Privacy Level: Private with Public Biography and Family Tree (Yellow) photo
07 Aug 1916 New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand - 08 Jun 2005 photo
15 Jul 1923 Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand - 20 Jun 1995
13 Apr 1917 Paretai, Otago, New Zealand - 16 Nov 2005

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31 Aug 1918 Scalloway, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom - 01 Jun 1977 photo

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23 Nov 1891 Fordell, Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand - 16 Nov 1982
08 Mar 1915 Waihi, Hauraki, New Zealand - 24 Aug 2000 photo

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14 May 1919 New Zealand - 07 Sep 2002
30 Oct 1919 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand - 30 Nov 1976 photo
01 Jul 1915 Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand - 10 Jun 2007
18 Jul 1921 Karori, Wellington, New Zealand - 02 Feb 2002
06 Sep 1906 Waihi, Hauraki District, New Zealand - 28 Dec 1942
03 Nov 1911 Waihi, Hauraki, Waikato, New Zealand - abt 20 Feb 1961
21 Feb 1925 Riverton, Southland, New Zealand - 16 Apr 2012
1906 New Zealand - 14 Jun 1971

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27 Dec 1913 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand - 13 Dec 1977
28 May 1909 Holloway, London, England, United Kingdom - 10 Sep 1983

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29 Dec 1892 Karori, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - 17 May 1969 photo
05 May 1914 Houhora, Northland, New Zealand - 11 Aug 1943

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01 Sep 1890 Nelson, New Zealand - 16 Jan 1952

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04 Oct 1917 Brunswick Street. Auckland. New Zealand - 18 May 1986
19 Jan 1915 Foxton, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand - 17 Mar 1944 photo




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