Category: Australia Service Medal 1939-1945

Categories: Campaign and Service Medals 1939-1945, Military Decorations, Australia

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The Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 recognises service by Australia's military forces, Mercantile Marine and Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War. Created in 1949, the medal was initially awarded to those who served at home or overseas for at least 18 months full-time service, or three years part-time service, between 3rd September 1939 and 2nd September 1945. Members of the Australian Mercantile Marine must have served the qualifying time at sea. On 16th August 1996, the qualifying period was reduced to 30 days for full-time service and 90 days for part-time service. Volunteer Defence Corps members must have served a minimum of three years to qualify. To be eligible for the medal a serviceman or woman must have been honourably discharged from the Australian Defence Forces. Approximately 600,000 medals were issued.

The Medal is circular nickel-silver, 36 millimetres (1.4 in) in diameter. The obverse bears the crowned effigy of King George VI. The reverse of the medal shows the Commonwealth Coat of Arms surrounded by the words 'THE AUSTRALIA SERVICE MEDAL 1939-1945'. The ribbon has a wide khaki central stripe, flanked by two narrow red stripes, which are in turn flanked by two outer stripes, one of dark blue the other of light blue. The khaki represents the Australian Army, and the red, dark blue and light blue represent the Merchant Navy, Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force respectively. Medals were awarded with the recipient's name impressed on the rim. No accompanying Clasp was issued.

Wikipedia: Australia Service Medal 1939-1945.

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Ambrose Caban 03 Jan 1903 Raleigh, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Oct 1982

Harold Cain 09 Aug 1909 Portland, Victoria, Australia - 1994

Harry Cain 26 Dec 1904 Narrawong, Victoria, Australia - 19 Jan 1981

John Cain 12 Apr 1924 Casterton Victoria Australia - 28 Feb 1992

Ronald Cain 06 Aug 1907 Portland, Victoria, Australia - 15 Aug 1976

Cecil Callaghan 31 Jul 1890 Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) - 01 Jan 1967

Bernard Callinan 02 Feb 1913 Essendon, Victoria, Australia - bef 20 Jul 1995

Marcus Calvert 18 Dec 1908 Cambridge, Tasmania, Australia - 19 Jan 1942

Alexander Cameron 04 Apr 1903 Frankford, Tasmania, Australia - 1989

Alexander Cameron 08 Apr 1909 Eltham, Victoria, Australia - 14 Jul 1993

Angus Cameron 06 Oct 1897 Hawkesdale, Victoria, Australia - 01 Aug 1981

Burnett Cameron 13 Jan 1913 Queensland, Australia - 05 Feb 1942

John Cameron 13 Aug 1921 Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia - 1983

Raymond Cameron 29 Jun 1918 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - 20 Aug 1996

Thomas Cameron 14 Aug 1913 Eltham, Victoria, Australia - 1979

William Cameron 04 Aug 1911 Carlton, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Ian Campbell 23 Mar 1900 Moss Vale, New South Wales (Australia) - 31 Oct 1997

James Campbell 24 Oct 1895 Goondiwindi, Queensland (Australia) - 12 Oct 1943

Keith Campbell 14 Dec 1919 Warwick, Queensland, Australia

Harold Canton 05 Jun 1911 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Michael Carew 03 Apr 1906 Gatton, Queensland, Australia - abt 2001

James Carman 11 Mar 1914 Orange, New South Wales, Australia - 21 Sep 1989

Patrick Carmody 23 Mar 1918 Colac, Victoria, Australia - 01 Dec 1991

Elizabeth (Carr) Lawson 24 Dec 1921 Temora, New South Wales, Australia - 2002

John Carrick 04 Sep 1918 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 18 May 2018

Alan Carter 23 Mar 1904 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Horace Cashman 20 Jun 1907 Moree, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Apr 1984

Leonard Caslick 07 Feb 1902 Scone, New South Wales, Australia - 29 Dec 1963

Thomas Caswell 21 Mar 1907 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Jul 1973

James Catanach 28 Nov 1921 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - 29 Mar 1944

Basil Catterns 11 Aug 1917 Balmain North, New South Wales, Australia - 30 Mar 2007

Frederick Chaney 20 Oct 1914 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 17 Dec 2001

Desmond Chapman 27 Jul 1919 Moonta, South Australia, Australia

Maxwell Chapman 02 Apr 1921 Moonta, South Australia, Australia - 13 May 2016

Raymond Chapman 04 Jul 1922 Moonta, South Australia, Australia

Living Chard

Frederick Chilton 23 Jul 1905 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Oct 2007

Terence Chilton 20 Oct 1909 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 21 Jan 1952

Albert Chowne 19 Jul 1920 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 25 Mar 1945

Eric Christensen 23 Mar 1918 Cooroy, Queensland, Australia - 17 Sep 1993

Robert Clark 1920s - 2000s

Harold Cleary 14 Sep 1919 Tempe, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Aug 2009

Donald Cleland 28 Jun 1901 Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia - 27 Aug 1975

Living Clout

Cyril Clowes 11 Mar 1892 Warwick, Queensland (Australia) - 19 May 1968

Neil Cobby 27 Jun 1921 Glenhuntly, Victoria, Australia - 20 Mar 1985

William Cock 15 Jul 1912 Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia - 27 Aug 1976

Allan Cocksedge 29 Oct 1917 Annandale, New South Wales, Australia

Walter Cocksedge 20 Mar 1913 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Aug 1960

Julius (Cohen) Kingsland 19 Oct 1916 Moree, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Aug 2012

Paul (Cohen) Cullen 13 Feb 1909 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Oct 2007

Alphonsus Colahan 17 Mar 1904 Queensland, Australia - 05 Dec 1954

Geoffrey Colbey 29 Mar 1912 Blanchetown, South Australia, Australia - 03 Jul 1996

Roderick Cole 25 Apr 1910 Coolah, New South Wales, Australia - 21 Oct 1984

Thomas Cole 08 Mar 1890 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia - 28 Jul 1964

Francis Collings 08 Dec 1906 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 03 Jul 1969

Ernest Collins 18 Jan 1910 Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia - 1967

Roy Collins 08 Jan 1921 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 05 Nov 1943

Gordon Combe 12 Jun 1917 Gumeracha, South Australia, Australia - 10 Jan 2002

James Condick 31 Aug 1921 Kyabram, Victoria, Australia - 10 Jun 1945

William Conolly 29 Mar 1902 Trial Bay, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Jun 1981

Neville Cook 11 Oct 1916 Augathella, Queensland, Australia - 27 Jun 1960

Bryan Cooke 16 Apr 1910 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia - 02 Jul 1991

Leonard Coomber 26 May 1901 Reigate, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 1964

Alexander Cordukes 03 Aug 1923 Granville, New South Wales, Australia - 25 Aug 2006

Edward Cordukes 26 Nov 1917 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Dec 1987

Lawrence Cork 10 Apr 1922 Biggenden, Queensland, Australia - 20 Dec 1979

Vernard Cork 27 Jul 1918 Wondai, Queensland, Australia

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Robert Corney 25 Feb 1921 Gatton, Queensland, Australia - bef 2008

Geoff Cornwell 1920s - 1980s

Wilfred Cowley 20 Feb 1917 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

Geoffrey Cox 04 Dec 1914 Bondi, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Nov 1964

James Crane 14 Oct 1894 Bundaberg, Queensland (Australia) - 06 Aug 1942

Percy Cree 12 Mar 1888 Queensland (Australia) - 1949

Phillip Crellin 22 Apr 1920 Wynnum, Queensland, Australia - 23 Sep 1954

Clarence Crispin 07 Mar 1927 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Aug 1999

Stanley Croft 24 Jan 1920 Prahran, Victoria, Australia

Victor Croft 1913 Saint Kilda, Victoria, Australia - 1948

Michael Cronin 31 Jan 1923 Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia - 08 May 1946

John (Crooks) Crookes 15 May 1903 Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia - 02 Jan 1984

Charles Crowden 11 Nov 1918 Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia - 14 Jul 2017

Robert Cruickshank 16 Jun 1913 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 11 Jun 1941

George Culluc 04 Sep 1891 Coorparoo, Queensland, Australia - 11 Sep 1966

Norman Curnick 24 Feb 1914 Morwell, Victoria, Australia - 08 Jul 1992

George Currey - 13 Aug 1944

Charles Cutler 20 Apr 1918 Forbes, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Sep 2006

William Cutler 15 Aug 1918 Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia - 1991

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Cecil Dahl 22 May 1913 Queensland, Australia

Henry Dalziel 18 Feb 1893 Irvinebank, Queensland (Australia) - 24 Jul 1965

James Darcy 06 Jan 1888 Copmanhurst New South Wales Australia - 10 Aug 1946

Les (Darcy) D'Arcy 1920s - 1970s

Robert D'Arcy 26 Sep 1913 Longreach, Queensland, Australia - 10 Jun 2001

Thomas D'Arcy 30 May 1916 Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia - 29 Mar 1979

Leonard Darling 14 Aug 1909 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - 24 Jun 1992

Charles Davidson 14 Sep 1897 Toowong, Queensland (Australia) - 29 Nov 1985

Thomas Davis 06 Jan 1919 Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia - 19 Nov 1941

David Deacon 22 Mar 1908 South Burnie, Tasmania, Australia - 18 Oct 2002

Elinor Delpratt 14 May 1915 Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Maurice Delpratt 23 Dec 1886 Beaudesert, Queensland (Australia) - 08 Mar 1957

Paul Delpratt 26 May 1920 Queensland, Australia - 26 Jun 1989

Leslie Dennewald 26 Dec 1919 Scone, New South Wales, Australia - 1988

Thomas Derrick 20 Mar 1914 Medindie, South Australia, Australia - 24 May 1945

Harold Dickinson 27 Feb 1917 Singleton, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Jul 2008

Richard Digby 14 Jan 1912 Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia - 1992

Fraser Dight 31 Aug 1904 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Apr 1966

Walter Dillon 27 Apr 1904 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia - 1980

Leonard Dingwall 21 Nov 1918 Kyabram, Victoria, Australia - 1997

Frances (Dixon) Rice 25 May 1921 Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia - 15 Feb 1999

Reginald Dixon 17 Feb 1916 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia

Ronald Dixon 09 Jul 1921 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 2020

Harry Doncaster 17 Jul 1906 Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia - 05 Aug 1944

Benedict (Donelly) Donnelly 22 Dec 1917 Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia - 08 Nov 1980

John Doran 06 Oct 1913 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia - 1970

Vincent Dowling 24 Oct 1906 Condong, New South Wales, Australia

William Doyle 17 Dec 1914 Werris Creek, New South Wales, Australia - 17 Dec 1971

Irene Drummond 26 Jul 1905 Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Feb 1942

John Dunn 09 Apr 1917 Bondi, New South Wales, Australia - abt 1980

John Dunn 06 Feb 1917 Charleston, South Australia, Australia - 14 Sep 1944

Sidney Dunn 22 Jan 1915 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia

John Dunne 28 Aug 1918 South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

William Durham 30 Oct 1917 Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia - 04 Nov 1961

John Duxbury 24 Jan 1920 Echuca, Victoria, Australia - 1988

John Dyer 06 Sep 1911 Woodlark Islands, Milne Bay, Papua, Australia (Papua New Guinea)

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Anthony Eastway 09 Oct 1922 Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia

Kenneth Eather 06 Jul 1901 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia - 09 May 1993

George Edman 16 Jun 1892 Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) - 1967

John Edmondson 08 Oct 1914 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia - 14 Apr 1941

Herbert Edwards 07 Mar 1915 Cowell, South Australia, Australia - 15 Apr 1987

James Edwards 02 Nov 1910 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

William Egan 24 Mar 1902 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia - 1975

Vincent Eglington 19 Jan 1920 Nambour, Queensland, Australia - 27 May 2001

Edgar Ellis 30 May 1910 Ararat, Victoria, Australia - 1975

Jack Ellis 11 May 1912 Ararat, Victoria, Australia - 13 Oct 1979

Kevin Ellis 15 May 1908 Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Nov 1975

Albert Ely 10 Dec 1922 New South Wales, Australia

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Alfred Ely 08 Mar 1914 Northcote, Victoria, Australia - 16 Jul 2010

Alvin Ely 02 May 1910 Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia

Frederick Ely 09 Aug 1901 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia - 26 Jul 1976

George Ely 25 Jul 1915 Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia - 03 Jan 1944

George Ely 03 Jun 1915 Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia

William Ely 28 Jul 1907 Warburton, Victoria, Australia

Darcy Endacott 20 Nov 1917 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jan 1982

Vivian England 04 Jan 1894 Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Sep 1951

Douglas Evans 27 Jul 1907 Bayswater, Victoria, Australia - 25 Jan 1941

Keith Evans 16 Feb 1920 Smithton, Tasmania, Australia - 06 Sep 1970

Cyril Everett 15 Dec 1922 Pomona, Queensland, Australia - abt 2012

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Thomas Fairbairn 26 Apr 1918 Stephenstown, County Louth, Ireland - abt 22 Aug 2009

Basil Fairfax-Ross 04 Apr 1910 Springwood, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Nov 1984

Leonard Farrands 19 Jan 1919 Carlton, Victoria, Australia - 24 Feb 1942

Leslie Farrands 25 Jul 1890 Bairnsdale, Victoria (Australia) - 1975

Mervyn Farrands 27 Jul 1922 Ganmain, New South Wales, Australia

Arthur Faulkner 18 Dec 1921 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - abt 2020

John Ferguson 31 Oct 1923 Footscray, Victoria, Australia

Reginald Ferguson 08 Mar 1913 Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia - 23 Mar 1945

Maurice Fergusson 05 Dec 1895 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia - 27 Sep 1975

Edward Ferris 09 Jul 1917 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia

George Ferris 12 Jul 1895 Manly, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Mar 1945

Herbert Ferris 26 Apr 1905 Hendon, London, England, United Kingdom - 25 Mar 1941

Richard Ferris 09 Dec 1913 Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia - 18 Jul 1991

Howard Fietz 13 Sep 1917 Henley Beach, South Australia, Australia - 23 Oct 1942

Alan Figgis 26 Jun 1899 Saint Kilda, Victoria, Australia - 1988

Norman Filewood 24 Mar 1920 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia - 1985

Owen Filewood 1910s - 1970s

Alexander Findlay 21 Mar 1917 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Jun 1961

Eric Fisher 05 Jun 1915 Ardlethan, New South Wales, Australia

Reginald Fitzgibbon 14 Feb 1923 Burwood, Victoria, Australia - 28 Jul 2006

Peter FitzSimons 25 Feb 1916 Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Mar 1992

Allan Flewell-Smith 11 Jul 1906 Lowood, Queensland, Australia - 08 Oct 1971

Geoffrey Flewell-Smith 31 Oct 1906 Tarampa, Queensland, Australia - 28 Oct 1979

Gladstone Flint 01 Jun 1898 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia - 24 Jun 1963

Percy Flint 17 Oct 1917 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Aug 1991

Septimus Flint 14 Oct 1893 Cowra, New South Wales (Australia) - 22 Oct 1968

Walter Flint 1912 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia

Arthur Forbes 04 Dec 1881 Brisbane, Queensland (Australia) - 19 Apr 1946

Horace Fordyce 30 Mar 1914 Black Rock, Victoria, Australia - 20 Feb 2008

Hedley Freedman 04 Aug 1908 Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Gordon French 19 Oct 1921 Crows Nest, Queensland, Australia - 11 Aug 1943

Henry Frew 22 Aug 1895 Hillgrove, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Mar 1957

John Frew 01 Aug 1916 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia

Victor Fry 12 Jun 1921 Northcote, Victoria, Australia - 24 Jun 1945

Charles Alfred Fryer 1910s - 1980s

Graham Fryer 09 May 1919 Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia - 04 May 1944

John Fuller 22 Sep 1917 Mosman, New South Wales, Australia - 31 Jan 2009

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Frederick Galleghan 11 Jan 1897 Jesmond, New South Wales (Australia) - 20 Apr 1971

Brian Garvey 17 Jun 1915 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia

Norman Gaskin 14 Feb 1912 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 1989

William Gaston 05 Mar 1906 Mount Perry, Queensland, Australia - 24 Jun 1968

Galfry (Gataker) Gatacre 11 Jun 1907 Wooroolin, Queensland, Australia - 11 Aug 1983

Robert Gawler 06 Dec 1924 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 23 Sep 1944

Francis Genford 19 Sep 1922 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 10 Nov 1995

Earl Gerard 21 Jan 1918 Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Dec 1995

Henry Gersekowski 28 Jun 1913 Goombungee, Queensland, Australia - 06 Jun 1985

William Gibson 15 Jun 1903 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Oct 1957

William Gilfillan 07 Dec 1923 North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 09 Jun 1945

Donald Gill 04 Jul 1918 St Peters, New South Wales, Australia

Keith Gilleland 25 Aug 1914 Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Alexander Gillies 26 Oct 1917 Hotham West, Victoria, Australia - 16 Jun 1984

Leslie Gilligan 25 Aug 1919 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Aug 1971

Ross Gillman 01 Nov 1921 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Dec 1984

Edwyn Givney 13 Feb 1912 Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia - 13 May 1992

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