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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14 Mar 1921 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
12 Jul 1913 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Feb 1987
20 Dec 1918 North Arm, Queensland, Australia - 16 Sep 1972
09 Jul 1905 Willow Tree, New South Wales, Australia photo
18 Apr 1924 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Sep 2000 photo
13 Jul 1900 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
29 Jun 1924 North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 18 Nov 2008
11 Feb 1924 Coburg, Victoria, Australia
20 Apr 1924 Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Sep 1970 photo
12 Dec 1920 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
08 Feb 1927 Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia
07 Nov 1921 Childers, Queensland, Australia
17 Apr 1922 Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia
14 Jul 1922 Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia photo
15 Jun 1922 Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia - 22 Jun 1997 photo
05 Dec 1922 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia photo
05 Aug 1920 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia - 05 Sep 1983
02 Feb 1918 Fairfield, Victoria, Australia photo
03 Jun 1921 Warragul, Victoria, Australia - 10 Feb 2015
22 Mar 1922 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia photo
18 Jul 1924 Thornbury, Victoria, Australia
29 Jun 1918 Beaufort, Victoria, Australia - 06 Aug 1988
21 Sep 1911 Cobar, New South Wales, Australia photo
21 Sep 1916 Albany, Western Australia, Australia photo
10 Dec 1905 Claremont, Western Australia, Australia
05 Jan 1915 Albury, New South Wales, Australia - abt 27 Jul 1993 photo
28 Feb 1915 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
12 Jul 1903 Egremont, Cumberland, England photo
23 Aug 1913 Bangalow, New South Wales, Australia - 02 Aug 2000 photo
08 Apr 1914 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Sep 2002 photo
13 Jan 1920 Traralgon, Victoria, Australia photo
30 Apr 1912 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia - 1992
18 Jun 1919 Pymble, New South Wales, Australia - 12 Nov 1996 photo
08 Oct 1911 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Sep 1943 photo
13 May 1915 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia - 1973
04 May 1914 Rosewater, South Australia, Australia
15 Dec 1890 Kings Plains, New South Wales (Australia) - 16 Aug 1944 photo
31 May 1907 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 29 Sep 1998
27 Jan 1924 Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia - 2001
24 Feb 1897 Mirani, Queensland (Australia) - 24 Apr 1959
24 May 1919 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia - abt 13 May 1994 photo
11 Mar 1910 Dimboola, Victoria, Australia - 19 Jun 1960 photo
05 Jun 1920 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia - 15 Feb 1953
11 Jan 1913 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia - May 1962
07 Sep 1892 Surry Hills, New South Wales (Australia) - 26 Sep 1974 photo
30 Jul 1916 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Apr 1970
25 May 1897 Hawker, South Australia, Australia - 19 Jun 1973 photo
16 Oct 1921 Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia - 17 Dec 1944 photo
1925 Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia - 02 Jan 2003
02 May 1921 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 12 Feb 1985
15 Dec 1916 Coolah, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Dec 1999
21 May 1917 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia
07 Mar 1922 Sherwood, Queensland, Australia - Jul 2010
04 Jun 1922 Carrington, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Aug 1944
02 Jul 1920 Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia - 23 May 1988 photo
24 Oct 1914 Drouin, Victoria, Australia
11 Mar 1911 Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia - 11 May 1942
22 Jun 1903 Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Oct 1942
21 Nov 1919 Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia
08 Jun 1920 Concord West, New South Wales, Australia - abt 2010 photo
26 May 1889 Talbot, Victoria, Australia - 1968
25 May 1923 Renmark, South Australia, Australia - 04 Dec 1996 photo
29 Jun 1922 Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia - 1987
06 May 1906 Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia - 28 Jun 1997
22 Jul 1917 Queensland, Australia
04 Nov 1922 Echuca, Victoria, Australia - 14 Apr 1997
20 Feb 1905 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia - 1973

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09 Mar 1920 Dalby, Queensland, Australia - 25 Jun 1977
30 Nov 1924 Dalby, Queensland, Australia - 27 Jun 2001
25 Mar 1917 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Aug 1988
16 May 1910 Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia
03 Aug 1908 Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia - 1991
22 Nov 1908 Oughtrington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 09 Oct 1971
19 Jan 1918 Allora, Queensland, Australia - 06 May 1998
21 Aug 1918 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 30 Jan 1945
19 Sep 1918 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia - 02 Mar 1981
24 Jan 1921 Cohuna, Victoria, Australia - 27 Jan 1990
01 Oct 1904 Cohuna, Victoria, Australia - 17 Mar 1947
11 Oct 1899 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia - 1949
28 Aug 1898 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia - 1968
01 Aug 1907 Red Range, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942 photo
09 Apr 1904 Warragul, Victoria, Australia - 09 Dec 1974 photo
25 Jun 1912 Armadale, Western Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1943 photo
19 Nov 1893 Enfield, New South Wales (Australia) - 23 Dec 1964 photo
1920s - 1970s Privacy Level: Private (Red) photo
25 Dec 1923 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 01 Nov 1944
02 Aug 1913 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia - abt 13 Dec 1982

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29 Mar 1915 Gladstone, Queensland, Australia - 08 Mar 1988
03 Jan 1924 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 24 Sep 2014
18 Mar 1889 Bendigo, Victoria (Australia) - 30 Jun 1961 photo
19 May 1915 Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia - aft 1955
14 Jul 1890 North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 23 Oct 1971 photo
31 Mar 1913 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

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13 Sep 1897 Gunbar, New South Wales (Australia) - 04 Aug 1959 photo
20 Aug 1913 Parkes, New South Wales, Australia - 1987
01 May 1919 Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia
05 Apr 1911 Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia - 05 May 1941 photo
09 Aug 1913 Rubyvale, Queensland, Australia - 04 Feb 1990
21 Dec 1911 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 23 Jun 1978 photo
29 Dec 1923 Brompton, South Australia, Australia photo
14 May 1908 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 13 Sep 2000 photo
17 Oct 1925 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 05 Aug 1948
29 Aug 1916 Queensland, Australia - abt 26 Dec 1997
15 Jul 1920 Camberwell, Surrey, England - 17 May 1941
24 Apr 1889 Yunta, South Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1942
02 Apr 1925 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia - 16 Dec 1992
03 Apr 1916 Queensland, Australia
31 Aug 1915 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia - 20 Dec 1995
30 Dec 1915 East Northam, Western Australia, Australia - 02 Aug 2013
abt 09 Feb 1914 Maclean, New South Wales, Australia
26 Feb 1920 Claremont, Western Australia, Australia - 26 Jun 1999 photo
13 Apr 1903 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia - 1965
11 May 1904 Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Jun 1980
10 Dec 1920 Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia - 10 Apr 2002
21 Jan 1918 Northbridge, New South Wales, Australia
01 Mar 1922 Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia - 05 Nov 1987
29 Sep 1915 Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Oct 1942 photo
09 Feb 1900 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia - 1966 photo
05 Sep 1918 Renmark, South Australia, Australia
04 Aug 1898 Baryulgil, New South Wales, Australia - 25 Jun 1987
20 Jan 1922 Auburn, South Australia, Australia - 08 Jun 1943
01 Jul 1898 Pomona, Queensland (Australia) - 06 Oct 1982

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05 May 1922 Glebe Point, New South Wales, Australia - 21 Jun 2008
24 May 1917 Unley, South Australia, Australia - Sep 2014
01 Sep 1910 Ballybeggan, County Kerry, Ireland - 28 Jan 1963 photo
08 May 1909 Annandale, New South Wales, Australia - 30 Dec 1991
06 Jul 1919 Hamilton, Victoria, Australia - 08 Jul 2009 photo
15 Apr 1903 Winlaton, Durham, England, United Kingdom - 31 Oct 1942 photo
25 Jul 1918 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1899 Balaclava, South Australia (Australia) - 1975
22 Jul 1900 Exton, Tasmania, Australia - 05 Feb 1961 photo
15 Mar 1916 Laidley, Queensland, Australia - 24 Jan 1993
24 Aug 1915 Wynnum, Queensland, Australia - 04 Sep 2004
1917 Roseville, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Oct 1942 photo

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22 Sep 1918 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 30 Dec 2009
08 Jan 1918 Preston, Victoria, Australia - 29 Aug 1942 photo
02 Jul 1921 Thebarton, South Australia, Australia - 15 Jun 2022
10 Oct 1908 St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia - bef 2008
24 Jun 1921 Gayndah, Queensland, Australia
22 May 1920 Rose Park, South Australia, Australia - 20 Nov 1982
02 Feb 1918 Waratah, New South Wales, Australia
12 Jun 1908 Stannum, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Jan 1974
17 Dec 1885 Prahran, Victoria, Australia - 11 Jul 1960
20 Nov 1912 Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia - 10 Nov 1947
19 Aug 1917 Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia - 16 Jun 1983
16 Jun 1910 Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia

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27 Nov 1888 Northcote, Victoria (Australia) - 1969
1899 Queensland (Australia)
28 Apr 1920 Nambour, Queensland, Australia - abt 02 Apr 1994
11 Mar 1905 Donald, Victoria, Australia - 1966
16 Dec 1920 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia - aft 1988
25 Mar 1917 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
1898 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia - 18 Nov 1965
14 Mar 1894 Cowra, New South Wales (Australia) - 1976
18 Nov 1894 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
03 Jul 1911 Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Oct 1942
25 Jun 1903 College Park, South Australia, Australia - 1980
19 Dec 1885 Kangaroo Point, Queensland (Australia) - 04 Dec 1957 photo
1910s - 2000s Privacy Level: Private with Public Biography and Family Tree (Yellow)
06 Jul 1925 East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia photo
29 Nov 1911 Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Aug 1996
19 Jan 1914 Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Feb 1992 photo
21 Dec 1920 Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia - 18 Jul 2015 photo
21 Feb 1925 Haberfield, New South Wales, Australia photo
10 May 1924 Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia - 29 Jun 1986
17 Oct 1914 Rokewood, Victoria, Australia - 01 Nov 1972
23 Nov 1914 Cressy, Victoria, Australia - 12 Aug 1988 photo
16 Feb 1884 Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 29 Sep 1965
30 Aug 1922 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia photo
18 May 1924 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
08 May 1910 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia photo
16 Jul 1908 Carlton, Victoria, Australia photo
07 Mar 1920 Brighton, Victoria, Australia
16 Aug 1908 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia - 26 Sep 1998 photo
25 Mar 1921 Botany, New South Wales, Australia - 2001
06 Aug 1922 Maryborough, Victoria, Australia - 02 Jan 1944
26 Oct 1914 Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia photo
07 Oct 1907 London, England, United Kingdom photo
29 Sep 1926 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
25 Jan 1926 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 05 Nov 1993
27 Feb 1924 Derby, Tasmania, Australia - 01 Nov 2010 photo
16 Mar 1919 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Oct 2010
08 Jul 1904 Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia - 1965
04 Dec 1918 Milton, New South Wales, Australia - 21 Nov 1942
11 Apr 1911 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Apr 1972
30 Apr 1903 Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia
08 Apr 1905 Mosman, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Mar 1967
23 Sep 1919 Gympie, Queensland, Australia - 28 Jul 2003
28 Dec 1892 Normanhurst, New South Wales (Australia) - 25 Jun 1952
15 Aug 1916 Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
03 Feb 1913 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia photo
10 Feb 1919 Henty, New South Wales, Australia
02 Feb 1899 South Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 31 May 1956
13 Apr 1894 Ascot Vale, Victoria (Australia) - 24 Dec 1965 photo
14 Jan 1922 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Sep 1942
14 Jul 1912 Queensland, Australia - 1966
18 Sep 1907 Queensland, Australia - 1977
21 Jun 1919 Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia
18 Apr 1918 Saint Leonards, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Dec 1993
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