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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Percy Ladhams 27 Nov 1888 Northcote, Victoria (Australia) - 1969

Thomas Lahey 1899 Queensland (Australia)

Charles Lahiff 28 Apr 1920 Nambour, Queensland, Australia - abt 02 Apr 1994

George Laidlaw 11 Mar 1905 Donald, Victoria, Australia - 1966

Daunton Lainey 16 Dec 1920 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia - aft 1988

Francis Lainey 25 Mar 1917 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia

Bruce Langfield 1898 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia - 18 Nov 1965

Sidney Langfield 14 Mar 1894 Cowra, New South Wales (Australia) - 1976

William Langfield 18 Nov 1894 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia

William Langstreth 03 Jul 1911 Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Oct 1942

John Lathlean 25 Jun 1903 College Park, South Australia, Australia - 1980

John Lavarack 19 Dec 1885 Kangaroo Point, Queensland (Australia) - 04 Dec 1957

Patrick Lawry 1910s - 2000s

Alan Lawson 06 Jul 1925 East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia

Alexander Lawson 29 Nov 1911 Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Aug 1996

Alfred Lawson 19 Jan 1914 Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Feb 1992

Arthur Lawson 21 Dec 1920 Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia - 18 Jul 2015

Bruce Lawson 21 Feb 1925 Haberfield, New South Wales, Australia

Clarence Lawson 10 May 1924 Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia - 29 Jun 1986

Clive Lawson 17 Oct 1914 Rokewood, Victoria, Australia - 01 Nov 1972

Gordon Lawson 23 Nov 1914 Cressy, Victoria, Australia - 12 Aug 1988

James Lawson 16 Feb 1884 Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 29 Sep 1965

Janet (Lawson) Thomson 30 Aug 1922 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Leonard Lawson 18 May 1924 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Raymond Lawson 08 May 1910 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia

Robert Lawson 16 Jul 1908 Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Robert Lawson 07 Mar 1920 Brighton, Victoria, Australia

Robert Lawson 16 Aug 1908 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia - 26 Sep 1998

Ronald Lawson 25 Mar 1921 Botany, New South Wales, Australia - 2001

Stanley Lawson 06 Aug 1922 Maryborough, Victoria, Australia - 02 Jan 1944

Stanley Lawson 26 Oct 1914 Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney Lawson 07 Oct 1907 London, England, United Kingdom

William Lawson 29 Sep 1926 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Norman Lax 25 Jan 1926 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 05 Nov 1993

Kenneth Layton 27 Feb 1924 Derby, Tasmania, Australia - 01 Nov 2010

John Leake 16 Mar 1919 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Oct 2010

Kenneth Leane 08 Jul 1904 Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia - 1965

Gordon Leaney 04 Dec 1918 Milton, New South Wales, Australia - 21 Nov 1942

John Ledden 11 Apr 1911 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Apr 1972

Joseph Lenehan 30 Apr 1903 Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Joseph Leonard 08 Apr 1905 Mosman, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Mar 1967

Frederick Linham 23 Sep 1919 Gympie, Queensland, Australia - 28 Jul 2003

Frederick Lipscomb 28 Dec 1892 Normanhurst, New South Wales (Australia) - 25 Jun 1952

Peter Little 15 Aug 1916 Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia

Thelma (Livermore) Want 03 Feb 1913 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Malcolm Livingstone 10 Feb 1919 Henty, New South Wales, Australia

Charles Lloyd 02 Feb 1899 South Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 31 May 1956

John Lloyd 13 Apr 1894 Ascot Vale, Victoria (Australia) - 24 Dec 1965

Owen Loane 14 Jan 1922 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Sep 1942

Geoffrey Loder 14 Jul 1912 Queensland, Australia - 1966

Owen Loder 18 Sep 1907 Queensland, Australia - 1977

Maxwell Long 21 Jun 1919 Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia

Basil Lott 18 Apr 1918 Saint Leonards, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Dec 1993

Leonard Lott 10 Apr 1916 Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia - 12 May 1997

Lewis Loughran 02 Aug 1914 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia - 24 Feb 1975

John Lovegrove 11 May 1918 Loxton, South Australia, Australia - 05 Feb 1999

David Lovell 17 Dec 1911 Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia - 21 Jul 1994

Stanley Lovell 22 Sep 1906 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia - 1985

Lionel Lowndes 17 Apr 1919 Paddington, Queensland, Australia - 28 Jun 1990

Edgar Lutherborrow 24 May 1914 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Laurence Lutherborrow 26 Jan 1906 Beecroft, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Nov 1968

Walter Lutherborrow 12 Jul 1923 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 1998

Alexander Lyall 18 Jul 1914 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 10 Mar 2004

James Lyle 16 Jun 1921 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 29 Aug 1994

Thomas Lyle 16 Jun 1922 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 02 Jun 2001

William Lynch 14 Apr 1909 Kew Hill, Kensington, Victoria, Australia - 31 Mar 1985

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Edward Macarthur-Onslow 01 Oct 1909 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Feb 1980

Walter MacCallum 03 Apr 1895 Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) - 1959

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Ian MacIntosh 27 Mar 1905 Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Iven Mackay 01 Sep 1920 Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia - 1989

John Mackey 16 May 1922 Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia - 12 May 1945

John Mackie 01 Feb 1919 Kyabram, Victoria, Australia

Kenneth MacPherson 17 May 1918 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia - 18 Apr 1941

Ernest MacRae 02 Aug 1922 Casino, New South Wales, Australia

Clarence Maddocks 05 Mar 1916 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Clarence Maher 28 Jun 1906 New Zealand - 1979

Ronald Maher 16 Jan 1921 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia - 1994

Thomas Maher 28 May 1908 Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Dec 1994

Gordon Maitland 25 Aug 1926 Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia - 18 Oct 2018

Gwynne Mann 04 May 1914 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia - 28 Feb 1982

Alfred Manusu 25 Jan 1914 Bowraville, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Oct 1942

Guy Manusu 29 Apr 1919 Bowraville, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Oct 1942

Ivan Manusu 10 Sep 1910 Mendooran, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Oct 1943

Percy Manusu 13 Sep 1915 Bowraville, New South Wales, Australia - 2003

George Mapley 29 Apr 1902 New Norfolk, Tasmania - 20 Jul 1983

Robert Mapley 07 Mar 1914 New Norfolk, Tasmania - 11 May 1982

Charles March 19 Nov 1918 Warwick, Queensland, Australia

Ivan Marsden 22 Sep 1916 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 24 Jul 1977

Frederick Marsh 20 Jan 1924 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 01 Feb 1945

Evan Martin 10 Oct 1921 Queensland, Australia - 03 Jan 1993

Ewan Martin 27 Sep 1911 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Sep 1992

Wyatt Martin 01 Apr 1906 Marulan, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Aug 1985

Alan Mason 01 Apr 1916 Hillend, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 01 Apr 2001

John Matheson 10 Mar 1911 Morwell, Victoria, Australia - 29 Apr 1941

Geofrey Matthews 12 Oct 1910 Stepney, South Australia, Australia - 02 Aug 1987

James Matthews 11 Jan 1905 Scone, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 22 Jan 1941

Lionel Matthews 15 Aug 1912 Stepney, South Australia, Australia - 02 Mar 1944

Hubert Mavay 07 Oct 1915 Tangan, Queensland, Australia

Dudley McCarthy 24 Jul 1911 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 03 Oct 1987

Sheila (McClemans) Kenworthy 03 May 1909 Claremont, Western Australia, Australia - 10 Jun 1988

Geoffrey McCloy 16 Nov 1920 Coogee, New South Wales, Australia - 12 Aug 1942

James McCloy 29 Feb 1916 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia - 1967

Donald McCord 08 Jun 1921 Gawler, South Australia, Australia - 27 Oct 1943

John McDermid 1913 Wingham, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Jul 1986

Clarence McFie 10 Sep 1919 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 27 Apr 1987

Eric McGlinn 13 Aug 1913 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia

Stuart McIntosh 16 Oct 1911 Colac, Victoria, Australia

Silas McKean 08 Jun 1905 Tooraweenah, New South Wales, Australia - 1983

William McKean 04 Jul 1901 Tooraweenah, New South Wales, Australia - 1973

Alexander McMillan 30 Nov 1912 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia - 1977

Valentine McMurtrie 08 Jun 1924 Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia - aft 1993

Maurice McNamara 13 Aug 1912 Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia - 14 Jan 1945

Cecil McNeill 15 Feb 1918 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 03 Jan 1941

Colin McPhail 23 Nov 1918 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia - 15 Jun 1976

Malcolm McVey 11 Feb 1924 Biddaddaba, Queensland, Australia - 16 Feb 1981

Theodore Melhuish 23 Aug 1897 Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) - 18 Aug 1969

Kenneth Merchant 24 Oct 1922 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 19 May 1985

Rawdon Middleton 22 Jul 1916 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia - 29 Nov 1942

Gideon Miller 23 May 1896 Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 11 Feb 1941

Stanley Miller 22 Jan 1906 Stanley, Tasmania, Australia - 22 Sep 1985

James Mills 1913 Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia

Claude Monteath 26 May 1896 South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 04 Nov 1972

James Moody 30 Jan 1911 Brighton, Victoria, Australia - bef 10 Jan 1979

Rupert Moon 14 Aug 1892 Bacchus Marsh, Victoria (Australia) - 28 Feb 1986

Herbert Moran 18 May 1917 Townsville, Queensland, Australia

William Morshead 24 Jun 1917 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - 14 Oct 2009

Leonard Mulholland 06 Dec 1915 Norman Park, Queensland, Australia - 10 Feb 1942

William Munro 06 Oct 1915 Queensland, Australia - 08 Oct 1988

Ian Murdoch 18 Feb 1910 Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia - 04 Dec 1992

Francis Murphy 03 Feb 1908 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia - 11 May 1946

Andrew Murray 25 Oct 1906 Walcha, New South Wales, Australia - 1979

Henry Murray 01 Dec 1880 Evandale, Tasmania (Australia) - 07 Jan 1966

John Murray 26 Apr 1892 Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) - 08 Sep 1951

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Robert Nason 14 Aug 1905 Roma, Queensland, Australia - 20 Jan 1944

Gilbert Nathan 26 Nov 1917 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia

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Ronald Neil 06 Apr 1918 Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia - 15 Feb 1990

Alex Neilen 22 Jun 1922 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 11 May 1964

Owen Nettleship 28 Jul 1908 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia

Douglas Newell 12 Aug 1889 Chatswood, New South Wales (Australia) - 02 May 1944

James Newland 22 Aug 1881 Highton, Victoria (Australia) - 19 Mar 1949

Horace Niall 14 Oct 1904 Coolah, New South Wales, Australia - May 1994

Colin Nichols 14 Aug 1920 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Jan 1983

Archibald Nicol 08 Jul 1915 Queensland, Australia - 13 Apr 1995

James Nicol 21 Apr 1906 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 07 Aug 1980

John Nicol 21 Aug 1918 Haberfield, New South Wales, Australia - 16 May 2013

Malcolm Nicol 18 May 1925 Cannon Hill, Queensland, Australia - 20 Jan 2011

Richard Nicol 10 Dec 1916 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Sep 2011

Francis Nielsen 01 Mar 1891 Preston, Victoria, Australia - 03 Dec 1970

Bob Nielsen 1920s

Harold Norman 1919 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

John Norman 05 Sep 1915 Mitcham, South Australia, Australia - 1987

Robert Norman 30 Jan 1914 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia - 02 Apr 2007

Harold Norris 13 Feb 1911 Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia - 1958

Stafford Northcott 22 May 1893 Creswick, Victoria, Australia - 1966

Kenneth Northrop 26 Feb 1919 Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia - 1981

Raymond Northrop 1920s - 1990s

Nelson Northrope 21 Jul 1914 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia - 1978

Frank Norton 23 Dec 1895 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 11 Dec 1955

Alexander Noy 03 May 1897 Lang Lang, Victoria (Australia) - 1964

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Edward O'Brien 30 Mar 1907 Kew, Victoria, Australia - 07 Feb 1966

Hubert Odewahn 21 May 1914 Culcairn, New South Wales, Australia

John O'Halloran 07 Apr 1910 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Aug 1942

Raymond Oram 06 Apr 1906 Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia

Alfonso O'Reilly 03 Sep 1903 Kanimbla, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Jan 1975

Eugene O'Reilly 05 Mar 1893 Kanimbla, New South Wales, Australia - 19 May 1979

Peter O'Reilly 1897 Kanimbla, New South Wales, Australia - 25 Aug 1965

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Robert Paine 16 Jan 1918 Kadina, South Australia, Australia - 14 Oct 1943

Gordon Panitz 21 Sep 1915 Boonah, Queensland, Australia - 22 Aug 1944

Douglas Parsons 1920s - 2000s

Ivan Parsons 08 Jun 1912 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia - 1976

Edgar Partridge 04 Sep 1919 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Mar 1955

Frank Partridge 29 Nov 1924 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Mar 1964

Robert Partridge 09 Aug 1922 Macksville, New South Wales, Australia - 1965

Adam Patfield 27 Jan 1908 Clarence Town, New South Wales, Australia - 1987

Alfred Patfield 25 Jul 1913 Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia - aft 2006

Ronald Patfield 21 Jan 1924 Paterson, New South Wales, Australia

Charles Patmore 16 Sep 1893 Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 15 Feb 1943

Archibald Paton 06 Sep 1896 Kew, Victoria, Australia - 1963

John Patricks 02 Apr 1909 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Jun 1971

Isabella Patterson 31 May 1911 Birchip, Victoria, Australia - 21 Mar 1999

Walter Patterson 28 Jan 1916 Ayr, Queensland, Australia - 08 May 1971

Edwin Paul 12 Oct 1903 Queensland, Australia - 22 Oct 1946

Henry Payne 20 Oct 1908 Queensland, Australia - 12 Oct 1990

Robert Pearce 16 Dec 1916 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Thomas Pearson 06 Mar 1920 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia - 07 Feb 2009

John Peck 17 Feb 1922 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Jan 2002

Donald Peeler 13 Mar 1925 Croydon, Victoria, Australia - 31 Dec 1944

Walter Peeler 09 Aug 1887 Barker's Creek, Victoria (Australia) - 23 May 1968

Laurence Pember 02 Jun 1918 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia - 1981

Stanley Percival 20 Nov 1911 Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia

Valdemar Petersen 16 Feb 1903 Roskilde, Denmark - 06 Jun 1988

Frederick Phelps 30 Sep 1909 Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia - 1993

Albert Phillips 11 Nov 1918 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia

Ross Philp 20 Mar 1923 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 07 Oct 1944

Lennie Pillidge 24 Feb 1918 Hinton, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Feb 1991

Arthur Pincham 24 Jan 1925 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia

Leslie Pincham 26 May 1920 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 03 Nov 1974

Norman Pincham 20 Aug 1916 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Feb 1976

Thomas Pincham 05 May 1914 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 12 Oct 1984

William Pincham 31 Jul 1893 Coonabarabran, New South Wales (Australia) - 07 Mar 1976

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