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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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

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

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

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

Frederic Pinfold 02 Jun 1916 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Aug 1942

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Ernest Plenty 04 Jan 1912 Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia - 23 Oct 1942

Albert Pollard 09 Jun 1918 Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia - 1982

Bruce Pollard 02 Jan 1898 Thornleigh, New South Wales (Australia) - 23 Jun 1979

Roderick Pollard 04 Feb 1915 Riverstone, New South Wales, Australia - 1976

Ronald Pollock 1920s - 1990s

Daniel Poole 1882 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 1959

John Potter 23 Jul 1921 Balgownie, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Jun 2006

Arnold Potts 16 Sep 1896 Peel, Isle of Man - 01 Jan 1968

Darcy Powell 16 Apr 1897 Maclean, New South Wales (Australia) - 06 Dec 1982

Edward Powell 30 May 1917 Coraki, New South Wales, Australia

Geoffrey Praagst 05 Oct 1909 Murchison, Victoria, Australia - 31 May 1942

Ernest Price 18 Nov 1922 North Wagga, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Oct 1993

Albert Prior 16 Apr 1911 Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 03 Jan 1941

Claude Prior 19 Aug 1895 Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Jun 1954

Colin Prior 12 Jun 1919 Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Jun 2014

Arthur Procter 28 Nov 1918 Waratah, New South Wales, Australia - 21 May 1990

William (Pullen) Lang 29 Jul 1909 Carlton, Victoria, Australia - 02 Aug 1977

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Thomas Quinlan 24 Oct 1912 Colac, Victoria, Australia - 24 Apr 1978

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Brandon Rae 22 Jun 1916 Longueville, New South Wales, Australia - 18 Mar 2009

Robert Raebel 10 Oct 1916 Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia - 04 Feb 1992

Edward Rafferty 07 Mar 1916 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia - 03 Aug 2005

Ian Ralfe 03 Jun 1921 Longreach, Queensland, Australia - 1985

Francis Ralph 09 Feb 1919 Inglewood, Queensland, Australia

Robert Ramsay 06 Sep 1891 Germanton, New South Wales (Australia)

Donald Rankin 30 May 1907 Warwick, Queensland, Australia - 1985

Reginald Rattey 28 Mar 1917 Barmedman, New South Wales, Australia - 10 Jan 1986

Enid Rayner 09 Sep 1905 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Mar 1985

Phillip Rayner 05 Dec 1910 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 17 Aug 1978

Vincent Rayner 03 Jan 1913 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Aug 1981

Keith Reeves 07 Mar 1918 Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jan 1998

Raymond Reeves 11 Nov 1917 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Samuel Reynolds 08 Sep 1909 Cunderdin, Western Australia, Australia - 1989

Douglas Rhodes 23 Oct 1912 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 02 Aug 1993

Colin Rice 09 Aug 1921 Mundubbera, Queensland, Australia - 18 Feb 2022

Dick Rice 03 Aug 1918 Mundubbera, Queensland, Australia - 10 May 2010

Jack Rice 15 Feb 1921 Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Feb 2003

William Richards 26 Aug 1911 Queensland, Australia - 07 Apr 1961

Edward Ricks 06 Nov 1920 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - abt 12 Aug 1985

Leonard Roach 03 May 1894 Neutral Bay, New South Wales (Australia) - 1979

Aylmer Robertson 03 Oct 1912 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Russell Robinson 29 Feb 1912 Bilambil, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Oct 1994

Gordon Rodway 17 Aug 1917 Temora, New South Wales, Australia

Thomas Rogers 04 May 1915 Medlow Bath, New South Wales, Australia

John Rolland 09 Oct 1920 Sale, Victoria, Australia - 25 Aug 2009

Alfred Rose 21 Mar 1898 Strathfield, New South Wales (Australia) - 02 May 1980

Edwin Rose 08 Apr 1918 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Aug 2012

William Ross 11 May 1915 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Charles Rowan 05 Sep 1909 Wickham, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Mar 1999

Edward Rowling 28 Sep 1916 Springwood, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Jan 1959

William Royce 22 Jun 1920 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Jan 1979

George Royes 27 Sep 1921 Mareeba, Queensland, Australia - 18 Apr 1990

William Ruthven 21 May 1893 Collingwood, Victoria (Australia) - 12 Jan 1970

John Ryan 15 Jan 1903 Chetwynd, Victoria, Australia - 18 Sep 1964

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Leonard Salmon 17 Dec 1912 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 14 May 1943

Alexander Sanderson 07 Mar 1908 Claremont, Western Australia, Australia - 23 Oct 1942

Jack Sansom 09 Jul 1920 Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia - 13 May 2001

Keith Saunders 13 Nov 1907 Manilla, New South Wales, Australia - 18 Jul 1953

Brian Savage 05 May 1912 Blackwood, South Australia, Australia - 1980

John Scanlan 19 Oct 1890 South Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) - 06 Dec 1962

Lance Schreck 10 Jul 1914 Warialda, New South Wales, Australia

Charles Scott 30 Nov 1905 Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia - 02 Nov 1970

Edward Scurr 30 Dec 1909 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 31 Mar 1982

Victor Secombe 09 Jan 1898 Glen Wills, Victoria (Australia) - 03 Feb 1962

Charles Shailer 20 May 1918 Stones Corner, Queensland, Australia - 25 Aug 2017

Allen Shannon 25 Aug 1921 Cargo, New South Wales, Australia

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