Police Overseas Service Medal (Australia)

Police Overseas Service Medal



Medal and ribbon
Awarded by Australia
Type Medal
Eligibility officers of Australian police forces
Awarded for
  • service with international peace-keeping organisations
  • service following requests for assistance from foreign governments
Status Currently awarded
Clasps 13 at 8 January 2014
Statistics
Established 25 April 1991
Total awarded 4,200[1]
Order of Wear
Next (higher) Various Campaign Medals[2]
Next (lower) Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal[2]
Related Australian Service Medal

The Police Overseas Service Medal is an award in the Australian honours system. The award is presented to those members of an Australian Police force who undertake service;

The award was introduced by letters patent on 25 April 1991.

Recipients of the Police Overseas Service Medal are not entitled to any post-nominal letters as a result.

Description

Clasps

Thirteen clasps have been declared for the Police Overseas Service Medal as of 8 January 2014. These are:

1 October 2007 – present
November 1997 – present
May 1992 – September 1993
May 1964 – present
25 October 1999 – 20 May 2005
November 1994 – March 1995
March 1994 – December 1994
Service with the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, 21 July 2003 – Present
1992
April 1993 – July 1994
Service with UNMIS, 9 March 2006 – July 2011
20 May 2005 – December 2012
1 July 1949 – 30 November 1973, For Australian Police on duty in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea
Service with UNMISS, July 2011 – present

See also

References

  1. Medal Yearbook 2013. Honiton, Devon: Token. 2013. p. 394. ISBN 978-1-908-828-00-2.
  2. 1 2 "The Order of Wearing of Australian Honours and Awards" (PDF). It's an Honour. Australian Government. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
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