The Governor-General of Australia publishes the order of wearing of Australian orders, decorations and medals in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. The Order of Wearing Australian Honours and Awards was last published in 2007.[1]
Order of wearing[]
The order of wearing decorations and awards within the Australian honours system is prescribed as follows.[2]
Honours and awards listed are:
- those within the Australian system of honours and awards;
- those conferred by the Sovereign in exercise of the royal prerogative;
- those within the Order of St John; and
- foreign awards the acceptance and wearing of which have been authorised by the Governor-General.
Awards of the United Kingdom issued since 5 October 1992 are classified as foreign and are worn accordingly.[3]
Victoria Cross/Victoria Cross for Australia[4] VC
Cross of Valour CV
Knight/Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter[note 1] KG/LG
Knight/Lady of the Order of the Thistle[note 1] KT/LT- Member of the Order of Merit[note 1] OM (Civil Division and Military Division)
- Knight/Dame of the Order of Australia[note 2] AK/AD
- Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order[note 1] GCVO
- Companion of the Order of Australia (General Division) AC (Military Division)
- Knight/Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order[note 1] KCVO/DCVO
- Officer of the Order of Australia (General Division) AO (Military Division)
- Commander of the Royal Victorian Order[note 1] CVO
- Star of Gallantry SG
- Star of Courage SC
- Distinguished Service Cross DSC
- Member of the Order of Australia (General Division) AM (Military Division)
- Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order[note 1] LVO
- Member of the Royal Victorian Order[note 1] MVO
- Conspicuous Service Cross CSC
- Nursing Service Cross NSC
- Medal for Gallantry MG
- Bravery Medal BM
- Distinguished Service Medal DSM
- Public Service Medal PSM
- Australian Police Medal APM
- Australian Fire Service Medal AFSM
- Ambulance Service Medal ASM
- Emergency Services Medal ESM
- Australian Corrections Medal[note 3] ACM
- Australian Intelligence Medal [note 4] AIM
- Medal of the Order of Australia (General Division) OAM (Military Division)
- Order of St John[note 1][5]
- Conspicuous Service Medal CSM
- Australian Antarctic Medal AAM
- Royal Victorian Medal RVM
- Commendation for Gallantry
- Commendation for Brave Conduct
- Commendation for Distinguished Service
- Australia Service Medal 1939-45
- Australian Active Service Medal 1945–1975[note 5]
- Vietnam Medal
- Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal[note 6]
- Australian Active Service Medal[note 5]
- International Force East Timor Medal (INTERFET)
- Afghanistan Medal
- Iraq Medal
- Australian Service Medal 1945–1975[note 5]
- Australian General Service Medal for Korea
- Australian Service Medal[note 5]
- Australian Operational Service Medal – Border Protection[6]
- Australian Operational Service Medal – Greater Middle East Operation
- Australian Operational Service Medal – Special Operations
- Australian Operational Service Medal – Counter Terrorism/Special Recovery
- Australian Operational Service Medal – Africa
- Australian Operational Service Medal – Indo-Pacific
- Australian Operational Service Medal – Civilian
- Rhodesia Medal
- File:Police Overseas Service Medal (Australia) ribbon.png Police Overseas Service Medal
- Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal
- National Emergency Medal[note 7]
- Civilian Service Medal 1939–1945
- National Police Service Medal[note 8]
- King Edward VII Coronation Medal
- King George V Coronation Medal
- King George V Silver Jubilee Medal
- King George VI Coronation Medal
- Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
- Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
- Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal[note 1][note 9]
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal[note 1][note 9]
- Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal[note 1][note 9]
- King Charles III Coronation Medal[note 1][note 9][9]
- 80th Anniversary Armistice Remembrance Medal
- Australian Sports Medal
- Centenary Medal
- Defence Force Service Medal
- Reserve Force Decoration RFD
- Reserve Force Medal
- Defence Long Service Medal
- National Medal
- Australian Defence Medal
- Australian Cadet Forces Service Medal
- Champion Shots Medal
- Long Service Medals[note 10] (see United Kingdom honours order of wearing)
- Service Medal of the Order of St John[11]
- Anniversary of National Service 1951–1972 Medal
- Foreign Awards (in order of date of authorisation of their acceptance and wearing).
Citations[]
The following citations are not positioned according to the list above. For members of the uniformed services, they are worn according to respective Service dress rules. For civilians, they are worn centrally above any other honours or awards:
Foreign awards[]
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Approved foreign awards are published by the Governor-General in the Schedule of Approved Countries and Awards.[12]
The following are the only foreign honours authorised to be accepted by Australians.
See also[]
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- Orders, decorations, and medals of Australia
- Post-nominal letters
- List of post-nominal letters (Australia)
- Australian Commendations and Citations
- United Kingdom Honours Order of Wearing
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Conferred by The Sovereign in exercise of the Royal Prerogative
- ↑ "Provision for further awards at this level within the Order of Australia was removed by Her Majesty The Queen on 3 March 1986 on the advice of the Prime Minister. The grade was reinstated on 25 March 2014 on the advice of the Prime Minister." Order of Wearing, Page 5, Note 2.
- ↑ Commonwealth of Australia Gazette Notice C2017G00904 of 18 August 2017 specifies the medal is to be worn immediately after the Emergency Services Medal.
- ↑ Commonwealth of Australia Gazette Notice C2020G00621 of 31 July 2020 specifies the medal is to be worn immediately after the Australian Corrections Medal.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Clasps to these medals should be worn on the ribbon in order of date of receipt.
- ↑ A person who has been awarded the Vietnam Medal, or who is eligible for the award of the Vietnam Medal, is not eligible for the award of the Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal. These medals are of equal status.
- ↑ Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. S169 of Friday, 28 October 2011 specifies the medal is to be worn immediately after the Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal.
- ↑ Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. S31 of Thursday, 3 March 2011 specifies the medal is to be worn immediately after the Civilian Service Medal 1939–45.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 The Jubilee Medals have been awarded by The Sovereign in exercise of the Royal Prerogative to those awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia and Cross of Valour[7][8]
- ↑ Includes Imperial efficiency and long service awards[10]
References[]
- ↑ Commonwealth of Australia Gazette no. S192 of Friday, 28 September 2007.
- ↑ "Awards Order of Wearing". https://www.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/resource/download/wearing-awards-order-of-wearing.pdf.
- ↑ "- all Imperial awards made to Australian citizens after 5 October 1992 are foreign awards and should be worn accordingly." Order of Wearing Archived 11 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine., updated 25 September 2007. page 1. (Generally, foreign awards are worn after Australian awards, and postnominals of foreign awards are not recognised.)
- ↑ "Refers to both the Victoria Cross and the Victoria Cross for Australia." Order of Wearing Archived 11 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine., Page 5, Note 1. (Generally, foreign awards are worn after Australian awards, and postnominals of foreign awards are not recognised.)
- ↑ a) Listed to indicate where any awards within the Order of St John should be worn; however, the Service Medal of the Order of St John should be worn as a Long Service Medal after all other Imperial Long Service awards.
b) "Post-nominals within the Order of St John are not recognised." (As notified in the Governor-General's media release of 14 August 1982.) Order of Wearing Archived 11 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine., Page 5, Note 3. - ↑ "What is the order of wear for the OSM?". Australian Operational Service Medal. Royal Australian Navy. http://www.navy.gov.au/australian-operational-service-medal.
- ↑ "Congratulations to Allan and Mark". https://www.facebook.com/CrossOfValourAssociationOfAustralia/photos/pcb.5564334813651648/5564334530318343/.
- ↑ "Embattled Digger awarded Queen's Jubilee Medal". https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/embattled-digger-awarded-queens-jubilee-medal/news-story/d019f54780e20e0ca27cb7d51d8b1409.
- ↑ "7 November 2024 – Australia's Federation Guard welcomed Her Excellency Victoria Treadell". Department of Defence. https://www.facebook.com/AustraliaFederationGuard/posts/pfbid0JJZAEGcB6uZ7GgXNKM4cdc6fk9Tmx1CSgqyrLpStJgV8HyvqguBwduTNrajtSaALl.
- ↑ "THE ORDER OF WEARING AUSTRALIAN HONOURS AND AWARDS". 2002-04-04. http://itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/docs/order_of_wearing.pdf.
- ↑ "Medals". http://www.defence.gov.au/Medals/_Master/docs/DHAM/48.pdf.
- ↑ "Accepting and wearing of foreign awards by Australians". 2024-05-08. https://www.gg.gov.au/australian-honours-and-awards/accepting-and-wearing-foreign-awards-australians.
External links[]
- It's an Honour – Australian government website
- Wearing Awards – Australian government It's an Honour website
- Defence Honours & Awards– Australian Defence Force website
- The Defence Honours and Awards Manual (DHAM)
- Chapter 4 of the manual includes a link to the "current" (2007) Order of Wearing, but more usefully:
- Annex A contains: A modified order of wearing that is designed to make the order of wearing Defence awards more easily understood ... The modified version provides a complete list of all awards by incorporating those campaign and other medals that are included separately in annexes to the original schedule.
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