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Afghanistan
Medal
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Iraq
Medal
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ELIGIBLE
personnel can soon expect to receive the Afghanistan and the Iraq
Campaign Medals for their service.
Following formal approval from the Queen, the Directorate of Honours
and Awards has started a tender process for the manufacture of
the medals.
It expects to have a contract for the production, engraving and
dispatch of the medals in place by Christmas. The medals would
be ready to present no later than April 2005.
Members will not need to apply for the medals as Component Commanders
will produce lists of eligible personnel.
Medals will be sent to members’ current unit addresses as
shown on PMKeyS. With the key posting period coming up over Christmas
it will be important for members to make sure that this information
remains up to date.
The Afghanistan Campaign Medal recognises ADF personnel who, for
a period of at least 30 days, were force-assigned to Operation
Slipper in Afghanistan, and in surrounding areas, from the start
of operations on October 11, 2001, to the withdrawal of ADF forces
on December 5, 2002.
Personnel serving on Operation Palate from December 6, 2002, will
also qualify for the medal.
The Iraq Campaign Medal recognises ADF involvement in and around
Iraq from March 18, 2003. There are two distinct operations (Falconer
and Catalyst) and a specified area for each operation has been
identified for the purposes of qualifying criteria.
Zoned eligibility criteria that recognises the phases of the campaign
has been agreed for the Iraq Campaign medal as follows:
