Police Overseas Service Medal

Australian campaign medal

Award

Police Overseas Service Medal

Medal and ribbon

Type| Medal
Awarded for|

* service with international peace-keeping organisations
* service following requests for assistance from foreign governments

Presented by| Australia
Eligibility| officers of Australian police forces
Clasps| 13 at 8 January 2014
Status| Currently awarded
Established| 25 April 1991
Total| 6,587[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 members of an Australian police force in recognition of service undertaken with an international peace-keeping organisations or following a request for assistance from a foreign government. The award was introduced by letters patent on 25 April 1991. In 2013 the criteria were amended to also include service by regular and patrol officers of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary. Recipients of the medal are not entitled to any post-nominal letters.[3]

## Description

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The Police Overseas Service Medal features a globe of the world surmounted by a branch of wattle, which is Australia's national floral emblem. The globe is centred on Cyprus, the first international deployment of Australian police. The rim of the medal is a chequerboard pattern, which symbolises police forces across the world. The circular, nickel-silver medal is ensigned with the Crown of St Edward. The back of the medal displays a Federation Star. The words 'Police Overseas Service Medal' are inscribed around the rim. The 32 mm-wide ribbon consists of alternating squares of black and white in the chequerboard pattern commonly representative of police services.

## Clasps

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Nineteen clasps have been declared for the Police Overseas Service Medal as of 2022. These are:

Clasp | Start Date | End Date
(if declared) | Service Criteria

|
|
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AFGHANISTAN  | 1 October 2007  |  | 90 days service as part of capacity-building in Afghanistan.[3]
BOUGAINVILLE  | 20 November 1997  |  | 30 days service with the International Truce Monitoring Group in Bougainville.[3]
CAMBODIA  | 18 May 1992  |  | 90 days service with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC).[4][5]
CYPRUS  | 1 May 1964  |  | 90 days service with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).[6]
EAST TIMOR  | 1 June 1999  | 20 May 2005  | 30 days service with the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) or the United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor (UNMISET).[7]
HAITI  | 10 October 1994  |  | 90 days service with the United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH).[8]
MOZAMBIQUE  | 24 March 1994  |  | 90 days service with the United Nations Operations in Mozambique (UNOMOZ).[9]
NPFPCP  | 1 November 2004  |  | 30 days service as part of the Nauru Police Force Police Capacity Program (NPFPCP).[3]
PNGAPP  | 23 April 2008  |  | 90 days service as part of the Papua New Guinea Australia Policing Partnership (PNGAPP).[3]
PNGECP  | 1 July 2004  | 13 May 2005  | 90 days service as part of the Papua New Guinea Enhanced Cooperation Program (PNGECP).[3]
RAMSI  | 21 July 2003  |  | 30 days service with the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI).[10]
SIPDP  | 1 July 2017  |  | 30 days service as part of the Solomon Islands Police Development Program (SIPDP).[3]
SOLOMON ISLANDS  | 8 November 2000  |  | 30 days service with the International Peace Monitoring Team in the Solomon Islands.[11]
SOMALIA  | 1 November 1993  |  | 90 days service with the United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II).[9]
SOUTH SUDAN  | 9 July 2011  |  | 90 days service with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).[3]
SUDAN  | 9 March 2006  |  | 30 days service with the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS).[12]
TIMOR LESTE  | 20 May 2005  |  | 30 days service with the United Nations Office in East Timor (UNOTIL).[13]
TLPDP  | 1 July 2004  |  | 90 days service as part of the Timor Leste Police Development Program (TLPDP).[3]
TPNG  | 1 July 1949  | 30 November 1973  | 30 days service as part of the overseas capacity-building in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea (TPNG) or service with the Royal Papua and New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC).[3]

## See also

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* Australian Honours Order of Precedence

## References

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1. ^ Governor-General Annual Report 2023-24 (PDF). Governor General of Australia. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
2. ^ a b "The Order of Wearing of Australian Honours and Awards" (PDF). It's an Honour. Australian Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Police Overseas Service Medal | Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia". www.gg.gov.au. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
4. ^ "Police Overseas Service Medal - Declaration (Cambodia Clasp)". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special. No. S310. 26 October 1992. p. 1. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
5. ^ "Police Overseas Service Medal - Determination (Cambodia Clasp)". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special. No. S311. 26 October 1992. p. 1. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
6. ^ "Police Overseas Service Medal – Determination & Declaration (Cyprus Clasp)". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special. No. S99. 14 April 1992. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
7. ^ "Police Overseas Service Medal – Declaration & Determination (East Timor Clasp)". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special. No. S186. 11 September 2008. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
8. ^ "Police Overseas Service Medal – Declaration & Determination (Haiti Clasp)". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special. No. S123. 3 April 1995. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
9. ^ a b "Police Overseas Service Medal – Declaration & Determination (Somalia & Mozambique Clasps)". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special. No. S267. 8 July 1994. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
10. ^ "Police Overseas Service Medal – Declaration & Determination (RAMSI Clasp)". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special. No. S299. 26 July 2004. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
11. ^ "Police Overseas Service Medal – Declaration & Determination (Solomon Islands Clasp)". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special. No. S78. 8 March 2002. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
12. ^ "Police Overseas Service Medal – Declaration & Determination (Sudan Clasp)". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special. No. S185. 11 September 2008. p. 1. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
13. ^ "Police Overseas Service Medal – Declaration & Determination (Timor Leste Clasp)". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special. No. S184. 11 September 2008. p. 1. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

## External links

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* Gazetted Regulations
* Police Overseas Service Medal, www.pmc.gov.au

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