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Distinguished Service Medal

Distinguished Service Medal (D.S.M.)

The Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) was introduced in 1991 and is awarded for distinguished leadership in action.

Medal

The DSM is a nickel-silver medal with a Federation Star on a circle of flames on the obverse. The reverse has a panel for recipient detail over a design of fluted rays of varying lengths.

Ribbon

The DSM ribbon has alternating stripes of silver-blue and ochre-red.

Further Awards

A further award of the DSM is denoted by a nickel- silver bar with the Federation Star on a horizontal row of flames. When the ribbon is worn alone, the award of a bar is indicated by a ribbon bar emblem in the form of a Federation Star on a nickel-silver disc.

Post Nominals

Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal are entitled to the postnominal letters ‘DSM’. Recipients of a bar to the DSM add ‘and Bar’ to the postnominal.

 
Recipients:      
       
Boswell Paul Warrant Officer Class Two 29 Commando Regiment 2010
       
Jenkins S.A. Lieuteant Colonel For his outstanding achievement in the provision of non-lethal effects and joint fires and effects coordination capabilities within the Australian Defence Force.
       
Smith John Colonel Multi National Division, Iraq 2008
       
Smith M.T. Lieutenant Colonel For his distinguished leadership in warlike operations as Commanding Officer Training Task Unit, Task Group Taji VIII in Iraq from December 2018 to July 2019.
       
       
       

 

 

         
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