Distinguished Service Cross (Australia)

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Distinguished Service Cross
Australian Distinguished Service Cross.png

DSC (Australia) ribbon.png
Awarded by Australia
Type Medal
Eligibility Members of the Australian Defence Force
Awarded for Distinguished command and leadership in action
Status Currently awarded
Post-nominals DSC
Statistics
Established 1991
First awarded 1993
Last awarded 2015 Australia Day Honours
Total awarded 87
Distinct
recipients		 82
Order of Wear
Next (higher) Star of Courage[1]
Next (lower) Member of the Order of Australia[1]
Related Distinguished Service Medal
Commendation for Distinguished Service

The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the Australian Defence Force. It is awarded for distinguished command and leadership in action. The DSC was introduced in 1991 and is the highest distinguished service decoration in the Australian Honours System. Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "DSC".[2] Since its inception 87 awards have been made—which includes five Bars—with the most recent being announced in the 2015 Australia Day Honours.

Government allowance

The Government of Australia may grant an allowance to veterans or serving members of the Australian Defence Force who have been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, or other awards for gallantry. In November 2007, this allowance was A$2.10 per fortnight.[3]

Description

The Distinguished Service Cross is described as: "...a modified Maltese Cross of nickel-silver ensigned with the Crown of St Edward. The obverse bears a Federation Star surmounted on a disc of flames. The medal has a nickel-silver suspender bar. The medal ribbon has a central ochre-red stripe surrounded by narrower silver-blue stripes."[2]

Distinct recipients

Since its inception, four bars have been awarded;

  • Colonel V DSC – Citation: For distinguished command and leadership in action as a commanding officer on Operation Slipper in Afghanistan in June 2009.[4]
  • Lieutenant Colonel P DSC – Citation: For distinguished command and leadership in action.[5]
  • Lieutenant Colonel I DSC – Citation: For distinguished command and leadership in warlike operations as Commanding Officer of Special Operations Task Group on Operation Slipper.[6]
  • Major General Michael Peter Crane DSC, AM – Citation: distinguished command and leadership in warlike operations as the Commander of Joint Task Force 633 on Operation SLIPPER from October 2012 to September 2013.[7]

See also

References

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  4. ↑ COL V DSC & Bar, 26 January 2011, https://www.gg.gov.au/australian-honours-and-awards/australian-honours-lists
  5. ↑ LTCOL P DSC & Bar, 26 January 2012, https://www.gg.gov.au/australian-honours-and-awards/australian-honours-lists
  6. ↑ LTCOL I DSC & Bar, 26 January 2014, itsanhonour.gov.au
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