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Commendation for Gallantry

The Commendation for Gallantry is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the Australian Defence Force, it recognises acts of gallantry in action considered worthy of recognition. The award was introduced on 15 January 1991, replacing the Imperial equivalent of the Mentioned in Despatches. It is ranked fourth in the Gallantry Decorations in the Australian Honours System.

Commendation for Gallantry
TypeMedal
Awarded for"Acts of great heroism or conspicuous gallantry in action in circumstances of great peril"[1]
Presented byAustralia
EligibilityMembers of the Australian Defence Force
StatusCurrently awarded
Established15 January 1991
First awarded1998
Last awarded2024 Special Honours
Total113[2]
Ribbon bar of the Medal
Order of Wear
Next (higher)Royal Victorian Medal[3]
Next (lower)Commendation for Brave Conduct[3]

Description edit

  • The insignia of the Commendation for Gallantry is a Federation Star superimposed centrally on a gold-plated silver row of flames.
  • The insignia is attached to a plain orange ribbon. The centre of the Federation Star is 19 mm from the bottom of the ribbon and 16 mm from either edge.

Recipients edit

NameRankDate awardedCitationNotes
Anonymous14 June 2010For acts of gallantry in warlike operations in Afghanistan in 2009.[4]
ACorporal14 June 2010For acts of gallantry in action in Afghanistan in 2008.[5]
APrivate26 January 2011For acts of gallantry in action while a machine-gunner under enemy fire in Afghanistan in January 2010.[6]
BSergeant26 January 2010For acts of gallantry in action as the commander of an explosive ordnance detachment in Afghanistan in 2008.[7]
BCorporal10 June 2013For acts of gallantry in action as a team commander, Special Operations Task Group on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.[8]
BPrivate26 January 2015For acts of gallantry in action during Operation SLIPPER.[9]
Nathan David BendlePrivate26 January 2013For acts of gallantry in action on 7 September 2011 while deployed on Operation SLIPPER as a member of Mentoring Task Force 3 in Afghanistan.[10]
Phillip Mowbray BessellPrivate5 February 2019For acts of gallantry in action following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army in March 1942 until his execution as a result of an escape attempt in about April 1942.[11]
Neil Raymond BextrumPrivate2 November 2016For acts of gallantry in action as a member of 7 Section, 12 Platoon, D Company of the 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, during the Battle of Long Tan, Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam on 18 August 1966.[12]
Marley Clifton BirdPrivate26 January 2011For acts of gallantry in action while a rifleman and Acting Section Second-in-Command, 6 Section, Combat Team Bravo, Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force 2 during Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan from July 2009 to February 2010.[13]
Stephen Geoffrey BloomfieldCorporal31 May 2019For acts of gallantry in action as a Special Air Service Regiment medical assistant left alone for three days in enemy territory to tend to a severely wounded fellow soldier who had been gored by an elephant in Kalimantan during the Indonesian-Malaysian Confrontation in June 1965.[14]
Ronald Howard BrettPrivate2 November 2016For acts of gallantry in action as a member of 2 Platoon, A Company, 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, during the Battle of Long Tan, Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam on 18 August 1966.[15]
Forrest Jack BridgesPrivate3 June 1998n/a[16]
Justin James BrownAble Seaman25 March 2000For gallantry during a reconnaissance of an amphibious landing site in East Timor on the night of 21 October 1999.[17]
Brook BurgessTrooper25 March 2000For gallantry in providing medical support to two wounded fellow soldiers while under fire with the International Force East Timor on 6 October 1999.[18]
CCorporal26 January 2012For acts of gallantry in action while a team commander.[19]
Ian Martin CampbellPrivate2 November 2016For acts of gallantry in action as a member of 10 Platoon, D Company, 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, during the Battle of Long Tan, Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam on 18 August 1966.[20]
Harold Bertie ChatfieldFlying Officer19 September 2017For acts of gallantry in action as a member of Number 615 Squadron, Royal Air Force, during the air war in Burma from December 1943 to June 1944.[21][22]
Anthony Patrick ClarkeCorporal26 January 2014For acts of gallantry in action while commanding a high risk search team in the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment Task Group, in Khas Uruzgan, Afghanistan, on 2 September 2012.[23]
DPrivate14 June 2010For acts of gallantry in action in Afghanistan in 2009.[24]
DCorporal26 January 2012For acts of gallantry in action while a team commander.[25]
DSergeant11 June 2012For acts of gallantry in action while deployed as a troop sergeant on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.[26]
DPrivate26 January 2013For acts of gallantry in action.[27]
Clifford Edmond DanaherSergeant12 February 2015For acts of gallantry in action while a prisoner of war.[28]
John Edward DurkinPrivate5 February 2019For acts of gallantry in action following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army in early March 1942 until his execution as a result of an escape attempt on 14 August 1945.[29]
James Frederick ElmorePrivate5 February 2019For acts of gallantry in action following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army on 3 February 1942 until his death on 22 May 1945, as a result of an escape attempt in March 1945.[30]
Wilkins FitzallenLieutenant5 February 2019For acts of gallantry in action while held in captivity, during his escape and subsequent recapture by the Imperial Japanese Army on Dutch Timor during the period 23 February 1942 until his execution on, or before, 23 October 1942.[31]
Arthur Edward FordPrivate5 February 2019For acts of gallantry in action following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army on 15 February 1942 until his execution as a result of an escape attempt on 17 March 1942.[32]
Noel John GrimesPrivate2 November 2016For acts of gallantry in action as a member of 12 Platoon, D Company, 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, during the Battle of Long Tan, Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam on 18 August 1966.[33]
William Michael HallLance Corporal3 June 1998n/a[34]
Adam John HeemskerkCorporal26 January 2012For acts of gallantry in action on 20 August 2010 while a section commander with Mentoring Team Alpha, the 1st Mentoring Task Force at Musazai, Mirabad Valley, Afghanistan.[35]
Mitchell Jon HowdenCorporal14 June 2021For acts of gallantry in action while a Section Commander in the Quick Reaction Force Platoon, Task Group Taji X, Iraq on 11 March 2020.[36]
JPrivate26 January 2011For acts of gallantry in action as a team member during heavy and sustained enemy fire on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan in 2009.[37]
JPrivate26 January 2011For acts of gallantry in action while a patrol signaller and joint terminal air controller Afghanistan in 2009.[38]
Jack Victor JonesPrivate5 February 2019For acts of gallantry in action following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army in March 1942 until his execution as a result of an escape attempt in about April 1942.[39]
KSergeant26 January 2013For acts of gallantry in action.[40]
William Albert KinlochWarrant Officer26 March 2024For acts of gallantry in action over two tours of operational service with Number 464 Squadron.[41]
Shaun Miller KoberLance Corporal26 January 2012For acts of gallantry in action during October 2010 and January 2011 while a sniper team second-in-command in Mentoring Team Four Three Bravo, Combat Team Delta, the 2nd Mentoring Task Force in Chora, Baluchi Valley, Afghanistan.[42]
LCorporal13 June 2011For acts of gallantry in action while on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.[43]
LPrivate26 January 2014For acts of gallantry in action while on operations with the Special Operations Task Group on Operation SLIPPER.[44]
MPrivate13 June 2011For acts of gallantry in action while on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.[45]
Howard Thomas ManningSergeant5 February 2019For acts of gallantry in action following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army in March 1942 until his execution as a result of an escape attempt in about April 1942.[46]
Norman Heather McArtneyPrivate5 February 2019For acts of gallantry in action following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army on 15 February 1942, until his execution as a result of as escape attempt on 12 July 1943.[47]
Alan MullMajor6 July 2022For acts of gallantry in action following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army on 15 February 1942 until his execution as a result of an escape attempt on 10 March 1943.[48]
Justin Reginald MulliganPilot Officer26 March 2024For acts of gallantry in action over two tours of operational service with Number 464 Squadron.[49]
Richard MurrayPrivate13 October 2023For an act of gallantry in action while a Far East Prisoner of war at Ranau which resulted in his execution on 20 May 1945.[50]
OTrooper13 October 2023For acts of gallantry in action while deployed as a patrol medic on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.[51]
Trent OllisPrivate9 June 2008For gallantry in action in hazardous circumstances while acting as Lead Scout of 12 Platoon, Security Task Group, 2nd Reconstruction Task Force under enemy fire at Musazai on the 8th August 2007.[52]
Shaun Patrick ParkerPrivate26 January 2012For acts of gallantry in action on 24 August 2010 while a machine gunner with Mentoring Team Delta, the 1st Mentoring Task Force at Derapet, Tangi Valley, Afghanistan.[53]
Kevin Richard PaulsenWarrant Officer Class Two3 June 1998n/a[54]
Geoffrey Michael PetersPrivate2 November 2016For acts of gallantry in action as a member and later acting section commander of 1 Section, 10 Platoon, D Company, 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, during the Battle of Long Tan, Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam on 18 August 1966.[55]
RSergeant11 June 2012For acts of gallantry in action while a platoon sergeant on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.[56]
RSapper10 June 2013For acts of gallantry in action as a special operations engineer, Special Operations Task Group on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.[57]
William Alfred RochePrivate2 November 2016For acts of gallantry in action as a section second in command and section commander in 10 Platoon, D Company, 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, during the Battle of Long Tan, Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam on 18 August 1966.[58]
Bernard Ronald RyanPrivate26 January 2010For gallantry in action while an advanced medical technician in the Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team at Kwajeh Ahmed, Afghanistan on 24 March 2009.[59]
SPrivate26 January 2010For acts of gallantry in action.[60]
SLance Corporal11 June 2012For acts of gallantry in action while a team second-in-command on Operation Slipper in Afghanistan.[61]
Gordon Cameron SharpSecond Lieutenant2 November 2016For acts of gallantry in action as the platoon commander of 11 Platoon, D Company, 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, during the Battle of Long Tan, Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam on 18 August 1966.[62]
Scott James SmithCorporal26 January 2013For acts of gallantry in action on 21 October 2012 while an Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance Technician in Special Operations Task Group Rotation XVIII in Afghanistan.[63]
Daryl Maxwell Sproule, DFCSquadron Leader5 February 2019For acts of gallantry in action following his capture by the Imperial Japanese Navy and until his execution as a result of an escape attempt around the middle of August 1943.[64]
Scott Philip TampaliniCorporal26 January 2010For gallantry in action while an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team member in Afghanistan at Chora 19 December 2008, Kakarak 16 March 2009 and Sorkh Morgarb 18 March 2009.[65]
WCorporal9 June 2014For acts of gallantry in action on Operation SLIPPER.[66]
Nathen Fane WebbCorporal26 January 2010For gallantry in action while a section commander in 2 Platoon, Combat Team TUSK, Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force 1, in the Chora Valley, Afghanistan on 29 December 2008.[67]
Sidney Arthur WebberPrivate5 February 2019For acts of gallantry in action following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army on 15 February 1942 until his death as a result of escaping on 18 June 1945.[68]
Bertram John WestSergeant5 February 2019For acts of gallantry in action while held in captivity, during his escape and subsequent recapture by the Imperial Japanese Army on Dutch Timor during the period 23 February 1942 until his execution on, or before, 23 October 1942.[69]
Henry WhittonSergeant5 February 2019For acts of gallantry in action following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army in March 1942 until his execution as a result of an escape attempt in about April 1942.[70]
Kyle Anthony WilsonPrivate26 January 2013For acts of gallantry in action on 7 September 2011 while deployed on Operation SLIPPER as a member of Mentoring Task Force 3 in Afghanistan.[71]
Barry Leon YoungCaptain4 September 1998n/a[72]

See also edit

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