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Australian military decoration

Award
Commendation for Gallantry
TypeMedal
Awarded for"Acts of great heroism or conspicuous gallantry in action in circumstances of great peril"
Presented byAustralia
EligibilityMembers of the Australian Defence Force
StatusCurrently awarded
Established15 January 1991
First awarded1998
Last awarded2024 Special Honours
Total114
Ribbon bar of the Medal
Order of Wear
Next (higher)Royal Victorian Medal
Next (lower)Commendation for Brave Conduct

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.

Description

  • 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

Name Rank Date awarded Citation Notes
Anonymous 14 June 2010 For acts of gallantry in warlike operations in Afghanistan in 2009.
A Corporal 14 June 2010 For acts of gallantry in action in Afghanistan in 2008.
A Private 26 January 2011 For acts of gallantry in action while a machine-gunner under enemy fire in Afghanistan in January 2010.
B Sergeant 26 January 2010 For acts of gallantry in action as the commander of an explosive ordnance detachment in Afghanistan in 2008.
B Corporal 10 June 2013 For acts of gallantry in action as a team commander, Special Operations Task Group on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.
B Private 26 January 2015 For acts of gallantry in action during Operation SLIPPER.
Nathan David Bendle Private 26 January 2013 For acts of gallantry in action on 7 September 2011 while deployed on Operation SLIPPER as a member of Mentoring Task Force 3 in Afghanistan.
Phillip Mowbray Bessell Private 5 February 2019 For 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.
Neil Raymond Bextrum Private 2 November 2016 For 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.
Marley Clifton Bird Private 26 January 2011 For 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.
Stephen Geoffrey Bloomfield Corporal 31 May 2019 For 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.
Ronald Howard Brett Private 2 November 2016 For 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.
Forrest Jack Bridges Private 3 June 1998 n/a
Justin James Brown Able Seaman 25 March 2000 For gallantry during a reconnaissance of an amphibious landing site in East Timor on the night of 21 October 1999.
Brook Burgess Trooper 25 March 2000 For gallantry in providing medical support to two wounded fellow soldiers while under fire with the International Force East Timor on 6 October 1999.
C Corporal 26 January 2012 For acts of gallantry in action while a team commander.
Ian Martin Campbell Private 2 November 2016 For 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.
Harold Bertie Chatfield Flying Officer 19 September 2017 For 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.
Anthony Patrick Clarke Corporal 26 January 2014 For 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.
D Private 14 June 2010 For acts of gallantry in action in Afghanistan in 2009.
D Corporal 26 January 2012 For acts of gallantry in action while a team commander.
D Sergeant 11 June 2012 For acts of gallantry in action while deployed as a troop sergeant on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.
D Private 26 January 2013 For acts of gallantry in action.
Clifford Edmond Danaher Sergeant 12 February 2015 For acts of gallantry in action while a prisoner of war.
John Edward Durkin Private 5 February 2019 For 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.
James Frederick Elmore Private 5 February 2019 For 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.
Wilkins Fitzallen Lieutenant 5 February 2019 For 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.
Arthur Edward Ford Private 5 February 2019 For 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.
Noel John Grimes Private 2 November 2016 For 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.
William Michael Hall Lance Corporal 3 June 1998 n/a
Adam John Heemskerk Corporal 26 January 2012 For 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.
Mitchell Jon Howden Corporal 14 June 2021 For acts of gallantry in action while a Section Commander in the Quick Reaction Force Platoon, Task Group Taji X, Iraq on 11 March 2020.
J Private 26 January 2011 For acts of gallantry in action as a team member during heavy and sustained enemy fire on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan in 2009.
J Private 26 January 2011 For acts of gallantry in action while a patrol signaller and joint terminal air controller Afghanistan in 2009.
Jack Victor Jones Private 5 February 2019 For 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.
K Sergeant 26 January 2013 For acts of gallantry in action.
William Albert Kinloch Warrant Officer 26 March 2024 For acts of gallantry in action over two tours of operational service with Number 464 Squadron.
Shaun Miller Kober Lance Corporal 26 January 2012 For 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.
L Corporal 13 June 2011 For acts of gallantry in action while on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.
L Private 26 January 2014 For acts of gallantry in action while on operations with the Special Operations Task Group on Operation SLIPPER.
M Private 13 June 2011 For acts of gallantry in action while on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.
Howard Thomas Manning Sergeant 5 February 2019 For 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.
Norman Heather McArtney Private 5 February 2019 For 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.
Alan Mull Major 6 July 2022 For 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.
Justin Reginald Mulligan Pilot Officer 26 March 2024 For acts of gallantry in action over two tours of operational service with Number 464 Squadron.
Richard Murray Private 13 October 2023 For an act of gallantry in action while a Far East Prisoner of war at Ranau which resulted in his execution on 20 May 1945.
O Trooper 13 October 2023 For acts of gallantry in action while deployed as a patrol medic on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.
Trent Ollis Private 9 June 2008 For 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.
Shaun Patrick Parker Private 26 January 2012 For 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.
Kevin Richard Paulsen Warrant Officer Class Two 3 June 1998 n/a
Geoffrey Michael Peters Private 2 November 2016 For 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.
R Sergeant 11 June 2012 For acts of gallantry in action while a platoon sergeant on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.
R Sapper 10 June 2013 For acts of gallantry in action as a special operations engineer, Special Operations Task Group on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan.
William Alfred Roche Private 2 November 2016 For 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.
Bernard Ronald Ryan Private 26 January 2010 For gallantry in action while an advanced medical technician in the Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team at Kwajeh Ahmed, Afghanistan on 24 March 2009.
S Private 26 January 2010 For acts of gallantry in action.
S Lance Corporal 11 June 2012 For acts of gallantry in action while a team second-in-command on Operation Slipper in Afghanistan.
Gordon Cameron Sharp Second Lieutenant 2 November 2016 For 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.
Scott James Smith Corporal 26 January 2013 For acts of gallantry in action on 21 October 2012 while an Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance Technician in Special Operations Task Group Rotation XVIII in Afghanistan.
Samuel Solonsch Private 14 November 2024 For acts of gallantry in action following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army on 7 March 1942 until his execution as a result of an escape attempt and activities in support of the Dutch Resistance in Java on 11 April 1943.
Daryl Maxwell Sproule, DFC Squadron Leader 5 February 2019 For 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.
Scott Philip Tampalini Corporal 26 January 2010 For 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.
W Corporal 9 June 2014 For acts of gallantry in action on Operation SLIPPER.
Nathen Fane Webb Corporal 26 January 2010 For 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.
Sidney Arthur Webber Private 5 February 2019 For 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.
Bertram John West Sergeant 5 February 2019 For 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.
Henry Whitton Sergeant 5 February 2019 For 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.
Kyle Anthony Wilson Private 26 January 2013 For acts of gallantry in action on 7 September 2011 while deployed on Operation SLIPPER as a member of Mentoring Task Force 3 in Afghanistan.
Barry Leon Young Captain 4 September 1998 n/a

See also

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