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
6,585[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]
^Governor-General Annual Report 2022-23(PDF). Governor General of Australia. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
^ ab"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.
^"Police Overseas Service Medal | Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia". www.gg.gov.au. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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