Part 1 Service Requirements
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1.1 Veterans
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1.1.1 Who is a Veteran
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Definition of a Veteran
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Who Does the Definition Include?
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Service with the Australian Defence Force
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Duntroon Cadets and RAN Midshipmen
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1.1.2 Civilians
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Eligible Civilians - World War 2
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Civilians on Special Missions - World War 1 and World War 2
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Civilians Deemed to be Full-time Members of the Defence Force
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1.1.3 Commonwealth and Allied Veterans
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Members of Defence Forces Established by Commonwealth or Allied Countries
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Where must Commonwealth and Allied Veterans have Served
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Australians who Served in Commonwealth or Allied Forces
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Members of Defence Forces Established by Governments in Exile
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Members of Irregular Forces
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1.1.4 Merchant Mariners
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Australian Merchant Mariners
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Allied Merchant Mariners
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1.1.5 Claimants not Eligible
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1.2 Service Types
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1.2.1 Qualifying Service
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Incurred Danger
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Qualifying Service for Veterans
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Qualifying Service for Commonwealth Veterans
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Qualifying Service for Allied Veterans
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Qualifying Service for Allied Mariners
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Determinations of Warlike Service
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1.2.2 Service Requirements for Disability Compensation Payment
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Eligible War Service
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Operational Service
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Determinations of Non-Warlike Service
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Peacekeeping Service
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Hazardous Service
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Defence Service
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1.2.3 Requirement for Continuous Full-time Service
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Relevance and Meaning of Continuous Full-time Service
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Who Meets the Criteria for Continuous Full-time Service
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1.2.4 Requirement for Effective Full-time Service
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Relevance and Meaning of Effective Full-time Service
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Periods Not Counted Toward Effective Full-time Service
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Exemption of National Servicemen from Effective Full-time Service Requirement
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Discharge Prior to Completion of Period of Effective Full-time Service
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1.2.5 Evidence of Service
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Veterans' Evidence of Service
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Commonwealth and Allied Veterans' Evidence of Service
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Merchant Mariners' Evidence of Service
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Statutory Declarations as Evidence of Service
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1.3 Service in World War 1 and World War 2
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1.3.1 Service in World War 1
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World War 1 - Qualifying and Operational Service
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Royal Australian Naval Brigade Service
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North Russia and Kurdistan Service after the Armistice
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1.3.2 Military Service in World War 2 - Outside Australia
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1.3.3 Military Service in World War 2 - Within Australia
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Qualifying Service - Australian Coastal Waters
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Qualifying Service - Northern Territory
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Qualifying Service - Single Incidents
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1.3.4 Civilians in World War 2
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1.4 Service Post World War 2
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1.4.1 Post World War 2 Operations
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Interim Forces
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Submarine Special Operations (SSO)
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Bomb and Mine Clearance
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British Commonwealth Occupation Forces
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BCOF Gold Card eligibility
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Service in the Korean War
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Service in the Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation
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Service in Vietnam
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Other Post World War 2 Conflicts
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Other submarine operations - 13 May 1997 to 30 June 2006
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SEATO Surgical Medical Teams / Civilian Surgical Medical Teams in Vietnam
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1.4.2 Peacekeeping Forces
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1.5 Periods of Conflicts and Operational Areas
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1.5.1 World War 1 and World War 2
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World War 1 - Periods and Places
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World War 2 - Periods and Places
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1.5.2 Post World War 2
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Korean Hostilities - Period and Operational Area
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Malayan Emergency and Confrontation - Periods and Operational Areas
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Vietnam Hostilities - Period and Operational Areas
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Persian Gulf War - Periods and Operational Areas
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North East Thailand (including Ubon) - Period and Operational Area
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Namibia - Period and Operational Area
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Cambodia - Period and Operational Areas
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Yugoslavia - Period and Operational Area
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Somalia - Period and Operational Area
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