6.1 DSH Legislation

The relevant provisions of subsection 4(1) are:

Eligible person means a person who —

(a) is an Australian soldier;

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and includes a widow, widower or dependent parent of a person specified in any of the paragraphs (a) to (g) of this definition;

Australian Soldier ... includes

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(g) a person who, as a member of the Defence Force, rendered continuous full-time service outside Australia —

(i)as a member of a unit of the Defence Force that was allotted for duty, within the meaning of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 as provided in subsection 5B (2),  of that Act; or

(ii)as a person who was allotted for duty, within the meaning of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 as provided in subsection 5B (2), of that Act,

in an operational area described in items 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 of Schedule 2 to the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 during the period specified in that item;

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(j) a person who —

(i)was appointed for service outside Australia as a representative of an approved welfare organization with a body, contingent or detachment of the Defence Force;

(ii)as such, served outside Australia on or after the third day of September 1939, with that body, contingent or detachment; and

(iii)would, if during that service he had been a member of the Defence Force allotted for duty with that body, contingent or detachment, be, by reason of that service, an Australian soldier as defined by a provision of this definition other than paragraph (h) or (i) or this paragraph;