The following table lists the units that were allotted for duty in the Gulf War. This information is essential for determining whether a veteran was a member of a unit of the Defence Force that was allotted for duty in the Gulf War between 2 August 1990 and 9 June 1991. In order to have operational service and qualifying service in the Gulf War a member of the forces must have served in the operational area between 2 August 1990 and 9 June 1991 and have either been individually allotted for duty or been a member of a unit that was allotted for duty in that area.
Unit |
From |
To |
H.M.A.S. Darwin |
22 Aug 1990 |
14 Dec 1990 |
H.M.A.S. Adelaide |
22 Aug 1990 |
14 Dec 1990 |
H.M.A.S. Success |
22 Aug 1990 |
02 Feb 1991 |
H.M.A.S. Brisbane |
20 Nov 1990 |
19 Apr 1991 |
H.M.A.S.Sydney |
20 Nov 1990 |
19 Apr 1991 |
H.M.A.S. Westralia |
14 Jan 1991 |
09 Jun 1991 |
TGMSE (Comfort) |
18 Sep 1990 |
13 Mar 1991 |
LSE MUSCAT |
28 Aug 1990 |
23 Apr 1991 |
LSE MIDEAST (Bahrain) |
24 Apr 1991 |
9 Jun 1991 |
CDT 3 |
30 Jan 1991 |
10 May 1991 |
Note: See the Service Eligibility Assistant [2] in the Legislation Library for Allotment for Duty Certificates.
Operation |
Ship |
Area |
LPOC (Aust) |
Entered AO |
Departed AO |
FPOC (Aust) |
VEA |
Damask I |
HMAS Adelaide |
Persian Gulf |
22 Aug 1990 |
03 Sep 1990 |
03 Dec 1990 |
14 Dec 1990 |
Sch 2, Item 10 |
Damask I |
HMAS Darwin |
Persian Gulf |
22 Aug 1990 |
03 Sep 1990 |
03 Dec 1990 |
14 Dec 1990 |
Sch 2, Item 10 |
Damask I |
HMAS Success |
Persian Gulf |
22 Aug 1990 |
03 Sep 1990 |
25 Jan 1991 |
26 Feb 1991 |
Sch 2, Item 10 |
Damask II |
HMAS Brisbane |
Persian Gulf |
20 Nov 1990 |
03 Dec 1990 |
26 Mar 1991 |
14 Apr 1991 |
Sch 2, Item 10 |
Damask II |
HMAS Sydney |
Persian Gulf |
20 Nov 1990 |
03 Dec 1990 |
26 Mar 1991 |
14 Apr 1991 |
Sch 2, Item 10 |
Damask II |
HMAS Westralia |
Persian Gulf |
15 Jan 1991 |
26 Jan 1991 |
28 May 1991 |
09 Jun 1991 |
Sch 2, Item 10 |
Damask III |
HMAS Darwin |
Persian Gulf |
04 Jun 1991 |
13 Jun 1991 |
04 Sep 1991 |
21 Sep 1991 |
hazardous service |
Damask IV |
HMAS Sydney |
Red Sea |
10 Sep 1991 |
25 Sep 1991 |
31 Jan 1992 |
20 Feb 1992 |
hazardous service |
Damask V |
HMAS Darwin |
Red Sea |
22 Feb 1992 |
11 Mar 1992 |
16 Jul 1992 |
02 Aug 1992 |
hazardous service |
Damask VI |
HMAS Canberra |
Red Sea |
19 Oct 1992 |
13 Nov 1992 |
12 Jan 1993 |
N/A |
hazardous service |
Damask VI |
HMAS Canberra |
Red Sea |
N/A |
13 Jan 1993 |
19 Jan 1993 |
N/A |
Sch 2, Item 15 |
Damask VI |
HMAS Canberra |
Red Sea |
N/A |
20 Jan 1993 |
12 Mar 1993 |
08 Apr 1993 |
hazardous service |
Damask VII |
HMAS Sydney |
Red Sea |
30 Jun 1993 |
20 Jul 1993 |
09 Nov 1993 |
03 Dec 1993 |
hazardous service |
Damask VIII |
HMAS Melbourne |
Persian Gulf |
18 Apr 1996 |
07 May 1996 |
15 Aug 1996 |
06 Sep 1996 |
hazardous service |
* Periods of service covered by declarations of warlike or non-warlike service under the VEA are not shown in this table. Please see the Service Eligibility Assistant [2] for information relating to this type of service.
The above list was last revised on 5 February 2013
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=comment/reply/14768%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/service-eligibility-assistant-0