An allied mariner is a person who:
(b) employed as a pilot; and
Mariners who were employed on ships operated by the enemy [2] or engaged in trading with the enemy are excluded from the definition of an allied mariner and are therefore not entitled to benefits under the VEA.
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An allied mariner detained by the enemy, will have rendered qualifying service.
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An allied mariner has rendered qualifying service if they served in an area that would have entitled them to the award of a campaign medal if they had been a member of a Defence Force and incurred danger from hostile forces of the enemy.
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A master in the context of merchant mariners is a person other than the pilot having command or charge of a merchant ship assisting with the war effort.
An officer in the context of merchant mariners is a master, mate or engineer on a merchant ship assisting with the war effort.
A seaman in the context of merchant mariners is a person employed or engaged in any capacity except masters, pilots, officers and apprentices on a merchant vessel assisting with the war effort.
An apprentice in the context of merchant mariners is a young person indentured to a shipping company for sea service on a merchant ship with a view to becoming a ship's officer.
A Commonwealth country is a country, other than Australia, that is, or was at the relevant time, a part of the Dominions of the Crown.
An allied country is a country, other than Australia or a Commonwealth country, whose forces were engaged in an operational area against an enemy, at the relevant time, which was also engaged against forces of the Commonwealth.
Engaged in providing assistance or support means supplying food, munitions or clothing, or transporting personnel or coal, oil etc.
“enemy means
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/16653%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/%23
[3] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16653#tgt-cspol_part1_ftn29
[4] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16653#tgt-cspol_part1_ftn30
[5] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16653#tgt-cspol_part1_ftn31
[6] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-1-service-requirements/11-veterans/115-claimants-not-eligible
[7] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16653#ref-cspol_part1_ftn29
[8] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-1-service-requirements/12-service-types/121-qualifying-service
[9] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16653#ref-cspol_part1_ftn30
[10] https://clik.dva.gov.au/history-library/part-1-military-history/ch-9-east-timor
[11] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16653#ref-cspol_part1_ftn31