Introduction
This topic contains information on the following:
Personnel who served in North East Thailand at any time between 31 May 1962 to 24 June 1965 (both dates included) have operational service.
More → [3]
Australian Defence Force [4] members who served in Namibia between 18 February 1989 and 10 April 1990 (both dates included) have operational service. Members of UNTAG who were members of a force allotted for duty [4] in Namibia have qualifying service.
Australian Defence Force members who were allotted for duty [4] and served in the operational areas for the Persian Gulf War have both qualifying and operational service.
More → [5]
Australian Defence Force members who were allotted for duty and served in the operational areas for Cambodia have both qualifying and operational service.
Australians allotted for duty may have been with:
Australian Defence Force [4] members who were allotted for duty with Australian contingents of the United Nations forces and served in the area comprising the former Yugoslavia have both qualifying and operational service.
Australian Defence Force members who were allotted for duty and served with the Australian contingents of the United Nations forces in Somalia have both qualifying and operational service.
Australian personnel, including official war artists, who served as part of a defence (ADF) or police (AFP) operation since 19 June 1999, have been covered for Disability Compensation Payment [4]. In addition, defence personnel who served in East Timor after 19 September 1999 as part of an operation, which has been declared as warlike service by signed Instrument, are also eligible for a service pension [4]. ADF personnel must be allotted to and serve in East Timor, not simply be allotted to an operation because they may have served only in Darwin or Townsville.
The Australian Defence Force includes:
For the purposes of determining a person's eligibility for entitlements under the VEA, being allotted for duty in an operational area (schedule 2 [12] VEA refers) is a reference to a person or unit of the Defence Force, that is allotted for duty by written instrument issued by the:
Allotment may be retrospective or prospective.
For the purposes of determining a person's eligibility for entitlements under the VEA, being allotted for duty in an operational area (schedule 2 [12] VEA refers) is a reference to a person or unit of the Defence Force, that is allotted for duty by written instrument issued by the:
Allotment may be retrospective or prospective.
The Australian Defence Force includes:
Disability compensation payment (known before 2022 as disability pension), for the purposes of service pension, income support supplement and veteran payment, means:
Please note that the Disability Compensation Payment is legally a pension by way of compensation under the VEA so that concessional benefits under state, territory and local government legislation to pensioners/pensions under the VEA are not denied.
A service pension is an income support payment broadly equivalent to the social security age and disability support pensions. It may be paid once a veteran or partner has reached the nominated age or is incapacitated for work.
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/16683%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16683#tgt-cspol_part1_ftn129
[3] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16683#tgt-cspol_part1_ftn130
[4] https://clik.dva.gov.au/%23
[5] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16683#tgt-cspol_part1_ftn131
[6] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-1-service-requirements/15-periods-conflicts-and-operational-areas/152-post-world-war-2
[7] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16683#ref-cspol_part1_ftn129
[8] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-1-service-requirements/12-service-types/122-service-requirements-disability-pension/operational-service
[9] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16683#ref-cspol_part1_ftn130
[10] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-1-service-requirements/12-service-types/121-qualifying-service
[11] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16683#ref-cspol_part1_ftn131
[12] http://clik.dva.gov.au/node/32981