Eligibility based on service in Japan, Korea Demilitarised Zone, and North East Thailand (including Ubon) follows a review of anomalies in Repatriation benefits in respect of various groups of veterans with overseas service since the Second World War. Members who served in these areas within the dates specified in the VEA Determinations were exposed to hazards of an operational or warlike nature beyond those of normal peacetime duty.
An eligible person therefore, is a person who, as a member of the Defence Force, was assigned for service in:
(see Determinations at Eligibility GO 5.3.2 — Japan and Japan (HMAS Vengeance))
(see Determinations at Eligibility GO 5.3.2 — North Eastern Thailand);
An eligible person is also a person whose first service in the Defence Force began on or before 14 May 1985, and who, as a member of the Defence Force, was assigned for service:
Note: The Korean DMZ has no end date as at January 2009.
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