Honours and Awards (Gazetted) Introduction
Honours and Awards (Gazetted) provides details of approximately 47,000 honours and awards to Australians while on active service with Australian forces. Honours and awards are conferred in recognition of gallant or distinguished conduct or service.
Honours and Awards (Gazetted) does not cover entitlements to campaign or service medals.
Background
Honours and Awards (Gazetted) was created by Anthony Staunton, a military history researcher. His sources included,
- London Gazette
- Commonwealth of Australia Gazette
- original honours and awards recommendations files held by the Memorial's Research Centre
- published lists of award winners
- Army orders
- biographical sources such as the First World War Nominal Roll
Content
Honours and Awards (Gazetted) includes:
- gallantry and meritorious awards to members of all three services, Army, Navy and Air Force
- Australian and foreign awards (excluding foreign awards for the Vietnam War)
- some Australian awards to foreign soldiers in Australian units (such as British officers in the Australian Imperial Force)
- foreign awards to Australians in Allied forces (such as Australians in the Royal Air Force)
- peacetime New Year and Queen's Birthday Defence honours
Honours and Awards (Gazetted) does not include:
- long service awards
- Royal Victorian Order awards
- campaign and service medals
Search Tips
For many names, searching by surname is the most effective search. If this approach produces too long a list of names, try searching using the person’s first name and surname e.g. Alfred Jones.
Browse by medal
Select the name of a medal to view a list of recipients.
Further information
Enquiries relating to information contained in Honours and Awards (Gazetted), including corrections, should be directed to the Research Centre.
Want to know why someone received a gallantry award? Please read the information sheet Military honours and awards to Australians.
