Specimen clasp 'EAST TIMOR' for Australia Service Medal 1975- or Australian Active Service Medal 1975-

Places	Asia: East Timor Asia: Timor-Leste
Accession Number	REL31646.001
Collection type	Heraldry
Object type	Medal
Physical description	Cupronickel
Maker	Unknown
Date made	c 2003
Conflict	East Timor, 1999-2013

Description

Sew-on specimen clasp 'EAST TIMOR' for Australian Service Medal 1975- or Australian Active Service Medal 1975-.

History / Summary

Awarded after 1 day of service (for Australian Active Service Medal - AASM) or 30 days service (for Australian Service Medal - ASM) in East Timor from 1999 to the present. Operations include: UNAMET 16 September 1999 to 23 February 2000 (AASM / ASM), INTERFET 16 September 1999 to 10 April 2000 (AASM), UNTAET 20 February 2000 to 19 May 2002 (AASM), Defence Cooperation Program 1 Jan 2001 to 11 May 2006 (ASM), UNMSIT 20 May 2002 to 17 August 2003 (AASM) and 18 August 2003 to 11 May 2006 (ASM), Operations Spire and Chiron 20 May 2005 to 11 May 2006 (ASM), Operation Astute 26 May 2006 to the present (ASM).