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Australian Honours Order of Precedence

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Contents
1 Order of wear
2 Citations
3 Coronation Medals, Jubilee Medals, Remembrance Medals and Commemorative Medals (1901
onwards)
4 See also
5 References

Order of wear
Order of precedence for the wearing of decorations and awards within the Australian Honours System.[1]
Articles marked with * are awards of the United Kingdom and are now considered foreign.[2]

1. Victoria Cross for Australia[3] VC

2. George Cross* GC
3. Cross of Valour CV
4. Knight/Lady of the Garter KG/LG
5. Knight/Lady of the Thistle KT/LT
6. Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath* GCB
7. Order of Merit OM
8. Knight/Dame of the Order of Australia[4] AK/AD
9. Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George* GCMG
10. Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO
11. Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire* GBE
12. Companion of the Order of Australia AC
13. Companion of Honour* CH
14. Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath* KCB/DCB
15. Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George* KCMG/DCMG
16. Knight/Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order KCVO/DCVO
17. Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire* KBE/DBE
18. Knight Bachelor* (Confers the title of "Sir"/"Dame" with no postnominals.)

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19. Officer of the Order of Australia AO

20. Companion of the Order of the Bath* CB
21. Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George* CMG
22. Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO
23. Commander of the Order of the British Empire* CBE

24. Star of Gallantry SG

25. Star of Courage SC
26. Companion of the Distinguished Service Order* DSO

27. Distinguished Service Cross DSC (Replaced the Imperial equivalent in 1991.)
28. Member of the Order of Australia AM
29. Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order LVO
30. Officer of the Order of the British Empire* OBE

31. Companion of the Imperial Service Order* ISO

32. Member of the Royal Victorian Order MVO
33. Member of the Order of the British Empire* MBE

34. Conspicuous Service Cross CSC

35. Nursing Service Cross NSC

36. Royal Red Cross (1st Class - Member)* RRC
37. Distinguished Service Cross* DSC (Imperial - replaced by the Australian DSC in 1991.)
38. Military Cross* MC
39. Distinguished Flying Cross* DFC
40. Air Force Cross* AFC
41. Royal Red Cross (2nd Class - Associate)* ARRC

42. Medal for Gallantry MG

43. Bravery Medal BM

44. Distinguished Service Medal DSM (Replaced the Imperial equivalent.)

45. Public Service Medal PSM

46. Australian Police Medal APM

47. Australian Fire Service Medal AFSM

48. Ambulance Service Medal ASM
49. Emergency Services Medal ESM
50. Medal of the Order of Australia OAM

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51. Order of St John[5]

52. Distinguished Conduct Medal* DCM
53. Conspicuous Gallantry Medal* CGM
54. George Medal* GM

55. Conspicuous Service Medal CSM

56. Australian Antarctic Medal AAM

57. Queen's Police Medal for Gallantry* QPM
58. Queen's Fire Service Medal for Gallantry* QFSM
59. Distinguished Service Medal* DSM (Imperial)
60. Military Medal* MM
61. Distinguished Flying Medal* DFM
62. Air Force Medal* AFM
63. Sea Gallantry Medal* SGM
64. Queen's Gallantry Medal* QGM
65. Royal Victorian Medal RVM
66. British Empire Medal* BEM
67. Queen's Police Medal for Distinguished Service* QPM
68. Queen's Fire Service Medal for Distinguished Service* QFSM
69. Commendation for Gallantry
70. Commendation for Brave Conduct

71. Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct*

72. Commendation for Distinguished Service

73. War medals, campaign medals, active service medals and service medals (See Australian campaign
medals)

74. Police Overseas Service Medal

75. Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal

76. Civilian Service Medal 1939-1945

77. Polar Medal*

78. Imperial Service Medal*

79. Coronation, Jubilee, Remembrance and Commemorative medals (worn in order of date of receipt)
(See list below)

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80. Defence Force Service Medal

81. Reserve Force Decoration RFD

82. Reserve Force Medal

83. Defence Long Service Medal

84. National Medal

85. Australian Defence Medal

86. Australian Cadet Forces Service Medal

87. Champion Shots Medal

88. Long Service Medals (Includes Imperial efficiency and long service awards.)

89. The Service Medal of the Order of St John

90. Anniversary of National Service 1951-1972 Medal

91. Independence and Anniversary Medals* (in order of date of receipt)

92. Foreign Awards (in order of date of authorisation of their acceptance and wearing)

Articles marked with * are awards of the United Kingdom and are now considered foreign.[2]

Citations
The following citations are not positioned according to the list above. For members of the uniformed
services, they are worn according to respective Service dress rules. For civilians, they are worn centrally
above any other honours or awards:

Unit Citation for Gallantry

Meritorious Unit Citation

Group Bravery Citation

Coronation Medals, Jubilee Medals, Remembrance Medals and

Commemorative Medals (1901 onwards)

1. King Edward VII Coronation Medal

2. King George V Coronation Medal
3. King George V Silver Jubilee Medal
4. King George VI Coronation Medal

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5. Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal

6. Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal

7. 80th Anniversary Armistice Remembrance Medal

8. Australian Sports Medal
9. Centenary Medal

See also
Post-nominal letters
List of post-nominal letters#Australia

References
1. ^ THE ORDER OF WEARING AUSTRALIAN HONOURS AND AWARDS. (http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au
/honours/awards/docs/order_of_wearing.pdf) (Includes official post-nominals.)
2. ^ a b "All Imperial awards made to Australian citizens after 5 October 1992 are foreign awards and should be
worn accordingly." Order of Wearing (http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards
/docs/order_of_wearing.pdf) , Page 1. (Generally, foreign awards are worn after Australian awards, and
postnominals of foreign awards are not recognised.)
3. ^ "Refers to both the Imperial Victoria Cross and the Victoria Cross for Australia." Order of Wearing
(http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/docs/order_of_wearing.pdf) , Page 5, Note 1. (Generally,
foreign awards are worn after Australian awards, and postnominals of foreign awards are not recognised.)
4. ^ "Provision for further awards at this level within the Order of Australia was removed by Her Majesty The
Queen on 3 March 1986 on the advice of the Prime Minister." Order of Wearing
(http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/docs/order_of_wearing.pdf) , Page 5, Note 2.
5. ^ "Post-nominals within the Order of St John are not recognised." (As notified in the Governor-General’s
media release of 14 August 1982.) Order of Wearing (http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards
/docs/order_of_wearing.pdf) , Page 5, Note 3.

It's an Honour (http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au) - Australian government website

Wearing Awards (http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/wearing.cfm#Order) - Australian
government website
Defence Honours & Awards (http://www.defence.gov.au/medals/Content
/+050%20Honours%20Policy/+010%20Order%20of%20wear/default.htm) - Australian Defence
Force website

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