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{{Infobox Military Award

| name = Commendation for Distinguished Service

| image = [[Image:Commendation for Distinguished Service (Aust) medal.png|110px]]<br><br>[[Image:Commendation for Distinguished Service (Aust) ribbon.png|90px]]

| caption = Insignia and ribbon

| presenter = [[Governor-General of Australia]]

| type = Medal

| eligibility = Members of the [[Australian Defence Force]]

| awarded_for = "the distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations to members of the Australian Defence Force" [http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/medals/commendation_distinguished_service.cfm]

| status = Currently awarded

| description =

| clasps =

| established = 15 January 1991

| firstawarded = 1993

| lastawarded = [[2024 Special Honours2025 (Australia)|2024 SpecialDay Honours]]

| total_awarded = 523525<ref>{{cite book |title=MedalGovernor-General Annual YearbookReport 2023-24 |yeardate=202230 September 2024 |publisher=[[TokenGovernor Publishing|Token]]General |___location=Honiton,of DevonAustralia |isbnurl=978https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-110/OOSGG-908828Annual-63Report-72023%E2%80%932024-Web.pdf |page=467 }}<!--|access-date=123 DecemberNovember 2022-->2024}}</ref>

| total_awarded_posthumously =

| total_recipients =

| individual =

| precedence_label = Order of Wear

| higher = [[Commendation for Brave Conduct]]<ref name=orderofwear>{{cite web|title=The Order of Wearing of Australian Honours and Awards|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/docs/order_of_wearing.pdf|work=It's an Honour|publisher=Australian Government|accessdate=23 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211203319/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/docs/order_of_wearing.pdf|archive-date=11 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

| same =

| lower = [[Australian campaign medals|War medals, campaign medals, active service medals and service medals]]<ref name=orderofwear/>

| related = [[Distinguished Service Cross (Australia)|Distinguished Service Cross]]<br/>[[Distinguished Service Medal (Australia)|Distinguished Service Medal]]

| image2 =

| caption2 =

}}

The '''Commendation for Distinguished Service''' is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the [[Australian Defence Force]], it is awarded for the distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations. Awards are made by the governor-general of Australia on the advice of the minister for Defence. The Commendation for Distinguished Service was introduced in 1991 and replaced its Imperial equivalent, [[Mention in Despatches]]. It is the third level of distinguished service decoration in the [[Australian Honours System]].

==Description==