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{{Short description|Australian military decoration}}

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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

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

| type = Medal

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

|for 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]]

|first_award firstawarded = 1993

| lastawarded = [[2025 Australia Day Honours]]

|last_award=2006

| total_awarded = 525<ref>{{cite book |title=Governor-General Annual Report 2023-24 |date=30 September 2024 |publisher=Governor General of Australia |url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-10/OOSGG-Annual-Report-2023%E2%80%932024-Web.pdf |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref>

|total=187

| total_awarded_posthumously =

|posthumous=

| total_recipients =

|recipients=

| individual =

| precedence_label = Order of Wear

|higher= [[Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct]]

| 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|Various Campaign Medals]]

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

| related = [[Distinguished Service MedalCross (Australia)|Distinguished Service MedalCross]]<br/>[[Distinguished Service Medal (DSMAustralia)|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 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 theits Imperial equivalent, [[Mention in Despatches]]. It is the third level of distinguished service decoration in the [[Australian Honours System]]. Since its inception only 187 have been awarded.

===Description===

The '''Commendation for Distinguished Service''' is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the [[Australian Defence Force]], it is awarded awarded for the distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations. The Commendation for Distinguished Service was introduced in 1991 and replaced the Imperial equivalent. It is the third level of distinguished service decoration in the [[Australian Honours System]]. Since its inception only 187 have been awarded.

* The insignia of the Commendation for Distinguished Service is a central [[Commonwealth Star|Federation Star]] on a nickel-silver row of flames that taper at each end.

===Description===

* The insignia of the Commendation for Distinguished Service is a central [[Commonwealth Star|Federation Star]] on a nickel-silver row of flames that taper at each end.

* The insignia is attached to an ochre-red ribbon.

==ReferenceSee also==

*[[Australian Honours Order of Precedence]]

*[[:Category:Recipients of the Commendation for Distinguished Service]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

*[http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/medals/commendation_distinguished_service.cfm It's an Honour]

{{Australian Honours System}}

{{orders-medals-stub}}

[[Category:Military awards and decorations of Australia]]

[[Category:1991 establishments in Australia]]

[[Category:Awards established in 1991]]