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​List of Qualifying Operational Service

The list of Qualifying Operational Service under the Veterans' Support Act 2014. Last updated: 1 October 2024.

Declaration name & period
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) 1 May 1964 to 30 June 1967
Service in Viet Nam 29 May 1964 to 31 December 1972
Observed French nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll 22 July 1973 to 28 July 1973
The United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) 1 January 1952 to 31 March 1974
The United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission (UNIPOM) 1 January 1952 to 31 March 1974
The United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO) based in Israel 1 July 1954 to 31 March 1974
The United Nations Yemen Observer Mission (UNYOM) 1 July 1954 to 31 March 1974
The United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL) 1 July 1954 to 31 March 1974
The United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC) 1 July 1954 to 31 March 1974
The Civilian Surgical Team at Qui Nhon Provincial State Hospital in Viet Nam 1 December 1963 to 31 March 1975
41 Squadron RNZAF in Viet Nam 1 January 1973 to 21 April 1975
The Second United Nations Emergency Force II (UNEF II) on the Sinai Peninsula 1 October 1973 to 31 December 1979
The Commonwealth Monitoring Force (Operation Midford) in Rhodesia 23 December 1979 to 5 March 1980
Service in the Indian Ocean 21 June 1982 to 20 September 1983
Service in Namibia 1 September 1989 to 31 March 1990
The United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) 1 July 1988 to 28 February 1991
The Gulf Conflict 20 December 1990 to 13 April 1991
Service in Afghanistan 25 April 1988 to 31 December 1991
Service in Pakistan 25 April 1988 to 31 December 1991
Service at the New Zealand Embassy in Moscow 1 August 1978 to 31 July 1992
The South Pacific Peacekeeping Force (SPPKF) in Bougainville 1 September 1994 to 31 October 1994
Service in Somalia 1 January 1993 to 31 March 1995
The United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) 19 September 1994 to 31 March 1995
The Medical Team that responded to the tsunami in Papua New Guinea 1 July 1998 to 31 July 1998
Service in Angola 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1999
Service in Laos 1 July 1997 to 31 May 2003
Service in Bougainville 1 October 1997 to 30 June 2003
Service in the Gulf of Oman 1 March 2003 to 31 July 2003
Service in Arabian Sea 1 March 2003 to 31 July 2003
Service in the Kyrgyz Republic 1 August 2003 to 30 September 2003
Service in Arabian Sea 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Service in Bahrain 1 March 2003 to 31 August 2004
Service in the Gulf of Aden 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Service in Red Sea 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Service in states in the Horn of Africa 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Service in Saudi Arabia 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Service in Yemen 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Operation Teal – Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates 1 August 2004 to 28 February 2005
Operation Sumatra Assist in Indonesia 27 December 2004 to 28 February 2005
Service in Cambodia 1 October 1991 to 30 April 2005
Service in Sierra Leone 1 August 1998 to 30 June 2005
Service in Mozambique 1 February 1994 to 30 June 2005
Service in Arabian Sea 1 May 2008 to 31 August 2008
Service in Bahrain 1 May 2008 to 31 August 2008
Service in the Persian Gulf 1 May 2008 to 31 August 2008
Service in the United Arab Emirates 1 March 2003 to 30 September 2008
Service with the United Nations in the State of Israel 30 June 2003 to 27 November 2008
The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 17 September 2005 to 9 July 2011
Service in Somalia 1 September 2011 to 30 April 2016
Service in Mali 1 March 2018 to 31 March 2019