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    While serving, the NZDF will take care of your health and wellbeing issues. If you have qualifying service, we may be able to provide you with home help. Register now with Veterans’ Affairs, and when you need some support, we’ll be ready to help you.
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    This series of stamps explores the stories of 6 veterans deployed after 1995. You can purchase the stamps on the NZ Post website.
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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.

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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
Service in the Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1 January 1992 to 31 July 2019
Service in Timor-Leste 1 August 1999 to 31 July 2019
Service in the Solomon Islands 1 April 2000 to 31 July 2019
Service in Mali and the wider G5 Sahel Region 15 July 2020 to 31 December 2020
Service in Afghanistan 1 December 2001 to 30 September 2021
Service in Iraq 1 July 1988 to 30 June 2023
Service on the Sinai Peninsula 25 April 1982 to 30 September 2026
Service in South Sudan 9 July 2011 to 30 September 2026
Service in Syria 1 January 1974 to 30 September 2026
Service in Lebanon 1 January 1978 to 30 September 2026
Last Modified: 3rd Oct 2024
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