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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
Operation Grapple (within 281 kilometres of surface zero at Christmas Island) 22 August 1958 to 22 August 1958
Operation Grapple (within 281 kilometres of surface zero at Christmas Island) 2 September 1958 to 2 September 1958
Operation Grapple (within 281 kilometres of surface zero at Christmas Island) 11 September 1958 to 11 September 1958
Operation Grapple (within 281 kilometres of surface zero at Christmas Island) 23 September 1958 to 23 September 1958
Service on Thai/Malay Border 31 July 1960 to 30 June 1964
The Civilian Surgical Team at Qui Nhon Provincial State Hospital in Viet Nam 1 December 1963 to 31 March 1975
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
The Indonesian Confrontation 17 August 1964 to 11 August 1966
41 Squadron RNZAF in Viet Nam 1 January 1973 to 21 April 1975
Observed French nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll 22 July 1973 to 28 July 1973
The Second United Nations Emergency Force II (UNEF II) on the Sinai Peninsula 1 October 1973 to 31 December 1979
Service in Syria 1 January 1974 to 30 September 2026
Service in Lebanon 1 January 1978 to 30 September 2026
Service at the New Zealand Embassy in Moscow 1 August 1978 to 31 July 1992
The Commonwealth Monitoring Force (Operation Midford) in Rhodesia 23 December 1979 to 5 March 1980
Service on the Sinai Peninsula 25 April 1982 to 30 September 2026
Service in the Indian Ocean 21 June 1982 to 20 September 1983
Service in Afghanistan 25 April 1988 to 31 December 1991
Service in Pakistan 25 April 1988 to 31 December 1991
The United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) 1 July 1988 to 28 February 1991
Service in Iraq 1 July 1988 to 30 June 2023
Service in Namibia 1 September 1989 to 31 March 1990
The Gulf Conflict 20 December 1990 to 13 April 1991
Service in Angola 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1999
Service in Cambodia 1 October 1991 to 30 April 2005
Service in the Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1 January 1992 to 31 July 2019
Service in Somalia 1 January 1993 to 31 March 1995
Service in Mozambique 1 February 1994 to 30 June 2005
The South Pacific Peacekeeping Force (SPPKF) in Bougainville 1 September 1994 to 31 October 1994
The United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) 19 September 1994 to 31 March 1995
Service in Laos 1 July 1997 to 31 May 2003
Service in Bougainville 1 October 1997 to 30 June 2003
The Medical Team that responded to the tsunami in Papua New Guinea 1 July 1998 to 31 July 1998
Service in Sierra Leone 1 August 1998 to 30 June 2005
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 Afghanistan 1 December 2001 to 30 September 2021
Service in the Gulf of Oman 1 March 2003 to 31 July 2003
Service in the United Arab Emirates 1 March 2003 to 30 September 2008
Service in Arabian Sea 1 March 2003 to 31 July 2003
Service in Bahrain 1 March 2003 to 31 August 2004
Service with the United Nations in the State of Israel 30 June 2003 to 27 November 2008
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 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