PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA27 MAY 1988
The Queen has approved Letters Patent and Regulations
establishing the Australian Fire Service Medal which will
form part of the Australian system of honours and awards.
The Regulations provide for the Medal to be awarded for
distinguished service by a member of an Australian fire
service.
The awards will be made by the Governor-General on the
recommendation of the Minister responsible for each fire
service and will be notified in the Commonwealth of
Australia Gazette. The first awards will be announced in
the Queen's Birthday Honours List in June this year.
The medal will carry an entitlement to the use of the post
nominals " AFSM".
The new award wiill be placed immediately following the
Australian Police medal in the Australian order of
Precedence of Honours and Awards.
Arrangements are in hand for the manufacture of the insignia
of the award which was designed by Mr Stuart Devlin AO CMG.
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Hawke, Robert
Period of Service: 11/03/1983 - 20/12/1991
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Release Date:
27/05/1988
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