,, USTRALIA
PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 4 MARCH 19B6
The Queen has approved Letters Patent and Regulations
establishing the Australian Police 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 police force.
The awards will be made by the Governor-General on the
recommendation of the Minister responsible for each police force
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 " APH".
The awards will be limited to an annual allocation to each force
of one award for each thousand, or part of one thousand, serving
members of that force, together with one additional award.
The new award will be placed immediately above the Medal of the
order of Australia 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, CMG, who
designed the insignia for the Order of Australia, the Australian
Bravery Decorations and the Defence Force Service Awards. He
also designed the Australian decimal currency in 1963/ 64.
Hawke, Robert
Period of Service: 11/03/1983 - 20/12/1991
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Release Date:
04/03/1986
Release Type:
Media Release
Transcript ID:
6850
Document:
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- Hawke, Robert James Lee
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