Ambulance Service Medal


Obverse of medal and ribbon
TypeMedal
Awarded fordistinguished service
Presented byAustralia
Eligibilitymembers of an Australian ambulance service
Post-nominalsASM
StatusCurrently awarded
Established7 July 1999
First awarded2000 Queen's Birthday Honours
Last awarded2023 King's Birthday Honours
Total545[1]
Order of Wear
Next (higher)Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM)
Next (lower)Emergency Services Medal (ESM)

The Ambulance Service Medal (ASM) is awarded for distinguished service by a member of an Australian ambulance service. The ASM was introduced in 1999.

Awards are made by the Governor-General, on the nomination of the responsible minister in each state and territory. The total number of awards made each year must not exceed the following quota:

  • one award for each 1,000, or part of 1,000, full-time permanent members of a state's ambulance service
  • one award for each 5,000, or part of 5,000, part-time, volunteer or auxiliary members in a state
  • one award for ambulance members in each of the ACT, NT and the combined External Territories.

Recipients of the Ambulance Service Medal are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "ASM".

Description

  • The Ambulance Service Medal is circular and of silver and bronze tones. The front of the medal displays the Federation Star superimposed on a modified Maltese cross, which is representative of ambulance services. This rests on a bed of Australian wattle. The Federation Star is surrounded by twenty-four balls signifying the twenty-four hours per day the Ambulance Service is available to the community.
  • The back of the medal bears the inscription ‘For Distinguished Service’.
  • The 32 millimetre-wide ribbon features a chevron or V-shaped pattern. The angles are derived from the open end of the arm of the cross. The chevrons are in alternate red, white, red, silver-grey.

See also

Australian Honours Order of Precedence

References

  1. ↑ Governor-General Annual Report 2022-23 (PDF). Governor General of Australia. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

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