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​List of Qualifying Operational Service

The list of Qualifying Operational Service under the Veterans' Support Act 2014.

Declaration name & period
Service in Sierra Leone 1 August 1998 to 30 June 2005
The Medical Team that responded to the tsunami in Papua New Guinea 1 July 1998 to 31 July 1998
Service in Bougainville 1 October 1997 to 30 June 2003
Service in Laos 1 July 1997 to 31 May 2003
The United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) 19 September 1994 to 31 March 1995
The South Pacific Peacekeeping Force (SPPKF) in Bougainville 1 September 1994 to 31 October 1994
Service in Mozambique 1 February 1994 to 30 June 2005
Service in Somalia 1 January 1993 to 31 March 1995
Service in the Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1 January 1992 to 31 July 2019
Service in Cambodia 1 October 1991 to 30 April 2005
Service in Angola 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1999
The Gulf Conflict 20 December 1990 to 13 April 1991
Service in Namibia 1 September 1989 to 31 March 1990
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 Afghanistan 25 April 1988 to 31 December 1991
Service in Pakistan 25 April 1988 to 31 December 1991
Service in the Indian Ocean 21 June 1982 to 20 September 1983
Service on the Sinai Peninsula 25 April 1982 to 30 September 2024
The Commonwealth Monitoring Force (Operation Midford) in Rhodesia 23 December 1979 to 5 March 1980
Service at the New Zealand Embassy in Moscow 1 August 1978 to 31 July 1992
Service in Lebanon 1 January 1978 to 30 September 2024
Service in Syria 1 January 1974 to 30 September 2024
The Second United Nations Emergency Force II (UNEF II) on the Sinai Peninsula 1 October 1973 to 31 December 1979
Observed French nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll 22 July 1973 to 28 July 1973
41 Squadron RNZAF in Viet Nam 1 January 1973 to 21 April 1975
The Indonesian Confrontation 17 August 1964 to 11 August 1966
Service in Viet Nam 29 May 1964 to 31 December 1972
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) 1 May 1964 to 30 June 1967
The Civilian Surgical Team at Qui Nhon Provincial State Hospital in Viet Nam 1 December 1963 to 31 March 1975
Service on Thai/Malay Border 31 July 1960 to 30 June 1964
Operation Grapple (within 281 kilometres of surface zero at Christmas Island) 23 September 1958 to 23 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) 2 September 1958 to 2 September 1958
Operation Grapple (within 281 kilometres of surface zero at Christmas Island) 22 August 1958 to 22 August 1958
Operation Grapple (Christmas Island) 28 April 1958 to 24 September 1958
Operation Grapple (within 281 kilometres of surface zero at Christmas Island) 28 April 1958 to 28 April 1958
Operation Grapple (Christmas Island) 8 November 1957 to 16 November 1957
Operation Grapple (within 281 kilometres of surface zero at Christmas Island) 8 November 1957 to 8 November 1957
Operation Grapple (within 281 kilometres of surface zero at Malden Island) 19 June 1957 to 19 June 1957
Operation Grapple (within 281 kilometres of surface zero at Malden Island) 31 May 1957 to 31 May 1957
Operation Grapple (Malden Island) 15 May 1957 to 25 June 1957
Operation Grapple (within 281 kilometres of surface zero at Malden Island) 15 May 1957 to 15 May 1957
The First United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF I) on the Sinai Peninsula 1 January 1956 to 31 December 1957
The United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO) based in Israel 1 July 1954 to 31 March 1974
The United Nations Yemen Observer Mission (UNYOM) 1 July 1954 to 31 March 1974
The United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL) 1 July 1954 to 31 March 1974
The United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC) 1 July 1954 to 31 March 1974
The United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) 1 January 1952 to 31 March 1974
The United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission (UNIPOM) 1 January 1952 to 31 March 1974