Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

Determination of Warlike Service

I, De-Anne Kelly, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, for the Minister for Defence:

a.                      revoke the Determination made under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) on 4 January 2001 in relation to defence service in North East Thailand (including Ubon) during the period from and including 25 June 1965 to and including 31 August 1968; and

b.                      determine that:

(i).          the area of operations comprises North East Thailand (including Ubon); and

(ii).         service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force while part of a unit specified in the Schedule below, during the period from and including 25 June 1965 to and including 31 August 1968 in the area of operations, is warlike service for the purposes of the definition of “warlike service” in subsection 5C(1) of the Act.

c.                      This Determination is taken to have commenced on 1 January 2001.

Dated                           28^th November                                     2005   

          DE-ANNE KELLY

             Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

              for the Minister for Defence

Schedule

Detachment, 2 Field Troop, Royal Australian Engineers serving on OPERATION CROWN or OPERATION POST CROWN

Detachment, 16 Commonwealth Field Ambulance serving on OPERATION CROWN

Detachment, 208 Signal Squadron serving on OPERATION CROWN

No. 79 Squadron, RAAF

Detachment, No 5 Airfield Construction Squadron, RAAF

Base Squadron Ubon, RAAF