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Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Warlike Service - North East Thailand (including Ubon) (28/11/2005)

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This instrument declares Australian Defence Force service in North East Thailand (including Ubon) from 25 June 1965 to 31 August 1968 to be "warlike service" for Veterans' Entitlements Act purposes. It covers personnel who served at Ubon and associated detachments (including No. 79 Squadron and Base Squadron Ubon) and restores eligibility for higher warlike rates of disability pension and compensation. The determination replaces a 2001 instrument and operates retrospectively from 1 January 2001.

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Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

Determination of Warlike Service

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

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
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 28th 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

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Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986