Australian Antarctic Medal

Australian Antarctic Medal


Medal and ribbon
Awarded by Australia
Type Medal
Eligibility members or support staff of an Australian Antarctic expedition
Awarded for outstanding service in, or support to, scientific research or exploration
Status Currently awarded
Post-nominals AAM
Statistics
Established 2 June 1987
First awarded 22 June 1987
Last awarded 2016 Midwinter's Day Honours
Total awarded 92[1][2][3][4][5]
Posthumous
awards		 1
Distinct
recipients		 91
Order of Wear
Next (higher) Conspicuous Service Medal (CSM)[6]
Next (lower) Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)[6]

The Australian Antarctic Medal (AAM) is awarded for outstanding service in scientific research or exploration in connection with an Australian Antarctic expedition or for support of such work. The service or support is normally for a period of at least 12 months.

The AAM was introduced in 1987, and replaced the Imperial award of the Polar Medal of the United Kingdom. Announcements of the award are usually made on 21 June in a special Midwinter's Day honours list.

Recipients of the Australian Antarctic Medal are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "AAM".

Description

  • The AAM is an octagonal nickel-silver medal ensigned with a hexagonal ice-crystal device which links the medal to the suspension bar. The obverse depicts the Southern Hemisphere showing Australia and the Antarctic enclosed by the inscription "For Outstanding Service in the Antarctic".
  • The reverse of the medal shows an Antarctic expeditioner leaning into a blizzard to use an ice axe outside Mawson's Huts. The ice-crystal device is repeated on the reverse of the medal.
  • The 32 millimetre-wide ribbon is snow-white moiré. At the edges three shades of blue merge into the white.

Award statistics

The medal was first awarded on 22 June 1987 to 16 people, and was awarded on 21 August 1989 to 2 people. Otherwise, the medal has been awarded on 21 June.

On 21 June 2011, the medal had been awarded on 23 occasions, to a total of 83 different people.

On 21 June 2012, Dr Graham Robertson became the first recipient to be awarded a clasp to his medal, and Dr Neil Adams became the first posthumous awardee.[3][2]

Date#Gazette       Date#Gazette       Date#Gazette
22 June 19871621 June 1996521 June 200812008-S123[7]
21 June 1988621 June 1997121 June 200912009-S107[8]
21 June 1989621 June 1998121 June 201122011-S99[9]
21 August 1989221 June 1999121 June 201242012-S75[2][3]
21 June 1990521 June 2000521 June 201322013-S68[4]
21 June 1991421 June 2001621 June 201632016[5]
21 June 1992321 June 20021
21 June 1993521 June 20041
21 June 1994321 June 20061
21 June 1995621 June 200712007-S114[10]

Recipients

DateRecipientNotes
21 June 2012Adams, Neilposthumous[2][3]
21 June 1989ALLEN, Denise Mary[11]
21 June 1988ALLISON, Ian Frederick[12]
21 June 1989BARNAART, Willem Philip[13]
22 June 1987BESSO, Ricky[14]
21 June 1988BETTS, Martin Stephen[15]
22 June 1987BLABY, David Andrew[16]
21 June 1994BRAND, Russell James[17]
21 June 1993BRUEHWILER, Albert[18]
22 June 1987BURTON, Harry Roy[19]
21 June 1994BURTON, Howard Douglas[20]
21 June 2016CADDEN, John Frederick[21]
21 June 1996CLARKE, Judith Rebekah[22]
21 June 1988CONRICK, Neil Joseph[23]
22 June 1987CORCORAN, John Gerard[24]
22 June 1987COSGROVE, Charles Henry Lewis[25]
21 June 1996CRAVEN, Trevor Michael[26]
21 June 1997DELANEY, Paul Robert[27]
21 June 1988DIETRICH, Maxwell Cecil[28]
21 June 2012Doube, James[2][3]
21 June 2011DOYLE, Murray Patrick[29]
21 June 1998EASTHER, Robert Leslie[30]
21 June 2001Elcheikh, Alan[31]
22 June 1987ELLSON, Malcolm Charles[32]
21 June 1995ERB, Erwin[33]
22 June 1987EVERETT, Anthony Peter[34]
21 June 2008FILIPOWSKI, Matthew Wayne[35]
22 June 1987FLETCHER, Lloyd Douglas[36]
21 June 1995FRANZMANN, Peter Damian[37]
21 June 1991GORMLY, Peter James[38]
21 June 1990GRANT, David John[39]
21 June 1993HASICK, David James[40]
21 June 1995HORNSBY, Norman Leigh[41]
21 June 1992HOTCHIN, Murray James[42]
21 June 2001Johnson, Joseph Vaughan[43]
21 June 2000JONES, John Joseph[44]
21 June 1996JONES, Robert Tracy[45]
21 June 1993KERRY, Knowles Ronald[46]
21 June 1995KIERNAN, Robert Patrick[47]
21 June 2007Labudda, Sharon Rae[48]
21 June 2006Larsen, Per Brun[49]
21 June 2013Laughlin, Scott[4]
21 June 1990LEDINGHAM, Roderick Bentley[50]
21 June 1992MACKERETH, Jeffrey Roger[51]
21 June 2001Main, Dale Allan[52]
21 June 1989MCCORMACK, David Rockley[53]
21 June 2001McLean, Ian John[54]
21 June 1991MILLS, Graham John[55]
21 June 1994MOORE, Geoffrey James[56]
21 June 1995MORGAN, Vincent Ivor[57]
22 June 1987MORRIS, Raymond John[58]
21 June 2000MORTIMER, Nicolas Andrew[59]
21 June 1993MUNRO, Paul John[60]
21 June 2016NEWBERY, Kym Blair[61]
21 June 2011NICOL, Stephen[62]
22 June 1987ORCHARD, Robert Campbell[63]
21 June 1989O'REILLY, Daniel Henry[64]
21 June 1991OSBORN, Eric William[65]
21 June 1993PIKE, Paul John[66]
22 June 1987POTTAGE, David Arnold[67]
21 June 2009PULLINGER, David Ernest[68]
21 August 1989RACHINGER, Russell Albert[69]
21 June 2002REEVE, Jonathan James[70]
22 June 1987REID, Donald Alexander[71]
21 June 2000REINKE, Andrew Jason[72]
21 June 2012Rintoul, Stephen[2][3]
21 June 1989ROBERTSON, Diana Lynn[73]
21 June 1989ROBERTSON, Graham George[74]
21 June 2012Robertson, GrahamClasp to AAM[2][3]
21 June 1988ROBINSON, William Leslie[75]
22 June 1987ROLLINS, Shane Anthony[76]
21 June 1996ROOKE, Allen Carey[77]
21 June 2016ROWLAND, Robert William[78]
22 June 1987SCHMITTER, Ulrich[79]
21 June 2004Selkirk, Patricia Margaret[80]
21 June 1988SORENSEN, Bernard William[81]
21 June 2001Sprunk, Peter Helmut[82]
21 June 2001Stone, Michael Stephen[83]
22 June 1987SULLIVAN, Peter Graham[84]
21 June 1996SYMONS, Lloyd Peter[85]
21 June 1990TINGEY, Robert John[86]
21 June 1990TWIGG, Dudley Raymond[87]
21 June 1991WARE, William Royce[88]
21 June 2000WATSON, Garry Iain[89]
21 June 1990WEHRLE, Egon[90]
22 June 1987WESTERHOF, Herman Hank Edward[91]
21 June 1999WHITTLE, Michael Robert[92]
21 June 2013Wienecke, Barbara[4]
21 June 2000WILCOCK, Madeleine[93]
21 August 1989WILLIAMS, Dianna Lynn[94]
21 June 1992WILLIAMS, Richard[95]
21 June 1995ZWAR, Meredy Jayne[96]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Medal Yearbook 2014. Honiton, Devon: Token. 2014. p. 397. ISBN 978-1-908828-10-1.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "2012 Antarctic Medal". News. Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment, Australian Government. 21 June 2012. Antarctic medals were awarded to oceanographer Dr Steve Rintoul and medical practitioner Dr James Doube. A posthumous award was given to meteorologist Dr Neil Adams and a clasp to the Antarctic Medal was awarded to Dr Graham Robertson.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2012-S75 – Midwinter's Day 2012 Honours List (21 June 2012)
  4. 1 2 3 4 2013-S68 – Midwinters's Day 2013 (21 June 2013)
  5. 1 2 Midwinter's Day 2016 Honours List – Midwinters's Day 2016 (21 June 2016)
  6. 1 2 "The Order of Wearing of Australian Honours and Awards" (PDF). It's an Honour. Australian Government. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  7. ↑ 2008-S123 – Midwinter's Day 2008 Honours List (21 June 2008)
  8. ↑ 2009-S107 – Midwinter's Day 2009 Honours List (21 June 2009)
  9. ↑ 2011-S99 – Midwinter's Day 2011 (21 June 2011)
  10. ↑ 2007-S114 – Midwinter's Day 2007 Honours List (21 June 2007)
  11. ↑ ALLEN, Denise Mary
  12. ↑ ALLISON, Ian Frederick
  13. ↑ BARNAART, Willem Philip
  14. ↑ BESSO, Ricky
  15. ↑ BETTS, Martin Stephen
  16. ↑ BLABY, David Andrew
  17. ↑ BRAND, Russell James
  18. ↑ BRUEHWILER, Albert
  19. ↑ BURTON, Harry Roy
  20. ↑ BURTON, Howard Douglas
  21. ↑ CADDEN, John Frederick
  22. ↑ CLARKE, Judith Rebekah
  23. ↑ CONRICK, Neil Joseph
  24. ↑ CORCORAN, John Gerard
  25. ↑ COSGROVE, Charles Henry Lewis
  26. ↑ CRAVEN, Trevor Michael
  27. ↑ DELANEY, Paul Robert
  28. ↑ DIETRICH, Maxwell Cecil
  29. ↑ DOYLE, Murray Patrick
  30. ↑ EASTHER, Robert Leslie
  31. ↑ Elcheikh, Alan
  32. ↑ ELLSON, Malcolm Charles
  33. ↑ ERB, Erwin
  34. ↑ EVERETT, Anthony Peter
  35. ↑ FILIPOWSKI, Matthew Wayne
  36. ↑ FLETCHER, Lloyd Douglas
  37. ↑ FRANZMANN, Peter Damian
  38. ↑ GORMLY, Peter James
  39. ↑ GRANT, David John
  40. ↑ HASICK, David James
  41. ↑ HORNSBY, Norman Leigh
  42. ↑ HOTCHIN, Murray James
  43. ↑ Johnson, Joseph Vaughan
  44. ↑ JONES, John Joseph
  45. ↑ JONES, Robert Tracy
  46. ↑ KERRY, Knowles Ronald
  47. ↑ KIERNAN, Robert Patrick
  48. ↑ Labudda, Sharon Rae
  49. ↑ Larsen, Per Brun
  50. ↑ LEDINGHAM, Roderick Bentley
  51. ↑ MACKERETH, Jeffrey Roger
  52. ↑ Main, Dale Allan
  53. ↑ MCCORMACK, David Rockley
  54. ↑ McLean, Ian John
  55. ↑ MILLS, Graham John
  56. ↑ MOORE, Geoffrey James
  57. ↑ MORGAN, Vincent Ivor
  58. ↑ MORRIS, Raymond John
  59. ↑ MORTIMER, Nicolas Andrew
  60. ↑ MUNRO, Paul John
  61. ↑ NEWBERY, Kym Blair
  62. ↑ NICOL, Stephen
  63. ↑ ORCHARD, Robert Campbell
  64. ↑ O'REILLY, Daniel Henry
  65. ↑ OSBORN, Eric William
  66. ↑ PIKE, Paul John
  67. ↑ POTTAGE, David Arnold
  68. ↑ PULLINGER, David Ernest
  69. ↑ RACHINGER, Russell Albert
  70. ↑ REEVE, Jonathan James
  71. ↑ REID, Donald Alexander
  72. ↑ REINKE, Andrew Jason
  73. ↑ ROBERTSON, Diana Lynn
  74. ↑ ROBERTSON, Graham George
  75. ↑ ROBINSON, William Leslie
  76. ↑ ROLLINS, Shane Anthony
  77. ↑ ROOKE, Allen Carey
  78. ↑ ROWLAND, Robert William
  79. ↑ SCHMITTER, Ulrich
  80. ↑ Selkirk, Patricia Margaret
  81. ↑ SORENSEN, Bernard William
  82. ↑ Sprunk, Peter Helmut
  83. ↑ Stone, Michael Stephen
  84. ↑ SULLIVAN, Peter Graham
  85. ↑ SYMONS, Lloyd Peter
  86. ↑ TINGEY, Robert John
  87. ↑ TWIGG, Dudley Raymond
  88. ↑ WARE, William Royce
  89. ↑ WATSON, Garry Iain
  90. ↑ WEHRLE, Egon
  91. ↑ WESTERHOF, Herman Hank Edward
  92. ↑ WHITTLE, Michael Robert
  93. ↑ WILCOCK, Madeleine
  94. ↑ WILLIAMS, Dianna Lynn
  95. ↑ WILLIAMS, Richard
  96. ↑ ZWAR, Meredy Jayne
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