Nursing Service Cross

Nursing Service Cross


Medal and ribbon
Awarded by Australia
Type Medal
Eligibility Members of the Australian Defence Force
Awarded for Outstanding performance of nursing duties in both operational and non-operational situations[1]
Status Discontinued[2]
Post-nominals NSC
Statistics
Established 18 October 1989[3]
First awarded 8 June 1992
Last awarded 2007 Australia Day Honours
Total awarded 29[2]
Distinct
recipients		 28
Order of Wear
Next (higher) Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC)
Next (lower) Medal for Gallantry (MG)
Related Royal Red Cross (RRC)

The Nursing Service Cross (Post-nominal letters NSC) was a decoration (medal) of the Australian Honours System. The NSC was awarded for outstanding performance of nursing duties in both operational and non-operational situations.

The NSC replaced the Royal Red Cross in the Imperial honours system for recognising nursing personnel.

Description

  • The NSC is a four-stepped sterling silver cross ensigned with the Crown of St Edward. The obverse bears a transparent red enamel cross insert overlaid on a flecked pattern radiating from the centre of the medal.
  • The medal has a sterling silver suspender bar.
  • The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide, with a central red vertical band flanked by two wide white vertical bands and a further two thin vertical gold bands.

List of recipients

There have been 28 recipients and 1 Bar since the NSC's establishment in 1989 until it was discontinued in 2007.

NameDate awardedCitationNotes
Amanda BanksNSC26 January 2006For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties as the critical care Nursing Officer on Operation CATALYST within the USAF Theatre Hospital, 332nd Expeditionary Health Group, Balad, Iraq.[4]
Anne Frances BlundellNSC26 January 1994In recognition of service to nursing duties with the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia.[5]
Gregory Richard BrownNSC12 June 2006For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties as the Second-in-Command of the Army Parachute Surgical Team and Officer Commanding Holding Company of the ANZAC Field Hospital deployed in support of Operation SUMATRA ASSIST.[6]
Geoffrey Ian CoxNSC11 June 2007For an act of exceptional dedication in the performance of nursing duties as a member of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, Defence Co-operation Program – East Timor.[7]
Stephen Michael Crimston NSC17 October 2003For outstanding devotion to duty and tireless work in the delivery of lifesaving care to the injured, and solaceto their friends and relatives as a member of theOperation BALI ASSIST Aeromedical Evacuation Team, October 2002.[8]
Daniel Troy DavidsonNSC26 January 2007For acts of exceptional dedication in the performance of nursing duties as a member of Special Operations Task Unit.[9]
Kim FelminghamNSC, OAM25 March 2000For outstanding devotion and competency in providing medical treatment to vehicle accident casualties on 14 January 2000 while on Operation STABILISE in East Timor.[10]
Ann Teresa HarrisonNSC8 June 1992[11]
Timothy John HaydenNSC26 January 1995[12]
Anna-Lisa HernanNSC12 June 2006For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties with the Royal Australian Air Force aeromedical evacuation team during Operation SUMATRA.[13]
Margaret Joy HineAM, NSC26 January 2003For outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer of Number 6 Royal Australian Air Force Hospital, Royal Australian Air Force Williams, and as the Commanding Officer of the United Nations Military Hospital, Dili, East Timor.[14]
Elizabeth Anne HowellNSC26 January 1998[15]
Adrian Leslie LeachNSC26 January 1997[16]
Sarah Ann LongshawNSC29 October 2004For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties as the Medical Assistant on Operation CATALYST with the Australian Army Training Team in Northern Iraq.[17]
Alastair George MackenzieNSC11 June 2007For an act of exceptional dedication in the performance of nursing duties as a member of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, Defence Co-operation Program – East Timor.[18]
Lewis Ritchie MacleodNSC25 November 1996For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties as the Operating Theatre Nursing Officer while serving with the Australian Medical Support Force in Rwanda.[19]
Jane Anne MateerNSC11 June 2007For outstanding devotion and competency in nursing duties on Operation CATALYST at the United States Air Force Theatre Hospital, Balad, Iraq.[20]
Helena Mary McDonnellNSC14 June 1993[21]
Wayne Bradley McKennaNSC25 March 2000For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of medical duties with the 1st Combat Service Support Team in East Timor.[22]
Neil Michael PerrinNSC10 June 1996[23]
Warren Mark PurseNSC13 June 1994For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties while serving as a medical assistant with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia.[24]
McQuilty QuirkeNSC26 January 2007For exceptional dedication in the performance of nursing duties as the Regimental Aid Post Corporal Medic, B Squadron, the 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment.[25]
Catherine Anne RafterNSC26 January 1996[26]
Geoffrey Dean RobinsonNSC10 June 1996[27]
Lorna Maria ToddNSC26 January 1996[28]
Lloyd Charles TonkinNSC14 June 1999[29]
Jonathan Aharon WalterNSC14 June 2004For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties in warlike operations as the Medical Assistant/Nurse for Delta Company, AUSBATT VIII, whilst deployed on Operation CITADEL.[30]
Jonathan Aharon Walter26 January 2007For exceptional dedication in the performance of nursing duties as a member of Special Operations Task Unit 637.1 during Operation Slipper, Afghanistan 2005.[31]
Marcus WilsonNSC, BM14 June 1999[32]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nursing Service Cross". It's an Honour – A-Z of Awards. Itsanhonour.gov.au. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 Medal Yearbook 2014. Honiton, Devon: Token. 2014. p. 393. ISBN 978-1-908-828-10-1.
  3. ↑ "Letters Patent and Regulations" (PDF). No. S 108. 7 May 1990. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Banks
  5. ↑ Blundell
  6. ↑ Brown
  7. ↑ Cox
  8. ↑ Crimston
  9. ↑ Davidson
  10. ↑ Felmingham
  11. ↑ Harrison
  12. ↑ Hayden
  13. ↑ Hernan
  14. ↑ Hine
  15. ↑ Howell
  16. ↑ Leach
  17. ↑ Longshaw
  18. ↑ Mackenzie
  19. ↑ Macleod
  20. ↑ Mateer
  21. ↑ McDonnell
  22. ↑ McKenna
  23. ↑ Perrin
  24. ↑ Purse
  25. ↑ Quirke
  26. ↑ Rafter
  27. ↑ Robinson
  28. ↑ Todd
  29. ↑ Tonkin
  30. ↑ Walter
  31. ↑ Walter
  32. ↑ Wilson
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