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	2013 Midwinter's Day Honours
Total awarded	89[1][2][3]
Posthumous awards	1
Distinct recipients	88
Order of Wear
Next (higher)	Conspicuous Service Medal (CSM)[4]
Next (lower)	Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)[4]

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.^[2]

Date	#	Gazette		Date	#	Gazette		Date	#	Gazette
22 Jun 1987	16			21 Jun 1996	5			21 Jun 2008	1	2008-S123[5]
21 Jun 1988	6			21 Jun 1997	1			21 Jun 2009	1	2009-S107[6]
21 Jun 1989	6			21 Jun 1998	1			21 Jun 2011	2	2011-S99[7]
21 Aug 1989	2			21 Jun 1999	1			21 Jun 2012	4	2012-?[2]
21 Jun 1990	5			21 Jun 2000	5			21 Jun 2013	2	2013-S68[3]
21 Jun 1991	4			21 Jun 2001	6
21 Jun 1992	3			21 Jun 2002	1
21 Jun 1993	5			21 Jun 2004	1
21 Jun 1994	3			21 Jun 2006	1
21 Jun 1995	6			21 Jun 2007	1	2007-S114[8]

Recipients

Date	Recipient	Notes
21 June 2012	Adams, Neil	posthumous[2]
21 June 1989	ALLEN, Denise Mary	[9]
21 June 1988	ALLISON, Ian Frederick	[10]
21 June 1989	BARNAART, Willem Philip	[11]
22 June 1987	BESSO, Ricky	[12]
21 June 1988	BETTS, Martin Stephen	[13]
22 June 1987	BLABY, David Andrew	[14]
21 June 1994	BRAND, Russell James	[15]
21 June 1993	BRUEHWILER, Albert	[16]
22 June 1987	BURTON, Harry Roy	[17]
21 June 1994	BURTON, Howard Douglas	[18]
21 June 1996	CLARKE, Judith Rebekah	[19]
21 June 1988	CONRICK, Neil Joseph	[20]
22 June 1987	CORCORAN, John Gerard	[21]
22 June 1987	COSGROVE, Charles Henry Lewis	[22]
21 June 1996	CRAVEN, Trevor Michael	[23]
21 June 1997	DELANEY, Paul Robert	[24]
21 June 1988	DIETRICH, Maxwell Cecil	[25]
21 June 2012	Doube, James	[2]
21 June 2011	DOYLE, Murray Patrick	[26]
21 June 1998	EASTHER, Robert Leslie	[27]
21 June 2001	Elcheikh, Alan	[28]
22 June 1987	ELLSON, Malcolm Charles	[29]
21 June 1995	ERB, Erwin	[30]
22 June 1987	EVERETT, Anthony Peter	[31]
21 June 2008	FILIPOWSKI, Matthew Wayne	[32]
22 June 1987	FLETCHER, Lloyd Douglas	[33]
21 June 1995	FRANZMANN, Peter Damian	[34]
21 June 1991	GORMLY, Peter James	[35]
21 June 1990	GRANT, David John	[36]
21 June 1993	HASICK, David James	[37]
21 June 1995	HORNSBY, Norman Leigh	[38]
21 June 1992	HOTCHIN, Murray James	[39]
21 June 2001	Johnson, Joseph Vaughan	[40]
21 June 2000	JONES, John Joseph	[41]
21 June 1996	JONES, Robert Tracy	[42]
21 June 1993	KERRY, Knowles Ronald	[43]
21 June 1995	KIERNAN, Robert Patrick	[44]
21 June 2007	Labudda, Sharon Rae	[45]
21 June 2006	Larsen, Per Brun	[46]
21 June 2013	Laughlin, Scott	[3]
21 June 1990	LEDINGHAM, Roderick Bentley	[47]
21 June 1992	MACKERETH, Jeffrey Roger	[48]
21 June 2001	Main, Dale Allan	[49]
21 June 1989	MCCORMACK, David Rockley	[50]
21 June 2001	McLean, Ian John	[51]
21 June 1991	MILLS, Graham John	[52]
21 June 1994	MOORE, Geoffrey James	[53]
21 June 1995	MORGAN, Vincent Ivor	[54]
22 June 1987	MORRIS, Raymond John	[55]
21 June 2000	MORTIMER, Nicolas Andrew	[56]
21 June 1993	MUNRO, Paul John	[57]
21 June 2011	NICOL, Stephen	[58]
22 June 1987	ORCHARD, Robert Campbell	[59]
21 June 1989	O'REILLY, Daniel Henry	[60]
21 June 1991	OSBORN, Eric William	[61]
21 June 1993	PIKE, Paul John	[62]
22 June 1987	POTTAGE, David Arnold	[63]
21 June 2009	PULLINGER, David Ernest	[64]
21 August 1989	RACHINGER, Russell Albert	[65]
21 June 2002	REEVE, Jonathan James	[66]
22 June 1987	REID, Donald Alexander	[67]
21 June 2000	REINKE, Andrew Jason	[68]
21 June 2012	Rintoul, Stephen	[2]
21 June 1989	ROBERTSON, Diana Lynn	[69]
21 June 1989	ROBERTSON, Graham George	[70]
21 June 2012	Robertson, Graham	Clasp to AAM[2]
21 June 1988	ROBINSON, William Leslie	[71]
22 June 1987	ROLLINS, Shane Anthony	[72]
21 June 1996	ROOKE, Allen Carey	[73]
22 June 1987	SCHMITTER, Ulrich	[74]
21 June 2004	Selkirk, Patricia Margaret	[75]
21 June 1988	SORENSEN, Bernard William	[76]
21 June 2001	Sprunk, Peter Helmut	[77]
21 June 2001	Stone, Michael Stephen	[78]
22 June 1987	SULLIVAN, Peter Graham	[79]
21 June 1996	SYMONS, Lloyd Peter	[80]
21 June 1990	TINGEY, Robert John	[81]
21 June 1990	TWIGG, Dudley Raymond	[82]
21 June 1991	WARE, William Royce	[83]
21 June 2000	WATSON, Garry Iain	[84]
21 June 1990	WEHRLE, Egon	[85]
22 June 1987	WESTERHOF, Herman Hank Edward	[86]
21 June 1999	WHITTLE, Michael Robert	[87]
21 June 2013	Wienecke, Barbara	[3]
21 June 2000	WILCOCK, Madeleine	[88]
21 August 1989	WILLIAMS, Dianna Lynn	[89]
21 June 1992	WILLIAMS, Richard	[90]
21 June 1995	ZWAR, Meredy Jayne	[91]

See also

• Australian Honours Order of Wearing

References

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

External links

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