British Awards To Australian Service Personnel in Vietnam

Summary of British (Imperial) Military Awards to Australian Service Personnel for Vietnam

Award	RAN	Army	RAAF	Total
Victoria Cross (VC)	-	4	-	4
Commander of the Order of the Bath (CB)	-	6	-	6
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)	3	12	10	25
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)	1	26	10	37
Order of the British Empire (OBE)	1	15	2	18
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)	4	32	16	52
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)	9	-	-	9
Military Cross (MC) (includes 1 bar)	-	55	-	55
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)(includes 3 bars)	6	12	63	81
Order of Saint John (OStJ)	-	1	-	1
Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)(includes 1 bar)	-	42	-	42
Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Air Force) (CGM)	-	-	1	1
George Medal (GM)	-	2	1	3
Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)	4	-	-	4
Military Medal (MM)	-	83	1	84
Distinguished Flying Medal	-	-	10	10
British Empire Medal (BEM) (including 1 for gallantry)	4	10	6	20
Mentioned in Despatches (MID)	48	421	137	606
Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct (QC)	-	6	-	6
Total Number of Awards	80	727	257	1064
Number served *	2,858	42,407	4,443	49,708
Casualties (KIA, WIA, MIA)	24	2,374	32	2,430
Ratio of Awards *	1 : 36	1 : 58	1 : 17	1 : 47
Ratio of Casualties *	1 : 119	1 : 18	1 : 138	1 : 21

* Note that these numbers may have been altered as a result of the research which resulted in the publication of the Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans