Nursing Service Cross
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The Nursing Service Cross (NSC) is a conspicuous service decoration[note 1] of the Australian honours and awards system, instituted by Letters Patent[note 2] on 18 October 1989.[13]
Nursing Service Cross | |
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Type | Medal (Decoration)[1] |
Awarded for | Outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties, or for an act of exceptional dedication in the performance of such duties[2] |
Description | Four stepped sterling silver cross, with transparent red enamel cross insert, ensigned by Crown of Saint Edward, surmounted by a plain sterling silver suspender bar, and suspended on a gold edged white ribbon with deep red central bar[3] |
Presented by | Australia |
Eligibility | Members of the Australian Defence Force[4] |
Post-nominals | NSC[5] |
Status | Active (but nominations presently closed)[6] |
Established | 18 October 1989[7] |
First awarded | 8 June 1992[8] |
Last awarded | 11 June 2007[9] |
Total | 29[10] |
Total 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 is awarded to medics (enrolled nurses) and nurses (registered nurses) of the Australian Defence Force for outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties,[note 3] or for an act of exceptional dedication in the performance of such duties, in warlike or non-warlike conditions.[15]
There have been 28 recipients, and 29 awards, since the Nursing Service Cross was instituted on 18 October 1989.[16] Jonathan Aharon Walter is the sole awardee to have received the Nursing Service Cross more than once, first in 2004, and then again in 2007 (when he was awarded a Bar to his existing Nursing Service Cross).[17]
The current Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army, Kim Felmingham, is also a Nursing Service Cross recipient.[18] As of March 2010, nominations for the award of the Nursing Service Cross were suspended by determination of the Chief of Defence Force.[19]