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{{Short description|Australian military nursing decoration}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox military award
|name=Nursing Service Cross
|image=[[Image:Nursing Service Cross (Australia) medal.png|90px]]<br><br>[[Image:NSC Australia ribbon.png|90px]]
|caption=Medal and ribbon
|presenter=Australia
|type=Medal (Decoration)<ref>{{cite book |title=Conspicuous Service Decorations|edition=3rd|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/conspicuous_service_booklet_-_chapters_-_third_edition_-_2020.pdf#page18|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Government House|page=18|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>
|eligibility=Members of the [[Australian Defence Force]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Conspicuous Service Decorations|edition=3rd|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/conspicuous_service_booklet_-_chapters_-_third_edition_-_2020.pdf#page18|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Government House|pages=18–19|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>
|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''<ref>{{cite book |title=Conspicuous Service Decorations|edition=3rd|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/conspicuous_service_booklet_-_chapters_-_third_edition_-_2020.pdf#page11|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Government House|pages=11, 19|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>
|status=Active (but nominations presently closed)<ref>Refer:
* {{cite book |title= Defence Honours and Awards Manual|volume=1|chapter=Conspicuous Service Decorations and Nursing Service Cross|url=https://defence.gov.au/medals/_Master/docs/DHAM/12.pdf#page1|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|page=12-1|date=2012|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* Chief of the Defence Force Determination CDF/OUT/2010/146 of 3 March 2010</ref>
|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<ref>{{cite book |title=Conspicuous Service Decorations|edition=3rd|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/conspicuous_service_booklet_-_chapters_-_third_edition_-_2020.pdf#page9|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Government House|pages=9, 29|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>  
|clasps= 
|post-nominals=NSC<ref>{{cite book |title=Conspicuous Service Decorations|edition=3rd|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/conspicuous_service_booklet_-_chapters_-_third_edition_-_2020.pdf#page20|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Government House|page=20|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>
|established=18 October 1989<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1990GN19#page93|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 108|location=Canberra, Australia|date=7 May 1990|access-date=6 June 2020|page=4}}</ref> 
|firstawarded=8 June 1992<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/Medals/GeneralInfo/Feature/Nurses-Day.asp|title=International Nurses Day feature: Nursing Service Cross|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Department of Defence|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>
|lastawarded=11 June 2007<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/Medals/GeneralInfo/Feature/Nurses-Day.asp|title=International Nurses Day feature: Nursing Service Cross|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Department of Defence|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>
|total_awarded=29<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/Medals/GeneralInfo/Feature/Nurses-Day.asp|title=International Nurses Day feature: Nursing Service Cross|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Department of Defence|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>
|total_awarded_posthumously= 
|total_recipients=28
|individual=
|precedence_label=Order of Wear
|higher=[[Conspicuous Service Cross (Australia)|Conspicuous Service Cross]] (CSC)
|same= 
|lower=[[Medal for Gallantry]] (MG)
|related=[[Royal Red Cross]] (RRC)
|image2=
|caption2=
}}

The '''Nursing Service Cross''' ('''NSC''') is a conspicuous service decoration{{refn|group=note|A decoration is an award made for valour, gallantry, bravery, distinguished or conspicuous service, and is distinct from an honour in that it is not an appointment made to an order, like the Order of Australia.<ref>{{cite book |date=2017|chapter=Orders, Decorations, and Medals|title=Army Manual of Dress|url=https://www.army.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-03/Army%20Dress%20Manual_0.pdf#page590|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|location=Canberra, Australia|page=6-2}}</ref>}} of the [[Australian honours and awards system]], instituted by [[Letters patent|Letters Patent]]{{refn|group=note|In Australia, Letters Patent are an official prerogative instrument of law making, made under the royal prerogative (which is that power of the Crown still existing and not superseded by parliamentary legislation), enabled by section 61 of the ''Australian Constitution''. As the Sovereign has remained the font of "all honour and dignity" in Australia, the practice of instituting Australian honours and awards via Letters Patent continues, although in practice the role of the Sovereign is very limited, as Letters Patent are drafted by the government of the day and by convention the Sovereign is guided by the advice of that government to sign them, making the role taken by the Sovereign overwhelmingly symbolic.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Jordan|first=Roy|date=8 September 2003|title=A Rare Form of Law Making: Legislation Made Outside Parliament|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/library/prspub/LJCA6/upload_binary/ljca64.pdf|magazine=Department of the Parliamentary Library: Research Note|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|location=Canberra, Australia|pages=1–2}}</ref>}} on 18 October 1989.<ref>Refer:
* [https://www.defence.gov.au/medals/_Master/docs/HonoursDecorations/S108-90-Nursing-Service-Cross-Regulations.pdf Letters Patent Constituting the Nursing Service Cross 1989], cl 2
* {{cite book |title=Conspicuous Service Decorations|edition=3rd|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/conspicuous_service_booklet_-_chapters_-_third_edition_-_2020.pdf#page18|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Government House|pages=18–20|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1990GN19#page93|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 108|location=Canberra, Australia|date=7 May 1990|access-date=6 June 2020|page=4}}</ref>

The Nursing Service Cross is awarded to medics ([[Enrolled Nurse|enrolled nurses]]) and nurses ([[registered nurses]]) of the [[Australian Defence Force]] for outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties,{{refn|group=note| Nomination criteria excludes recognising immediate or short term paramedic and first aid care alone.<ref>{{cite book |title= Defence Honours and Awards Manual|volume=1|chapter=Conspicuous Service Decorations and Nursing Service Cross|url=https://defence.gov.au/medals/_Master/docs/DHAM/12.pdf#page1|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|page=12-1|date=2012|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>}} or for an act of exceptional dedication in the performance of such duties, in warlike or non-warlike conditions.<ref>{{cite book |title=Conspicuous Service Decorations|edition=3rd|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/conspicuous_service_booklet_-_chapters_-_third_edition_-_2020.pdf#page11|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Government House|pages=11, 19|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>

There have been 28 recipients, and 29 awards, since the Nursing Service Cross was instituted on 18 October 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/Medals/GeneralInfo/Feature/Nurses-Day.asp|title=International Nurses Day feature: Nursing Service Cross|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Department of Defence|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> 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).<ref>Refer:
* '''For NSC''' {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1057438|date=14 June 2004|recipient=PTE Walter, Jonathan Aharon (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For 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|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* '''For NSC and Bar''' {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1134449|date=26 January 2007|recipient=CPL Walter, Jonathan Aharon (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross with Bar|postnominal=NSC and Bar|citation=For exceptional dedication in the performance of nursing duties as a member of Special Operations Task Unit 637.1 during Operation Slipper, Afghanistan 2005|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>

The current [[Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army (Australia)|Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army]], Kim Felmingham, is also a Nursing Service Cross recipient.<ref>Refer:
* {{cite web |url=https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/our-leaders/command-sergeant-major-forces-command|title=Army Leaders: Command Sergeant Major - Forces Command, Warrant Officer Class One Kim Felmingham, NSC, OAM|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Department of Defence|access-date=29 May 2020}}
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=2000890|date=26 January 2018|recipient=WO1 Felmingham, Kim (Army)|award=Medal of the Order of Australia|postnominal=OAM|citation=For meritorious service as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the 11th Combat Service Support Battalion, 7th Combat Service Support Battalion and the 17th Combat Service Support Brigade|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=902238|date=25 March 2000|recipient=SSGT Felmingham, Kim (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For outstanding devotion and competency in providing medical treatment to vehicle accident casualties on 14 January 2000 while on Operation STABILISE in East Timor|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> As of March 2010, nominations for the award of the Nursing Service Cross were suspended by determination of the Chief of Defence Force.<ref>Refer:
* {{cite book |title= Defence Honours and Awards Manual|volume=1|chapter=Conspicuous Service Decorations and Nursing Service Cross|url=https://defence.gov.au/medals/_Master/docs/DHAM/12.pdf#page1|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|page=12-1|date=2012|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* Chief of the Defence Force Determination CDF/OUT/2010/146 of 3 March 2010</ref>

==Design==
The Nursing Service Cross is a four-stepped sterling silver equidistant straight armed cross, ensigned with the [[St. Edward's Crown|Crown of Saint Edward]], surmounted by a plain sterling silver suspender bar.<ref>{{cite book |title=Conspicuous Service Decorations|edition=3rd|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/conspicuous_service_booklet_-_chapters_-_third_edition_-_2020.pdf#page9|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Government House|pages=9, 29|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> The obverse (front of the medal) has a transparent red enamel cross insert, overlaid on a flecked pattern radiating from the centre of the cross.<ref>Refer:
* {{cite book |title=Conspicuous Service Decorations|edition=3rd|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/conspicuous_service_booklet_-_chapters_-_third_edition_-_2020.pdf#page9|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Government House|pages=9, 29|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/MEDALS/Hon-Decs/Conspicuous/Nursing-Service-Cross.asp|title=Nursing Service Cross|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Department of Defence|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Nursing Service Cross Reverse.png|thumb|upright=.4|left|Reverse of Nursing Service Cross]]

The reverse (rear) of the Nursing Service Cross has a horizontal panel that displays the recipient's details, superimposed on a design of fluted rays of varying lengths.<ref>Refer:
* {{cite book |title=Conspicuous Service Decorations|edition=3rd|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/conspicuous_service_booklet_-_chapters_-_third_edition_-_2020.pdf#page9|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Government House|pages=9, 29|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/MEDALS/Hon-Decs/Conspicuous/Nursing-Service-Cross.asp|title=Nursing Service Cross|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Department of Defence|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>

The Nursing Service Cross is suspended on a 32&nbsp;mm ribbon,{{refn|group=note|Formally known as the riband.<ref>{{cite book |date=2017|chapter=Orders, Decorations, and Medals|title=Army Manual of Dress|url=https://www.army.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-03/Army%20Dress%20Manual_0.pdf#page590|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|location=Canberra, Australia|page=6-4}}</ref>}} that has a central deep red band 12&nbsp;mm wide, flanked by two white vertical bands 8&nbsp;mm wide, and is edged in gold bands 2&nbsp;mm wide.<ref>{{cite book |title=Conspicuous Service Decorations|edition=3rd|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/conspicuous_service_booklet_-_chapters_-_third_edition_-_2020.pdf#page29|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Government House|page=29|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> The [[Color symbolism|symbolism of the colours]] used on the ribbon for the Nursing Service Cross is that the gold represents the colour of sand, white represents purity, and the deep red colour used (which is the colour of a native [[Cyperaceae|sedge flower]]) is a link between a natural Australian colour and the red cross.<ref>{{cite book |title=Conspicuous Service Decorations|edition=3rd|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/conspicuous_service_booklet_-_chapters_-_third_edition_-_2020.pdf#page9|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Government House|page=9|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>

Second and subsequent awards of the Nursing Service Cross are recognised by a sterling silver bar with a superimposed central 6mm wide red enamel cross insert, worn on the ribbon above the medal (and an 8&nbsp;mm wide cross of red enamel worn centrally on the ribbon bar, and a half sized bar on the ribbon of the miniature cross).<ref>{{cite book |title=Conspicuous Service Decorations|edition=3rd|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/conspicuous_service_booklet_-_chapters_-_third_edition_-_2020.pdf#page29|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Government House|page=29|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>

The miniature of the Nursing Service Cross is a half-sized replica of the cross, suspended from a miniature of the ribbon that is 16&nbsp;mm wide.<ref>{{cite book |title=Conspicuous Service Decorations|edition=3rd|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/conspicuous_service_booklet_-_chapters_-_third_edition_-_2020.pdf#page29|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Government House|page=29|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>

A lapel badge, being a 10&nbsp;mm wide replica of the cross, is also provided to awardees.<ref>{{cite book |title=Conspicuous Service Decorations|edition=3rd|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/conspicuous_service_booklet_-_chapters_-_third_edition_-_2020.pdf#page29|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Government House|page=29|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>

==History==
The award of medals for conspicuous conduct can be traced back to 1643 (potentially even earlier).<ref>{{cite book |date=2017|chapter=Orders, Decorations, and Medals|title=Army Manual of Dress|url=https://www.army.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-03/Army%20Dress%20Manual_0.pdf#page590|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|location=Canberra, Australia|page=6-1}}</ref> Before 18 October 1989, eligible Australian Defence Force (ADF) members could be awarded the [[Royal Red Cross]] under the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom|Imperial honours system]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/government/its-honour/nursing-service-cross|title=Nursing Service Cross|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> About 250 Australian nurses received one of the two classes of the Royal Red Cross between the Boer War and the Vietnam War.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/government/its-honour/nursing-service-cross|title=Nursing Service Cross|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> The last time the Royal Red Cross was awarded in Australia,{{refn|group=note|The last military nurses to be awarded the Royal Red Cross in Australia were Jane Greenslade (Navy), Pegeen Mallon (Air Force), Carol Ann O’Connor (Air Force), and Pamela Joy Wright (Army) on 31 December 1981.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/search|title=Royal Red Cross (2nd Class) (Imperial)|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref>}} which had never been intended as a specific award for Australian military nurses, was on 31 December 1981.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/government/its-honour/nursing-service-cross|title=Nursing Service Cross|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>

===Origin===
When Australian Prime Minister [[Bob Hawke]] came to power in 1983, he declared his government would no longer be making any recommendations for Imperial honours and awards.<ref>{{cite press release |date=8 April 1983|title=Prime Minister|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/media/pressrel/HPR09006116/upload_binary/HPR09006116.pdf|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref> On 26 January 1986, Hawke announced the intention to seek Letters Patent for a new military award to recognise outstanding operational and non-operational service by Australian Defence Force nurses, to be called the Australian Nursing Service Cross.<ref>{{cite press release |date=26 January 1986|title=Prime Minister|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/media/pressrel/HPR09022503/upload_binary/HPR09022503.pdf|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> On 17 July 1986, the Australian Government announced a competition to design the Nursing Service Cross.<ref>{{cite press release |date=17 July 1986|title=Defence Medals Design Competition|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/media/pressrel/HPR09021872/upload_binary/HPR09021872.pdf|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> On 12 December 1986, the competition winners had their design concepts and ideas forwarded to qualified designers, sculptors and engravers for finalisation.<ref>{{cite press release |date=12 December 1986|title=Winners announced in Awards design competition|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/media/pressrel/HPR09021884/upload_binary/HPR09021884.pdf|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>

On 18 October 1989, the [[Monarchy of Australia|Queen of Australia]], [[Elizabeth II]], issued Letters Patent instituting the Nursing Service Cross decoration.<ref>Refer:
* [https://www.defence.gov.au/medals/_Master/docs/HonoursDecorations/S108-90-Nursing-Service-Cross-Regulations.pdf Letters Patent Constituting the Nursing Service Cross 1989], cl 2
* {{cite book |title=Conspicuous Service Decorations|edition=3rd|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/conspicuous_service_booklet_-_chapters_-_third_edition_-_2020.pdf#page18|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Government House|page=18|date=2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1990GN19#page93|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 108|location=Canberra, Australia|date=7 May 1990|access-date=6 June 2020|page=4}}</ref>

===Suspension of new nominations===
On 3 March 2010, the Nursing Service Cross (while it is still active as an award in the Australian honours and awards scheme) was closed to new nominations by determination of the [[Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)|Chief of Defence Force]].<ref>Refer:
* {{cite book |title= Defence Honours and Awards Manual|volume=1|chapter=Conspicuous Service Decorations and Nursing Service Cross|url=https://defence.gov.au/medals/_Master/docs/DHAM/12.pdf#page1|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|page=12-1|date=2012|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* Chief of the Defence Force Determination CDF/OUT/2010/146 of 3 March 2010</ref> Awards to eligible defence members for outstanding devotion or exceptional dedication to nursing duties are now considered under the Order of Australia, Distinguished Service and Conspicuous Service awards criteria, as applicable.<ref>Refer:
* {{cite book |title= Defence Honours and Awards Manual|volume=1|chapter=Conspicuous Service Decorations and Nursing Service Cross|url=https://defence.gov.au/medals/_Master/docs/DHAM/12.pdf#page1|location=Canberra, Australia|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|page=12-1|date=2012|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* Chief of the Defence Force Determination CDF/OUT/2010/146 of 3 March 2010</ref>

===2017 commemorative coin===
In 2017, the [[Royal Australian Mint]] produced for [[News Corp Australia]] a 20 cent non-circulating [[legal tender]] coin and card (241,744 produced) to commemorate the Nursing Service Cross, that was available from participating newsagents in April 2017.<ref>Refer:
* {{cite web |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/Medals/News.asp|title=ANZAC Coin Collection|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Department of Defence|access-date=23 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930170041/http://www.defence.gov.au/Medals/News.asp|archive-date=30 September 2019}}
* {{cite book |date=2017|title=Royal Australian Mint Annual Report 2016-17|url= https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/publications/tabledpapers/81c786b2-b6fb-44c4-a48a-7ccaf6b9acfb/upload_pdf/RAM%202016-17_annual_report.pdf#page114|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|pages=26,106|issn=2206-0375|access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref> The nickel plated copper coin had the following features:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2016L01605/137c98d9-d7fa-47a0-9e6b-652bff98a40d|title=Explanatory Statement Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination (No. 4) 2016|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Federal Register of Legislation|access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref>
* [[Obverse and reverse|'''Reverse''']] – A representation of the Nursing Service Cross decoration, including suspender bar and ribbon. Positioned in the centre of a wreath at the bottom of the coin face is a representation of the St Edward's Crown. The design included the number '20' and the inscription 'NURSING SERVICE CROSS'.
* [[Obverse and reverse|'''Obverse''']] – An [[effigy]] of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, together with the inscriptions 'ELIZABETH II', 'AUSTRALIA' and the inscription, in numerals, of the year 2017, as well as the initials of the coin's designer [[Ian Rank-Broadley]] 'IRB'.

==List of recipients==
There have been 28 recipients, and 29 awards, since the Nursing Service Cross was established on 18 October 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/Medals/GeneralInfo/Feature/Nurses-Day.asp|title=International Nurses Day feature: Nursing Service Cross|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Department of Defence|access-date=23 May 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605180023/https://www.defence.gov.au/Medals/GeneralInfo/Feature/Nurses-Day.asp|archive-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> Jonathan Aharon Walter is the sole awardee to have received the Nursing Service Cross twice, first in 2004, and then again in 2007 (when he was awarded a Bar to his existing Nursing Service Cross).<ref>Refer:
* '''For NSC''' {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1057438|date=14 June 2004|recipient=PTE Walter, Jonathan Aharon (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For 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|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* '''For NSC and Bar''' {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1134449|date=26 January 2007|recipient=CPL Walter, Jonathan Aharon (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross with Bar|postnominal=NSC and Bar|citation=For exceptional dedication in the performance of nursing duties as a member of Special Operations Task Unit 637.1 during Operation Slipper, Afghanistan 2005|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank<br>(at time of award) || Name || Post-nominals || Service || Date awarded || class=unsortable|Citation || class=unsortable|Notes
|-
| data-sort-value="13"|[[Flight lieutenant|FLTLT]] ||{{sortname|Amanda|Banks|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="3"|[[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] || {{dts|26 January 2006}} || For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties as the critical care Nursing Officer on [[Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq|Operation CATALYST]] within the USAF Theatre Hospital, 332nd Expeditionary Health Group, Balad, Iraq. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1132122|date=26 January 2006|recipient=FLTLT Banks, Amanda (RAAF)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For 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|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/2006GN04#page88|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 3|location=Canberra, Australia|date=26 January 2006|access-date=7 June 2020|page=2}}</ref>
|-
| data-sort-value="13"|[[Captain (armed forces)|CAPT]] || {{sortname|Anne Frances|Blundell|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="2"|[[Australian Army|Army]] || {{dts|26 January 1994}} || For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties with the [[United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia]]. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=902074|date=26 January 1994|recipient=CAPT Blundell, Anne (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1994GN05#page45|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 6|location=Canberra, Australia|date=26 January 1994|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
|-
| data-sort-value="13"|[[Captain (armed forces)|CAPT]] || {{sortname|Gregory Richard|Brown|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|CSC, NSC || data-sort-value="2" |[[Australian Army|Army]] || {{dts|12 June 2006}} || For 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|Operation SUMATRA ASSIST]].||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1133646|date=12 June 2006|recipient=CAPT Brown, Gregory Richard (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For 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|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/2006GN24#page95|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 77|location=Canberra, Australia|date=12 June 2006|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="5"|[[Sergeant|SGT]] || {{sortname|Geoffrey Ian|Cox|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="2"|[[Australian Army|Army]] || {{dts|11 June 2007}} || For 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. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1135327|date=11 June 2007|recipient=SGT Cox, Geoffrey Ian (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For 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|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/2007GN24#page95|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 102|location=Canberra, Australia|date=11 June 2007|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="13"|[[Flight lieutenant|FLTLT]] || {{sortname|Stephen Michael|Crimston|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="3"|[[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] || {{dts|17 October 2003}} || For outstanding devotion to duty and tireless work in the delivery of lifesaving care to the injured, and solace to their friends and relatives as a member of the [[2002 Bali bombings|Operation BALI ASSIST]] Aeromedical Evacuation Team, October 2002. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1044425|date=17 October 2003|recipient=FLTLT Crimston, Stephen Michael (RAAF)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For outstanding devotion to duty and tireless work in the delivery of lifesaving care to the injured, and solace to their friends and relatives as a member of the Operation BALI ASSIST Aeromedical Evacuation Team, October 2002|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/2003GN42#page64|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 377|location=Canberra, Australia|date=17 October 2003|access-date=23 May 2020|page=10}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="4"|[[Corporal|CPL]] || {{sortname|Daniel Troy|Davidson|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="2"|[[Australian Army|Army]] || {{dts|26 January 2007}} || For acts of exceptional dedication in the performance of nursing duties as a member of Special Operations Task Unit 637.1 during [[Military history of Australia during the War in Afghanistan|Operation SLIPPER, Afghanistan]] 2005. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1134450|date=26 January 2007|recipient=CPL Davidson, Daniel Troy (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For acts of exceptional dedication in the performance of nursing duties as a member of Special Operations Task Unit 637.1 during Operation SLIPPER, Afghanistan 2005|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/2007GN04#page80|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 4|location=Canberra, Australia|date=26 January 2007|access-date=23 May 2020|page=3}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="6"|[[Staff sergeant|SSGT]] || {{sortname|Kim|Felmingham|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="35"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC, [[Order of Australia#Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)|OAM]]}}<ref>{{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=2000890|date=26 January 2018|recipient=WO1 Felmingham, Kim (Army)|award=Medal of the Order of Australia|postnominal=OAM|citation=For meritorious service as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the 11th Combat Service Support Battalion, 7th Combat Service Support Battalion and the 17th Combat Service Support Brigade|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> || data-sort-value="2"|[[Australian Army|Army]] || {{dts|25 March 2000}} || For outstanding devotion and competency in providing medical treatment to vehicle accident casualties on 14 January 2000 while on [[International Force East Timor|Operation STABILISE]] in East Timor. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=902238|date=25 March 2000|recipient=SSGT Felmingham, Kim (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For outstanding devotion and competency in providing medical treatment to vehicle accident casualties on 14 January 2000 while on Operation STABILISE in East Timor|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/2000GN13#page42|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 140|location=Canberra, Australia|date=25 March 2000|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/Medals/GeneralInfo/Feature/Nurses-Day.asp|title=International Nurses Day feature: Nursing Service Cross|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Department of Defence|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="14"|[[Squadron leader|SQNLDR]] || {{sortname|Ann Teresa|Harrison|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="3"|[[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] || {{dts|8 June 1992}} || For outstanding performance of nursing duties at No 3 RAAF Hospital. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1026030|date=8 June 1992|recipient=SQNLDR Harrison, Ann Teresa (RAAF)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation= For outstanding performance of nursing duties at No 3 RAAF Hospital|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1992GN24#page95|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 128|location=Canberra, Australia|date=8 June 1992|access-date=22 May 2020|page=3}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="4"|[[Corporal|CPL]] || {{sortname|Timothy John|Hayden|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="2"|[[Australian Army|Army]] || {{dts|26 January 1995}} || For exceptional dedication and devotion to duty to the Australian Army, particularly following a motor vehicle accident near Paluda Camp in Malaysia on 23 September 1993. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=902078|date=26 January 1995|recipient=CPL Hayden, Timothy John (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For exceptional dedication and devotion to duty to the Australian Army, particularly following a motor vehicle accident near Paluda Camp in Malaysia on 23 September 1993|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1995GN04#page117|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 10|location=Canberra, Australia|date=26 January 1995|access-date=22 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="13"|[[Flight lieutenant|FLTLT]] ||{{sortname|Anna-Lisa|Hernan|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="3"|[[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] || {{dts|12 June 2006}} || For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties with the Royal Australian Air Force aeromedical evacuation team during [[Operation Sumatra Assist|Operation SUMATRA ASSIST]]. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1133647|date=17 October 2003|recipient=FLTLT Hernan, Anna-Lisa (RAAF)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties with the Royal Australian Air Force aeromedical evacuation team during Operation SUMATRA ASSIST|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/2006GN24#page95|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 77|location=Canberra, Australia|date=12 June 2006|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="15"|[[Wing commander (rank)|WGCDR]] || {{sortname|Margaret Joy|Hine|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="28"| {{post-nominals|size=100%|list=[[Order of Australia#Member (AM)|AM]], NSC}}<ref>{{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=878938|date=26 January 1985|recipient=SQNLDR Hine, Margaret Joy (RAAF)|award=Member of the Order of Australia|postnominal=AM|citation=For service to the Royal Australian Air Force nursing service|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> || data-sort-value="3"|[[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] || {{dts|26 January 2003}} || For 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. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1042429|date=26 January 2003|recipient=WGCDR Hine, Margaret Joy (RAAF)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For 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|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/2003GN05#page75|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 7|location=Canberra, Australia|date=26 January 2003|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="14"|[[Squadron leader|SQNLDR]] || {{sortname|Elizabeth Anne|Howell|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="3"|[[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] || {{dts|26 January 1998}} || For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties as the Nursing Administrator at the No 3 Royal Australian Air Force Hospital, Richmond NSW. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1026026|date=26 January 1988|recipient=SQNLDR Howell, Elizabeth Anne (RAAF)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation= For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties as the Nursing Administrator at the No 3 Royal Australian Air Force Hospital, Richmond NSW|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=http://old.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/aaagazattes/1994-2004/Order%20of%20Australia%20-%20Australia%20Day%201998%20(AD98)%20-%20Gazette%20S14.pdf#page28|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 16|location=Canberra, Australia|date=26 January 1988|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="5"|[[Petty officer|PO]] || {{sortname|Adrian Leslie|Leach|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="1"|[[Royal Australian Navy|RAN]] || {{dts|26 January 1997}} || For outstanding professionalism, expertise and devotion to duty while on board [[HMAS Swan (DE 50)|HMAS {{em|SWAN}}]]. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=963805|date=26 January 1997|recipient=PO Leach, Adrian Leslie (RAN)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For outstanding professionalism, expertise and devotion to duty while on board HMAS SWAN|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1997GN04#page100|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 15|location=Canberra, Australia|date=26 January 1997|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="4"|[[Corporal|CPL]] || {{sortname|Sarah Ann|Longshaw|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="2"|[[Australian Army|Army]] || {{dts|29 October 2004}} || For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties as the Medical Assistant on [[Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq|Operation CATALYST]] with the Australian Army Training Team in Northern Iraq. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1057544|date=29 October 2004|recipient=CPL Longshaw, Sarah Ann (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For 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|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/2004GN44#page90|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 425|location=Canberra, Australia|date=29 October 2004|access-date=7 June 2020}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/government/its-honour/awards/medic-shows-best-australia-iraq|title=Medic shows the best of Australia in Iraq|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="7"|[[Warrant officer|WO2]] || {{sortname|Alastair George|Mackenzie|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="2"|[[Australian Army|Army]] || {{dts|11 June 2007}} || For 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. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1135328|date=11 June 2007|recipient=WO2 Mackenzie, Alastair George (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For 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|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/2007GN24#page95|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 102|location=Canberra, Australia|date=11 June 2007|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="13"|[[Captain (armed forces)|CAPT]] || {{sortname|Lewis Ritchie|MacLeod|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="2"|[[Australian Army|Army]] || {{dts|25 November 1996}} || For 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. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=902183|date=25 November 1996|recipient=CAPT MacLeod, Lewis Ritchie (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For 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|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1996GN48#page65|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 445|location=Canberra, Australia|date=25 November 1996|access-date=23 May 2020|page=1}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="13"|[[Captain (armed forces)|CAPT]] || {{sortname|Jane Anne|Mateer|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="2"|[[Australian Army|Army]] || {{dts|11 June 2007}} || For outstanding devotion and competency in nursing duties on [[Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq|Operation CATALYST]] at the United States Air Force Theatre Hospital, Balad, Iraq. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1135329|date=11 June 2007|recipient=CAPT Mateer, Jane Anne (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For outstanding devotion and competency in nursing duties on Operation CATALYST at the United States Air Force Theatre Hospital, Balad, Iraq|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/2007GN24#page95|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 102|location=Canberra, Australia|date=11 June 2007|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="13"|[[Flight lieutenant|FLTLT]] || {{sortname|Helena Mary|McDonnell|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="3"|[[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] || {{dts|14 June 1993}} || For conspicuous nursing service to the Royal Australian Air Force at No 3 RAAF Hospital. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1026029|date=14 June 1993|recipient=FLTLT McDonald, Helena Mary (RAAF)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For conspicuous nursing service to the Royal Australian Air Force at No 3 RAAF Hospital|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/13966981|title=Queen's Birthday Honours|newspaper=The Canberra Times|issue=14 June 1993|location=Canberra, Australia|access-date=23 May 2020|page=11}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="4"|[[Corporal|CPL]] || {{sortname|Wayne Bradley|McKenna|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="2"|[[Australian Army|Army]] || {{dts|25 March 2000}} || For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of medical duties with the 1st Combat Service Support Team in East Timor. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=902077|date=25 March 2000|recipient=CPL McKenna, Wayne Bradley (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of medical duties with the 1st Combat Service Support Team in East Timor|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/2000GN13#page42|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 140|location=Canberra, Australia|date=25 March 2000|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="7"|[[Chief petty officer|CPO]] || {{sortname|Neil Michael|Perrin|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="1"|[[Royal Australian Navy|RAN]] || {{dts|10 June 1996}} || For outstanding devotion to duty and competency as the senior health services member in [[HMAS Hobart (D 39)|HMAS {{em|HOBART}}]]. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=963799|date=10 June 1996|recipient=CPO Perrin, Neil Michael (RAN)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For outstanding devotion to duty and competency as the senior health services member in HMAS HOBART|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1996GN23#page63|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 187|location=Canberra, Australia|date=10 June 1996|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="4"|[[Corporal|CPL]] || {{sortname|Warren Mark|Purse|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="2"|[[Australian Army|Army]] || {{dts|13 June 1994}} || For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties while serving as a medical assistant with the [[United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia]]. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=902343|date=13 July 1994|recipient=CPL Purse, Warren Mark (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties while serving as a medical assistant with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1994GN24#page90|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 192|location=Canberra, Australia|date=13 June 1994|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="4"|[[Corporal|CPL]] || {{sortname|McQuilty|Quirke|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="2"|[[Australian Army|Army]] || {{dts|26 January 2007}} || For exceptional dedication in the performance of nursing duties as the [[Regimental Aid Post]] Corporal Medic, B Squadron, the [[3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment (Australia)|3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment]]. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1134451|date=26 January 2007|recipient=CPL Quirke, McQuilty (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For exceptional dedication in the performance of nursing duties as the Regimental Aid Post Corporal Medic, B Squadron, the 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/2007GN04#page80|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 4|location=Canberra, Australia|date=26 January 2007|access-date=23 May 2020|page=3}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="12"|[[Flying officer|FLGOFF]] || {{sortname|Catherine Anne|Rafter|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="3"|[[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] || {{dts|26 January 1996}} || For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties with the Australian Medical Support Force, Australian Contingent, [[United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda|United Nations Mission Assistance in Rwanda]]. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1026028|date=26 January 1996|recipient=FLGOFF Rafter, Catherine Anne (RAAF)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties with the Australian Medical Support Force, Australian Contingent, United Nations Mission Assistance in Rwanda|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1996GN34#page97|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 14|location=Canberra, Australia|date=26 January 1996|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="14"|[[Squadron leader|SQNLDR]] || {{sortname|Geoffrey Dean|Robinson|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="3"|[[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] || {{dts|10 June 1996}} || For exceptional dedication to the RAAF in the field of nursing education ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1026031|date=10 June 1996|recipient=SQNLDR Robinson, Geoffrey Dean (RAAF)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For exceptional dedication to the RAAF in the field of nursing education|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1996GN23#page63|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 187|location=Canberra, Australia|date=10 June 1996|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="13"|[[Captain (armed forces)|CAPT]] || {{sortname|Lorna Maria|Todd|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="2"|[[Australian Army|Army]] || {{dts|26 January 1996}} || For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties with the Australian Medical Support Force, Australian Contingent, [[United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda|United Nations Mission Assistance in Rwanda]]. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=902406|date=26 January 1996|recipient=CAPT Todd, Lorna Maria (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties with the Australian Medical Support Force, Australian Contingent, United Nations Mission Assistance in Rwanda|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1996GN34#page97|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 14|location=Canberra, Australia|date=26 January 1996|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="5"|[[Sergeant|SGT]] || {{sortname|Lloyd Charles|Tonkin|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="36"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="3"|[[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] || {{dts|14 June 1999}} || For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties as a Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Medical Assistant at the Health Services Flight, No 304 Air Base Wing, Edinburgh ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1026032|date=14 June 1999|recipient=SGT Tonkin, Lloyd Charles (RAAF)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties as a Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Medical Assistant at the Health Services Flight, No 304 Air Base Wing, Edinburgh|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1999GN25#page199|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 216|location=Canberra, Australia|date=14 June 1999|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="1"|[[Private (rank)|PTE]] || {{sortname|Jonathan Aharon|Walter|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="30"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC}} || data-sort-value="2"|[[Australian Army|Army]] || {{dts|14 June 2004}} || For 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 [[United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor|Operation CITADEL]]. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1057438|date=14 June 2004|recipient=PTE Walter, Jonathan Aharon (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For 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|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/2004GN25#page131|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 4|location=Canberra, Australia|date=26 January 2007|access-date=7 June 2020|page=3}}</ref>
|-
| data-sort-value="4"|[[Corporal|CPL]] || {{sortname|Jonathan Aharon|Walter|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="29"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC and Bar}} || data-sort-value="2"|[[Australian Army|Army]] ||{{dts|26 January 2007}} || For exceptional dedication in the performance of nursing duties as a member of Special Operations Task Unit 637.1 during [[Military history of Australia during the War in Afghanistan|Operation SLIPPER, Afghanistan]] 2005. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1134449|date=26 January 2007|recipient=CPL Walter, Jonathan Aharon (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross with Bar|postnominal=NSC and Bar|citation=For exceptional dedication in the performance of nursing duties as a member of Special Operations Task Unit 637.1 during Operation Slipper, Afghanistan 2005|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/2007GN04#page79|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 4|location=Canberra, Australia|date=26 January 2007|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}</ref>
|-
| data-sort-value="4"|[[Corporal|CPL]] || {{sortname|Marcus|Wilson|nolink=1}} || data-sort-value="34"|{{post-nominals|size=100%|list=NSC, [[Bravery Medal (Australia)|BM]]}}<ref>{{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=1154440|date=17 August 2016|recipient=Mr Wilson, Marcus (Army)|award=Bravery Medal|postnominal=BM|citation=For display of considerable bravery in assessing, treating and rescuing five military personnel from a crashed helicopter in Kabul, Afghanistan |postscript=.|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref> || data-sort-value="2"|[[Australian Army|Army]] || {{dts|14 June 1999}} || For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties as the Medical Assistant for the Peace Monitoring Team Arawa during [[History of Bougainville|Operation BEL ISI]], Bougainville. ||<ref>Refer:
* {{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=902076|date=14 June 1999|recipient=CPL Wilson, Marcus (Army)|award=Nursing Service Cross|postnominal=NSC|citation=For outstanding devotion and competency in the performance of nursing duties as the Medical Assistant for the Peace Monitoring Team Arawa during Operation BEL ISI, Bougainville|postscript=.|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1999GN25#page199|title=Special Gazette|newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|issue=S 216|location=Canberra, Australia|date=14 June 1999|access-date=23 May 2020|page=2}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/events/invictusgames/team/MarcusWilson.asp|title=Marcus Wilson|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|website=Department of Defence|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[Australian honours and awards system]]
* [[Australian Honours Order of Wearing]]
* [[List of post-nominal letters (Australia)#Orders and decorations|Post-nominal letters (Australia)]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Australian Honours System}}

[[Category:Military awards and decorations of Australia]]
[[Category:1989 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1989]]
[[Category:Military nursing]]
[[Category:Nursing awards]]
[[Category:Nursing in Australia]]