Australia Service Medal

Date: 1945
Campaign: World War II
Reciptent: QX17905 L.Jackson
Services: Australian Forces
Medal Composite: Cupro-nickel
Clasps: 0
Number Issued: 180,000

The Australian Service Medal, issued for 18 months overseas service, or 3 years service at home. The service numbers of the reciptents where prefixed by a letter, this denoted the state from which they where from, this was:

N - New South Wales
Q - Queensland
S - South Australia
T - Tasmania
V- Victoria
W - Western Australia.

Therefore Mr. L.Jackson was from the state of Queensland.