Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Determination of Warlike Service

OPERATION CITADEL

I, Danna Vale, Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence.

a.  revoke my determination of 29 January 2003 in relation to OPERATION CITADEL, and

b.  determine that service rendered as a member of the ADF allotted for service during the period 20 May 2002 to 17 August 2003 in the Area of Operations specified below is warlike service for the purposes of subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

• The area of operations comprises East Timor and the territorial sea of East Timor.

Dated   Sixteenth day of September  2003

DANNA VALE

Minister for Veterans'Affairs for and on

behalf of the Minister for Defence