Commonwealth Medal: Awarded to those serving for six months in specified non-operational areas subjected to enemy air attack or closely threatened, those who served for six months at any time between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945 in the Northern Territory north of 14 degrees 30 minutes South and the Torres Strait Islands, those serving for 12 months non-specified non-operational service overseas from or outside Australia: or those members of Mine and Bomb Disposal units employed in areas subjected to enemy air attack or closely threatened for three months within the periods stated.