Ted In the 1950's program, quite often after they did their period of national service, they continued on. My uncle went in a national service man and went onto being an Captain. I think may others stayed on after their period of service. Mike Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted HARRIS" <tedharris@ozemail.com.au> To: <AUS-MILITARY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 7:41 AM Subject: [AUS-MIL] Re: Australian Defence Medal [REPLY] > Please set me straight. I was under the impression that the new medal > required at least 4 years service. > > If that is the case how will National Servicemen have a claim/ > > Where am I going wrong? > > Cheers, > Ted Harris