Persian Gulf 1909–1914 (7,164, including 37 to the Indian Army, travelling aboard H.M.S. Pelorus). For operations against pirates, gun-runners and slavers.
Iraq 1919–1920 (116).[4] For river gunboat service during the Arab revolt.
N.W. Persia 1920 (4). Awarded to the four members of the Naval Mission to the Caspian Sea.[5]
Palestine 1936–39 (13,600). For service during the uprising by Palestinian Arabs.
S.E. Asia 1945-46 (2,000). For operations in Java, Sumatra and French Indochina, prior to handover to the pre-war colonial power.
Minesweeping 1945–51 (4,750). For 6 months minesweeping service in specified areas across the world.
Palestine 1945–48 (7,900). For service during the post-war Jewish insurgency, including coastal patrols against illegal Jewish immigration.
Malaya (7,800). For service in Malaya and Singapore between 1948-60 during the state of emergency.
Yangtze 1949 (1,450). For the attack on HMS Amethyst and other vessels by Communist Chinese forces.
Bomb and Mine Clearance 1945–46. For operations by the Royal Australian Navy, very few clasps with these dates being awarded.[1]
Bomb and Mine Clearance 1945–53 (145). For 6 months spent in clearance operations in specified areas across the world.
B & M Clearance Mediterranean[6] (60). For bomb and mine clearance between 1953-60 by divers, and to seamen who moved recovered bombs, mostly in Valletta harbour.
Canal Zone For service in the Suez Canal Zone between October 1951 and October 1954. (Authorised 2003).[7]
