Commendation for Distinguished Service

{{Short description|Australian military decoration}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox Military Award

|name=Commendation for Distinguished Service

|image=110px

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|caption=Insignia and ribbon

|presenter=Australia

|type= Medal

|eligibility= Members of the Australian Defence Force

|awarded_for= "the distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations to members of the Australian Defence Force" [http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/medals/commendation_distinguished_service.cfm]

|status= Currently awarded

|description=

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|established= 15 January 1991

|firstawarded= 1993

|lastawarded= 2025 Australia Day Honours

|total_awarded= 525{{cite book |title=Governor-General Annual Report 2023-24 |date=30 September 2024 |publisher=Governor General of Australia |url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-10/OOSGG-Annual-Report-2023%E2%80%932024-Web.pdf |access-date=3 November 2024}}

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|precedence_label = Order of Wear

|higher= Commendation for Brave Conduct{{cite web|title=The Order of Wearing of Australian Honours and Awards|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/docs/order_of_wearing.pdf|work=It's an Honour|publisher=Australian Government|accessdate=23 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211203319/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/docs/order_of_wearing.pdf|archive-date=11 February 2014|url-status=dead}}

|same=

|lower= War medals, campaign medals, active service medals and service medals

|related= Distinguished Service Cross
Distinguished Service Medal

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The Commendation for Distinguished Service is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the Australian Defence Force, it is awarded for the distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations. The Commendation for Distinguished Service was introduced in 1991 and replaced its Imperial equivalent, Mention in Despatches. It is the third level of distinguished service decoration in the Australian Honours System.