Okay, at the risk of threadjacking again... sorry Cosmo,
When YOSS asked about DSM I presumed he was asking about the Defence Service Medal which everyone gets now after a whole 4 yrs vice a Distinguished Service Medal which I don't have. Now that I know that YOSS was actually asking about a AASM (Australian Active Service Medal); no YOSS I don't have one of them but, I do have an Australian Service Medal which is for operational service in a non-warlike operation.
I'm sure JUST and I will have many hours of fun, discussing service life, what was good (is good) and what sucks (and probably still does) and when that gets boring we can discuss something much more worthwhile such as fly fishing...