Papua New Guinea Independence Medal

The Papua New Guinea Independence Medal was created in 1975 to commemorate the transition from self-government to the full independence of Papua New Guinea. It is a part of the Papua New Guinea honours system.

Papua New Guinea Independence Medal
Type	Independence Medal
Awarded for	service in Papua New Guinea at and prior to independence
Presented by	Papua New Guinea
Eligibility	Civilian, military and police personnel
Established	1975
Ribbon of medal
Precedence
Next (higher)	Commendation Medal for Valuable Service
Next (lower)	Community Service Medal

Criteria

The Government of Papua New Guinea awarded the Papua New Guinea Independence Medal to members of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, who had served between 1 December 1973 and 16 September 1975. Civilian recipients were honoured for outstanding service during the same period of time. Military personnel and civilians from Commonwealth realms such as Australia and the New Zealand were also awarded the medal.^[1]

Precedence

Country	Preceding	Following
Australia Australian Honours Order of Precedence[2]	Anniversary of National Service 1951–1972 Medal	Foreign Awards Worn in order of date of award
New Zealand New Zealand Honours Order of Precedence[3]	Rhodesia Medal	Service Medal of the Order of St John
United Kingdom Order of precedence[4]	Fiji Independence Medal	Solomon Islands Independence Medal

Notable recipients

• Bill Bradfield
• Kevin Byrne
• Yash Ghai
• Michael Jeffery
• Jim Molan
• Michael Somare
• Marilyn Strathern
• John Lavett