War widows and orphans

War widows pension and orphans pension are paid to compensate widowed partners or orphaned children of veterans who have died as a result of war service or eligible defence service rendered before 1 July 2004. These pensions may be paid if the veteran was receiving a Special Rate (T&PI) disability pension, an Extreme Disablement Adjustment (EDA) prior to death, or if the veteran was an Australian ex-prisoner of war.

See Factsheet

Compensation payments may be made to dependent partners and children of Australian Defence Force members or former members who die as a result of eligible service rendered on or after 1 July 2004. For information see Factsheets:

  • MRC14 Compensation for dependants — wholly dependent partners of deceased members and former members (MRC14 PDF 109KB | MRC14 HTML)
  • MRC44 Compensation for Dependants of Deceased Serving Members and Former Members of the ADF   (MRC44 PDF 119KB | MRC44 HTML)

See also: War widows/widowers and dependent partners may be eligible for (income support supplement)

 

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