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Defence Home Commission

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Government Organisation F-220121153

The Defence Home Commission is a constituent organisation of the Ministry of Defence.

❊ EFF 01 Jan 01
Registry CMD-03 Reg 03 of 14
Headquarters Antigua Home Defence Command
Scale 13 offices
775 staff
Defence Home Commission
Constituent of the Ministry of Defence
Employees 775
Headquarters Home Defence Command, Antigua
Parent Ministry of Defence
Service Defence Civil Service

The Defence Home Commission is an ex-service body associated with the Ministry of Defence, and is responsible for the resettlement of servicemen leaving the Commonwealth Armed Forces and for the care of those injured in service. It is partially funded by the ministry, and its headquarters are on Antigua.

Service pensions do not exist in the commons, and so the Commission’s work is practical. Its largest job is finding ex-servicemen a home and an occupation when they leave, which it does with the Bureau of Regular Service. Foreign members of the Commonwealth Levy are entitled to residence after five years of service or a permanent injury, and many of them settle in the Commonwealth with the Commission’s help.

Departments 4 departments, 13 offices, 775 staff

Department of Ex-Service Affairs

155

Ex-service persons and their dependants; housing and disablement.

  • Casework Office

    4 stations

  • Disablement Office

    2 stations

  • Dependants Office

    2 stations

  • Housing Office

Department of Medical Treatment

250

Treatment of injury and illness arising from service.

  • Rehabilitation Office

    1 stations

  • Psychiatric Office

    2 stations

  • Service Homes Office

Department of Resettlement

115

Return of discharged persons to civil occupations.

  • Discharge Office

  • Civil Occupations Office

    2 stations

  • Placings Office

Department of Records & Awards

255

Service records, medals and commemorations.

  • Office of Service Records

  • Medals Office

  • Commemorations Office

Constituents 4 bodies
Ex-Service Persons’ Board
Casework and housing for ex-servicemen and their dependants.
Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre
Long-term treatment of the war-injured, with the Parliament of Health.
Resettlement Service
Return of discharged servicemen to civil occupations, through the Bureau of Regular Service.
Service Recognition Office
Medals, commendations and mentions in despatches.