FORMER defence personnel who experienced sexual or other abuse while in service have until the end of May to come forward or miss out on possible reparations of up to $50,000.
Slater and Gordon military compensation lawyer Brian Briggs said the federal government had set May 31 as the cutoff date for accepting new allegations about abuse alleged to have occurred before April 11, 2011.
"Anyone who misses next month's May 31 deadline may be ineligible for the Defence Abuse Reparation Scheme," he said in a statement.
"Members of our defence force who have suffered abuse deserve to have their complaints dealt with. It would be an injustice for people to be left out simply by missing a claim deadline. Those affected by abuse must act now."
Following the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) "Skype scandal" in 2011, Defence Minister Stephen Smith commissioned law firm DLA Piper to examine a number of allegations of abuse in the defence force.
The firm uncovered 775 plausible abuse allegations since the 1950s. The earliest related to events in 1951.
In November, the government responded with the appointment of the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce to examine individual allegations, which if sufficiently substantiated could allow victims to claim up to $50,000 in compensation.
Mr Briggs said the establishment of the reparations scheme was a watershed moment after years of inaction.
"These measures may give members of the ADF the opportunity to access ex gratia payments, counselling and medical assistance to help them deal with the very serious trauma they have suffered," he said.
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