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Cloth shoulder patches. Page 4.   
Above: Australian Coronation Contingent 1953
Right: A selection of RNZAF shoulder patches.
Defence Science and Technology Organisation. Worn above the left pocket.
Australian Army Rifle Team. Date not known but post 1953.
RAE shoulder titles, NSW formation badge and (British?) National Service badge. Australian Services Contingent, Aviation Group, Cambodia 1992/93 (UNTAC)

Chaplains badge, subdued on DPCU cloth
Unofficial Aust. Vietnam Forces patch (post war) Australian Training Support Team East Timor

RAAF cloth badge (recent)

RAE Explosives handler, khaki

ID Patches from "rebels" in East Timor during INTERFET
Otonomi group of "rebels" Aitarak group of "rebels"
Some images from Australian Army Badges: Cloth insignia of the Army in Australia 1860-1993 by J K Cossum ISBN 0 949530 14 X
 

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