Unofficial history of the Australian
& New Zealand Armed
Services
Category: Badges
History of the Badges of the Australian Army (1903
to
1966)
This
section draws heavily on research by Alfred N Festberg as presented in
his book Australian Army Insignia 1903-1966. He concentrated only on
units in the 1966 Order of Battle.
Royal Australian Army
Educational Corps
Approved in 1948
Approved with St Edward's Crown in
1955
Approved in 1964 and based on the
British badge
War Correspondent.
In the 1960s and before all Public Relations personnel wore the badge of
the Educational corps. This is the cloth hat badge that they wore during
WW2 (post 1943) & in Viet Nam.
Now the Army has the Australian
Army Public Relations Service
Australian Army Catering
Corps
Approved in 1948
Approved with St Edward's
Crown in 1955
Royal Australian Army Pay
Corps
Australian Army Legal Corps
Approved
30 Oct 1962
Approved
12 February 1964
Royal Australian
Army Provost Corps
now called the Royal
Australian Corps of Military Police
Initially the Provosts wore special shoulder badges and /or
collar badges and the standard General Service badge (Rising Sun).
1918 version Aust Provost
Corps shoulder title
Provost Staff operated
1911/1928 as part of PMF
Approved
1949
Approved
with St Edward's Crown in 1955
The Australian Services
Canteen Organisation (ASCO)
Although approved by HM
Queen Elizabeth II in 1961 this has never been used as a hat badge.
