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War related civilian badges Page 2

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War Widows Guild of Australia. The Kookaburra Badge

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Australian Comforts Fund, Ballarat.
Volunteered for Active Service but required for service in Australia Badge.

Called the "Home Service" badge. WW1

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Front and back images supplied by Noel Porter>>

Volunteer (Medically unfit) WW1. Granted to persons of military age who had volunteered for active service outside Australia, but had been certified by a medical officer as medically unfit for such service.

WW1 New Zealand Mothers Of Empire Soldiers Sailors sterling silver lapel badge with broach fitting, measures 27mm high.

WW1 NZ Mothers Of Empire Silver Badge

Female Relatives Badge WW2

Issued to wife and or mother or nearest female relative of members of AIF and RAAF including members of AANS on active service abroad. Each star represents 1 family member on service

Female Relatives Badge WW2

Issued to wife and or mother or nearest female relative of members of RAN on active service.

 Each star represents 1 family member on service

 

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Click to enlarge. A group of mothers with one wearing the Female Relatives Badge

AIF Female Relatives Badge WW1

Granted to wife and or mother or nearest female relative of soldiers, nurses & masseuses who left Australia for active service abroad. (Bars added for more than 1 relative (1 for husband and/or one per son/daughter).

 

Click to enlarge Female Relatives Badge WW1 for Royal Australian Navy.
Given to nearest female relative of any man on Active Service with the Royal Australian Navy in the Great War. As with the AIF Female Relatives Badge provision was made for a bar for each son serving.
Click to enlarge This is a particularly interesting combination of 2 badges. It is a WW1 Female Relatives Badge indicating 3 relatives on Active Service (AIF) with the addition of the bar from a WW2 Female Relatives Badge indicating 4 relatives on Active Service.

Mr Bob Nixon who sent the image suggests "My suspicion is that this was the original badge with three  bars for WW1 relatives, with the addition of four stars for the four sons my grandmother saw off to WW2, including my father."

I agree with him and have added it here to highlight the commitment that families made to those 2 wars. Click to enlarge Click the image for details
Click to enlarge Mothers and Widows Badge WW2

To be issued to the mothers and or widows of members of Navy, Army and Air Force killed in action or died of wounds or from other causes while on active service. (Additional stars added for more than one child)

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To be issued to the mothers and or widows of members of RAN, AN&MEF and AIF killed in action or died of wounds or from other causes while on active service. (Additional stars added for more than one child)

  • US WW1 "Men in Service" badge. Each star indicates as husband or son in service with Army, Navy or USMC. The fact that the pin is black indicates that the men have been killed in service.
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 ARP stands for AIR RAID PATROL

photo by Steve Risby
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Sailors & Soldiers Fathers' Association badges

 

photo by Tony McCabe

Click to enlarge If you can provide a colour photo of this badge please email me Sailors and Soldiers Womenfolk Association badge for wives , mothers and sisters of members of all services in both world wars.
Click to enlarge If you can provide a colour photo of this badge please email me United Volunteers Association. Worn by association members. Those eligible are demobilised AIF and volunteers rejected for active service, members of volunteer defence  forces and persons engaged in essential services who are debarred from enlisting for active service and returned soldiers not eligible for membership of RSSILA
Victoria League 1940

On War Service badge (WW1)

Commonwealth of Australia Munitions Establishment worker's ID badge version 1

Commonwealth of Australia Munitions Establishment worker's ID badge version 2

When reading this page please remember that the captions were written in 1942 for a supplement to the "ARGUS" that was published on Saturday April 11, 1942.  So the words 'last war' mean WW1 and the words 'this war' mean WW2.
  • Some of this information was provided by the AWM Information Service

These reproductions are not very good. Maybe you can help. It is probable that you know someone that has one of these badges , probably stuck away in a back cupboard somewhere. If so why not share your treasure with the world by sending me a colour photo of it. I will, of course, pay you the courtesy of naming you as the donor of the photo.

 

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