VAD Badge - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

JIMBODIXON · #1 20-03-17, 12:19 AM

Hi All,
A recent find. This much I know - Volunteer Aid Detachment sleeve or collar badge from WW2? Can anyone tell me what the "6" represents? Made by Stokes so assume Aussie. Any help would be appreciated.
Jim

fairlie63 · #2 20-03-17, 07:18 AM

I believe this is Tasmania, or 6th Military District as it was prior to April 1942. 3/VAD also exists, for Victoria or 3MD. All the VADs were numbered according to Military District, i.e., those in Tasmania were numbered in the block 600-617, 1MD (Queensland) was numbered 100-170, etc.

JIMBODIXON · #3 20-03-17, 08:59 PM

Many thanks for that Keith. I have never seen another - are they common?
Regards
Jim

fairlie63 · #4 21-03-17, 05:11 AM

Hi Jim

I think the 3/ and 6/VAD were about when I collected them, not in great numbers but not scarce either. I have a vague idea that a couple of the VADs wore their own numbers too, I'm sure I'd have notes somewhere.

lettman · #5 21-03-17, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JIMBODIXON

Many thanks for that Keith. I have never seen another - are they common?
Regards
Jim

I have one of these and was told when I bought it that it was for 6MD. Perhaps those for the other MDs are rarer?

JIMBODIXON · #6 23-03-17, 07:58 PM

Has anyone pics of other MD examples that we could see?
Jim

fairlie63 · #7 24-03-17, 06:12 AM

Hi Jim,

Down the bottom for 3/VAD, 6/VAD, and VAD/AUSTRALIA.

I have a small book titled Tasmania's War Effort and published about 1946, which has a photo of the first Tasmanian VADs to be posted overseas. Newsprint type photo so impossible to magnify but they appear to be wearing the VAD/AUSTRALIA title.

Keith