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VAD Badge
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 |
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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.
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Many thanks for that Keith. I have never seen another - are they common?
Regards Jim |
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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. |
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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?
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Has anyone pics of other MD examples that we could see?
Jim |
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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 |
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