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Old 19-02-18, 06:30 AM
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Default AFC photo what is on his top sleeve

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what is the patch on his shoulder and is the AFC wings stitched down ??

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Old 19-02-18, 07:15 AM
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Is he Canadian?
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Old 19-02-18, 07:48 AM
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Is he Canadian?
No mate Australian,member of the AFC (Australian Flying Corps) rising Sun collar tabs (dogs) its just I dont know what the patch is on his top sleeve.

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Old 19-02-18, 09:54 AM
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Looks like some sort of tape or title on the eppaulette too, just below the first pip.
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If you look at the original Ebay listing for this photo and use the image zoom facility it looks like the tape on the shoulder strap has an embroidered word on it which could be 'Australia'.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Photo-WW1-...p2047675.l2557
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I'd say he is wearing the colour patch of the battalion of 4th Aust Division (probably 13 Aust Inf Bde) that he was serving in when he applied for the AFC. It might be a photo from the period after February 1917 when the circular patch was adopted by 12 and 13 Bdes, and the end of July 1917 when the AFC patch was introduced.

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Old 19-02-18, 08:28 PM
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I'd say he is wearing the colour patch of the battalion of 4th Aust Division (probably 13 Aust Inf Bde) that he was serving in when he applied for the AFC. It might be a photo from the period after February 1917 when the circular patch was adopted by 12 and 13 Bdes, and the end of July 1917 when the AFC patch was introduced.

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Thanks Keith for your explanation , makes sense .

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