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Chindit Parachute Indian Para Bde
Should this not have the Indian Pegasus rather than the Chindit patch?
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The cynic in me suggests that this might have been put together in India as demob approached so he could have some tales of daring-do to tell on arrival in UK. Perhaps his actual entitlement was that sewn on the left sleeve - although AoS strips were only rarely seen east of Suez. Mike
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Some very strangely badged battledress came out of India at the end of the war. I'm inclined to agree with Mike.
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My understanding is that members of the Chindits were encouraged to join the 15th (Indian) Parachute battalion after the Chindit Brigades were dissolved, but the active wearing of Chindit badges on their Para uniforms was discouraged.
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Not sure that it matters, but the BD is an Australian manufactured example.
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If it is an Australian manufactured example then we did not adopt battledress until well after the Second World War and wore it until 1996. There was however a British pattern battledress, if it was Australian-made I can't confirm, that was issued to armour, 1 Para Bn, and some independent companies from about 1941, but was withdrawn about 1943. It did look similar to this pattern.
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Australian pattern battledress
Jerry,
Just while I've got this stuff out the documents might be of interest to you. GRO O.476/42 and O.717/42 Keith |
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British pattern battledress
Last two, GRO O.578/43 and O.422/44.
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The example I own has no badges on it, though I have saved images of an example badged to an officer in the 10th Gurkha's. Both are 1941 dated and have full makers details on their labels.
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A good few chindits who survived the 2nd campaign did go on to parachute training directly or indirectly with the Indian Airborne div and did actually choose to wear the chindit patch for the long journey home to civilian life.
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