I'll add a couple of pictures related to this topic. The first is of Walter G. Preston, an Australian Lt. who served with the AIF, RFC and RAF. The portrait shows one bar but there would presumably have been another on the opposite side of the cap badge. Walter transferred to the RFC in 1916 and became a pilot, being awarded a DFC for night bombing; flying 3 missions in one night, with a total of 70 missions plus additional reconnaissance flights. The photo is submitted with the permission and courtesy of Mark Parker, a family relative.
The 2nd is an image of a full cap with what appears to be an identical style cap badge. The image, with the publishers approval, is taken from Fuss and Fashion by Clive Law but dates the cap to WWII.
The mystery continues...
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