Sorry Keith but thanks. Bill had passed on information to me but I didn't realize this is where he got it! I found the connection with the Aust Army Service Corps strange and was seeking further information. I will have to dig deeper into the unit's reporting chain while in Australia to see if there is a logical connection.
No, I haven't seen pictures of what the soldiers had on their uniform. Official history states that the unit CO acquired the badges prior to the return sail to Canada and that the soldiers sewed them on enroute.
I recently found a reference to "400 pairs" of badges being purchased so that reignited my interest in finding out what the "pair" was. I may have previously conceded that it was pairs of the Signals arm of service patch and my 'triangle' was unrelated however Bill came across the same two badges together and so I feel more certain now that the "pair" was as shown in my photo.
Joe
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