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Old 08-09-22, 04:59 PM
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Hello 13 Pdr,

I think you will find that Army personnel of 'Z' Aust Special Unit wore Service Dress with the Commonwealth Pattern headdress and collar badges, AUSTRALIA shoulder titles, and the colour patch, if any, of the previous unit to which they had belonged.

Particularly so for officers who were seconded in their units for duty with Services Reconnaissance Department.

I imagine RAN personnel wore their normal rig with whatever rating and non-substantive badges they were entitled to, and HMAS cap tally.

'Z' Aust Special Unit was simply a holding unit to give unit identity to all these disparate personnel for the purposes of record-keeping, pay, etc.

Keith
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