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Originally Posted by Jibba Jabba
Dean,
The thing about the Ozzie is they didn't really abide by any regulations in regards badge placement. Those chevrons are most likely for good conduct, as service chevrons which denote the years served are usually a lot smaller. British soldiers wore good conduct stripes on the other arm.
The badge on the pocket is probably the Australian Returned From Active Service badge.
The shoulder title is in fact an engineers title: ENGRS Must be missing from your book. Not sure about this since your picture is the size of a postage stamp, you need to check the papers for units served.
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No the chevrons are for overseas service if served Gallipoli bottom chev is red the other ones are blue it denotes 4 years service O/S
see photo.