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Originally Posted by dumdum
I was intrigued to see that a well-known website (not eBay) is claiming that these badges were worn by individuals providing transport for the wounded (the ambulances being "transport"......).
Much as I respect the opinions of this site, I feel that this is an interesting theory for which I would like to see definitive proof.
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Two well known websites have the exact same description :
"Non-combatants who volunteered to drive ambulances during the First World War were designated 'His Majesty's New Zealand Transports' (HMNZT)."
The National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy has a different view :
"At the start of World War One the New Zealand Government chartered a number of merchant ships and converted them for troop carrying.
The ships were manned by their civilian officers and ratings, the distinction given to them was
a button-hole badge which declared that they were serving on New Zealand Transports."
https://navymuseum.co.nz/explore/by-...ps/troopships/
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