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Old 26-06-15, 04:49 AM
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This image was taken 20 September 1941. Can anyone please help to idenify the insigna above the bombadier rank stripes.
Your help and knowledge is always appreciated.
Tony
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Old 26-06-15, 04:54 AM
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It could be a Range Finder or Gun Layer badge?
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Old 26-06-15, 05:05 AM
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Thanks Brian. Do you have any examples?
Tony
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Old 26-06-15, 12:07 PM
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Looks more like 2nd SA DIV flash (Circular and split horizontally with yellow above and green below)

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Old 27-06-15, 03:38 AM
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Thanks guys. As always with your knowledge and input hopefully I tracked it down. Steven I believe you're correct. I found this reference. Although it appears to be more oval than round, which matches the shape in my photo. The ref I found has blue below. Is the blue just for a different division? http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-...-col_patch.htm. See attached.
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Old 27-06-15, 04:52 AM
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Hi Tony,
The patch you show is a colour patch for the 46th Battalion, Australia. It is a circle, gold over dark blue, woven on jean, and dates to just after the Great War.
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