10th Battalion AIF - unofficial pin badge?

[fairlie63]

Regtl No 1068, 10th Battalion, was Walter Percy TERNAN, painter and single, of Stepney, Adelaide SA.

He enlisted on 9 September 1914 and was a member of 'D' Company. Again, hardly a stellar AIF career and was discharged in Adelaide in early 1918.

Keith

[mike_vee]

Originally Posted by Barrowsgate

The number on the back of mine is 1068. This does not tally with my Grandfather's service number. Also, it doesn't appear to tally with the service number of any soldier in 10th Infantry Battalion.

Found this :

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[Barrowsgate]

Originally Posted by fairlie63

Regtl No 1068, 10th Battalion, was Walter Percy TERNAN, painter and single, of Stepney, Adelaide SA.

He enlisted on 9 September 1914 and was a member of 'D' Company. Again, hardly a stellar AIF career and was discharged in Adelaide in early 1918.

Keith

Thanks. I stand corrected. Same company as my grandfather* and same ship. I guess they could just have swapped badges, or got them muddled up.

*EDIT - actually now that I look at it, he was originally in B company and transferred to D company later in the war.

[mike_vee]

Originally Posted by Barrowsgate

Thanks. I stand corrected. Same company as my grandfather* and same ship. I guess they could just have swapped badges, or got them muddled up.

*EDIT - actually now that I look at it, he was originally in B company and transferred to D company later in the war.

Thanks to you posting the number on the back of your bar it now confirms Ray's suggestion that it was the service number.

Another puzzle solved !

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[dumdum]

Hi all and thanks to Mike who pushed me to look further at my badge!

Not often that I can make a contribution to a puzzle! I'm used to people helping me as I feel that sometimes my own knowledge is very small compared others.

It's a genuine pleasure to help!

It may be possible to pick up one of the Loyal Women "medals" from various sites and thereby complete the piece. Or leave as it has been for more than a couple of years....

[kingsley]

I will have a look at the the numbers on the back of mine.