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24-05-10, 02:37 PM
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Australian Victory Contingent
Please can anyone tell me more about the 1947 Australian Victory Contingent.
I have the formation sign, which came with a number of others (see my Berlin & London 1946 album/thread) How many were in the contingent? I presume all services were represented. In my album are also some colour patches from the same source: can anyone please identify the units? Many thanks, Stephen. 
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24-05-10, 09:36 PM
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hi stephen
i will try and find out for you regarding your questions but they are rare patches. you have a nice lot of patches there. never seen this one before, HM Australian Diplomatic Service bc
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25-05-10, 12:47 AM
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The pic of the 2AIF colour patches is too dark really.
However, if they are brown it is the AAMC, and the ovals represent the 8th Division. These two flashes were probably worn by soldiers who were captured by the Japanese in 1942, and survived the Burma Railway, or similar. Not sure about the third one off the top of my head. No doubt an Aussie will be along soon - I'm not digging out my reference material at 1.45 am!
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25-05-10, 02:31 AM
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Maybe this will help,considering that the following is from "diggerhistory" website.
Brown oval on grey;1227. AAMC 8th Aust. Division, 1940-1945: Ref. MGO Branch Line Drawings, p.17. The majority of medical units and personnel of this formation were captured in Singapore, Ambon, Timor and New Britain between January and March 1942. Small grey rectangle on larger grey background:1285. 103rd Aust. General Hospital, 1942-1945: http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-...tches/aasc.htm Jo
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25-05-10, 01:14 PM
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Thank you for all your contributions. Guidance to the Digger History site has been an eye opener!
Looking through the colour patches I tend to thin that the square badge isn't 1285, but due to its size it is more likely to be 1279. I have shown it laid square whereas it should be a large diamond. The Diplomatic badge I would suspect to be unofficial, probably worn by the original collector's husband: he was the senior Australian diplomat in berlin immediately after the war. They lived with, and were supplie by, the British forces. It might be reasonable to presume he wore uniform, like the CCG civilians, but adopted his own insignia. Kind regards, Stephen.
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#6
25-05-10, 02:12 PM
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About #1279, you're right. Should have looked more closely to the border.
Jo
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.
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