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It is supposed to be a yellow dagger on red. Maybe you got it from a soldier who made a career in the army, and gave you his WW2 badge in the 1960s?
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Not another Australian
Thanks to Tinto who gave me the first clue to the badge on the hat of my Dad as being that of the 1st (Royal)Dragoons. After lots of hours of searching, lots of heartache and being convinced that I would never ever find out what the badge was, yesterday I was given a copy of the Attestation Papers for my father, and I realised I should have paid more attention when I was a young fellow, the attestation papers show he was enlisted into the 1st (Royal) Dragoons on 2nd March 1920, and not mid 1920s as I always thought. He had left the navy on 19th December 1919, and when he joined the Army he put his age as 17 years and 7 months, when in fact, according to his birth certificate which we have, he would have been 16 years and 7 months at the time of his enlistment. Thanks again Tinto for the first clue.
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And yet another Austrtalian
thanks for the info on the formation sign badjez - once we knew what it was, and after talking to people at the Burma Star Association, we realised it came to my wife with the medals of her uncle who served in the Border Regiment, was awarded the Burma Star, so must have been a member of the 9th Bn The Border Regt, which was part of one of the brigades of the 19th Indian Div in Burma, so we offered it to the Burma Star Association, they have very few members left and have given all their memorabilia away, so we will keep it with her uncles medals to leave for our kids
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Hi Brian,
I'm pleased that you have found confirmation that your father was in the 1st (Royal) Dragoons. If you haven't done so already, you have the stickability to research your family tree. A word of warning, genealogy can become addictive, just like badge collecting! Cheers, Tinto |
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If you want anything looked up then let me know as I have done lots of my family and am quite proficient! (it is addictive)
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And Yet another Australian
Thanks to Alan and to Tinto.
for the last 40 years I have been helping my wife do research in to her family tree, I have the family tree of my Mum back to the early 1700s, but as the mother of my Dad was not really sure who her father was, and her mother seems to have had a few different "husbands" (seems like things never change, and we all thought this was a phenomenon of our modern times and the pill) so we cant get it clear as to who her parents really were, and I realise that doing family history can be more addictive than collecting badges, I have spent most of the last week entering details on the computer for my wife, as she has at last decided to get rid of all those bits of paper she has accumulated over the years, and while doing that for her, got a family member of mine who gave me all the details of the service of my Dad with 1st (Royal) Dragoons. it does appear, as the badge was so hard to identify, that the angle of his head had distorted the shape of the badge, but the hard copy of his attestation page does not lie (except his statement about his age) and thanks again for all the help given me on this site you can never know how much it has been appreciated. |
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