Australian Volunteer Automobile Corps
Hi Everyone,
Here's the hat and collar badges to another rather obscure unit - the Australian Volunteer Automobile Corps.
The formation of an Australian Volunteer Automobile Corps was approved by the Government in Commonwealth Gazette No. 22 of 9th May 1908 and Military Order 119 of 1908. Cars were provided at no cost by the owners and all members were given the provisional rank of Lieutenant in the Australian Army, and given an allowance of 12/6d per day while on duty (chauffeurs received 5/- per day).
Between 1908 and 1915 units of the AVAC were formed in all state Military Districts except Western Australia. Members were usually drawn from the state automobile clubs which, in most cases, assisted the military in recruiting members, although the AVAC was a unit of the army and not an offshoot of the automobile clubs. The AVAC was disbanded in 1915 after the army decided to supply mechanical transport of its own in 1914. The design of the corp's insignia was the result of a request to all districts for submission of designs and a joint entry by NSW and Victoria was eventually approved on 25th January 1909.
The Quarter Master General specified that the wheel and crown of the badge be silver gilt with gold, the balance silver (plate) with enamel in highlights. The central wheel of the badge was derived from the emblem of the Automobile Club of Australia, many of whose members comprised the New South Wales division of the AVAC. The motto Sicut Aquilae Pennis means Upon Wings of Eagles.
Mick
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07-11-15, 08:48 AM
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