Wound Badges - World War 1
In March 1916, AIF Orders announced that the only badges to be worn by Australians were hat and collar badges, unit colour patches, badges of rank and the curved metal titles ‘AUSTRALIA’ on the shoulder straps. Some months later approval was given for another badge; the wound stripe. This was a strip of narrow gold Russia braid, two inches in length, worn perpendicularly on the left sleeve of the jacket to mark each occasion a soldier was wounded badly enough to be evacuated from the front line.
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Multiple examples of these badges are found throughout galleries in the Museum on both original and replica tunics in dioramas and displays. Multiple examples are also retained in curatorial storage both on tunics as worn and as individual collection items.
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Other items from Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
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Railway Operating Division - World War 1, Technical Drawings, GARBETT, 1918
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 430 LAKELAND, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 427 KEENAN, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 424 JEFFREE, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 423 JACKSON, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 422 IMMS, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 421 HUNGERFORD, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 419 HATWELL, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 418 HARRISON, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 415 HALL, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 413 GWYNNE, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 409 GOLLAN, 10 Light Horse
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