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Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum > Records

Second World War Australian Army Service Corps Brass Shoulder Title

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c. 1939

Historical information

The Australian Army Service Corps (AASC) was formed on 1 July 1903, after the Federation of Australia. It was responsible for the procurement, storage and distribution of military consumables including food and petrol, excluding ammunition. As well as being the Army’s 'truckies', they also moved troops and delivered mail.

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Registration number

cwa-org-12-2008.4.3

Item type

Themes

Defence > Army
War and Conflict > World War 2

Material

Width

54 mm

Height or length

10 mm

Weight

5 g

Inscriptions and markings

“AASC”

Keywords

Second World War

Australian Army Service Corps

Place made

Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

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Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

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