THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 1914 - 1921 

Sub category Index

23. 10th Aust. Light Horse Regiment, 1916 - 1919.

4th Australian Light Horse Brigade: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 795, 10.8.1917. Originally raised in March 1915, comprising the 11th, 12th, and 13th Light Horse Regiments. Disbanded in July 1915 and reformed in February 1917 as part of the Imperial (later redesignated 'Australian') Mounted Division. Colour patches for all units of this brigade were initially approved by Anzac Mounted Division Letter No. 31/27 of 14.3.1917. HQ AT then granted approval for all except No. 24A on 9.6.1917, approval for 24B in lieu being given on 3.7.1917.

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24A. HQ 4th Aust. Light Horse Brigade: Although approved in Egypt, HQ AIF directed on 9.6.1917 that a new design would have to be submitted as this design was already in use with HQ 4th Aust. Infantry Brigade. It is understood to have been manufactured as a result of demands submitted to Ordnance but was not issued.

24B. HQ 4th Aust. Light Horse Brigade, 1917 - 1919.

25. 4th Aust. Light Horse Regiment, 1917 - 1919.

26. 11th Aust. Light Horse Regiment, 1917 - 1919.

27. 12th Aust. Light Horse Regiment, 1917 - 1919. In December 1918 the regiment requested that future supplies of this patch be manufactured in a lighter blue, however, it is unlikely that these were made as advice was received that no more indents would be submitted on Ordnance for colour patches.

5th Australian Light Horse Brigade : Auth. AIF Order No. 1521, 21.1.1919. Raised on 1.7.1918 from Australian and New Zealand components of the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade and was allotted to the Australian Mounted Division. In early October 1918 HQ AIF was advised by Aust. HQ, Egypt, that it was proposed to allocate the colour grey to the brigade, presumably in the rectangular format already used by existing light horse brigades. After strong recommendations from the units comprising the new brigade it was then decided to retain the triangular shape used by these units prior to their conversion from Camel Corps to Light Horse. The new design was approved by the GOC AIF in Egypt in December 1918 (Ref, Aust. HQ, Egypt, Memo No. 44577, 10.12.1918, AWM 10, item 4303/4/13). It should be noted that the brigade colour was worn to the front, not as shown in the Official War History. Major Treloar went to some lengths to confirm this in correspondence with former officers of the brigade's units, and advised the official historian's staff accordingly. (Ref. AWM 93, item 12/3/11).

28. HQ 5th Aust. Light Horse Brigade, 1918 - 1919.

29. 14th Aust. Light Horse Regiment, 1918 - 1919.

30. 15th Aust. Light Horse Regiment, 1918 - 1919.

Note: AIF Order No. 1372, 13.9.1918, notifying the formation of the 5th Light Horse Brigade authorised the raising of the l6th Aust. Light Horse Regiment. This unit was not raised, nor was a colour patch approved, despite the existence of one postwar manufactured example in the Victoria Barracks collection, and its appearance on a postwar colour patch chart entitled Regimental Colours Australian Imperial Force 1914-1919, but unacknowledged and undated. The third regiment of this brigade consisted of the le Regiment Mixte de Cavalrie Du Levant, a French colonial unit, which left the formation in October 1918.

Divisional and Corps Mounted Troops

Allotted in 1914 on the basis of one light horse regiment per infantry division, modified in March 1916 to one squadron only. Divisional squadrons were concentrated into corps mounted regiments, one per Army Corps, in July 1916. No mounted regiment or squadron was raised for the 3rd Aust. Division.

31A. 4th Aust. Light Horse Regiment, 1915 - 1917: Auth. 1st Aust. Div. Order No. 562, 8.3.1915. Superseded by No. 25 in August 1917.

31B. 2nd ANZAC Mounted Regiment, 1916 - 1918; XXII Corps Mounted Regiment, 1918: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 179, 25.7.1916. AIF personnel of this unit were absorbed by the 13th Aust. Light Horse Regiment in December 1918.

Note: The 4th Aust. L.H. Regt. was raised in 1914 as the divisional regiment of 1st Aust. Division. In early 1916 'B', and later 'D,,42 Squadron formed 2nd ANZAC Mounted Regiment in France, the third squadron of this unit being provided by the Otago Mounted Rifles (NZ). Both regiments retained the same patch until the 4th Light Horse Regiment in Egypt was brought up to strength and allotted to 4th Light Horse Brigade in February 1917. It will be noted that a proportion of personnel of both these regiments wore this patch with the red to the front instead of white as authorised.

32A. 13th Aust. Light Horse Regiment, 1915 - 1916; 1st ANZAC Mounted Regiment, 1916 - 1918; Australian Corps Mounted Regiment, 1918 - 1919: Auth. 2nd Aust. Div. Instruction, para. 2, 3.8.1915. Raised initially as part of the 4th Light Horse Brigade but on the disbandment of that formation in July 1915 it was re-allotted to the 2nd Division. In March 1916 it was split up, 'A' Squadron remaining with the 2nd Division, 'B' and 'C' Squadrons being allotted to the 4th and 5th Divisions respectively. It was concentrated again as I ANZAC Mounted Regiment in July 1916.

32B. 1st ANZAC Mounted Regiment: Auth. AIF Order No. 179, 25.7.1916. This order states that the 13th Light Horse Regiment was to continue to wear its old patch, and the accompanying drawing showing white to the front is possibly the result of the failure of many AIF Orders to differentiate between left and right arm patches.

33. 11th Aust. Light Horse Regiment, 1916 - 1917: Auth. HQ Aust and NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. Raised in March 1915 but in July was absorbed by the 2nd, 5th, and 9th Light Horse Regiments to form the fourth squadron in each of those regiments. Reformed in February 1916 as the divisional regiment of the 4th Division, but was  replaced in this role by 'B' Squadron, 13th Aust. Light Horse Regiment, in March 1916. Allotted to 4th Light Horse Brigade in February 1917 and this patch was superseded by No. 26.

34. 12th Aust. Light Horse Regiment, 1916 - 1917 : Auth. HQ Aust and NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. Raised in March 1915 but in July 1915 was absorbed by squadrons into the 1st, 6th, and 7th Light Horse Regiments. Reformed in February 1916 as the mounted regiment of the 5th Division, but was replaced in this role in March 1916 by 'C' Squadron, 13th Aust. Light Horse Regiment. Served in an independent role until it was allotted to the 4th Light Horse Brigade in February 1917. This patch was superseded by No. 27.

Raising authorised on 11.3.1916. At that point a light horse regiment comprised only three squadrons. 'D' Squadron was initially raised to replace 'B' Squadron when that sub-unit became Corps Troops in France,. but subsequently also joined 2nd ANZAC Mounted Regiment in May 1916. The 4th Aust. Light Horse Regiment continued to operate in Egypt with two squadrons only until a new 'B' Squadron was raised in February 1917.

ANZAC SECTION, IMPERIAL CAMEL CORPS

35. 1st Australian Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade, 1916 - 1918: Ref, "Distinguishing Marks and Badges AIF", undated but submitted for drafting on 14.3.1916, and line drawings under cover of AIF Admin HQ Memo No. 26144, 31.10.1916. Appears in these references as a 2 inch equilateral triangle.

36. 3rd Australian Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade, 1917 - 1918:

37. 4th Anzac Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade, 1917 - 1918:

Note: The details for No's 36 and 37 have been extracted from Sand, Sweat and Camels; The Australian Companies of the Imperial Camel Corps, by Brigadier G.F. Langley, formerly the CO of the 1st Camel Battalion and its successor, the l4th Light Horse Regiment. Further reference has been provided by Thomas and Lord, New Zealand Army Distinguishing Patches 1911-1991, Part One, p.29, based on a 1917 Imperial Camel Corps Christmas card held in the New Zealand National Archives Collection. 'Me 4th Battalion comprised two companies of New Zealanders and two of Australians, while the 2nd Battalion, which the quoted NZ reference has identified as wearing a black triangle, was formed of British personnel. The brigade also included, in addition to the Australian Camel Field Ambulance, the Hong Kong Singapore Mountain Battery RGA, 10th Field Troop RE, and 26th (1/3 Scottish Horse) Squadron, Machine Gun Corps.

CYCLIST UNITS

38. 1st Aust. Divisional Cyclist Company, 1916 : Auth. HQ ANZ Forces CM No. 52, 20.4.1916. Raised in March 1916, primarily from reinforcements to the 4th Aust. Light Horse Regiment. Absorbed by 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion in July 1916.

39 2nd Aust. Divisional Cyclist Company, 1916 : Auth. HQ ANZ Forces CM No. 52, 20.4.1916. Absorbed as No. 3 Company, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion in July 1916.

- 3rd Aust. Divisional Cyclist Company, 1916: No colour patch approved. Raised in Australia in March 1916, absorbed by 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion in July 1916.

40. 4th Aust. Divisional Cyclist Company, 1916 : Auth. HQ ANZ Forces CM No. 52, 20.4.1916. Absorbed by 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion in July 1916.

41. 5th Aust. Divisional Cyclist Company, 1916 : Auth. HQ ANZ Forces CM No. 52, 20.4.1916. Absorbed by 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion in July 1916. The inset on all examples handed over to the AWM after the Great War measure I and 1/4 inches high and 3/4 inch wide.

42. 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, 1916 - 1918; Australian Corps Cyclist Battalion, 1918 - 1919: Auth. AIF Order 179, 25.7.1916.

43. 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, 1916 - 1918 : Auth. AIF Order No. 179, 25.7.1916. Only one subunit, No. 3 Company (formerly the 2nd Aust. Divisional Cyclist Company) was Australian, the remainder of the battalion being drawn from the New Zealand Cyclist Corps. In January 1918 the battalion was redesignated as XXII Corps Cyclist Battalion and the Australian element was disbanded. It subsequently became the New Zealand-Cyclist Battalion. It is not certain if this patch was worn by New Zealand personnel between 1916 and 1918, however NZEF Order No. 495 dated 31.1.1918 authorised the battalion to wear a patch of identical design with I and 1/2 inch sides in lieu of 2 inches as originally approved.43

AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY

44. HQ 1st Aust. Divisional Artillery : Auth. I Aust. Div. Order No. 562, 8.3.1915. Cancelled on 16.3.1915, replaced by No. 45.

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45. (a) 1st Aust. Field Artillery Brigade: Auth. 1st Aust. Div. Order No. 562, 8.3.1915.

(b) 1st Aust. Divisional Artillery, 1915 - 1919: Auth. I Aust. Div. Order No. 591, 16.3.1915. HQ 1st Divisional Artillery; HQ's 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 21st Field Artillery Brigades, 21st Howitzer Brigade; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th Batteries; 101st, 102nd, 103rd, and 116th (Howitzer) Batteries; Aust. Heavy Howitzer Battery; VIA Heavy Trench Mortar Battery; XIA, YIA, ZIA, 1st, and 2nd Medium Trench Mortar Batteries; 1st Divisional Ammunition Column; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, and 21st Howitzer Brigade Ammunition Columns.

46. 2nd Aust. Field Artillery Brigade: Auth. 1st Aust. Div. Order No. 562, 8.3.1915. Cancelled on 16.3.1915 and superseded by No. 45.


47A. 3rd Aust. Field Artillery Brigade: Auth. I Aust. Div. Order No. 562, 8.3.1915. Cancelled on 16.3.1915 and replaced by No. 45.

47B. 3rd Aust. Field Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column, 1915: Worn on the left side of the puggaree of the Wolseley pattern helmet in Egypt by members of this unit (see photograph on p.6). It is believed that this patch indicated the wearer's arm of service, possibly predating colour patches, and was based on the scarlet hat band worn from 1912 by the artillery of the Citizen Forces in Australia.

48. 1st Aust. Divisional Ammunition Column : Auth. I Aust. Div. Order No. 562, 8.3.1915. Cancelled on 16.3.1915 and replaced by No. 45.

49. 2nd Aust. Divisional Artillery, 1915 - 1919 : Auth. 2 Aust. Div. Inst., para. 2, 3.8.1915. This instruction actually refers in its opening paragraph to a single colour for HQ divisional artillery, however this appears to be in error, and No. 49 was worn. HQ 2nd Div. Arty; HQ's 4th, 5th, 6th, and 22nd FA Bdes, 22nd How. Bde; 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, l8th, 19th, 20th, 21st Btys; 104th, 105th, 106th, and 117th (How.) Btys; V2A HTM Bty; X2A, Y2A, Z2A, 3rd, and 4th MTM Btys; 2nd DAC; 4th, 5th, and 6th FA Bde, and 22nd How. Bde Amn Colms.

50. 3rd Aust. Divisional Artillery, 1916 - 1919 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 231, 26.8.1916. HQ 3rd Div. Arty; HQ's 7th, 8th, 9th, and 23rd FA Bdes, 23rd How. Bde; 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, and 36th Btys; 107th, 108th, 109th, and 118th (How.) Btys; V3A HTM Bty; X3A, Y3A, Z3A, 5th, and 6th MTM Btys; 3rd DAC; 7th, 8th, and 9th FA Bde, and 23rd How. Bde Amn Colms.

51. 4th Aust. Divisional Artillery, 1916 - 1919 : Auth. HQ ANZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. HQ 4th Div. Arty; HQ's 1Oth, 11th, 12th, and 24th FA Bdes, 24th How. Bde; 37th, 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, and 48th Btys; 110th, 111th, 112th, and 119th (How.) Btys; WA HTM Bty; X4A, Y4A, Z4A, 7th, and 8th MTM Btys; 4th DAC; 10th, 11th, 12th FA, and 24th How. Bde Amn Colms.

52. 5th Aust. Divisional Artillery, 1916 - 1919 : Auth. HQ ANZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. HQ 5th Div. Arty; HQ's 13th, l4th, l5th, and 25th FA Bdes, 25th How. Bde; 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th, and 60th Btys; 113th, 114th, 115th, and 120th (How.) Btys; V5A HTM Bty; X5A, Y5A, Z5A, 9th, and 10th MT M Btys; 5th DAC; 13th, 14th, 15th FA, and 25th How. Bde Amn Colms.

53. (Army) Brigades, Australian Field Artillery, 1917 - 1918 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 488, 3.2.1917. Replaced by No's 54 to 56 in January 1918. Worn by HQ 3rd, 6th, and 12th (Army) Bdes AFA; 7th, 8th, 9th, 16th, 17th, l8th, 45th, 46th, 47th Btys; 103rd, 106th, and 112th (How.) Btys.

54. 3rd (Army) Brigade, A.F.A., 1918 - 1919: Auth. ATO 1059, 8.1.1918.

55. 6th (Army) Brigade, A.F.A., 1918 - 1919: Auth. ATO 1059, 8.1.1918.

56. 12th (Army) Brigade, A.F.A., 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1059, 8.1.1918.

57. Australian and New Zealand Mounted Divisional Artillery,44 1916 - 1918: Auth. Aust. and NZ Mtd Div. RO No. 1, para. 4, 18.10.1916. Originally comprised III Brigade RHA(TF), composed of the Leicestershire and Somersetshire Batteries RHA (TF), and IV Brigade RHA(TF), comprising the Inverness and Ayrshire Batteries RHA(TF). This patch was selected from a number of designs after consultation with the RHA brigade and battery commanders, who wished it to be worn on the hat or helmet. On 20.6.1917 the Leicester Battery was transferred from the division, the remaining
batteries being grouped as the XVIII Brigade, RHA(TF). The XIX Brigade, RHA(TF) was allotted to the Australian Mounted Division and comprised 'A' and 'B' Batteries HAC, and the 1st/1st Nottinghamshire Battery RHA(TF). Advice has been received to the effect that 'B' Battery HAC did not wear this patch, and it seems unlikely that any of the other batteries of XIX Brigade RHA did either.


58. 36th Aust. Heavy Artillery Group, 1917 - 1918; 36th Aust. Heavy Artillery Brigade, 1918 - 1919: Auth. AIF Order No. 1006, 7.12.1917. Raised from personnel of the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery in May 1915 as the Australian Siege Artillery Brigade (Heavy). Subsequent reinforcements were drawn from the RAGA and the AGA. It was initially redesignated '0' Siege Brigade RGA in September 1915, No's I and 2 Siege Batteries becoming the 54th and 55th (Aust.) Siege Batteries RGA.45 Designated 36th (Aust.) Heavy Artillery Group RGA in early 1916. Raising of a third battery, the 338th (Aust.) Siege Battery, commenced in December 1916 however it was disbanded in August 1917. In November 1917 the group was reorganized to comprise a headquarters and the two Australian batteries (renumbered No. I and No. 2 Aust. Siege Batteries in early 1918), the 155th and 353rd Siege Batteries RGA, and the 140th and 15 1st Heavy Batteries RGA. This patch was allotted to Australian personnel and units of the group only. In February 1918 Group HQ was redesignated HQ 36th (Aust.) Heavy Artillery Brigade, RGA.

44 The 10th Battery, Australian Field Artillery, was originally raised in August 1914 as part of the 1st Aust. Light Horse Brigade, but was disbanded in the following month, thereafter all artillery for Australian mounted formations was provided by the British Army.

45 MO 573/1915, 28.9.1915. MO 325/1916 advised of redesignation to HQ 36th (Aust.) Heavy Artillery Group and Australian Imperial Force Order 1102, 8.2.1918, to HQ 36 (Aust.) Heavy Artillery Brigade. Prior to November 1917 it was common for both batteries to be serving under command of other RGA brigades.

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59. Australian Heavy Trench Mortar Battery, 1918 - 1919 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1149,

12.3.1918. Raised in March 1918 from the divisional heavy trench mortar batteries.

Distinguishing Colour Patches and Badges, Trench Mortar Batteries

In April 1916 trench mortar batteries were raised on the basis of one trench mortar brigade (one heavy battery and three medium batteries) per division, and one light battery per infantry brigade. Heavy and medium trench mortar batteries were part of the divisional artillery and in March 1918 were reorganized, with all the heavy batteries being absorbed into one Corps heavy trench mortar battery, while the medium batteries were reduced to two per division. Light trench mortar batteries were raised from personnel of the infantry brigade to which they were attached and initially had a non-permanent establishment, i.e. officers were seconded from their battalions for duty with the battery, while other ranks remained on the establishment of their battalion and were shown as 'on command' of the battery for the period of their attachment to it. In July 1917 other rank personnel of light TM batteries were transferred to these batteries on a permanent basis.

HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 52, of 20.4.1916, and 3rd Aust. Div. Inst., paras 8 and 9, of August 1916, directed personnel of heavy and medium batteries to wear the colour patch of their respective divisional artillery. Personnel of light batteries in Egypt were directed by CM No. 52 to continue wearing the patch of the infantry battalion from which they had been drawn. 'Me first reference to the use of the infantry brigade headquarters patch by personnel of light trench mortar batteries appears to be 3rd Aust. Div. Inst., paras 8 and 9, of August 1916, although there is no evidence that this affected the other four divisions at this stage. First Aust. Division Standing Orders, 1917, Appendix IV, published in July 1917, directed light TM battery personnel of this division to wear the colour patch of their respective brigade headquarters, and the colour plates included in Volume III of the Official War History show it to be general throughout the AIF from at least this point, which conforms to the transfer of personnel from their original units to these batteries on a permanent basis at that time.

AIF Order No. 787, dated 7.8.1917, approved the wearing of a grenade, in blue worsted, on the right sleeve of the service dress jacket, 1/2 inch below the unit colour patch, by members of trench mortar batteries. This was a skill-at-arms badge only, issued on the recommendation of commanding officers, and was worn only while a member was serving with a trench mortar battery. It was not an integral part of the unit colour patch as portrayed by the Official War History. First Aust. Division Standing Orders, 1917, Appendix IV, simply states that "T.M. Batteries wear a light blue grenade in addition [to the respective colour patch].", which may have led to occasional liberal interpretation of the original authority. This distinction was initially approved by a War Office Letter46 of January 1916, and would have first come to the attention of the AIF as Mediterranean Expeditionary Force GRO No. 791, dated 31.1.1916. The sole responsibility however for the approval of badges worn by Australian units rested with the GOC AIF, and it is significant that no mention of this badge is made in HQ A & NZ Forces CM No. 52 which approved distinguishing patches for trench mortar batteries of the AIR There is no particular evidence that use of the grenade commenced officially in the AIF prior to DAG AIF approval on 28.7.1917, and indeed the 3rd Aust. Div. Inst., para. 8, of August 1916, directed that members of its trench mortar batteries were to wear the letters 'T.M.' in a wreath in white worsted embroidery on the cuff of the left sleeve.


War Office Letter 20, General No. 1145, QMG 7. British Army Proficiency Badges: Edwards and Langley, p.64. The authority quoted however by AlF Order No. 787 is GRO 1364, undated but possibly also early 1916, issued in France, not Egypt. A photograph of a badge bearing the letters 'T.M.' in a wreath, embroidered in white on khaki and possibly that approved by the 3rd Aust. Division, appears as unidentified on page 127 of British Army Proficiency Badges, the authors having been unable to locate an official British Army authority for it.

AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS

60. 1st Aust. Divisional Engineers, 1915 - 1919 : Auth. I Aust. Div. Order 562, 8.3.1915. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Field Companies.

61. 2nd Aust. Divisional Engineers, 1915 - 1919 : Auth. 2 Aust. Div. Instr. para. 2, 3.8.1915. 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Field Companies.

62. 3rd Aust. Divisional Engineers, 1916 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 231, 26.8.1916. 9th, 10th and 11th Field Companies.

63. 4th Aust. Divisional Engineers, 1916 - 1919 Auth. HQ ANZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. 4th, 12th, and 13th Field Companies.

64. 5th Aust. Divisional Engineers, 1916 - 1919 Auth. HQ ANZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. 8th, l4th, and 15th Field Companies.

65. 6th Aust. Divisional Engineers, 1917 : Auth. AAG AIF Letter 15/42, 25.5.1917. Comprised the l6th and l7th Field Companies, raised in March and April respectively, and disbanded in July and September 1917 respectively.

66. (a) 1st Field Squadron, AE, 1916 - 1919 : Auth. Aust and NZ Mtd. Div. R.O. No. 1, para. 4, 18.10.1916. According to the Corps history, this unit was known for a period as the Anzac Field Squadron. This colour patch is not known to have been worn by NZ personnel of the squadron, even after a separate New Zealand Field Troop was raised as part of the unit in August 1917.

(b) Imperial Field Squadron, RE, (Australian personnel), 1917; 2nd Field Squadron, AE, 1917 - 1919 : In use from February 1917 by 3rd Field Troop AE (formerly 'C' Field Troop, 1st Field Squadron AE), and possibly the newly raised 4th Field Troop AE. The headquarters and two other troops of this squadron were originally British. Became the Australian Field Squadron on 20.6.1917 with the addition of the 5th Field Troop AE, and was redesignated 2nd Field Squadron AE in November 1917.

(c) ID' Field Troop and Bridging Train, AE, 1917 - 1919 : Raised in September 1917 as 'D' Troop, a corps engineer unit under the administrative command of 1st Field Squadron AE, becoming an independent unit with change of designation in May 1918.

67. Field Squadrons A.E., Mounted Divisions : Ref Appendix to 7he Official History of Australia in the War of 1914 - 1918, Vol. 111. No official authority or reference can be located to confirm that this replaced No. 66 at any stage, nor are samples held by the AWM. A copy of the Aust. and NZ Mtd Div. RO No. I of 18.10.1916 has been sighted by this writer bearing a handwritten initialled note dated 5.11.1948 [?] stating that No. 67 was worn in lieu of No. 66 by all squadrons and troops however its author has failed to leave any evidence supporting his statement.

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68. 1st Army Troops Company, Aust. Engineers, 1917 - 1919 : Auth., Australian Imperial Force Order 969, 9.11.1917. Raised by reorganization and re-designation of the 16th Field Company.

69. Australian Mining Corps, 1916; Tunnelling Companies, AE, 1916 - 1917 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 152, 2.6.1916. Originally created in October 1915 as a mining battalion with a
headquarters and three companies. In May 1916 HQ AIF directed that in future these three companies would be employed as separate tunnelling companies (Australian Imperial Force Order 213, 3.8.1916). No's 4, 5, and 6 Aust. Tunnelling Companies were despatched from Australia but were disbanded in August 1916 to reinforce the existing companies. The 'T' shaped colour patch approved for the Corps, and later the individual companies, was universally used in varying colours and designs by tunnelling companies of most British Commonwealth forces during this period. Note: AWM 25 Item No. 89/8 contains a contemporary hand drawn sketch comprising a purple square with a yellow diagonal strip superimposed. A note advises that this patch was known to have been worn by an Australian mining unit circa 1917, however no further information to confirm this statement has been located at this point.

70. Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, 1917 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 679, 29.5.1917. Formed in May 1916 from the headquarters of the Aust. Mining Corps. This may be the unit referred to in the Note to No. 69.

71. 1st Aust. Tunnelling Company, 1917 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 906, 12.10.1917.

72. 2nd Aust. Tunnelling Company, 1917 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 906, 12.10.1917.

73. 3rd Aust. Tunnelling Company, 1917 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 906, 12.10.1917.

74. 1st Anzac Topographical Section, 1917 - 1918; Australian Corps Topographical Section, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 818, 17.8.1917.

75. No. 15 (Aust.) Light Railway Operating Company, 1917 - 1918 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 644, 15.5.1917. Raised as No. 2 Section, Aust. Railway Troops, from members of the Victorian Government Railways and was redesignated 1st Aust L.R.O. Coy on 5.3.1918.

76. No. 16 (Aust.) Light Railway Operating Company, 1917 - 1918 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 644, 15.5.1917. Raised as No.5 Section, Aust. Railway Troops, from members of the Commonwealth Railways and was redesignated 2nd Aust. L.R.O. Coy on 5.3.1918.

77. No. 17 (ANZAC) Light Railway Operating Company, 1917 - 1918; No. 17 (Aust.) L.R.O. Coy, 1918 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 644, 15.5.1917. Formed from the 1st ANZAC Light Railways in March 1917 and was redesignated on 1.1.1918 (Australian Imperial Force Order 693, 12.6.1917, and Australian Imperial Force Order 1058, 8.1.1918). Became 3rd Aust. L.R.O. Coy on 5.3.1918.

78. No. 35 (Aust.) Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, 1917 - 1918 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 644, 15.5.1917. Raised as No. 4 Section, Aust. Railway Troops, from members
of the Queensland, South Australian, Tasmanian and NSW Government Railways and was redesignated 4th Aust. B.G.R.O. Coy on 5.3.1918.

79. No. 59 (Aust.) Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, 1917 - 1918 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 644, 15.5.1917. Raised as No. 3 Section, Aust. Railway Troops, from members of the Western Australian Government Railways, served briefly as 59th (Aust.) Company, Railway Operating Division RE, and was redesignated 5th Aust. B.G.R.O. Coy on 5.3.1918.

80. No. 60 (Aust.) Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, 1917 - 1918 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 644, 15.5.1917. Raised as No. I Section, Aust. Railway Troops, from members
of the New South Wales Government Railways, served briefly as 60th (Aust.) Company, Railway Operating Division RE, and was redesignated 6th Aust. B.G.R.O. Coy on 5.3.1918.

Note: The five original Australian railway operating companies were initially known as 'Sections', re-designation to 'Company' occurring vide Australian Imperial Force Order 684, 5.6.1917. In February 1918 the six companies were placed under a Headquarters, Australian Railway Companies, for administrative control and were again redesignated by AIF Order 1141, 5.3.1918. The Corps historian has stated that each company began wearing brass numerals in the centre of its patch from this point, however Australian Imperial Force Order 644 is clear in its intentions and examples from the pre-March 1918 period do exist.

81. 1st Aust. Light Railway Operating Company, 1918 - 1919:

82. 2nd Aust. Light Railway Operating Company, 1918 - 191 9

83. 3rd Aust. Light Railway Operating Company, 1918; 3rd Aust. Light Railway (Forward) Company, 1918 - 1919:

84. 4th Aust. Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, 1918 - 1919:

85. 5th Aust. Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, 1918 - 1919:

86. 6th Aust. Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, 1918 - 1919:
Note: Numerals for No's 71 to 73 were 1/2 inch high metal and No's 75 to 86 were of brass.

AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS (SIGNAL SERVICE)

87. 1st Aust. Divisional Signal Company, 1915 - 1919 Auth. I Aust. Div. Order No. 562, 8.3.1915.

88. 2nd Aust. Divisional Signal Company, 1915 - 1919 : Auth. 2 Aust. Div. Instruction, para. 2, 3.8.1915. Formed from No's 3 and 4 Sections, 2nd Signal Coy; No. 2 Section, 3rd Signal Coy; 4th Signal Troop; and part of 1st Divisional Signal Coy.

89. 3rd Aust. Divisional Signal Company, 1916 - 1919: Auth. AEFO 231, 26.8.1916.

90. 4th Aust. Divisional Signal Company, 1916 - 1919: Auth. HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. Formed from the former No.2 Section, 2nd Signal Company, and part of HQ and No. I Section, 1st Divisional Signal Company.

91. 5th Aust. Divisional Signal Company, 1916 - 1919: Auth. HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. Formed from No. 3 Section, 3rd Signal Company, and part of HQ and No. I Section, 2nd Divisional Signal Company.

92. 6th Aust. Divisional Signal Company, 1917 : Auth. AAG AIF Letter No. 15/42, 25.5.1917. Restricted to a nucleus of two infantry brigade signal sections, not even rating a mention in the Corps history.

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93. Australian Corps Signal Company, 1918 - 1919 : Auth. AEFO 1149, 12.3.1918. Raised on 22.2.1918 from the Corps Heavy Artillery Signal Section, 1st and 2nd Aust. Airline Sections, and Aust. Corps Wireless Section. It has not yet been possible to confirm statements that prior to the issue of this patch, members of some I ANZAC Corps signal units were wearing No. 68. It replaced the existing 'K' Corps Signal Company, Royal Engineers, on formation.

HQ AIF Signal Section, 1919: No colour patch was allotted to this unit, personnel continuing to wear the patch of their previous unit. Australian Imperial Force Order 1636/1919 directed that NCOs and men on the establishment of the unit would wear the regulation white and blue Signal Service armlet.

94 Australian Cavalry Divisional Signal Squadron, 1917 - 1918 : Despite an extensive search by the Australian War Memorial when the existence of this patch first became known to them in 1939, they were unable to locate an official authority. The unit was raised in March 1917 for service in Mesopotamia with an Indian Army cavalry division. It was disbanded in June 1918, with most of its personnel transferring to the 1st Aust. Wireless Signal Squadron. Former members of the unit contacted by the AWM in 1939 were divided in their recollection of when tile patch was issued, one stating that it was issued prior to embarkation in Australia in May 1917, others that it was issued after arrival in Mesopotamia. The unit colour patch was certainly portrayed on a Christmas card issued to members of the Squadron in October 1917.47

95. (a) 1st Signal Squadron, A.E., 1916 - 1917, 1918 - 1919; Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division Signal Squadron, 1917 - 1918: Auth. A & NZ Mtd Div, RO No. 1, para. 4, 18.10.1916. Included the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Signal Troops, A.E.

Australian Pack Wireless Section, 1917 - 1918: Formed in November 1917 for HQ Desert Mounted Column by redesignation of 'C' Troop, Aust. and N.Z. Mounted Division Signal Squadron. Absorbed into 2nd Signal Squadron, A.E., in July 1918.

(c) 3rd Signal Troop, A.E., 1917 - 1919: Originally part of the 1st Signal Squadron, A.E., transferring to the Imperial, later the Australian, Mounted Division Signal Squadron, R.E., in February 1917, and to 2nd Signal Squadron, A.E., in July 1918.

(d) 2nd Signal Squadron, A.E., 1918 - 1919: Raised in July 1918 for the Australian Mounted Division by absorbing the Aust. Pack Wireless Section, No. 3 Aust. Airline Section, and the AIF Cable Section, and included No's 3, 4, and 5 Signal Troops.

96. 4th Signal Troop, A.E., 1917 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 795, 10.8.1917. Raised in February 1917 as part of the 4th Light Horse Brigade. At the time of formation, its parent divisional signal squadron was a British unit, hence the individual patch. A 4th Signal Troop had been raised in March 1915 as part of the original 4th Light Horse Brigade but was absorbed by the 2nd Divisional Signal Company in August 1915.

97. 5th Signal Troop, A.E., 1918 - 1919 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1521, 21.1.1919. Raised in July 1918 as part of the 5th Light Horse Brigade. Possibly not issued as the divisional signal squadron was by now wholly Australian however examples do exist.

98A. 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron, 1918 - 1919: Ref. With Horse and Morse in Mesopotamia, 1927. The unit was raised in January 1916 as the 1st Pack Wireless Signal Troop, forming 'C' Troop, 1st Wireless Squadron R.E. in April 1916. The headquarters and one troop of a wireless squadron were raised in Australia in March 1916, and together with the Australian and New Zealand pack wireless troops already serving in Mesopotamia became the 1st (Australian and New Zealand) Wireless Signal Squadron on July 6th, 1916. The New Zealand troop was replaced by personnel of the disbanded Aust. Cavalry Divisional Signal Squadron in June 1918 and the unit was
redesignated on 23.7.1918. No authority for, or date of introduction, can be located for this patch, although the general design, in white worsted on khaki, had been in use as a proficiency badge by members of the unit since formation. It is noted in use at the time

4'AWM 93, item 12/1/142

of the squadron's last parades as a complete unit in February 1919, and was still in use by 'D' Troop when they were demobilized in December 1919. It was worn on the left hand side of the hat puggaree, as well as on the jacket.

98B. 1st Aust. Wireless Signal Squadron: Variation, Military Heraldry Collection, AWM. The design is sewn to the purple background in this example and it is possible that it is of post-war manufacture.

98C. 1st Aust. Wireless Signal Squadron: Hand embroidered, a number of variations of this example existing in private collections. Although probably locally manufactured in India or Mesopotamia it is understood that these patches, together with the associated wireless proficiency badges, were also made by the troops' wives and girlfriends in Australia.

99. Australian Wireless Sections, 1916 - 1918 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 412, 20.12.1916. 'The example held in the Military Heraldry Collection, AWM, measures 4 and 7/8 inches long and 3/4 inch in width. Lettering is 3/8 inch high. In July 1917 authority was given for 1st Anzac Corps Wireless Section to be attached to 'K' Signal Company, while the wireless sub-sections serving with the five divisions (A I, A2, B2, A3, and A4 respectively) were absorbed by their respective divisional signal companies. 1st Anzac Wireless Section was redesignated the Aust. Wireless Section on 1.1.1918 and was absorbed by Aust. Corps Signal Company in March 1918. It is believed that use of this title probably ceased at this point.


100A. Signal Su b-Sections, (Army) Brigades, A.F.A., 1917 - 1919 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 794, 10.8.1917.


100B. 36th Aust. Heavy Artillery Brigade Signal Sub-Section, 1918 - 1919: Although no authority has been located for this colour patch it is referred to in correspondence between the Director of the AWM and Mr. P.H. Wightman of the Official Historian's staff during the early 1920's, and appears as a sketch in AWM 25, item No. 89/8. Both parties acknowledge its existence however the lack of an authority precluded it from inclusion in the chart appearing in Volume III of the Official War History.


AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY

101. HQ 1st Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1915 - 1919 : The authority for all units of this Brigade was 1st Aust. Div. Order No. 562, 8.3.1915, unless otherwise stated.

102. 1st Battalion, 1915 - 1919

103. 2nd Battalion: Superseded by No. 104 on 16.3.1915.

104. 2nd Battalion, 1915 - 1919 Auth. 1st Aust. Div. Order No. 5 91, 16.3.1915.

105. 3rd Battalion, 1915 - 1919

106. 4th Battalion, 1915 - 1919

107. HQ 2nd Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1915 - 1919 : The authority for all units of this brigade was 1st Aust. Div. Order No. 562, 8.3.1915, unless otherwise stated.

108. 5th Battalion, 1915 - 1919:

109. 6th Battalion : Superseded by No. I 10 on 16.3.1915.

110. 6th Battalion, 1915 - 1919: Auth. 1st Aust. Div. Order No. 591, 16.3.1915.

111. 7th Battalion, 1915 - 1919:

112. 8th Battalion, 1915 - 1919:

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113. HQ 3rd Aust Infantry Brigade, 1915 - 1919 : The authority for all units of this brigade is 1st Aust. Div. Order No. 5 62 of 8.3.1915, unless otherwise stated.

114. 9th Battalion, 1915 - 1919:

115. 10th Battalion: Superseded by No. 116 on 16.3.1915.

116. 10th Battalion, 1915 - 1919 : Auth. 1st Aust. Div. Order No. 5 91, 16.3.1915.

117. 11th Battalion, 1915 - 1919:

118. 12th Battalion, 1915 - 1919

119. HQ 4th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1915 - 1919 : The authority for all units of this brigade was 4th Aust. Brigade Order No. 134, 31.3.1915.

120. 13th Battalion, 1915 - 1919

121. 14th Battalion, 1915 - 1919

122. 15th Battalion, 1915 - 1919:

123. 16th Battalion, 1915 - 1919

124. HQ 5th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1915 - 1919 : The authority for all units of this brigade was 2nd Aust. Div. Instr., para. 2, 3.8.1915.

125. 17th Battalion, 1915 - 1919 :

126. 18th Battalion, 1915 - 1919:

127. 19th Battalion, 1915 - 1918 : Disbanded on October 12th, 1918.

128. 20th Battalion, 1915 - 1919:

129. HQ 6th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1915 - 1919 : The authority for all units of this brigade is 2nd Aust. Div. Instr., para. 2, 3.8.1915.

130. 21st Battalion, 1915 - 1918 : Disbanded on October 12th, 1918.

131. 22nd Battalion, 1915 - 1919:

132. 23rd Battalion, 1915 - 1919 :

133. 24th Battalion, 1915 - 1919:

134. HQ 7th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1915 - 1919 : The authority for all units of this

brigade is 2nd Aust. Div. Instr., para. 2, 3.8.1915.

135. 25th Battalion, 1915 - 1918 : Disbanded on October 12th, 1918.

136. 26th Battalion, 1915 - 1919:

137. 27th Battalion, 1915 - 1919:

138. 28th Battalion, 1915 - 1919:

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139.HQ 8th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1915 - 1917 : Auth. HQ Aust. & NZ Forces CM

No. 17, 25.2.1916. It is unlikely that this was the first authority, and the use of the
horizontal rectangle suggests that the patches of the 8th Brigade were in use prior to
February 1916. Superseded by Nos. 144 to 148 in February 1917.

140. 29th Battalion, 1915 - 1917

141. 30th Battalion, 1915 - 1917

142. 31st Battalion, 1915 - 1917

143. 32nd Battalion, 1915 - 1917

144. HQ 8th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1917 - 1919 : The authority for all units of this brigade was Australian Imperial Force Order 497, 23.2.1917.

145. 29th Battalion, 1917 - 1918 Disbanded on October 12th, 1918.

146. 30th Battalion, 1917 - 1919

147. 31st Battalion, 1917 - 1919

148. 32nd Battalion, 1917 - 1919:

149. HQ 9th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1916 - 1919 : The authority for all units of this brigade was Australian Imperial Force Order 231, 26.8.1916.

150. 33rd Battalion, 1916 - 1919:

151. 34th Battalion, 1916 - 1919:

152. 35th Battalion, 1916 - 1919:

153. 36th Battalion, 1916 - 1918: Disbanded in May 1918.

154. HQ 10th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1916 - 1919 The authority for all units of this brigade was ATO 231, 26.8.1916.

155. 37th Battalion, 1916 - 1918: Disbanded on October 12th, 1918.

156. 38th Battalion, 1916 - 1919:

157. 39th Battalion, 1916 - 1919

158. 40th Battalion, 19 - 1919:

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159. HQ 11th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1916 - 1919 : The authority for all units of this brigade was Australian Imperial Force Order 231, 26.8.1916. 

160. 41st Battalion, 1916 - 1919: 

161. 42nd Battalion, 1916 - 1918 : Absorbed by the 41st Battalion on October 12th, 1918.

162. 43rd Battalion, 1916 - 1919:

163. 44th Battalion, 1916 - 1919:

164. HQ 12th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1916 - 1917 The authority for all units of this brigade was HQ Aust. & NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. In February 1917 Nos. 164 to 168 were superseded by Nos. 169 to 173.

165. 45th Battalion, 1916 - 1917: 

166. 46th Battalion, 1916 - 1917

167. 47th Battalion, 1916 - 1917:

168. 48th Battalion, 1916 - 1917:

169. HQ 12th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1917 - 1919 The authority for all units of this brigade is Australian Imperial Force Order 497, 23.2.1917.

170. 45th Battalion, 1917 - 1919: 

171. 46th Battalion, 1917 - 1919 :

172. 47th Battalion, 1917 - 1918: Disbanded in May 1918.

173. 48th Battalion, 1917 - 1919 :

174. HQ 13th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1916 - 1917 The authority for all units of this brigade was HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. In February 1917, Nos. 174 to 178 were superseded by Nos. 179 to 183.

175. 49th Battalion, 1916 - 1917:

176. 50th Battalion, 1916 - 1917:

177. 51st Battalion, 1916 - 1917:

178. 52nd Battalion, 1916 - 1917:

179. HQ 13th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1917 - 1919 : The authority for all units of this brigade is Australian Imperial Force Order 497, 23.2.1917.

180. 49th Battalion, 1917 - 1919:

181. 50th Battalion, 1917 - 1919:

182. 51st Battalion, 1917 - 1919

183. 52nd Battalion, 1917 - 1918: Disbanded in May 1918.

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184. HQ 14th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1916 - 1919 : The authority for all units of this brigade is HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916.

185. 53rd Battalion, 1916 - 1919:

186. 54th Battalion, 1916 - 1918 : Disbanded on October 12th, 1918.

187. 55th Battalion, 1916 - 1919:

188. 56th Battalion, 1916 - 1919:

189. HQ 15th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1916 - 1919 : The authority for all units of this brigade is HQ Aust and NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916.

190. 57th Battalion, 1916 - 1919

191. 58th Battalion, 1916 - 1919

192. 59th Battalion, 1916 - 1919:

193. 60th Battalion, 1916 - 1918 : Absorbed by the 59th Battalion in September 1918.

194. HQ l6th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1917 : Auth. AAG AlF Letter No. 15/42,

25.5.1917 for all units. This brigade was initially raised in March 1917 with the 61st, 65th, 69th and 70th Battalions and was disbanded in September 1917

195. 61st Battalion, 1917

196. 62nd Battalion, 1917 : A battalion order dated 23.7.1917 stating that supplies of this patch were on hand and must be worn is referred to in a hand written note on the back of a page of Treloar's correspondence with the official historian's staff in AWM 93, item 12/3/11. Disbanded in October 1917.

197. 63rd Battalion, 1917

198. HQ 17th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1917 : Auth. AAG AlF Letter No. 15/42, 25.5.1917 for all units. Established in May 1917, disbanded in September.

199. 65th Battalion, 1917

200. 66th Battalion, 1917:

201. 67th Battalion, 1917 :

Note: No 64th or 68th Battalions were raised.

202. 69th Battalion, 1917: Auth. AAG AIF Letter No. 15/42, 25.5.1917.

203. 70th Battalion, 1917 : Auth. AAG AEF Letter No. 15/42, 25.5.1917. A series of coloured cards depicting the colour patches approved for infantry units of the 6th Division, supplied by the AQMG, AIF Depots in UK, on 5.6.1917,48 show brown as the battalion colour of the 70th Battalion however this is believed to be in error, and purple, as shown in the Official War History, was that issued.

204. Reserved.

AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUN CORPS

Created in February 1916 by reorganising battalion machine gun sections into machine gun companies allotted one per brigade. HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916, directed that machine gun companies then forming in Egypt would wear the patch of the brigade HQ to which they belonged, with the letters 'MG' in worsted on a circular piece of cloth beneath it. The 9th, 10th, and 11th Machine Gun Companies in the United Kingdom were directed to wear only their brigade headquarters patch by 3rd Aust. Div. Instruction, para. 7, of August 1916.

These instructions were cancelled by AEFO No. 222 dated 23.8.1916 which directed that each machine gun company would wear the patch of the infantry brigade to which it was attached with the addition of crossed guns in yellow worsted worn immediately below the patch. The crossed guns were to be the patch of the Machine Gun Corps. It will be noted, however, that machine gun squadrons allotted to Light Horse brigades did not wear the "crossed guns". In April 1917 a further five machine gun companies were raised and allotted as divisional troops. Australian Imperial Force Order 594, dated 20th April 1917, directed that each of these companies would wear the patch of the headquarters of the division to which it was attached, with the patch of the Machine Gun Corps worn directly below.

On 15 March 1918 the twenty companies of the Aust. Machine Gun Corps were reorganised into five machine gun battalions. Although each company retained its original designation, individual colour patches were superseded by one patch for each battalion, approved by AEF Order No. 1207, dated 26.4.1918. Note: this order was originally promulgated in error as Australian Imperial Force Order 2007. Australian Imperial Force Order 1214 of 3.5.1918 directed that it was to be renumbered as Australian Imperial Force Order 1207.

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205. Aust. Machine Gun Corps, 1916: To be worn below the patch of the brigade headquarters to which the company was attached vide HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 17. Correspondence from the Director of the AWM states that in the case of the 8th, 14th, and 15th Aust. Machine Gun Companies the letters 'MG' were embroidered directly onto the brigade headquarters colour patch, for the 14th and 15th the letter 'G' being below the ',W. Ref. AWM 93, item No. 12/3/11. The style of lettering depicted is not confirmed as no example has yet been sighted.

206. 1st Aust. Machine Gun Squadron, 1916 - 1919 : Auth. Aust and NZ Mtd Div. RO
No. 1, para. 4, 18.10.1916.

207. 2nd Aust. Machine Gun Squadron, 1916 - 1919: Auth. Aust and NZ Mtd. Div. RO
No. 1, para. 4, 18.10.1916.

208. 3rd Aust. Machine Gun Squadron, 1916 - 1919: Auth. Aust and NZ Mtd. Div. RO
No. 1, para. 4, 18.10.1916.

209. 4th Aust. Machine Gun Squadron, 1917 - 1919: Auth. ATO 795, 10.8.1917.

210. 5th Aust. Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1521, 21.1.1919. The role of this unit was undertaken by the 2nd Squadron, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, which been raised from No's 15 and 16 Companies, 4th (Anzac) Camel Battalion on 1.7.1918. Although examples of this patch are held in the Military Heraldry Collection AWM, there is no reference in any New Zealand publication on that nation's military insignia to suggest this colour patch was in fact worn.

211. 1st Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1916 - 1918:

212. 2nd Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1916 - 1918:

213. 3rd Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1916 - 1918:

214. 4th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1916 - 1918:

215. 5th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1916 - 1918:

216. 6th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1916 - 1918:

217. 7th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1916 - 1918:

218. 8th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1916 - 1917:

219. 8th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1917 - 1918:

220. 9th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1916 - 1918:

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221. 10th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1916 - 1918:

222. 11th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1916 - 1918:

223. 12th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1916 - 1917:

224. 12th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1917 - 1918:

225. 13th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1916 - 1917:

226. 13th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1917 - 1918:

227. 14th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1916 - 1918:

228. 15th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1916 - 1918:

229. 16th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1917: Formed by re-designation of the 3rd Aust. Divisional Machine Gun Company between July and September 1917.

230. 17th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1917: Formed by re-designation of the 4th Aust. Divisional Machine Gun Company between July and September 1917.

231. 21st Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1917 - 1918:

232. 22nd Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1917 - 1918:

233. 3rd Aust. Divisional Machine Gun Company,49 1917; 23rd Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1917 - 1918:

234. 4th Aust. Divisional Machine Gun Company,50 1917; 24th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1917 - 1918:
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235. 5th Aust. Divisional Machine Gun Company, 1917; 25th Aust. Machine Gun Company, 1917 - 1918:51

236. 1st Aust. Machine Gun Battalion, 1918 - 1919: Absorbed the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 21st Aust. Machine Gun Companies.

237. 2nd Aust. Machine Gun Battalion, 1918 - 1919 : Absorbed the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 22nd Aust. Machine Gun Companies.

238. 3rd Aust. Machine Gun Battalion, 1918 - 1919 Absorbed the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 23rd Aust. Machine Gun Companies.

239. 4th Aust. Machine Gun Battalion, 1918 - 1919 Absorbed the 4th, 12th, 13th, and 24th Aust. Machine Gun Companies.

240. 5th Aust. Machine Gun Battalion, 1918 - 1919 Absorbed the 8th, 14th, 15th, and 25th Aust. Machine Gun Companies.

241. 1st Aust. Armoured Car Battery, 1917; 1st Aust. Light Car Patrol, 1917 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 613, 1.5.1917. This was actually the second design approved for this unit. The first, which was unlikely to have been issued, appeared in Anzac Mounted Division Routine Orders dated 21.11.1916 and comprised a purple circle, 2 inches in diameter, representing the colour allotted to machine gun units in Egypt, superimposed on a 2 and 1/4 inch diameter white circle representing the wheel of a motor vehicle. HQ AIF immediately directed that this patch be redesigned as it was similar to that
already in use by the 4th Aust. Pioneer Battalion.

PIONEER BATTALIONS

242. 1st Aust. Pioneer Battalion, 1916 : Auth. HQ Aust. & NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. Superseded by No. 243 in April 1916.


243. 1st Aust. Pioneer Battalion, 1916 - 1917: Auth. HQ Aust. & NZ Forces CM No. 52, 20.4.1916. Stated to have been superseded by No. 244.


244. 1st Aust. Pioneer Battalion, 1917 - 1919 : Ref Vol. III, The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914 - 1918. No date can be located regarding the replacement of No. 243 by this colour patch, the assumption being early 1917. First Australian Division Standing Orders, 1917, para. 44 and Appendix IV, makes no reference at all to any colour patch for 1st Aust. Pioneer Battalion.


In addition to this unit, the 207th (British) Machine Gun Company served with the 3rd Aust. Division between October 1916 and October 1917, although there is no evidence it wore a colour patch. The 3rd Aust. Div. MG Coy joined the division in mid 1917, but was allotted to l6th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 6th Aust. Division, between July and September 1917.

5" Joined this division in. June 1917 but was almost immediately allotted to l7th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 6th Aust. Division, not rejoining 4th Aust. Division until September 1917.

" Did not join the division until September 1917.

245. 2nd Aust. Pioneer Battalion, 1916 : Auth. HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. Superseded by No. 247 in April 1916.

246.2nd Aust. Pioneer Battalion, 1916: Variation of No. 245 in chain stitch embroidery.

247. 2nd Aust. Pioneer Battalion, 1916 - 1919: Auth. HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 52, 20.4.1916.

248. 3rd Aust. Pioneer Battalion, 1916 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 231, 26.8.1916.

249. 4th Aust. Pioneer Battalion, 1916 : Auth. HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 17,
25.2.1916. Superseded by No. 251 in April 1916.

250. 4th Aust. Pioneer Battalion, 1916 : Variation of No. 249 in chain stitch embroidery.

251. 4th Aust. Pioneer Battalion, 1916 - 1919 : Auth. HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 52, 20.4.1916.

252. 5th Aust. Pioneer Battalion, 1916 : Auth. HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. Superseded by No. 253 in April 1916. This colour patch was not issued, HQ 5th Aust. Division being advised in April 1916 that stocks were available for initial issue to all units of the division with the exception of the pioneer battalion.

253. 5th Aust. Pioneer Battalion, 1916 - 1919 ~ Auth. HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 52, 20.4.1916.

AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Note: Companies AASC of the divisional trains were numbered consecutively from I to 38, albeit with some gaps created during the reorganization of early 1916. It appears however that they were also numbered as (Aust.) Companies of the Army Service Corps in some cases and for interest the designation of each company is given below with its ASC number in brackets. Infantry divisional trains also comprised one field butchery, one field bakery, and five depot units of supply, mounted divisions had one DUS only and no bakery or butchery units.

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254. 1st Aust. Division Train, 1915 - 1919: Auth. I Aust. Div. Order No. 562, 8.3.1915. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Coys AASC (741st, 742nd, 743rd and 744th Coys ASC), 1st Fd Bky, 1st Fd Bchy, 1st to 5th DUS. Initially also comprised No. 10 Company (1st Aust. Reserve Park) AASC.

255. 2nd Aust. Division Train, 1915 - 1919 : Auth. 2 Aust. Div. Instruction, 3.8.1915. 15th, 16th, 17th, and 20th Coys AASC (745th, 746th, 747th, 748th Coys ASC, 2nd Fd Bky, 2nd Fd Bchy, 6th to 10th DUS.

256. 3rd Aust. Division Train, 1916 - 1919 : Auth. 3 Aust. Div. Instr, August 1916. 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th Coys AASC (867th, 868th, 869th, 870th Coys ASC, 3rd Fd Bky, 3rd Fd Bchy, 11th to 15th DUS.

257. 3rd Aust. Division Train : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 231, 26.8.1916. Although shown as a cancelled patch by Vol. 111, 'Official History of Australia in the War of 1914 - 1918',the description of this patch contained in the above order is an error, and was corrected by an amendment promulgated in Australian Imperial Force Order 340/1916, 21.10.1916.

258. 4th Aust. Division Train, 1916 - 1919: Auth. HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. 7th, l4th, 26th, and 27th Coys AASC (753rd, 754th, 755th and 756th Coys ASC), 4th Fd Bky, 4th Fd Bchy, l6th to 20th DUS.

259. 5th Aust. Division Train, 1916 - 1919: Auth. HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. 10th, l8th, 28th, and 29th Coys AASC (757th, 758th, 759th and 760th Coys ASC, 5th Fd Bky, 5th I'd Bchy, 21st to 25th DUS.

260. 6th Aust. Division Train, 1917 : Auth. AAG AIF Letter No. 15/42, 25.5.1917. Only the 30th and 3 1st Companies AASC were raised for this formation, and were disbanded in September 1917.

Note: The 11th, 13th, 19th, and 2 1st Companies AASC were disbanded in early 1916 to form the field bakeries and butcheries, and depot units of supply, for the 1st and 2nd Aust. Divisions. The original 4th ALH Brigade Train (14th Company AASC and 4th ALH Brigade Ammunition Reserve) was disbanded in July 1915 and absorbed by 2nd Aust. Division Train.

261. (a) AASC, Aust. and NZ Mounted Division, 1916 - 1917: Auth. Aust. and NZ Mtd. Div. RO No. 1, para. 4, 18.10.1916. The original light horse brigade trains (5th, 6th, and 12th Companies, AASC, and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd ALH Brigade Ammunition Reserves) were disbanded in mid 1916, with only a brigade supply element remaining with each Aust. Light Horse Brigade until September 1917.

(b) Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division Train, 1917 33rd, and 34th Companies AASC, 26th DUS. - 1919 : 32nd,

(c) Australian Mounted Division Train, 1917 - 1919 : 35th, 36th, 37th, and 38th Companies AASC, 27th DUS.

Note: Approval to raise the mounted division trains was given in September 1917 by Australian Imperial Force Order 877/1917. No. 5 Company NZASC which formed part of the Anzac Mounted Division did not wear this patch. In October 1917 a patch of identical design, but with colours reversed and measuring 2 inches by 3/4 inch, was approved for wear horizontally on both sides of the hat puggaree by this unit. Ref. Thomas and Lord, New Zealand Army Distinguishing Patches, 1911-1991, Part One, p.28.

262. 1st Aust. Railhead Supply Detachment, 1918 - 1919 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1306, 19.7.1918. Formerly part of No. 11 Company AASC, later 1st Anzac Railway Supply Detachment then 1st Anzac Railhead Supply Detachment.

263. Aust. Sea Transport Service, 1916 - 1919 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 396, 9.12.1916. Worn by permanent staff on sea transports.

264. No. 1 Aust. Remount Unit, 1916: Australian Remount Unit, 1916 - 1917:

265. No. 2 Aust. Remount Unit, 1916:

Note: No's 264 and 265 initially appeared in "Distinguishing Marks and Badges AIF", undated but submitted for drafting on 14.3.1916. A photograph facing page 147 of "Hooves, Wheels and Tracks ", dated February 1916, shows No. 264 in use at that point. No. 264 is again depicted as the Australian Remount Unit in line drawings notified by AIF Admin. HQ Memo No. 26144 of 31.10.1916, No. 265 apparently no longer being in use at that stage. Both units

were raised in September 1915, arriving in Egypt in December 1915. They were reorganized in March 1916 as the Australian Remount Unit, comprising four squadrons, which was further reduced in September 1916 to a remount depot, comprising a headquarters and two squadrons. This patch was superseded by No. 266 in May 1917.

266. Australian Remount Unit, 1917 - 1919 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 613, 1.5.1917. Note: Personnel with service in remount units in Egypt during the Gallipoli campaign were forbidden to wear the brass 'A' under the terms of MO 20/1918 because they were specifically enlisted in a non-combatant role. Ref. AA(Vic.): MP 742/1, item 87/1/37.


AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS (MOTOR TRANSPORT)

Note: 7he colour patch system approved for divisional and corps motor transport units AASC between 1916 and 1918. (Refers specifically to No's 268 to 285, and 293 to 296B.) The designs of patches allotted to ammunition parks and sub-parks, and supply columns, of the AIF from May 1916 were based on vehicle markings approved by the War Office in December 1915 for these types of units. The red shell standing on its base was for vehicles of divisional ammunition sub-parks, while the red shell with blue band and red zigzag used unofficially as a colour patch by siege battery ammunition columns in 1918 was originally approved (without the red zigzag) for vehicles of the ammunition columns of RGA brigades, and battery ammunition vehicles of tractor drawn gun or howitzer batteries. An identical shell shaped mark, vertically halved red and blue, was later approved for vehicles of army field artillery brigade park sections. The trefoil, referred to also as the ace of clubs, was symbolic of supply, and was approved, in red for vehicles of divisional supply columns. Lettering and numerals for No's 276-285 and 293-295 were to be of blue cloth, 1/2 inch high, bars to be 1/2 inch wide and 1/8 inch thick, although these dimensions vary. Trefoils were 3/4 inch high.

267. Australian Motor Transport Service, 1916 - 1919: Ref. 'Distinguishing Marks and Badges AIF", undated, and AIF Admin. HQ Memo No. 26144, dated 31.10.1916. The former reference shows this patch as not yet allotted. It may have been worn by personnel of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Aust. Auxiliary Motor Transport Companies prior to disbandment in July 1917, and there is evidence from a contemporary diary held by the RAMS of WA that it was worn by the siege battery ammunition columns in 1918. The auxiliary motor transport companies were disbanded to provide personnel for the formation of the 2nd and 5th Aust. Divisional Supply Columns and the 5th Aust.
Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park.

268. Headquarters, 'K' Corps Supply Column, 1917 - 1918: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 859,18.9.17.

269. No. 1 Aust. Divisional Supply Column, 1916 - 1918 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 340, 21.10.1916. Raised as No. 9 Company AASC, serving subsequently under British command as No. 300 (Aust.) Company ASC, then l7th Divisional Supply Column, until returning to the 1st Aust. Division in early 1916. This unit is credited with introducing the divisional sign of the l7th Division, a square 'dot' and rectangular 'dash' in black on a white oblong background, the dot and dash representing the Morse letter 'A'. Divisional and Other Signs, V. Wheeler-Holohan, p. 50. This was initially a vehicle marking.

270. No. 2 Aust. Divisional Supply Column, 1917 - 1918: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 859,18.9.1917.

271. No. 3 Aust. Divisional Supply Column, 1916 - 1918 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 340, 21.10.1916. Also numbered as No. 808 (Aust.) Company ASC.

272. No. 4 Aust. Divisional Supply Column, 1917 - 1918: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 911, 16.10.1917. 

273. No. 5 Aust. Divisional Supply Column, 1917 - 1918: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 859,18.9.1917.

274. No. 5 Aust. Divisional Supply Column : Example held in a private collection. It has been worn, and is most likely to have been worn by an individual, not on a unit basis.

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275. 1 ANZAC Corps Troops Supply Column, 1916 - 1918; Aust. Corps Troops Supply Column, 1918: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 340, 21.10.1916.

276. 1 ANZAC Corps Ammunition Park, 1916 - 1917; HQ 'K' Corps Ammunition Park, 1917 - 1918: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 143, 11.5.1916.

277. 11 ANZAC Corps Ammunition Park, 1916 - 1917; HQ 'Y' Corps Ammunition Park, 1917 - 1918 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 143, 11.5.1916. For AIF personnel only, but this patch was not cancelled by Australian Imperial Force Order 1216 of 3.5.1918, and may not even have been in use by this stage as the unit was predominantly British.

278. Unidentified: Military Heraldry Collection, AWM.

279. Unidentified: Military Heraldry Collection, AWM.

280. Unidentified: Military Heraldry Collection, AWM.

Note: It is possible that No's 278 to 280 inclusive were supplied in error for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Aust. Divisional Ammunition Sub-Parks following their reorganization as part of the Corps Ammunition Parks in January 1917. Large stocks of these examples were handed over to the AWM at the end of the Great War.

281. 1st Aust. Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park, 1916 - 1918 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 143, 11.5.1916. Formerly No. 8 Company AASC, then redesignated No. 301 (Aust.) Company ASC, and finally l7th Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park, serving under British command until the 1st Aust. Division arrived in France in March 1916.

282. 2nd Aust. Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park, 1916 - 1918 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 143, 11.5.1916. Raised in early 1916 as 23rd Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park from 4 personnel of the 17th Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park and Supply Column, serving under British command until the 2nd Aust. Division arrived in France in March 1916.

283. 3rd Aust. Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park, 1916 - 1918 Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 143, 11.5.1916.

284. 4th Aust. Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park, 1916 - 1918 Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 143, 11.5.1916.

285. 5th Aust. Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park, 1917 - 1918 Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 143, 11.5.1916.

In March 1918, Aust. Corps Motor Transport was re-organised to form a headquarters (absorbed HQ 'K' Supply Column and HQ 'K' Ammunition Park) and six motor transport companies, formed from the supply column and ammunition sub-park allotted to each of the five divisions. 'Me corps troops supply column formed the sixth company. Authority for the colour patches allotted to these seven units (Nos. 286 to 292) was Australian Imperial Force Order 1216, dated 5.3.1918. Numerals were approved in 1/2 inch high brass, although bullion wire examples also exist.

286. HQ Aust. Corps Motor Transport Column, 1918 - 1919:

287. 1st Aust. Motor Transport Company, 1918 - 1919:

288. 2nd Aust. Motor Transport Company, 1918 - 1919 :From 2nd Aust. Divisional Supply Column and 4th Aust. Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park.

289. 3rd Aust. Motor Transport Company, 1918 - 1919:

290A. 4th Aust. Motor Transport Company, 1918 - 1919 : From 4th Aust. Divisional Supply Column and 2nd Aust. Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park.

290B. 4th Aust. Motor Transport Company, 1919: Auth. SO AASC(MT) Memo No. 303, 7.6.1919. To be worn I inch below their original unit colour patch by personnel posted to this unit.

291. 5th Aust. Motor Transport Company, 1918 - 1919:

292. 6th Aust. Motor Transport Company, 1918 - 1919:

293. 3rd Aust. (Army) Field Artillery Brigade Park Section, 1917 - 1919 : Auth. AIFO
859,18.9.1917.

6th Aust. (Army) Field Artillery Brigade Park Section, 1917 - 1919 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order
859,18.9.1917.

295. 12th Aust. (Army) Field Artillery Brigade Park Section, 1917 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order
859,18.9.1917.

296A. Siege Battery Ammunition Columns, 1919 : Example, Military Heraldry Collection AWM. No authority for this patch has been located although its use has been acknowledged in correspondence between the Director of the AWM and the staff of the Official Historian (AWM 93, item 12/3/11). The 1st and 2nd Aust. Siege Battery Ammunition Columns were raised in March 1918 from personnel rendered surplus by the reorganization of the Aust. Corps motor transport units.

296B. Siege Battery Ammunition Columns: An example of this colour patch appears in the Victoria Barracks Collection, although it is believed to be of post war manufacture. It is also depicted on several privately published colour charts printed after the Great War and a contemporary sketch exists in AWM 25, item No. 89/8, with a note that it was introduced after the Armistice.

297. Staff Officer, A.A.S.C. (Motor Transport), 1919: Auth. SO AASC(MT) Memo,
7.6.1919. To be worn I inch below their original unit colour patch by personnel posted
to the establishment of this headquarters. This staff controlled the 4th Aust. Motor
Transport Company AASC and the AIF Graves Detachment which continued to
operate in France and Belgium after demobilisation of the AIF had commenced.

AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

Notes: (1) AAMC personnel attached to non-medical units were directed to wear their respective divisional AAMC colour patch.

(2) Horse transport details of divisional field ambulances were AAMC personnel. Mechanical transport details of field ambulances were members of the AASC(MT) and were attached from their respective divisional supply column AASC.

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298. (a) AAMC 1st Aust. Division, 1915 - 1918: Auth. I Aust. Div. Order 562, 8.3.1915. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Field Ambulances.


(b) 1st Aust. Clearing Hospital, 1915; 1st Aust. Casualty Clearing Station, 1915- 1918: Ref. 1st Aust. CCS memo dated 15.4.1917.53

299. (a) AAMC 2nd Aust. Division, 1915 - 1919 : Auth. 2 Aust. Div. Inst., 3.8.1915. 5th, 6th, and 7th Field Ambulances.

(b) 2nd Aust. Casualty Clearing Station, 1915-1918: Ref 2nd Aust. CCS memo dated 15.4.1917.54

300A. AAMC 3rd Aust. Division, 1916 - 1919 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 231, 26.8.1916. 9th, 10th, and 11th Field Ambulances.

Note: Reference to the three following colour patches first appears in a letter dated 31.5.1917 from the CO 10th Aust. Field Ambulance to the CO 9th Aust. Field Ambulance, directing that stretcher bearers of the latter unit were to attach a green band on the left arm immediately above the brassard. The 10th and 11th Field Ambulances were to wear red and light blue bands respectively.55 This information is further qualified by a HQ 3rd Aust. Division memo dated 9.7.1917 advising that in recent operations field ambulances of that division had worn a coloured strip, 9 inches in length by 1/2 inch wide, attached three inches below the colour patch, the strip being in the colour of the brigade to which each field ambulance was attached. Permission was sought to continue this practice however there is no record of it being granted.56

300B. 9th Aust. Field Ambulance, 1917: Worn in conjunction with No. 300A.

10th Aust. Field Ambulance, 1917: Worn in conjunction with No. 300A.

300D. 11th Aust. Field Ambulance, 1917: Worn in conjunction with No. 300A.

301. AAMC 4th Aust. Division, 1916 - 1919 : Auth. HQ Aust and NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. 4th, 12th, and 13th Field Ambulances.

302. AAMC 5th Aust. Division, 1916 - 1919 : Auth. HQ Aust and NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. 8th, 14th, and l5th Field Ambulances.

303. AAMC 6th Aust. Division, 1917 : Auth. AAG AlF Letter No. 15/42, 25.5.1917. Only the l6th Aust. Field Ambulance was raised for this formation in March 1917, being disbanded in October 1917.

304. Aust. Base Depot Medical Stores,57 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1299, 16.7.1918. A 1 and 3/4 inch square.

305. AAMC 1st Aust. Division, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918.

AWM 11, item 1504/1 /11. 14 ibid.

" AWM 25, item 89/16.
16 AWM 11, item 1504/1/I 1.

" Referred to in Australian Imperial Force Order .1299 as the Medical Section, Administrative Headquarters, AlF, however the designation of the unit on behalf of which authority was sought, and was specifically approved for, is as shown.

306. 1st Aust. Light Horse Field Ambulance, 1916 - 1919 Auth. Aust and NZ Mtd Div. RO No. 1, para. 4, 18.10.1916.

307. 2nd Aust. Light Horse Field Ambulance, 1916 - 1919 Auth. Aust. and NZ Mtd Div. RO No. 1, para. 4, 18.10.1916.

308. 3rd Aust. Light Horse Field Ambulance, 1916 - 1919 Auth. Aust and NZ Mtd Div. RO No. 1, para. 4, 18.10.1916.

309. 4th Aust. Light Horse Field Ambulance, 1917 - 1919:58 Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 795, 10.8.1917.

310. 5th Aust. Light Horse Field Ambulance, 1918 - 1919 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1521, 21.1.1919. Formerly the Aust. Camel Field Ambulance.

311. Aust. Camel Field Ambulance, 1918: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918. Raised in June 1917 and redesignated the 5th Aust. Light Horse Field Ambulance in July 1918.

312. 1st Aust. Casualty Clearing Station, 1918 - 1919 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918. The unit advised that as at 30.10.1918 it had still not received supplies of this patch and it is unlikely that they were issued prior to mid December 1918.

313. 2nd Aust. Casualty Clearing Station, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918.

314. 3rd Aust. Casualty Clearing Station, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918.

315A. 1st Aust. General Hospital, 1916: R6ference is made to this patch by the CO 1st AGH in a memo dated 26.6.1916. He stated that they were procured in Egypt under a local purchase order, expenditure being met by the AIF Ordnance Department, Cairo. The original intention, as understood by the unit, was that these patches were to be worn on the summer helmet, and not as a colour patch on the tunic as they now were.59 It was superseded by No. 315B, period unknown.

315B. 1st Aust. General Hospital, 6 16 - 1918: Ref, "Distinguishing Marks and Badges AIF", undated, and AIF Admin. HQ Memo No. 26144, 31.10.1916. It would appear that No. 315A was issued in lieu for a period, however 315B was in use by April 1917 as a sample patch was submitted with a unit memo dated 28.4.1917.60 Superseded by No. 315C in January 1918.

315C. 1st Aust. General Hospital, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918.

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316A. 2nd Aust. General Hospital, 1916 - 1918: Ref. "Distinguishing Marks and Badges AIF", undated, and AIF Admin. HQ Memo No. 26144, 31.10.1916. A sample of this patch was provided with a 2nd AGH memo dated 30.4.1917 with the advice that this was the patch currently being worn by the unit.61 Superseded by No. 316B in January 1918.

316B. 2nd Aust. General Hospital, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918.

" A previous 4th Aust. Light Horse Field Ambulance was disbanded in July 1915, its personnel being used as AAMC reinforcements.

" AWM 25, item 89/16.

60 AWM 11, item 1504/1 /11. 61 ibid.

317A. 3rd Aust. General Hospital: Sealed pattern held by Ordnance, a sketch of which appears in AWM 25, Item No. 89/8. It has not been possible to determine if this patch was actually worn.

317B. 3rd Aust. General Hospital, 1916 - 1918: Ref. "Distinguishing Marks and Badges AIF", undated, and AIF Admin. HQ Memo No. 26144, 31.10.1916. This colour patch is stated as being worn by a unit memo dated 26.4.1917.62 Superseded by No. 317C in January 1918.

317C. 3rd Aust. General Hospital, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918.

318A. 14th Aust. General Hospital, 1917 - 1918: No authority was ever given for this colour patch however in early 1918 the CO l4th AGH advised HQ AIF that it had been issued to his unit in November 1917 and he was unable to obtain sufficient supplies of white material to replace the green inset to conform to Australian Imperial Force Order 1051.63 This design had originally been provisionally allotted to the l4th AGH as part of a scheme of patches for the whole of the AAMC which had been considered for approval in late 1917 and it would appear that its approval had been anticipated by Aust. HQ, Egypt.

318B. 14th Aust. General Hospital, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918.

Note: No colour patches were authorised for No's 4 to 13, 15 and 16 Aust. General Hospitals, which, with the exception of the 10th A.L.H., served exclusively in Australia.

319. 1st Aust. Stationary Hospital, : Despite the appearance of this patch in Volume III of the Official War History there is no evidence to support its existence, In October 1916 this unit was reorganized in England as the 3rd Aust. Auxiliary Hospital and the CO of 3rd AMAH advised in April 1917 that no colour patch had been allotted to the original unit. Personnel allotted to 3rd AMAH since its reorganization from 1st ASH were still wearing the colour patches of their previous units at that stage.64

320. 2nd Aust. Stationary Hospital, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918.

321. 1st Aust. Auxiliary Hospital, 1918 - 1919 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918. Raised at Hare field Park, Middlesex, in April 1915 as the Australian Convalescent Depot.

322. 2nd Aust. Auxiliary Hospital, 1918 - 1919 Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918. Opened at Southall, Middlesex, in August 1916.

323. 3rd Aust. Auxiliary Hospital, 1918 - 1919 Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918. Opened at Dartford, Kent, in October 1916 by staff of the former 1st Aust. Stationary Hospital.

Note: No colour patches are known to have been authorised for Nos. 4, 5 and 6 Auxiliary Hospitals serving in the United Kingdom, or Nos. 7 to 28 Auxiliary Hospitals located in Australia. The 1st to 4th Aust. Auxiliary Hospitals had also existed in Egypt between 1915 and 1916 as offshoots of the 1st Australian General Hospital.

324. 1st Aust. Dermatological Hospital, 1916 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918. The first reference to this colour patch is AIF Admin HQ Memo No. 26144, 31.10.1916, and the CO of 1st ADH advised on 13.4.1917 that the patch was then in use by his


62 ibid.
61 ibid.
64 ibid.

unit.65 Raised briefly in November 1915 as the Aust. Venereal Disease Hospital, redesignated in December 1915.

325. No. 1 Aust. Hospital Ship, 'Karoola'. 1918 - 1919 Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918. Raised in June 1915.

326. No. 2 Aust. Hospital Ship, 'Kanowna', 1918 - 1919 Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918. Raised in June 1915.

327. No. 1 Sea Transport Staff, AAMC: Ref Official War History, Volume III. See note below.

328. No. 4 Sea Transport Staff, AAMC: Ref. Official War History, Volume III. See note below.

Note: The colour scheme of No's 327 and 328 would suggest that they were intended to carry on from No. 326 although no wartime correspondence appears to exist in relation to the matter. Sketches exist in AWM 25, item No. 89/8, and they receive considerable mention in correspondence between the Director of the AWM and the Official Historian's staff during the early 1920's. Unfortunately this is inconclusive, particularly in regard to the correct designations of the units, and it appears that Dr Bean's staff have placed greater weight on information received from the Department of Defence than that of the Director AWM.66 It is likely that the sea transport sections, in addition to providing medical personnel for hospital transports returning to Australia, also manned Australian hospital ships operating between France and England such as the Wandilla, Warilda, and Western Australia.

329A. Sea Transport Sections, AAMC: Auth. MO 396/1918, 24.8.1918. This authority was amended a month later by MO 464/1918 and it has not been established whether in fact any were manufactured or issued.

329B. Sea Transport Sections, AAMC, 1918 - 1919: Auth.M0464/1918,28.9.1918.

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330. Sanitary Sections, 1916 - 1917: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 396, 9.12.1916. To be worn above, and in addition to, the colour patch. It is believed that the use of this title probably lapsed after the approval in August 1917 for all ranks of sanitary sections to wear a yellow armband on the right arm with the letters 'SAN' in red, although reference to the original authority was made in AIF Order No. 1051 of 1. 1. 1918.

Note: Sanitary Sections of the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Divisions were directed to wear the

colour patch of their respective divisional AAMC by HQ Aust and NZ Forces CM No. 37, 11.3.1916. That for the 3rd Division Sanitary Section was authorised by 3 Aust. Div. Instruction, para. 9, August 1916.

331. 6th Aust. Sanitary Section, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918.

332. 7th Aust. Sanitary Section, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918.

333. 8th Aust. Sanitary Section, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918.

334. Dental Units, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1051, 1.1.1918. Numbered from I to 118 and attached to all field ambulances, light horse field ambulances, hospitals, casualty clearing stations, training and reinforcement depots and units, divisional headquarters,


65 ibid.

66AWM 93, item 12/3/11.

divisional ammunition columns, detention barracks, and independent units. It is possible that divisional dental units wore their divisional AAMC patch until 1918.

AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE

335. Australian Army Nursing Service, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1306, 19.7.1918. To be worn by all members of the AANS except those allotted to AAMC units for which a colour patch was already authorised. This patch was principally to cater for those nurses serving in the United Kingdom, and in British stationary and general hospitals in France and Egypt.67

336. Aust. Army Nursing Service, Salonika : No authority located, shown in Vol. III of the Official War History. Australian nurses were attached to four British hospitals during this campaign.68

337. Aust. Army Nursing Service, India : No authority located, shown in Vol. III of the Official War History. Between 1916 and 1919 several hundred Australian nurses served in hospitals in India, including the 34th (Welsh) and 44th General Hospitals, RAMC, and on hospital ships operating between India and various other theatres of war. The first batch of nurses for this theatre was drawn from members of the AANS in Egypt, and it is noted that they retained the colour patches of their previous units. Remaining contingents of nurses were enlisted in Australia for service in India.

Note: Nurses serving in India and Salonika were not under the control of the DMS AIF, therefore it is unlikely any authority for colour patches originated from HQ AIF, nor is there any evidence that authority originated in Australia. A note appearing with a sketch of No. 337 in AWM 25, item 89/8, states that it was approved by the Imperial authorities in India.


AUSTRALIAN ARMY VETERINARY CORPS

338. 1st Aust. Mobile Veterinary Section, 1916 - 1919 : Auth. HQ Aust and NZ Forces CM No. 3 7, 11.3.1916.

339. 2nd Aust. Mobile Veterinary Section, 1916 - 1919: Auth. HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 3 7, 11.3.1916.

340. 3rd Aust. Mobile Veterinary Section, 1916 - 1919 : 3rd Aust. Div. Inst., para. 9, August 1916.

341. 4th Aust. Mobile Veterinary Section, 1916 - 1919 Auth. HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 3 7, 11.3.1916.

342. 5th Aust. Mobile Veterinary Section, 1916 - 1919 Auth. HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 37, 11.3.1916.

343. 6th Aust. Mobile Veterinary Section, 1916 - 1919 Auth. Aust. and NZ Mtd. Div. RO No. 1, 18.10.1916.

344. 7th Aust. Mobile Veterinary Section, 1916 - 1919 Auth. Aust. and NZ Mtd. Div. RO No. 1, 18.10.1916.

61 Croydon War Hospital, as well as Australian units, in the LJK; No. 31 General Hospital in Egypt; No's 5 and 38 Stationary Hospitals and No. 25 General Hospital in France.

6' No's 42, 50, 52 and 60 General Hospitals, and briefly No. 66 General Hospital.

345. 8th Aust. Mobile Veterinary Section, 1916 - 1919 : Auth. Aust. and NZ Mtd. Div. RO No. 1, 18.10.1916.

346. 9th Aust. Mobile Veterinary Section, 1917 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 795, 10.8.1917.

347. 10th Aust. Mobile Veterinary Section, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1521, 21.1.1919.

348. Aust. Veterinary Hospital, Calais, 1917 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 654, 22.5.1917. Note that the dimensions authorised for this colour patch are for a I and 1/2 inch equilateral triangle.

349. 1st Aust. Veterinary Evacuating Station, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1277, 28.6.1918. Note that the dimensions authorised are for a I and 1/2 inch base, with 3/4 inch radius. Raised in June 1918.

AUSTRALIAN ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

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350. AAOC 1st Aust. Division, 1916 - 1917: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 143, 11.5.1916. Superseded by No. 351 in May 1917. No actual ordnance units existed in the divisional organization, armourers, artificers, etc, of the AAOC being attached by War Establishment to units of other arms.

351. AAOC 1st Aust. Division, 1917 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 644,15.5.1917.

352. AAOC 2nd Aust. Division, 1916 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 143, 11.5.1916.

353. AAOC 3rd Aust. Division, 1916 - 1919: Auth. AIF Admin. HQ Memo No. 26144, 31.10.1916.

354. AAOC 4th Aust. Division, 1916 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 143, 11.5.1916.

355. AAOC 5th Aust. Division, 1916 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 143, 11.5.1916.

356. AAOC, Non-Divisional Units, 1918 - 1919 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 113 3, 1.3.1918. Includes the 1st and 2nd Aust. Ammunition Units, as well as AAOC personnel serving with headquarters, various types of ordnance workshops, and other units of the AOC.

357. Ordnance Company - I.O.M. Section, 1918: Example, Military Heraldry Collection AWM. A sketch also appears in AWM 25 Item No. 89/8. Organized in Australia by the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery (I.O.M.) Branch and despatched overseas in January 1918. On 19.11.1918, Australian Imperial Force Order 1445 advised that it had been reorganized as the 1st Aust. Ordnance Mobile Workshop (Medium), and the 2nd and 3rd Aust. Ordnance Mobile Workshops (Light). No authority relating to this colour patch has been located.

358. Army Ordnance Corps, Rouen - Australian Section: A coloured sketch of this colour patch was located in a contemporary diary maintained by a member of the Aust. Siege Brigade, and currently held by the Royal Australian Artillery Historical Society of Western Australia. 'Me diary states that it was proposed and no official reference to its use has been located.

359. Aust. Army Ordnance Corps (Egypt), 1919: Auth. AAG, AIF in Egypt, Letter No. 6/48,16.1.1919.69


AUSTRALIAN GAS SERVICES

Personnel appointed as Chemical Advisers and Gas Officers on the headquarters of formations, or as instructors at gas schools, etc, continued to wear the colour patch of their formation headquarters or of the unit to which they had previously belonged. Divisional Gas Officers and NCOs, and instructors at Divisional Gas Schools wore a green over black armband.

AUSTRALIAN ARMY PAY CORPS

360. AAPC 1st Aust. Division, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1332, 28.7.1918.

361. AAPC 2nd Aust. Division, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1332, 28.7.1918.

362. AAPC 3rd Aust. Division, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1332,28.7.1918.

363. AAPC 4th Aust. Division, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1332, 28.7.1918.

364. AAPC 5th Aust. Division, 1918 - 1919: Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1332,28.7.1918.

365. AAPC (Non-divisional Personnel), 1918 - 1919 : Auth. Australian Imperial Force Order 1332, 28.7.1918.
Initially approved on 10.7.1918 for all AAPC personnel regardless of formation affiliation but revised on 28.7.1918 for personnel in non-divisional postings only. These included pay staffs in Bombay and South Africa in addition to those in Egypt, France and the United Kingdom.

AUSTRALIAN ARMY POSTAL CORPS

Initially raised in 1914 as a Post Office Corps, forming field post offices for HQ 1st Aust. Division, 1st Aust. Division Train, and brigade headquarters. Formation of a Base Post Office was approved in late 1915. In March 1916 all postal units of the AIF were directed to form part of the Australian Army Postal Corps,70 although personnel serving as unit postal orderlies were not affected by this reorganization. Unit postal orderlies were transferred to the Army Postal Corps in December 1917 and August 1918.71

No distinctive colour patches were approved for this Corps, members wearing the colour patch of the formation headquarters to which the respective units were attached.72 In 1916 personnel employed in Base, Army, and Field Post Offices were authorised to wear a four inch wide armlet on both arms, equally divided white over red.73

AUSTRALIAN PROVOST CORPS

Originally raised in 1914 as a Military Mounted Police although no formed units existed at that stage. Subsequently reorganized in March 1916 as the Anzac Provost Corps,74 and was redesignated the Australian Provost Corps on 1. 1. 1918.75

"' AWM 25, item 89/16. 70 Australian Imperial Force Order 107, 8.3.1916. 7' Australian Imperial Force Order 1009, 7.12.1917, and Australian Imperial Force Order 1324, 30.7.1918. " HQ 1st Aust. Corps Memo No. 1527, 26.6.1940. AA(Vic): MP 508/1, item 36/756/25. 73 Australian Imperial Force Order 61, 18.1.1916, 74 Australian Imperial Force Order 107, 8.3.1916. 71 Australian Imperial Force Order 105 8, 8.1.1918.

No distinctive colour patches were approved for this Corps, personnel posted to the establishment of formations wearing the colour patch of their formation headquarters. In February 1917, Australian Imperial Force Order 496 directed members of the Corps to wear a blue hat band and the metal shoulder title 'ANZAC/PROVOST CORPS'. Personnel serving on the BEF lines of communication were directed to wear a red hat band, in lieu of the blue previously authorised, by Australian Imperial Force Order 719. Following the redesignation of the Corps in January 1918, Australian Imperial Force Order 1097 approved a change in the metal shoulder title to 'AUSTRALIAN/PROVOST CORPS'.

Divisional Traffic Control Detachments, 1916 - 1918: In March 1918, 'A' Class personnel of these units were replaced by medically downgraded '13 V Class men, and traffic control detachments subsequently became part of the divisional detachments of the Australian Employment Company. It is believed that they retained the colour patch of their respective divisional headquarters. Although referred to by C. E. W. Bean as , police', they were not actually part of the Provost Corps.

MISCELLANEOUS

366A. Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, 1916 - 1917: Ref. "Distinguishing Marks and Badges AIF", undated, and AIF Admin. HQ Memo No. 26144, 31.10.1916. This particular design of anchor appears on an example held in the Military Heraldry Collection AWM. The original reference however shows a dreadnought anchor, i.e.. comprising a stockless shank with a heavy base and flukes rising up from this base. To complicate matters Mr. P.R. Wightman of the Official Historian's staff advised the Director of the AWM during the early 1920's of correspondence on the matter that he had undertaken with Lieutenant-Commander Bracegirdle, OC RANBT, in which Bracegirdle stated that the design of anchor worn by his unit did not have a heavy base and was stockless, i.e.. no upper crossbar.76 This is the design depicted in Volume III of the Official War History. Dimensions of this patch as approved in the quoted references are 2 and 1/2 inches square.

366B. Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train: Example, Military Heraldry Collection AWM. Chain stitch embroidery, possibly of Middle East manufacture. The RAN Bridging Train was raised on 24.2.1915 as a unit of the AIF from personnel of the RAN and RANR, and was disbanded on 31.3.1917. A large number of its personnel subsequently formed the 17th Field Company AE.

367. Special Duty Personnel, 1918 - 1919: Auth. MO 210/1918, 25.5.1918. Approved for officers and men of the AIF who were not already entitled to wear a colour patch, and were gazetted for special duty, i.e.. conducting drafts of Yugoslav and Italian contingents, etc. A 2 inch equilateral triangle, lettering 5/8ths inch high.

368. General Service Reinforcements, 1919 - 1920 : Auth. MO 104/1919, 1.3.1919. Allocated to officers and men of the AIF who left Australia, but returned without having been posted to a unit. A 2 inch equilateral triangle, lettering 5/8ths, inch high. It should be noted that this patch was only for personnel who had left Australia. Other woven cloth badges, outside the scope of this book, were approved for discharged returned soldiers, recruits who were demobilised at the end of the war without leaving Australia, and serving personnel who volunteered for the AlF but were not accepted
either because they were medically unfit, or the nature of their duties required them to
be retained for Home Service.

16 AWM 93, item 12/3/11. Unfortunately a correspondence file held by the AWM which relates to the original proposals for this badge, and contains samples of proposed designs, could not be located during a visit by the author in September 1996.

369. AIF Graves Detachment, 1919: Ref, Staff Officer AASC(MT) memo dated 7.6.1919. This patch is stated to have already been in use at the time of writing and was being worn below their original unit colour patch by all personnel posted to this unit on demobilisation of their own units. Reference to it also appears in the contemporary diary held by the RAAHS of WA, where it is depicted worn under the patch of HQ Australian Corps.

Divisional Salvage Companies, 1917 - 1919: Units wore the colour patch of their respective divisional headquarters with, in addition, a khaki arm band I and 1/2 inches wide bearing the word 'SALVAGE' in red letters.

Australian Employment Company, 1917 - 1918: Raised on 1st November 1917 from medically downgraded 'B' Class personnel, comprising one corps and five divisional detachments. This unit, with an establishment of over 500 all ranks by mid 1918, provided the sanitary personnel, batmen, orderlies, mess men, and cooks for the various formation headquarters, boot-makers, barbers, theatre and cinema operators, bath and laundry detachments, traffic control detachments, general duty-men for ordnance duties, and YMCA and Church Army representatives. These personnel wore the colour patch of the formation headquarters to which their detachment was allotted, or retained the colour patch of their previous unit.

Miscellaneous Units: These included the 1st Aust. Convalescent Depot, field punishment compounds, Aust. Corps Entrenching Battalion, training schools or units, and reinforcement units and depots. Personnel allotted to the staffs of these units, or to Home Service duties on return to Australia, retained the colour patch of the unit from which they had been seconded or posted.

Note: The three following colour patches first appeared on a Department of Defence colour chart issued in July 1918, which showed colour patches approved for the AIF up until about March 1918. They were then included in the colour chart forming part of Volume III of the Official War History, although this reference shows them as cancelled colour patches. It is this writer's opinion that none of these patches in fact existed and that confusion has resulted from the original drawings published in Anzac Mounted Division Routine Orders and AIF Orders, which on first examination could be mistaken as squares. However in all cases the dimensions are clearly stated as 2 and 1/2 inches high by I and 1/2 inches wide, and all period examples held by the AWM conform to this size.

370. 1st Field Squadron, A.E.: Although the Official War History depicts this patch with white in place of the dark blue this is most likely the result of a printing error.

371. 1st Signal Squadron, A.E.:

372. AASC Aust. and N.Z. Mounted Division:

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373. Unofficial nationality title, 1916 - 1917: Of white worsted on khaki and worn on greatcoats. Numerous variations in manufacture of this title probably exist. In January 1917, Australian Imperial Force Order 476/1917 directed that the wearing of these and other un-authorised badges was to cease.

Mackenzie, S.S. The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918, Volume X, The Australians at Rabaul. First published 1927, republished 1987 by University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland. Pages 153-4 and footnote page 153 refer. 

This objective was cancelled in November 1914 and the force was used to relieve the original units of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force which had already occupied German New Guinea. At the time these colour patches were approved, the 'Tropical Force' as such no longer existed, having been assimilated into the AN & MEF.

374. 3rd Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, 1916 - 1921: Auth. MO 29/1916, 25.1.1916. Raised in November 1914 for the Tropical Expeditionary Force, relieving members of the original 1st Battalion, AN & MEF, on garrison duties in German New Guinea in early 1915.

375. AAMC, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, 1916 - 1921: Auth. MO 70/1916, 15.2.1916. Note: Volume III of the Official History shows a purple oblong with central chocolate strip for AAMC personnel of the AN & MEF. This is believed to be in error.

376-378. Reserved

379. British North Russia Relief Force, 1919: Worn by Australian personnel discharged from the AIF and enlisted in the British Army for service with this force. Although no distinctly Australian unit was formed, the 45th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, raised in April 1919, and the 201st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, included a substantial Australian component. These battalions, and the 46th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, in which some Australians also served, were disbanded in December 1919. Australian members of this force who had served with the AIF were allowed to continue wearing their Commonwealth Pattern badges and titles, and also retained the colour patches of their previous AIF unit on the uniform. This badge appears to have been worn on the right arm only.