Photograph of pre Federation badges of the Australian State Military Units. Left to right, top ...

Accession Number A05266
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original acetate
Maker Unknown
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Photograph of pre Federation badges of the Australian State Military Units. Left to right, top row: Cap badge of King's School cadets, Parramatta, NSW; cap badge of Australian Rifle Regiment; First and Second Victorian Infantry Regiment officer's cap badge; Melbourne Cavalry helmet badge; Victorian Volunteer Artillery badge worn on 'pill box'; badges of the Queensland Mounted Infantry; badge of Queensland Defence Force. Fourth row: Queensland Scottish Rifle Volunteers; cap badges of Queensland Field Service; West Australian Defence Force cap badge; West Australian Cadet Corps; head dress badge of West Australian Police; Bunbury WA Rifle Volunteers' cap badge. Third row: Cap badge of old Tasmanian Artillery; Tasmanian Rifle Club; five years efficiency arm badge; staff bugler's arm badge; Old Queensland Defence Force Staff pouch badge; Australian Mounted Cadets; Staff badge Queensland Defence Force. Bottom row:Medical Staff Corps cap badge; Rising Sun badge worn by Australian Commonwealth Horse serving in the Boer War; Australian Commonwealth Cadet Corps badge; Warwick Cadet Corps badge; Ithaca Cadets; Kelvin Grove Cadets; Gatton School Cadets; officer's collar badge, Toowoomba Senior Cadets; Coorparoo Cadets; Senior Queensland Cadet Battalion Staff; No 1 Battalion, Queensland Senior Cadets; South Brisbane Senior Cadets; Gympie Centre School Cadets.

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