Sweetheart brooch : Corporal S M Basset, 2/24 Battalion

Place	Oceania: Australia
Accession Number	REL31160
Collection type	Heraldry
Object type	Badge
Physical description	White metal; Enamel
Maker	K G Luke
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made	c 1941-1942
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945

Description

Small sweetheart brooch with enamelled diamond shaped colour patch for 2/24 (1941-1942 pattern) Battalion. The colour patch is horizontally divided white over red and surrounded by a grey metal border. The brooch has a pin fastening on the back and is stamped with the maker's details.

History / Summary

Associated with VX50120 Corporal Spencer Morris Basset of 2/24 Battalion, AIF. Basset was born in Donald, Victoria, in August 1918 and enlisted in the AIF as a driver on 10 March 1941. Basset served in the Middle East, New Guinea and Borneo with 2/24 Bn and later transferred to 9 Division Provost Company. He was Mentioned in Dispatches for exceptional service in the field in the South West Pacific area. Basset was discharged from service on 9 January 1946.