Royal Australian Navy medical brassard : Able Seaman Medic Rowbottom, HMAS Darwin

Brassard made of white cotton drill with a Velcro adjustment strip on the inside of the sleeve. A square sewn-on white reflective fabric patch on the brassard shows a red cross. Above this patch is a rectangular piece of Velcro to which is attached an Australian flag, machine embroidered in blue, white and red cotton. On the inside of the brassard are written the letters 'NBCDI' in black felt pen.

Red cross brassard worn by Able Seaman Medic Rowbottom aboard HMAS Darwin during the war on Iraq. Rowbottom's duties included instruction in the self-administration of anti nerve agent drugs and the vaccination of crew members against anthrax. In this context, the letters 'NBCDI' written inside the brassard may refer to 'Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence Instructor'.