Female relatives badge : Mrs G J Neall

A circular silver female relatives badge with an Imperial crown at the upper most point. In the centre of the badge is a map of Australia surrounded by a wreath and the words "TO THE WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA". The edge of the badge is also a wreath meeting at the crown. Suspended below is a bar with one bronze star. The serial number 'A195456' is impressed into the reverse of the badge, which also has the raised words 'ISSUED BY THE C'WLTH GOVT' and 'G & E RODD 1944'.

A female relatives badge worn by Mrs Golda Jean Neall (nee Ellis), a member of the Murray Bridge chapter of the Adelaide Cheer Up Society. One of the soldiers she met, Lieutenant (Lt) Oliver Zachariah "Ozzie" Neall 2/8 Infantry Battalion, was returning home to Casterton, Victoria, on leave from Darwin, and they married at Murray Bridge on 23 October 1943. Lt Neall was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) in 1941 for destroying three Italian tanks during the attack on Fort Pilastrino during the Battle for Tobruk on 21 January 1941. One of the ribbons sewn to the cape is taken from her husband's DCM. Mrs Golda Neall (nee Ellis) died in Adelaide, November 2003. Mrs Neall wore this badge whilst Lt Neall saw service.