| Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Inverell |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | REL36640 |
| Collection type | Heraldry |
| Object type | Badge |
| Physical description | Brass |
| Location | Main Bld: First World War Gallery: Western Front 1916: Homefront |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Volunteered For Active Service, Medically Unfit badge : John Lewis Lyne
Description
Circular brass lapel badge bearing the Australian coat of arms within the words 'VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE/ MEDICALLY UNFIT/ ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE'. The reverse has two lugs to take a pair of split pins and bears an impressed serial number '20172'. It has also been privately engraved 'JOHN LEWIS LYNE AGED 18 February 1916'. .
History / Summary
John Lewis Lyne, who preferred to be known as John Lyne, was born on 7 May 1897 at Sydney, New South Wales. Although he was assessed as medically unfit for active service in the First World War, he served during the Second World War, enlisting in Inverell as a private with 29 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps, with the service number N294025, between May 1942 and June 1944. He remained in Inverell, working as a valuer with the Rural Bank of NSW, and serving on a part-time basis with the Volunteer Defence Corps.