| Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | REL49515 |
| Collection type | Heraldry |
| Object type | Badge |
| Physical description | Bronze, White metal |
| Maker |
G & E Rodd |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | c 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Female Relative Badge: Mrs Jane Clark
Description
Female Relative badge with brooch pin back and attached safety chain. The bar suspended beneath the badge carries three bronze stars. Impressed serial number reverse 'A36545'.
History / Summary
Female Relative's Badge representing the Second World War service of three of Mrs Clark's sons, each of whom served with 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion: NX17124 Sergeant George Francis Clark, born c 1895, enlisted 24 May 1940 claiming a birth date in 1901, (awarded DCM and MM while serving with 20th Battalion in the First World War), killed in action at Tobruk on 7 June 1941; NX60569 Private Walter Herbert Clark, born July 1902, enlisted 25 July 1940 and discharged 1 June 1944; and NX303 Private Roy Alfred Clark, born January 1910, enlisted 12 June 1940, discharged 9 August 1945.
This badge was issued to Mrs Clark on 16 January 1942.