Collar Badge : Officer Cadet L D Maclean, Royal Military College, Duntroon

Place Oceania: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
Accession Number REL29177
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Badge
Physical description Oxidised brass
Maker Stokes
Date made c 1930-1942
Conflict Period 1930-1939
Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Royal Military College badge in the form of a circular band containing the raised words 'DOCTRINA VIM PROMOVET' surrounding a pair of voided crossed boomerangs. A scroll below reads 'ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE'. The badge is surmounted by a King's Crown.

History / Summary

Associated with the service of NX179838 Captain Lauchlan Duart Maclean. Maclean was born in Sydney on 3 February 1925 and trained as an officer at Duntroon under the cadet number 2395. He enlisted for service with the Second Australian Imperial Force on 13 December 1944.