Collar badge : Captain L D Maclean, Australian Staff Corps

Place Oceania: Australia
Accession Number REL29178
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Badge
Physical description Gilded brass
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1930-1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Australian Staff Corps gilded brass collar badge. The badge shows a King's Crown surmounted by a crowned lion. Underneath is an inverted boomerang embossed 'AUSTRALIA' which is overlaid by an opposing boomerang embossed 'STAFF CORPS'.

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.