Staff Corps collar badges : Captain L D Maclean, Australian Staff Corps

Place Oceania: Australia
Accession Number REL29182
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Badge
Physical description Brass
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1930-1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Pair of Australian Staff Corps brass collar badges. The badge features a crown surmounted by a lion. This is underscored by an inverted boomerang embossed 'AUSTRALIA' which is overlain by an opposed boomerang '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.