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Colour patch : Australian Army Nursing Service, AIF

Title
Colour patch : Australian Army Nursing Service, AIF
Repository
Australian War Memorial Research Centre
Reference
RELAWM13307.152
Date Range
c. 1918
Description

Wool flannel; Brown diamond shaped colour patch for Australian Army Nursing Service, AIF, with an orange circle superimposed on the centre.

Worn as a distinguishing unit indication at the head of each sleeve from 1918 by all Australian Army Nursing Service personnel, except those allotted to other units with an authorised colour patch.

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