Category: Female Relative Badge

Categories: Australia, Civil Decorations

Female Relative Badges were issued by the Commonwealth Government to the nearest female relative (usually wives or mothers) of those who engaged in active service overseas during the First and Second World Wars. Two Female Relative Badges were issued during the First World War: one to the nearest female relative of soldiers, airmen, nurses, and masseuses who left Australia for active service abroad; and the other to the nearest female relative of members of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) who had enlisted for general naval sea service for at least a period of the war, and who performed service outside Australian waters. A bar was suspended below the badge to indicate additional relatives involved in the war effort. For active service abroad during the Second World War, a single badge was issued to the nearest female relative of members of the Australian Imperial Force (including members of the Australian Army Nursing Service), Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. Stars displayed on a bar suspended below the badge represented the number of relatives involved in the war effort.


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1905 Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Oct 1974 photo




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