Article - Badge Returned from Active Service, 1942

Historical information

Item issued to Corporal William Charles Clarke VX34546 2/24 Battalion who enlisted 26 June 1940 - Discharged 11 Oct 1945

Physical description

Bronze diamond shaped tri service badge with combined anchor, rising sun and wings surmounted by a king's crown; 2 attaching pin hole lugs on the reverse and 1 attaching pin; Underneath is a boomerang with the words 'RETURNED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE'. The reverse is stamped with the maker's details and the serial number 'A97811'.

Inscriptions & markings

On a boomerang beneath Tri service emblem the words 'RETURNED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE'. The reverse is stamped with the maker's details Cluk/Melb/1942/ Issued by the CWTH GOVT and the serial number 'A97811'.

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