Physical description

Badge board in black frame showing the badges of the 52nd Infantry Battalion (Australia), The Gippsland Regiment and the Cameron Highlanders on a Cameron of Erracht tartan backing. Below this is an information panel which includes a summary of important historical information about the 52nd Infantry Battalion, The Gippsland Regiment and its connection to A COY 5/6 RVR.

Inscriptions & markings

Information panel reads:

52nd Infantry Battalion (Australia)

Territorial Title: The 'Gippsland Regiment' (1927-1930 then 1937-1942)

Motto: 'Always Ready' (1927-1930 then 1937-1942)

Alliances: The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders' (1930-1946)

Unofficial Tartan: Cameron of Erracht

Accoutrements: 37/52nd Bn authorised to wear the Regimental Buttons and Hat Badge of the 'Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders' by King George VI (1932)

Unit Colour Patch: Circle - White over Blue

Regimental March: The 'March of the Cameron Men' (1930-1946)

Anniversary: Formed - 1 March 1916 as 52nd AIF & Disbanded - 12 June 1946 as 37/52nd Battalion

Honours: Distinction: South Africa 1899-1902. Battle Honours - WW1: Somme 1916-18, Poziers, Bullecourt, Messines 1917, Ypres 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele, Ancre 1918, Villers-Bretonneux, France and Flanders 1916-18, Egypt 1916.

52nd Bn amalgamated with 37th Bn from 1930-36 then 1942-46. Headquarters in Dandenong.

A Company, 5/6 RVR remembers the service personnel of greater eastern Melbourne, and the Gippslanders of those who served in the 52nd AIF and 37/52nd AIF.

Lest We Forget

Presented to A Company in 2026 by: CPL Ross, A., PTE Brown, D. & LT (Porter) MacNaughton, M.