59th Infantry Battalion The Hume Regiment 53mm enamel and brass Hat Badge (slight chips) 1930-42 Period Badges Assessed as Permanent Class ‘B’

Assessed as Permanent Class ‘B’ due to his wound he was initially employed in the department of Deceased Soldiers effects (Alexandria) and A

WIA: 27th May 1917 "GSW Leg Frac

from 13 October 1942 transferring to the 25th Australian War Graves Unit 29th June 1945 to Rangoon and the Pacific region 1 September 1945 which qualified him for the BURMA CLASP an extremely rare award to the Australian Army (the only example I have seen)

for continued acts of gallantry over a 11 month period in 1918

Forward with the Fifth

59th Infantry Battalion The Hume Regiment 53mm enamel and brass Hat Badge (slight chips) 1930-42 Period Badges Assessed as Permanent Class ‘B’C300 59th Infantry Battalion The Hume Regiment 53mm enamel and brass Hat Badge (slight chips)