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Cloth shoulder insignia from
the Vietnam War |
- The Viet Nam war had an Australian
involvement from 1962 to 1973.
- Initially it was a small team of
Army advisors helping train and lead Army of the Republic of Vietnam
(ARVN) forces.
- At it's height it was several
warships, 3 Battalions with supports and several squadrons of RAAF.
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Cloth insignia worn by 55
Engineer Field Park Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers. The badge is
in the shape of a shield and features a goat's head woven in black and
white thread with the white number '55' above it. There is a white
border around the badge. The badge is backed with cardboard on which is
written in black ink '55 Engineer Field Park Squadron RAE Unit mascot a
goat (Maj J.N.C. Davis)'
The design of this badge incorporates
a goat's head because the unit's mascot was a goat. This is one of a
number of unofficial badges designed by and manufactured for Australian
units in Vietnam. They were purchased at private expense. |
| Australian Army Assistance
Group hand embroidered badge. The badge features the rising sun emblem
with Queen's Crown and the words 'AUSTRALIAN MILIYARY (sic) FORCES' hand
embroidered in the centre of a green square. A scroll above contains the
letters 'A A A G' and one below reads 'VIET NAM'. This Australian
Australian Army Assistance Group badge was designed by Major T R
Phillips DA & QMG 1972. It is one of a number of unofficial badges
designed by and manufactured for Australian units in Vietnam. They were
purchased at private expense. The AAAG was formed to administer the
Australian Army units that remained in Vietnam after the departure of
the Australian Task Force. |
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17 Construction Squadron
Royal Australian Engineers cloth insignia. The badge is circular and
features the head of a bear woven in white cotton against a blue
background with a white border. The badge is backed by cardboard through
which the design has been embroidered during manufacture.
The design is based on the 1960s
advertising slogan of 'Little Bear will fix it' for a brand of adhesive
tape called 'Bear Brand Tape'. This is one of a number of unofficial
badges designed by and manufactured for Australian units in Vietnam.
They were purchased at private expense. |
| Cloth insignia worn by 3
Troop, C Squadron, 1 Australian Armoured Regiment. The badge is a
black bordered square divided diagonally with black cotton from top
right to bottom left.
The top half is red, the bottom
yellow. A pair of clasped armoured gauntlets are in the centre of the
badge over a blue and white circle containing the number '3'. It has
been marked in black ink on the reverse with the words '3 Troop Armd Sqn
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Cloth insignia worn by 5
Troop, C Squadron, 1 Armoured Regiment. The badge is in the shape
of a shield divided into three vertical bands of brown, red and green. A
blue circle is embroidered in the centre of the badge overlayed with a
white Roman numeral 'V' over which is embroidered a silhouette of a
tank. |
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insignia was worn by 1 Troop, 3 Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian
Armoured Corps and approved by the St George Football Club. This is one
of a number of unofficial badges designed by and manufactured for
Australian units in Vietnam. They were purchased at private expense.
White shield shaped badge
with embroidered black border, in the centre of which is red embroidered
St George on a horse slaying a dragon all edged with black embroidery.
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Unofficial cloth badge
designed by members of 1 Mobile Advisory and Training Team and purchased
at private expense. The three 'B' letters stand for
'Binh Ba Bastards',
a reference to themselves and their base in the rubber plantation at
Binh Ba. Mobile Advisory and Training Teams were part of the Australian
Armt Traing Team Vietnam.
Triangular yellow badge with green
border. A large number '1' is woven in red in the centre with the
letters 'MATT' woven over the top. The words 'WHAT AM I DOING HERE?' are
woven underneath. A small 'B' appears in each corner of the triangle. |
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by 36765 Major Donald Edward Gazzard of Headquarters 1 Australian Task
Force Vietnam. Major Gazzard was posted to Vietnam with A Squadron 3
Cavalry Regiment from 20 January 1969 to 7 May 1969. He transferred to B
Squadron from 10 June to 1 October and then served with HQ 1 ATF from 2
October to 21 January 1970 before his posting back to Australia.
During his time with HQ 1 ATF Gazzard
was a liaison officer with the South Vietnamese Marine Brigade Bravo.
This formation sign was worn on the US Marine Corps uniform given to him
by the Senior American advisor with the brigade. It is the insignia of
US 1st Infantry Division, known as 'The Big Red One'. AWM image and
text. |
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| Australian
Army Training Team Vietnam1962-1972 |
Bushman
Scouts. Worn by Viet Cong who had surrendered and had been trained by 1
Australian Reinforcement Unit (1ARU) at Nui Dat |
131
Divisional Locating Battery Royal Australian Artillery |
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Troop 1st Armoured Regt. |
1st
Troop Armoured Squadron |
2nd
Troop B Squadron |
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| 4th
Troop Armoured Squadron |
C
Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment |
RAEME
LAD 1st Amd Regt |
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| 3
Troop A Sqn 3 Cav Regt 1968 |
A
Sqn Cavalry Regt 1971/72 |
RAEME
LAD 3 Cav Regt |
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| RAEME
LAD 1st Armd Regt 1970 |
1st
Australian Field Hospital Vung Tau |
Special
Equipment Troop B Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment |
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| 17
Construction Squadron Land Clearance Team RAE |
Royal
Australian Engineers Port Operating Squadron 1967-1972 |
30
Terminal Squadron RAE |
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38 Sqn? RAAF? |
One of the many patches now
available on the market in Army surplus and sports/outdoors shops. They
are 100% unofficial and unlike (some of) the patches made by Ex-service
or Unit Associations they are available to anyone with the money to pay
for them. |
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| "VET"
on Aussie flag |
For
wives |
All
Battalions available |
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Some images and text from AWM.
Some images from Australian Army Badges: Cloth insignia of the Army in Australia
1860-1993 by J K Cossum ISBN 0 949530 14 X
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