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Updated: 19/11/2009
I am a collector of Australian
Army badges, patches and books and am trying to get several different sets. This is a list of
badges and other stuff I am after. If you have these for trade/sale, please
email me using the Contact Us
button.
Royal Australian Armoured Corps
Badges (1960-2009)
3rd/9th Light Horse (South Australian Mounted Rifles) VOIDED (cut out) hat badge
Australian Badges and Shoulder Titles
(1960 - Present - clutch
back)
Army Air Crew metal Flight Test Engineer ("E") Half
Wing
Army Pilot - metal and bullion
Air Observation Post Pilot badge
University of NSW Regiment - anodised collar badge (with bayonets)
OCS Bi metal hat/collar badge - right facing
NORFORCE - early issue small shoulder title (middle one below)
Meritorious Unit Citation - mini
Presidential Unit Citation - mini
Unit Bravery citation
1st Aviation Regiment current issue hat badge and collar pair
5th Aviation Regiment current issue hat badge and collar pair
6th Aviation Regiment current issue hat badge and collar pair
2nd Commando Regiment hat badge and collar pair and black backing cloth
SUR - silver title (band)
SUR band badge
SUR Piper's badges
Any other band badges :-)
3/9 Light Horse (SAMR) - cutout hat badge
AAAvn 'A' Brevet
PJI wing - bronze (full size)
MUR hat badge - anodised
UNSWR collar with bayonets badge - anodised
QUR title - anodised
EVERYMANS title
Hunter River Lancers button - small
Soldier's Commendation - mini (if exists)
Unofficial D Coy 6 RAR (circa 1980-83) Para collar badges
Patches
Post 1960 Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) patches - unofficial and official
NSW Lancers interim 1948 battledress flash
(sky blue on white)
Petrol Ops - Black
Piper - Red
Piper - Jungle Green
Sniper/Marksmen - in red
Sniper/Marksmen - Jungle Green
RMC Colour SGT bullion (white)(if exists)
AAAvn 'O', 'E' and 'T' cloth brevets in white
AAAvn 'E' brevet in khaki
AAAvn 'E' brevet in DPCU half wing shape
Gorgets - Purple
PIR epaulette
PNGVR epaulette
3 RAR WIngs - Jungle Green
SAS Wings - Jungle Green
Rank Insignia
Jungle Green - MAJ-GEN, LT-GEN
Normal Officer Poly Slides - MAJ, LTCOL, COL, BRIGADIER, MAJ-GEN, LT-GEN, GEN
RAADC - New style - 2LT, LT, CAPT,MAJ
RAANC - Need all.
SUR - LT, CAPT, COL, BRIGADIER, ALL OR Rank
51 FQNR - All officer and OR Rank
Others
RAAC Pamphlets/manuals
RAAC Regimental buttons - 10th Light Horse (big and small), 12/16th HRL (small)
RAAC Stable Belts - RAAC Corps belt, 3 Cav, 4 Cav, 12/16 HRL, 3/9 SAMR, 8/13 VMR
RAAC Regiments - Soldiers Club membership badges especially a 2nd/14th Light Horse Beersheba
Club, 3rd/4th Cav Scorpion Club and a 4 Cav "41 Club" membership badge.
RAAC/Light Horse association badges
Photos - Australian armour/tanks/APCs and of RAAC soldiers
Uniforms - I am looking for RAAC / Light Horse uniforms
Battledress Shoulder
Flashes
3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment shoulder flash
Royal New South Wales Lancers shoulder flash (blue on white)
Unofficial RAAC Patches
I'm chasing these patches....
 1 Troop |
 2 Troop |
 4 Troop |
 5 Troop |
 RAEME LAD (1970) |
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1st APC Squadron
4 Troop
3rd Cavalry Regiment
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SHQ Troop (67-68) |
1 Troop (67-68) |
2 Troop (67-68) |
2 Troop (70-71) |
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3 Troop (67-68) |
84 Troop (70-71) |
Support Troop (1969) A & B Sqns |
 B Sqn |
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SHQ Troop (70-71) |
 RAEME LAD - 3 Cav |
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1st Troop, Armoured Sqn (C107a)
2nd Troop, Armoured Sqn (C107b)
4th Troop, Armoured Sqn (C107d)
5th Troop, Armoured Sqn (C108a)
C Sqn, 1st Armoured Regt (C108c)
RAEME LAD Det, 1st Armoured Regt (C108d)
3 Troop, A Sqn, 3 Cav Regt c 1968 (C109a)
RAEME LAD Det, 3 Cav Regt (C109c)
RAEME LAD Det, 1st Armoured Regt (C109d)
Special Equipment Troop, B Sqn, 1st Armoured Regt (C110b)
1 Troop B Sqn, 4/19 PWLH (C117a)
2 Troop B Sqn, 4/19 PWLH (C117b)
3 Troop B Sqn, 4/19 PWLH (C117c)
HQ Sqn, 4/19 PWLH (C117d)
A Sqn, 4/19 PWLH (C117e)
3/9 SAMR (C118e)
Unidentified (C118f)
B Sqn, 1st Armoured Regt (C119a)
C Sqn, 1st Armoured Regt (C119b)
1st Armoured Regt (C119e)
RAAC Wall Plaques
B Sqn, 3 Cav (1960s/70s)
8th/13th VMR
2nd/14th LH Tech Spt Sqn
Books - 1st Editions
I have a preference for 1st editions
Boer War
| 1st Australian Horse | History of South African War - Australasian Edition (1903 edition) | |
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Australian Cavalry |
Frank Wilkinson (1901) |
| The Colonials in South Africa, 1899-1902, Their Record, Based on the Despatches | John Featherstone Stirling | |
| Tasmanian's in the Transvaal (1905) | John Bufton | |
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South Africa - 1899 - 1902. Souvenir of 1st Battalion, 5th Australian Infantry Regiment (Melbourne 1912) |
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World War 1
| Rabaul Expeditionary Force | How Australia Took German New Guinea - | F S Burnell |
| Official History of the Australian Army Medical Services, 1914–1918 | Volume I – Gallipoli, Palestine and New Guinea | A G Butler |
| Official History of the Australian Army Medical Services, 1914–1918 | Volume II – The Western Front | A G Butler |
| Official History of the Australian Army Medical Services, 1914–1918 | Volume III – Special Problems and Services | A G Butler |
| 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
The
war service record of the First Australian Field Artillery Brigade 1914-1919.
( |
Dean, E. T. (Edwin Theyer) |
| 18th Field Artillery Battery | The story of the 18th Battery, 6th Brigade, Field Artillery, 1st AIF, 1915 - 1919 (Stirling, SA, 1965) 42 page monograph | Tusmore, J Dyer |
| 3rd Light Horse Brigade | Operations of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade, AIF. 27th October 1917 to 4th March 1919 | Wilson, L C |
| 4th Light Horse Brigade | History of the Fourth Light Horse Brigade, AIF. The War of 1914-1918, and the Egyptian Rebellion, 1919 (Brisbane: W.R. Smith & Paterson, 1953) | G N Nutting and E W Hammond |
| 2nd Light Horse Regiment | Biography of the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, AIF (The Queenslander Digger, Brisbane, Qld, 1926) | Needham-Walker, D R |
| 3rd Light Horse Regiment | The Story of the 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment | Frank Blackwell |
| 3rd Light Horse Regiment, A.I.F, 1914-1919 (Devonport, Tasmania: Advocate Newspaper Press, 1919) | Sir George Bell | |
| 4th Light Horse Regiment | The 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment : some aspects of its war service, 1914-1918 - 16 page booklet (Melbourne : 4th Light Horse Regt. Assoc., 1954)) | Smith, Cyril Barkley |
| 5th Light Horse Regiment | History Of The Fifth Light Horse Regiment, 1914 - 1919. Motor Press, Sydney, 1926 | Wilson, L.C. and Wetherell, H. |
| 7th Light Horse Regiment | The Seventh Light Horse Regiment | LTCOL J D Richardson |
| 12th Light Horse Regiment | The 12th Regiment Australian Light Horse, Australian Expeditionary Force, European War, 1914-15. (Sydney : entirely photographic, 32pp.) | Shearon, W.A. |
| 3rd Flying Squadron |
The |
Wrigley, H.N. |
| 4th Flying Squadron | History of the 4th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps | Richards, E.J. |
| 7th Field Company | The Seventh Company (Field Engineers) A.I.F., 1915-1918. (Sydney : Printed by Smith's Newspapers, 1936) | Chatto, R. H. (Ronald Henry). |
| 11th Field Company | History of the 11th Field Company Australian Engineers War Narratives Publishing Company, London 1919. | |
| Mining Corps | The Australian Mining Corps in the Great War (manuscript). (1995) | Higgins, Paul |
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The History of the Ninth Australian Field
Ambulance, Sydney, 1919 |
Mooney, Charles |
| Camel Corps |
Imperial Camel Corps.
(London : Johnson, 1970) |
Inchbald, Geoffrey |
| 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
War
book of the Third Pioneer Battalion.
(Melbourne : Specialty
Press, 1922) |
Keating, Maurice, |
| 5th Pioneer Battalion | The story of the 5th Pioneer Battalion, A.I.F. (Adelaide : Callotype Co., 1937) | Stevens, F. H., |
| 1st Infantry Battalion |
The
History of the First Battalion A.I.F., 1914-1919
(Sydney, First
Battalion : A.I.F. Association, 1931) |
Stacy, B. V.; Kindon, F. J.; Chedgey, H. V., |
| 7th Infantry Brigade |
"The Blue
Diamonds" : history of the 7th Brigade ([ |
Denham, Peter J |
| 10th Infantry Battalion | 10th Battalion AIF, 1914 - 1918 Egypt, Gallipoli, France Belgium | Limb, A |
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10th Battalion AIF 1914-18 Egypt,
Gallipoli, France, Belgium. (Melbourne : Castle and Company Ltd., 1919) |
Wilder-Neligan, Maurice. | |
| 14th Infantry Battalion | Jacka's Mob (1930) - Looking for 1st edition *with* an original dust jacket | Rule, E J |
| 34th Infantry Battalion |
Short history of the 34th Battalion, A.I.F., (Sydney: 34th
Battalion A.I.F. Association, 1957). |
E. Beaver and J.W.G. Meldrum, |
| 40th Infantry Battalion | With the Fortieth (Hobart, 1917) | Meagher, Norman |
| 41st Infantry Battalion |
The Forty-First.
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MacGibbon, Frederick William. |
| 45th Infantry Battalion |
A
brief history of the 45th Battalion, A.I.F., 1916-1919 ([ |
Lee, J. E. (Joseph Edward), |
| 52nd Infantry Battalion | 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion, 52nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, (France : 1918) | |
| 59th Infantry Battalion |
History of the 59th Battalion,
(Melbourne: 59th Battalion AIF Association, 1968) |
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| 3rd Div AASC |
The
Twenty Second Company: the story of the Twenty Second Headquarters Company,
Third Divisional Train, AASC (E J Batten, East Malvern, Victoria, 1970) |
Batten, E J |
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All-Australian Memorial - QLD, VIC, TAS, WA |
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| Australian Fighting Sons of the Empire - Western Australia |
World War 2
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2/13
Battalion AIF
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A Pictorial History of the 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF |
Ralph
Mason
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2/2 Commando Squadron AIF |
A History of the 2/2nd Independent Company and 2/2 Commando Squadron (1986) |
C D Doig |
| 2/4 Commando Squadron AIF (1st edition) | Commando, from Tidal River to Tarakan: the story of the No 4 Australian Independent Company AIF later known as the 2/4th Australian Commando Squadron, AIF, 1941 - 45 (2/4th Commando Association, 1994) | George Lambert |
| 2/5 Commando Squadron AIF | A story of the 2/5 Australian Commando Squadron AIF (Lakemba, NSW 1970s) | Jack Boxall |
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Unit
Histories of Militia Infantry Battalions WW2 |
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| 7 Battalion AIF | The Seventh Battalion | Allan Pedder |
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8 Battalion AIF |
The Eight Battalion (AIF): a personal and pictorial record 1937 - 46) (Ballarat, Vic, 1996) |
Norm Strange |
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51st and 31st/51st
Infantry Battalion
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At
War with 51st and 31st/51st
Infantry Battalion
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Major
W E Hughes
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Unit
Histories of non-Infantry Units WW2 |
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2nd Mountain |
100 Odd Mates |
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2/1st
Machine Gun Battalion |
Black and Yellow Triangles 1939-1946: The 2nd/1st Machine Gun Battalion AIF Official History |
H S Plummer and E L Atkins |
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5th
Machine Gun Battalion |
5th Australian MG Battalion (AIF) Torres Strait Force |
R A Ball |
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19th
Machine Gun Battalion |
Saddle to Boots: The History of the 19th Machine Gun Battalion |
K M Curkpatrick |
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2/3rd
Pioneer Battalion |
Mud and Sand: Being the Official War History of the 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion, AIF |
J A Anderson and G Jackett |
| 2/1st Anti Tank Regiment | On Your Feet: An Account of 2 Battery of the 2/1 Australian Tank Attack Regiment in the Wewak Campaign, New Guinea, 1945. (William Brooks and Co Ltd, Brisbane,1948) | R C Searle |
| 108 Tank Attack Regiment | No Battle Honours: A History if the 108 Tank Attack Regiment (S Kieselbach, Adelaide, SA 1995) | Stewart Kieselbach |
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Unit
Histories of Australian Armoured Regiments WW2 |
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| 2/7 Armoured Regiment | The Life and Times of the 2/7th Australian Armoured Regiment |
Maurie Lewis |
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Other Unit Histories |
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| Australian Water Transport Units | Soldiers at Sea: Mk II | Ken Parmeter |
| 53rd Australian Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment | 53rd Australian Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RAA: an historical record. (Grafton, NSW, 1995) | Keith Delaforce |
| 73rd Australian Mobile Searchlight Battery | The Long White Finger: a narrative history of the 73rd Australian Mobile Searchlight Battery (1989) | Noel Hill |
| NSW Engineers | History of the NSW Corps of Engineers from the Records. Volume I 1869 - 1899 | C Stuart-Cansdell |
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Battalion/Regiment Magazines |
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| The Highlander | 30th Battalion, NSW Scottish Regiment | |
| The First Post | 2nd/1st Battalion AIF | |
| Crossed Boomerangs | 31st Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment | |
| Muzzle Blast | 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| Ich Dien | 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse | |
| Voice of the Battalion | 23rd Battalion AIF (1917 and 1918) | |
| Tracks | 1st Armoured Regiment | |
WW2 Official Histories - 1st Editions Only
| Official History Vol 3 |
Maughan,
Barton. Australia in the War of 1939-1945, series I, volume III. Tobruk
and el Alamein. |
| Official History Vol 4 |
Wigmore,
Lionel. Australia in the War of 1939-1945, series I, volume IV. Japanese
Thrust. |
| Official History Vol 5 |
McCarthy,
Dudley. Australia in the War of 1939-1945, series I, volume V. South-West
Pacific Area, First Year: Kokoda to Wau. |
| Official History Vol 6 |
Dexter,
David. Australia in the War of 1939-1945, series I, volume VI. New
Guinea Offensives. |
Australia
in the War of 1939–1945. Series 3 – Air
Australia
in the War of 1939–1945. Series 4 – Civil
Australia
in the War of 1939–1945. Series 5 – Medical
WW2 Australia War Memorial Books (Near Mint/Mint condition only with Dust jacket)
Active Service 1941
Soldiering On 1942
Khaki & Green 1943
Jungle Warfare 1944
Stand Easy. 1945
Vietnam War
HMAS Brisbane
Second
Deployment: Vietnam, 1971 (Cruise
book committee, Singapore, 1971)
200 page monograph
HMAS Hobart second deployment book
HMAS Hobart third deployment, 1970 : Vietnam (Printers and
Converters, Singapore, 1970)
Australian Vietnam War Official Histories
| Official History Vol 9 (2009) |
Pacification and Withdrawal: The Australian Army in the Vietnam War 1968-1972. Allen & Unwin |
Iraq - Overwatch Battle Group (West) and Afghanistan (Reconstruction Task Force)
| 1st rotation (AMTG1) | Al-Muthanna Task Group - To Points Unknown | |
| 2nd rotation (OBG-2) | Overwatch Battle Group (West) - 2nd rotation tour book | Author unknown |
| 3rd rotation (OBG-3) | Overwatch Battle Group (West) - 3rd rotation tour book | Author unknown |
| 4th rotation (OBG-4) | Overwatch Battle Group (West) - 4th rotation tour book | Author unknown |
| 1st Rotation (RTF1) | Reconstruction Task Force (Afghanistan) - 1st rotation |
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| 2nd Rotation (RTF2) | Reconstruction Task Force (Afghanistan) - 2nd rotation |