MILITARY BADGES

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 376, 17 May 1918, Page 1

MILITARY BADGES

Distinguishing Marks People are asking the meaning of the stripes, chevrons and badges worn by our men in uniform. A gold stripe on the left arm signifies that the wearer has been gazetted as wounded whilst on active service. A man is entitled to wear a etripe for every time he is so gazetted. A red stripe on the left arm means that the wearer is still unfit to return to the front. A red chevron on the right arm denotes having seen service abroad in 1914. A blue chevron is given for every successive year on active service The red chevron is the lower one The black square, worn on the back just below the collar, indicates that the wearer is attached to brigade headquarters. If the square is all black it denotes the first battalion of a regiment.

The t>(|Ubr > with a red eentro is the 8 cond battalion of the Auckland Kegiment; with a red and blue centre, the second battalion of the Canterbury Kegiment; with a blue and gold centre, th« second battalion of the Utago Regiment; with a gold centre, the second battilion i.l the Wellington Kegim-nt Then there aie I li'j black patches of varying shapes, worn on the aieeve on inch and a hull below tie shoulder sirap. They ilenote the Kifle lii igade, ihe I 'i sided stai eiguiliL-s tiiiga'ie In adijuaiteir ; the uiniuuiid ihe tirsi b;tU<ilion, tii • - H juare il>e sec.oiiil battalion, the tnauglo wiili [i nit uppermost the third battalion, the triangle with point downwards the fourth battalion