GOLD WOUND STRIPE
AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMEN Rec. 3 p.m. CANBERRA, this clay. Australian servicemen who are listed as battle casualties will be entitled to wear a gold wound stripe for each occasion on which they have been wounded in this war Announcing this, the Minister for the Army, Mr. F. M. Forde, said a red stripe might be worn to denote a wound or wounds received during previous wars. Only one such red stripe might be worn, irrespective of the number of occasions on which a serviceman was wounded.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 62, 14 March 1944, Page 6
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