SHOULDER FLASHES
AVAILABLE FOR THIRD DIVISION SERVICE IN PACIFIC, A PREREQUISITE (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 23. Authority for wearing the distinguishing " New Zealand " shoulder patch by personnel of the Third Division of the N.Z.E.F. in the Pacific is contained in an Army instruction promulgated this week. The. patch will be similar in design to that authorised for personnel of the N.Z.E.F. in the Middle East and the United Kingdom, except that it will consist of black letters on a khaki background. The familiar patches worn by men back from the Middle East carry white letters on a black background. The wearing of the new patches is confined to personnel who have been posted to, and served with, a unit of the Third Division in the Pacific. Temporary service with the division, such as attachments or visits, will not qualify the persons concerned to wear the patch, and the personnel of hospital ships, staffs on transports, and liaison staffs will wear the patch while only engaged on such duties. _ The patch will not be an Army issue in New Zealand, and personnel desiring to purchase patches will make written application to the Director *of Base Records for authority to purchase.
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Evening Star, Issue 25003, 23 October 1943, Page 4
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198SHOULDER FLASHES Evening Star, Issue 25003, 23 October 1943, Page 4
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