UNITS OF N.Z. FORCE
IDENTIFICATION BY PUGAREE In these days of war, when the man in khaki is a familar figure 1 , there is often speculation among those, not military-minded as to the units to which soldiers belong. While it is sometimes difficult for the uninitiated to .identify a soldier by his hat or collar badges, a ready means is by the pugaree, or, more correctly, hat band. Hat bands .worn by the New Zealand Military Forces are as rollows: Mounted Rifle Units —Khaki band with green centre 1 . New Zealand Engineers—Khaki with dark blue centre.
New Zealand Artillery—Blue with scarlet centre.
Corps of Signals—Khaki with light blue and white centre; (This design is about to be altered). Infantry—Khaki with scarlet centre. Army Service Corps—Khaki with white centre.
Medical Corps—Khaki with dul cherry centre.
Veterinary Corps—Khaki with maroon centre. Staff —Scarlet. Chaplains—Khaki with black edging. Dental Corps—Blue with green centre.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 November 1939, Page 8
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