SHOULDER PATCHES
MEN OF PACIFIC DIVISION AUTHORITY NOW GRANTED (PA.) 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 lo that authorised for personnel of the NZEF. 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 Tniid 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 only while engaged on such tlutie*. The patch will not be an army issue m New Zealand, and personnel desiring *o purchase patches must make written application to the Director of Base Records for authority to purchase.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25365, 25 October 1943, Page 2
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196SHOULDER PATCHES Otago Daily Times, Issue 25365, 25 October 1943, Page 2
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