WHO'S WHO IN THE N.Z. ARMY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14574, 9 April 1918, Page 6

WHO'S WHO IN THE N.Z. ARMY.

THE SIGNIFICATION OF THE BADGES, ETC. People are asking the meaning of the stripes, chevrons, and badges worn by our men m uniform. A question on the subject at the Dunedin district headquarters office supplied the answer. A gold stripe ton the left arm signifies that the wearer has been gazetted as wounded whilst on active service. A man is entitled to such a stripe 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 tho right arm denotes having seen service abroad m 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 aB black it denotes the first battalion of a regiment. The square with a red centre is for the second battalion of the Auckland Kegiment; with a red-and-blue centre, the second battalion of the Canterbury Regiment; with a blue-and-gold centre, .the second battalion of the Otago Regiment; with a gold centre, the second battalion of the Wellington Regiment. Then there are the black patches of varying shapes, worn on the sleeve, an inch and a-half below the shoulder-strap. They denote the Rifle Brigade. '■ The 16---sided star signifies brigade headquarters ; the diamond, the first battalion; the square, the seqpnfl battalion ; the triangle with point i uppermost, the third battalion; the .triangle with point downward, the fourth, battalion.