BADGES FOR SERVICE.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14539, 17 October 1917, Page 5

BADGES FOR SERVICE.

A WAR OFFICE DECISION,

(Australian and NvZ. Cable Association

and Reuter.)

•.Received Oct 16, 8 p.m.)

London, Oct. 15.

The Press Bureau says the War Office is arranging to issue a rod chevron for officers and soldiers who entered the theatre of war in 1914, and a. blue chevron for those who entered subsequently, with an additional blue chevron for each year's service. This ensures ai special distinctive mark for those who served in the overseas war theatres.