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ID Number PERS015
Title Stretcher
Bearer's Brassard
Maker Hicks, Atkinson & Sons Pty
Ltd
Object Type Badge
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1916
Physical Brass; linen; wool; felt; white
metal
Description
Description
White woollen herringbone brassard (arm band), lined with
white linen, with a white metal buckle, and five brass eyelets at the free end
for size adjustment. The letters ‘SB’ denoting stretcher bearer are sewn in
fine red felted wool cloth to the centre. The rear bears manufactures stamp in
purple ink ‘HICKS, ATKINSON & SONS PTY LTD 1916’ and a black stamped
military inspector's arrow and the two letter code ‘WS’.
Summary
These brassards were worn on the left upper sleeve by
stretcher bearers to identify their function and to allow them not to be
confused with stragglers moving rearwards from the frontline.
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| A Stretcher Bearer's with brassard seen in 1918. |
