Summary heading
Function and purpose
This register records the details of badges allocated to
personnel who served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War I.
Returned Sailor’s badges were issued to members of the RAN who had been on
active service afloat.
Typically the Returned Sailors badges contain columns for
the following information, which is entered where applicable:
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Name
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Returned Sailor’s badge (records number allocated)
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Home Service badge (records number allocated)
-
Royal Navy (records number allocated)
The address of the applicant is also often recorded
alongside the record of badges received.
Using the series
The entries within these registers are
arranged alphabetically by surname. Within each letter it appears that lists
are arranged in order that requests were received and badges subsequently
allocated.
Physical characteristics
The register is a bound volumes of approximately foolscap
size. The front cover and some early pages have become detached from the rest
of the volume, and so will need preservation attention prior to being issued to
the Reading Room.
System of arrangement and control
The entries within these registers are arranged
alphabetically by surname. Within each letter it appears that lists are arranged
in order that requests were received and badges subsequently allocated.
Upon transfer in August 2006 this series consists of only
this volume. A single number system of control was imposed by the NAA upon
transfer from the Agency in August 2006
Relationships with other records
The register is related to WWI military personnel dossiers
in the following series:
A6769 – Service cards for Navy Officers, 1911-1970
A6770 – Service cards for Petty Officers and Men, 1911-1970
The cards record the allocation of badges.
The register is also related to A13289 - Registers of Badges
awarded to World War II Service personnel, Mothers and Widows, and Female
Relatives and Exemption badges, and was originally transferred by the Agency as
part of a single series.
Finding aids
This register was entered into RecordSearch in August 2006.
Access conditions
Series history
Additional information
The Agency noted at the time of transfer that it was
possible that more of these registers may still be stored at other Defence
storage locations. However, they were certain of the existence of any further
volumes.
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