Off topic.
Marginally less glorious. Although more noble, as the wearers weren’t killers but saved lives. It’s the Australian Army Veterinary Corps WWII colour patch.
Given the recent kerfuffle about your avatar, and given that I couldn’t remember which of the many versions of the rising sun badge that was my original avatar (and which you kindly found for me :)) was the WWII one, I thought I’d better use an avatar that was definitely WWII.
However, I thought I should use one that reflected where I would really like to be in WWII. None of that hairy-chested commando or Spitfire pilot stuff for this confirmed coward. The Australian Army Postal Service looked okay, but mail has to be delivered and soldiers near or, worse, at the front got mail so there was a risk of going somewhere that I could get hurt. The Pay Corps looked better, but soldiers on active service still have to be paid, so I could be sent overseas and be torpedoed on the way. So that didn’t meet my occupational health and safety requirements either. We didn’t use horses much overseas in WWII so that looked pretty safe, but I forgot that horses can bite and kick, so the Veterinary Corps patch has gone.
A shore battery in Tasmania was close to my other requirements, being regular hours, regular hot meals, proper bed with sheets and pillow and inner spring mattress (no palliasses for this baby!), plenty of leave, and lots of sex. If you’ve had much to do with Tasmanians, you’ll know why there were problems with the last requirement
Then I remembered the Australian Women’s Land Army, who were all women; who did only farm work and had tons of farm fresh food without rationing; and who generally worked well inland in Australia, away from all military risks and with no risk of overseas service. Best of all, my grandfather wouldn’t let my aunt join the Land Army because he reckoned they had loose morals. So, say hello to the new CO of any battalion of the Australian Women’s Land Army, whose patch is now my avatar. :mrgreen:
