Female Relative Badge WW1

Army, etc. version AWM REL/11143

Navy version AWM REL/18508

Eligibility

Female Relative Badges were issued to the nearest female relative (usually wives or mothers) of those who engaged in active service overseas during the war. Two Female Relative Badges were issued during the First World War. One was issued to the nearest female relative of soldiers, airmen, nurses, and masseuses who left Australia for active service abroad; the other to the nearest female relative of members of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) who had enlisted for general naval sea service for at least a period of the war, and who performed service outside Australian waters.

Description

A bar was suspended below the badge to indicate additional relatives involved in the war effort. The Female Relatives Badge was promulgated under Military Order 280 of 1917 and superseded by Military Order 1818 of 1918.

Notes

Content has come from the Australian War Memorial websites.