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Returned from Active Service WWI
Returned from Active Service WWI

Returned from Active Service WWI

Date1918
Object number00050459
NameBadge
MediumNickel, fabric
DimensionsOverall: 116 x 35 mm
ClassificationsCommemorative artefacts
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionReturned from Active Service badge given to Able Seaman Richard Porter Harmer for service in the Royal Australian Navy. This badge relates to Able Seaman Richard Porter Harmer and his service in the Royal Australian Navy. Harmer served in HMAS ENCOUNTER in operations against German New GuineaHistoryThe Returned from Active Service Badge, WW1 was for soldiers and nurses who returned to Australia from Active Service during World War One and were honourably discharged. The badge consist in a circle surmounted by a crown reading: RAN with a chained anchor. Text surrounding the anchor reads: Issued by RAN Dept. of Navy Returned from Active Service. Inscription on verso reads: '1322' SignificanceFollowing the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, ENCOUNTER and her crew were part of the force which occupied German New Guinea.