Talk:Australian Army unit colour patches

message: Introduced in early 1915 by a divisional commander of the A.I.F. as a simple but secure means of identification for units of his own formation, the system had by 1918 spread throughout a force which had expanded to comprise almost seven divisions, with additional corps, army, and L of C units, and had assumed such a status amongst the members of that force that Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash, GOC Australian Corps, was to record in mid 1918 that "...The badge is highly prized by the individual soldier as the only means of identifying him with his Unit or Service, and is a most powerful factor in esprit de corps and the pride of the soldier in his Regiment .... [it] is a most important factor in the maintenance of discipline and also in training .... organization before and during battle, and reorganization after battle are greatly facilitated .... The loyalty of the Australian soldier to his regimental badge is to be experienced in the Field in order to be fully appreciated . See note
Note. From HQ Australian Corps Letter No. 20/75, 17.7.1918. AWM 25, item 187/4. Lt-Gen. Monash to the Commandant, AIF HQ, London, dealing with the unsatisfactory position regarding the supply of colour patches by the British authorities and their apparent misunderstanding of the importance to the AlF of this nature of distinction.
from - http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-badges/patches/0-all_units.htm
Enderwigginau (talk) 07:55, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Monash quote 

message: I can't seem to find how to spread images across the page....
I'd like to spread the 1, 2, 3 Bde HQ patches across the page and then drop the Battalion patches in columns below each HQ. Enderwigginau (talk) 09:55, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Gday - yes I think that is a good plan. There is some information here about how to do these sort of things Wikipedia:Picture tutorial. Anotherclown (talk) 10:28, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Alternatively you might need to go for a table - see pls here for some guidance on how to do that Help:Table. Anotherclown (talk) 10:30, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Also just so you know there are already a whole heap that have been created - they are stored in Commons here. (this might save you creating them all from scratch if that was your plan!) Anotherclown (talk) 10:35, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Haha yeah, I did go through what was in Commons, not alot when there are 300 AIF and 800 2AIF patches - not adding them all though! And many in the commons are current colour patches, not historical. I might put together 1st Division and create a table then do some random ones for other shapes/colour combos. Enderwigginau (talk) 10:41, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, there's a start. Have to look through and see if I can widen the columns or centre the table. Enderwigginau (talk) 11:07, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Horizontally spreading images 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Tried to add a Signals section into 2AIF specifically to display the NGAWW colour Patch as it is an "odd" but couldn't get it to work.Enderwigginau (talk) 05:30, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: G'day, I think that I've fixed this for you (there was a missing line in the html code). Please let me know if there are still issues. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 06:10, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks mate. Been a while since you've had to chase me around fixing my stuff ups. Looks good. Enderwigginau (talk) 06:25, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: No worries at all, thanks for your efforts on this article. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 07:47, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Signals section 

message: Lots of changes and looking good.
I would suggest the that the Independent Coys section be moved to BEFORE the Commando section, and include ALL independent coys.
Then mention those units in the other sections as having changed from Independent status.
Puggarees should also be shifted to a new article, as this is Unit Colour Patches, not Pugarees.
Enderwigginau (talk) 22:01, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Significant Changes 

message: It is good to see the article taken back to almost its original form. I would suggest adding some indicative sections for unit tyoes not already included, and "Odds" such as Commando, Tobruk and NGAWW to show how colour patches changed to represent non-traditional usage. Enderwigginau (talk) 23:06, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry for the long delay - had to get ArbCom involved to solve an unfortunate incident. Enough on that - I'll get back to continue and finish this (with suggestions in mind) shortly. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs)  18:38, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Back to its Original Form