13th Battalion (The Maitland Regiment) – Brass Hat Badge – 1930 to 1942

Description

Description: 13th Battalion (The Maitland Regiment) – Brass Hat Badge – 1930 to 1942.

Maker’s Name: N/A

Condition: Very Good

Comments: 13th Battalion (The Maitland Regiment) – Brass Hat Badge – 1930 to 1942. Complete with 2 lugs.

Guaranteed to be 100% genuine. 

In 1921 the decision was made to perpetuate the numerical designations and battle honours of the AIF by re-raising those units as part of the Citizens Force. This was done by reorganising the existing Citizens Forces units so that they would adopt the identity of the AIF units that had been recruited within their regions and in which many of the pre-war citizen soldiers had served. As a result by 1924, the 13th Battalion had been re-raised in the Maitland, New South Wales region. In 1927, territorial titles were introduced and the battalion adopted the title of the “Maitland Regiment”, and by 1928 it had been assigned to the 1st Brigade, attached to the 1st Division.

Following the election of the Scullin Labor government in 1929, the compulsory training scheme was suspended and the Citizens Forces became an all volunteer force. In order to reflect its voluntary basis, it was subsequently renamed the “Militia” at this time. The decision to suspend compulsory training, as well as the hardships associated with the Great Depression meant that many Militia units were afflicted by low manning levels. As a consequence of this, it was decided to amalgamate a number of units, however, the 13th Battalion was not one of the units affected by this decision and it remained under the command of the 1st Brigade, which was headquartered in Newcastle, New South Wales as a subordinate unit of the 2nd Military District, until the start of the Second World War in September 1939.