![]() In June 1968 Private Haran completed his first tour of duty and returned to Australia where he was promoted to corporal and posted to the Tracking Wing of the Ingleburn Infantry Centre as a dog handling instructor. Tracking teams were transported to a location by helicopter and the tracking dog put on the scent of the enemy, following it until the enemy location was found and then ‘pointing’ with his nose or paw in the direction of the hideout. Based with the Australian Task Force at Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy province, Caesar worked as part of a combat tracking team which comprised his handler, two visual trackers, a machine gunner and a signalman. In 1967 they were posted to 2 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) and left for Vietnam aboard a RAAF Hercules C-130 on 7 May. He and his handler, 43952 Private Peter Haran, were trained at the Tracking Wing of the Ingleburn Infantry Centre, NSW. ![]() Caesar, a black labrador kelpie cross, was bought from a Sydney dog refuge by the Australian Army in 1966. They are to be worn on the issued chain only.Dog tag worn by Caesar, one of eleven combat tracking dogs who served during the Vietnam War. Identification discs (dog tags) are to be worn when engaged in field training or operations, duty travel in service aircraft or posted overseas. The current Australian Army Standing Orders for Dress states: The circular tag is removed from the body and the octagonal tag should, given time, be placed inside theĭead soldier’s mouth, between the teeth and lips. Soldier’s PMKey number, initials and name, religion and blood group. They are embossed with the title AS(current abbreviation for Australia), the Octagonal shaped disc) and Number 2 Tag (the circular disc). Today, the Australian Army’s Personal Identification Tags are referred to as Number 1 Tag (the They were sometimes sardonically called "dead meat tickets". The term "dog tag" is an American one which was never used by Australian soldiers, at least up The latter would have been provided by the soldier individually. They were secured around the neck by cotton tape (which did rot in the jungle), a leather Taken, since the soldier was dead green meant grass and was to stay with the body.ĭuring the Second World War, the fibreboard discs were replaced with metal ones, which would not rot in These colourings were to aid soldiers in remembering which tag went where: red meant blood and was to be The circular disc, sometimesĬoloured red, was used to identify the belongings of the soldier and be sent home. Soldier to aid in identification should the body need to be exhumed. The octagonal disc, sometimes coloured green, was to remain with the body of the During the First World War this was increased to two fibreboard discs, one The discs were stamped with the soldier’s name, service or regimental ![]() In 1906, Australian soldiers were issued with a tin disc rather than the tape, and given orders that However, it was found that soldiers did not always carry their identification in the correct pocket andĭetailed searches would often be required when trying to identify a casualty. The identification was designed to assist in identifying the seriously wounded or the dead This consisted of a strip of tape intended to be carried in the pocket of British soldiers, including Australians, first used a regulation method of personal identification in theīoer War (1899–1902).
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