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image provided by Ralph Kelly for identification, 31 May 2020
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image provided by Ralph Kelly for identification, 31 May 2020
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I was recently asked to identify some flags for the Victorian Maritime
Centre. A photo of one flag that I could not identify is attached. It includes
the Rod of Asclepius, a winged wheel and two arms in a hand-shake. These suggest
that it relates to a hospital, medical association or even something like an
association of retired ambulance officers. The style of the drawing suggest it
might have a grant of arms, but there is nothing in Charles Low’s Roll of
Australian Arms. It is almost certainly an Australian entity.
Ralph Kelly,
30 May 2020
An Australian heraldry contact has been able to identify the coat of arms for
me - it is the Royal District Nursing Service Limited. With the name, the
elements of the design start to make sense, even the crown and the hands
shaking. This was founded in1885 as the Melbourne District Nursing Society and
it was granted the royal prefix in 1966 and it received a grant of arms in 1970.
In 2015 it merged with RSL Care and in August 2017 the merged entity was renamed
Bolton Clarke.
Ralph Kelly, 31 May 2020
