Improvised sign, 'WALKING WOUNDED' : Polygon Wood, Belgium

Improvised sign constructed of a thin sheet of tin nailed to a wooden post. The tin is painted white and has 'WALKING WOUNDED' stencilled on it in black paint and a red cross painted in the centre. To the right of the red cross is a single right facing red arrow indicating the direction in which the walking wounded should travel in order to receive aid. The sign its self has been damaged by shrapnel fire with a small hole on the left hand side of the cross that indicates that shrapnel pierced the sign from behind.

This sign was found beside a duckboard track running back from Polygon Wood by members of the Australian War Records section in February 1919. It is associated with the Battle of Polygon Wood in September 1917 and indicated the direction walking wounded would go to receive treatment.