Souvenir pennant : 2/4 Australian Commando Squadron, AIF

Blue felt souvenir pennant of 2/4 Australian Commando Squadron, AIF. The pennant is screen printed with a red and yellow Rising Sun badge and the words '4TH COMMANDOS' in yellow. A 2/4 Commando Squadron colour patch (double blue diamond on a grey background) is sewn on the upper corner, and two smaller pennants have been attached with pins. These are; a brown vertical pennant with a crudely represented Rising Sun badge and the letters 'AIF', and a blue vertical pennant with the air force badge and the letters 'RAAF'. A khaki drill shoulder slide machine embroidered in blue cotton with 'ATC RAAF' is also pinned on.

Associated with John Henry Cory, who was born in Warwick, Queensland on the 28 December 1920. He worked as a clerk up until his enlistment with the Commonwealth Military Forces (CMF) with the service number N217529 on the 13 May 1941 aged 20 and 10 months. On the 8 November 1941 he was raised for service with the AIF with the service number NX51917 and was posted to 2 Division Signals. On 23 December 1941 he transferred to No 4 Australian Independent Company serving with 2/9 Commando Regiment and 2/4 Australian Commando Squadron. While with the Commandos he served overseas in Timor, New Guinea, and Tarakan and rose to the rank of lance sergeant. He was awarded a Mention in Despatches for' Exceptional service in the field in the South West Pacific Area' in March 1947 and was demobilised on the 15 February 1946.