Flag: Australian Flag, 15th Infantry Brigade AIF, Harbonnieres

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Harbonnieres
Accession Number RELAWM01625
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Flag
Physical description Cotton
Location Main Bld: First World War Gallery: Western Front 1918: Villers Bretonneaux
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made c 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Printed cotton Australian blue ensign with linen hoist.

History / Summary

Australian flag which was sent to 15th Infantry Brigade by General Birdwood prior to the operations of 8th August 1918, asking that it be flown from the church at Harbonnieres. The church was the final objective of the brigade to which the 59th Battalion was allotted. The CO of the battalion promised his men that the first man to reach the village should have the honor of hoisting the flag. This was achieved by 380 Private Ernest Henry Forty of D Company, 59th Battalion.