Colour patch : Lieutenant Colonel R Gartside, 8 Battalion, AIF

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Cape Helles Area, Cape Helles
Accession Number REL/04546
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Colour Patch
Physical description Wool flannel
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1915-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Horizontally aligned, rectangular wool flannel colour patch, divided white over red.

History / Summary

Associated with Lieutenant Colonel Robert Gartside, commanding officer of 8 Battalion, AIF. He was killed in action, at the age of 52, at Cape Helles, on 8 May 1915. He had previously served in the Boer War with the 3rd Victorian Bushmen's Contingent and had been severely wounded at Wulve Hill.