Accession Number | RELAWM07941.086 |
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Collection type | Heraldry |
Object type | Colour Patch |
Physical description | Wool flannel |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | c 1916-1919 |
Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
Colour patch : 5 Divisional Artillery and 5 Divisional Ammunition Column, AIF
Description
Vertically aligned rectangular colour patch for 5 Divisional Artillery and 5 Divisional Ammunition Columns, AIF, diagonally divided dark blue over red.
History / Summary
Worn as a distinguishing unit indication at the head of each sleeve from 1916. Also worn by 5 Division field artillery brigades, trench mortar batteries and howitzer batteries. This patch was also worn by 1 Field Squadron, Australian Engineers (1916-1919), Imperial Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (1917), 2 Field Squadron, Australian Engineers (1917-1919), and 'D' Field Troop and Bridging Train, Australian Engineers (1917-1919).