Colour patch : 5 Division Mounted Troops and 12 Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF

Accession Number RELAWM07941.093
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Colour Patch
Physical description Wool flannel
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1916-1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Vertically aligned rectangular colour patch for 5 Division Mounted Troops and 12 Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, diagonally divided white over red.

History / Summary

Worn as a distinguishing unit indication at the head of each sleeve from February 1916. This regiment was the mounted regiment of 5 Division from February-March 1916. The patch was cancelled in 1917.