Colour patch : 40 Infantry Battalion, AIF

Accession Number RELAWM13307.098
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Colour Patch
Physical description Wool flannel
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1916-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Horizontally aligned, oval wool flannel colour patch, divided white over red, for 40 Infantry Battalion AIF.

History / Summary

Worn as a distinguishing unit indication at the head of each sleeve from the Battalion's formation in 1916.