Autographed French flag : Private Herbert Palfreyman, 9th Field Ambulance, AIF

French national flag comprising three blue, white and red panels. At the top of the white centre panel is handwritten in purple indelible pencil, '9th. FIELD. AMBULANCE'. Below this is written, 'LE HAVRE, ROUEN, ETAPLES, BOLOUGNE, CALAIS, LUMBRES, DEVRES, HAZEBROUCK, ST. OMER, BAILLEUL, METEREN, NEUVE EGLISE, PONTDASCHELLES, DOULIEU, STEENWERCK, NIEPPE, POINT NIEPPE, L'ESTRADE, PLOEGSTEERT, MESSINES, WARNETON, MT KEMMEL, LOGNE, DRANOUTRE, WIZERNES, ARQUES, CASSEL, WARDRESQUE, GOOEWALDSVELDE, STEENVOORDE, ECURE, WINEZEELE, POPERINGHE, VLAMENTIN, THE ABEELE, STRAZEELE, YPRES, ZONNEBEKE, FLETRE, PASSCHENDALE, BRUNEMBERT, WATTEAU, EBBLINGHEM, HARFLEUR'. Below these place names is hand-drawn scroll work containing more place names and in the centre the words, '1916 FRANCE 1918'. Beside and below the scroll are three columns of signatures of members of 9th Field Ambulance, AIF. Palfreyman's signature is at the top of the lefthand column.

This flag was donated in memory of 16665 Private H Palfreyman, 9 Field Ambulance, AIF. Herbert Palfreyman was born in 1880 near York in England and was a Shot Firer when he enlisted in the AIF in March 1916. He embarked with the Army Medical Corps aboard HMAT Wiltshire on 7 February 1917 and served with 9 Field Ambulance throughout the war. He returned to Australia in July 1919.