The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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.
This wool bunting flag is an Italian tricolour made from three even vertical stripes of green (nearest the hoist), white and red fabric. Embroidered on the central stripe are the Arms of Savoy, a blu
French flag comprised of vertical sections of blue (hoist), white and red fabric sewn together. Sewn to the back of the white section is the brown oval colour patch of the Australian Army Medical Corp
Commissioned by the 9th Australian Field Ambulance (AIF) Committee as part of the Australian War Memorial’s Plaque Dedication Program. This plaque was dedicated on 1 April 2000 at a ceremony held at
Scroll presented to the next of kin of all servicemen and women killed in the First World War. The scroll features the Royal coat of arms with the mongram 'GvRI', and reads 'He whom this scroll comm
A worn and stained white cotton twill flag with a machine sewn red cross in the middle of both sides. Beneath the cross is a stamped and faded black ink illustration of a hand pointing with an index f
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with characters in black ink translating as the traditional wish for long lasting good fortune in war and 'A gift to Mr Ajiwa from Mr Kagohashi Kyubei'. Al
