The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Square wooden sign board made from three tongue and groove planks set into a moulded wooden frame with mitred corners. The upper and lower sections of the frame are glued into place; the side sections (one side missing) nailed into place.
The sign has a cream painted ground within a brown and cream painted border. The upper plank bears a grey kangaroo on green grass, flanked on each side by a brown boomerang over the diamond-shaped brown over blue colour patch of 27th Battalion, AIF. The centre panel carries a green painted scroll with shadow lettering in black and brown, 'B.O.R' [Battalion Orderly Room]. The lower plank has black and green shadow lettering, '27TH BATTALION'.
The moulded frame is painted green (inner), brown (centre), and black (outer). A sturdy metal suspension fitting is attached to the back of the upper section with nine small nails.
This sign, identifying the Orderly Room (administrative headquarters) for 27th Battalion, AIF, was used in France and Belguim between 1916 to 1918.
Improvised Australian sign constructed from three pieces of wood, painted white and supported by batons on the back. '3RD M.G. COMPANY' is painted across the upper plank in black paint with grey shad
Improvised sign constructed of single plank of wood painted white with bevelled edges and the corners cut at 45 degrees. '35th BN HQR COY ORDERLY ROOM' is stencilled in black letters. The white paint
Improvised sign constructed from a piece of wood with a bevelled edge. A piece of string, used for hanging the notice board, is fed through two holes located centrally at the top of the notice board.
The notice board is constructed of wood with a bevelled edge, painted white. Painted on the left is a 43rd Battalion colour patch, an oval split horizontally and coloured brown over light blue. To the
Improvised sign constructed from two wooden planks, has a bevelled edge and is supported by batons at the reverse. The sign is painted white and has 'BATTALION HEADQUARTERS' painted in brown with yell
Wooden sign formed from four edge-butted planks. The main background is painted in mustard yellow, over which is painted in black letters 'Hauptverbandplatz / San. Komp.' Two red crosses flank the wor