Colour Patch : Honourary Captain S T Parkes, 3 Light Horse Field Ambulance, AIF Accession Number: REL28698

Description

Horizontally aligned rectangular patch for 3 Light Horse Field Ambulance, divided diagonally bottom left to top right brown over yellow.

Contextual Description

Associated with Quarter Master Honorary Captain Stanley Thomas Parkes, 3 Light Horse Field Ambulance. He enlisted on 3 October 1914 and returned to Australia on 8 March 1919. Parkes served at Gallipoli and later in Palestine and Egypt. He was commissioned in the field and was Mentioned in Despatches in 1916.

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Accession Number
REL28698
Maker
Unknown
Classification
Heraldry
Object Type
Colour Patch
Physical Description
Material: Cotton sateen
Measurement
Overall: 37 mm height x 65 mm width
Date Made
c 1916-1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright not applicable

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