The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
ROCKY CREEK, QLD. 1943-11-23. TFX8271 PRIVATE (PTE) RAE BATT (LEFT) AND SFX14804 CAPTAIN E. MARJORIE BROWN CAMP COMMANDANT OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (AGH), (RIGHT) PROUDLY DISPLAY THE UNOFFICIAL UNIT FLAG, WHICH FLEW OVER THEIR CAMP AREA ON OCCASION IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE GAZA RIDGE 'PROTEST FLAG' WAS MADE BY PTE BATT USING BOOTPOLISH TO CREATE THE SKULL AND CROSSBONES AND THE WORDS 'GAZA RIDGE' ON THE CALICO SCAVENGED FROM PARCEL WRAPPING. THE FLAG WAS RAISED ABOVE THE LATRINES AS A SIGNAL FOR THE VADS TO ASSEMBLE IF A 'FURPHY' OR RUMOUR WAS GOING AROUND THE CAMP.
Square linen tablecloth with a broad double border formed by two intersecting rows of drawn threadwork. Each panel thus formed features the embroidered signature of a member of the AIF, with an emphas
ROCKY CREEK, QLD. 1943-11-23. NFX76523 PRIVATE MEG PATTERSON (1); PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE MESS AT THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL TOASTING THE COMMANDANT, SFX148
"The Jolly Roger." An unofficial unit flag of 2/6 Australian General Hospital (AGH) flies above the latrines. The calico flag was made from parcel wrapping by TFX8271 Private Ray Bisdee Batt (later Ga
"Skip & Marj hoist the Jolly Roger the day we moved in." An unofficial unit flag of 2/6 Australian General Hospital (AGH) is being raised above a tent. It is possibly the same calico flag which was ma
Portrait of 2484 Private John Cooper, 11th Battalion (later 51st Battalion), of Perth, WA, framed in a colour commemorative patriotic mat. Below the photograph is a printed biography of Pte Cooper's s
