Identifier
2011-10-0003
Title
Light Horse Signal Units Banner
Type
Heraldry
Description
Banner reads: 'Light Horse Service Units 1914-1918 / Gallipoli Egypt / Sinai Syria / Palestine"
Divided diagonally ; left blue and right white with inverse coloured text . There is a fringe along the bottom and fluffy braid along the edges . On the back , running up the centre there is a sleeve to put the pole in , allowing it to be carried . The accession number on cotton tape has been stitched on at the bottom of this sleeve .
Divided diagonally ; left blue and right white with inverse coloured text . There is a fringe along the bottom and fluffy braid along the edges . On the back , running up the centre there is a sleeve to put the pole in , allowing it to be carried . The accession number on cotton tape has been stitched on at the bottom of this sleeve .
Medium
Textile
Format
1190 x 750 mm
Provenance
From paper label nailed to object : " This banner / was carried in ANZAC day marches / for many years . The members have / now passed on and it was presented to/ this museum by Steven Anthony of / Roseville on 22 . 4 . 93 . / Was owned and carried by Aus . Bull / of Collooli Village who died in / June 1992 . "
Date
First World War , 1914-1918
Audience
Gallipoli Building - Army Display
Date Created
2012-02-01