Army flags (Australia)

Last modified: 2005-06-25 by jonathan dixon
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• Army flags and flag stations
• Chief of Army Flag
• Regimental Flags:
  • Colours
  • Infantry Regiments
  • Cavalry Regiments
  • example - 28th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment
  • Banners
• Banner for Centenary of the Army
• Flags as shoulder patches

See also:

• Naval Flags
• Air Force Flags
• Tri-service Flags
• Australia
• Other Australian flags

Army flags and flag stations

The Australian Army does not have a flag. The Army is, however, the protector of the Australian National Flag.
David Cohen, 11 Nov 1997

I saw a letter from an Australian Army unit in an exhibition recently, and it seems the Australian Army's badge is similar to the British one, but with a royal crown above a leaping kangaroo over the crossed swords, rather than a Royal Crest. So does the Australian Army use this badge on a red field like the British Army's flag?
Roy Stilling, 12 Sep 1997

I had a reply this week from the Australian Army's Ceremonial and Protocol office, who says:

'The Army's badge is the General Service badge (the 'Rising Sun'), but the badge you are referring to is the Australian Army emblem (a kangaroo ensigned with the crown and backed by crossed swords). It is only used by Land Command units; however, brigades within the Command use a badge of cross