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| Colours of 34th Infantry Battalion, The Illawarra Regiment |
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St
Michaels Church Wollongong. The Garrison Church and the place where
the original Colours of the 34th Infantry Battalion were laid up.
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Also the 2nd set of Colours of the same Battalion are laid up in the same church. |
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| The green flag
is the original Regimental Banner (or flag) presented to the 34th Battalion AIF and
later converted to a Regimental Colour for the 34th Infantry Battalion,
the Illawarra Regiment which inherited the Battle Honours of 34 AIF.
The older Union Flag is the original King's banner presented to the 34th Bn AIF and converted to a King's Colour for the 34th Infantry Battalion Illawarra Regt. The blue flag is the Regimental Colour from the second set of Colours for the same Unit. The 2 different flags based on the Union Jack are the two Sovereign's (or Royal) Colours of the Unit. (The earlier one a King's Colour and the later one a Queen's Colour). |
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| The staff or pike that bears the Colour is traditionally topped with a crown bearing a crowned British Lion, all in gold. |
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| Photos supplied by Alan Kitchen. Photographer John Hamilton, Grandson to Hamilton VC |
