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Western Australian University Regiment - King's Colour - 1958 Presentation

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Overview

Union flag with gold fringes. In the centre a circle inscribed "WESTERN AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY REGIMENT", surmounted by the Crown.

Historical information

Presented to Western Australian University Regiment by HE the Governor of Western Australia, Lt-General Sir Charles Gardiner, KVMG, KCVO, CB, CBE, at a parade at Whitfield Court, University of Western Australia, Crawley, on 25 May,1958

Following the presentation of a new stand of Colours to Western Australian University Regiment, these original Colours were formally handed over and laid up at the Army Museum of WA on 19 October 2019

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-32-AAMWA00017

Inscriptions and markings

Notwithstanding the monarch at the time of presentation, the Primary Colour of an infantry battalion is referred to according to the reigning monarch. Hence all former Queen’s Colours became as a matter of protocol, King’s Colours on the accession of King Charles III on 8 September 2022.

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