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Australian Military Board Union Flag and Ensign

Military Board Union Flag
Military Board Blue Ensign

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Military Board Union Flag

The Australian Military Regulations 1927 'as made' on 14 December 1927 introduced a new Union Flag for the Military Board at Regulation 722. This provision also appeared at the equivalent Paragraph 1194 of the Army's Australian Military Regulations and Orders (AMR&O's):
'The Union Flag bearing in its centre as a distinguishing mark, a crown on a blue shield with the words "Military Board" on a white scroll in the lower half of the shield may be flown by the Military Board.' This flag could be flown for the Military Board as a whole, afloat and ashore including as a car-flag. The 'blue shield' probably meant the blue badge disc itself, rather than a blue shield-shape on a white disc.
Jeff Thomson, 10 November 2015

Military Board Blue Ensign

On 23 January 1941, the Military Board Union Flag prescription was replaced with an Australian Blue Ensign version:

'The Ensign of the Commonwealth bearing on the fly thereof, as a distinguishing mark, a crown on a blue shield with the words "Military Board" on a white scroll in the lower half of the shield may be flown by the Military Board or a member thereof when embarked upon duty in boats or vessels.' This flag could be flown by the Military Board as a whole and by individual Board members, but only afloat. There was a separate non-ensign car-flag, so this Army ensign did not have a 2:3 car-flag version. The blue shield was probably not placed on a white disc, so may have been invisible against the blue flag field.

In April 1942 the Military Board was suspended in favour of a Commander-in-Chief, General Blamey, so the flag went out of use and was not reinstated after the war. However it remained in legal effect until the flag-related Regulations 721-723 of the Australian Military Regulations 1927 were repealed on 26 February 1947.
Jeff Thomson, 10 November 2015