King Island Honor Flag

The Honor Flag was gifted to the King Island community by the Federal Government in December 1918 in recognition and gratitude for raising double the quota requested for the Seventh War Loan, this from a population of about 500. King Island was only second to Sydney which had raised the highest amount pro rata of population in the Commonwealth. "If the quota reached 25% one bar was awarded. If 50% of the quota was reached two bars were awarded  A quota of 75% achieved three bars. A quota reaching 100% awarded three bars and a seven-pointed star." Source: Book 2 of 3 :BEYOND THE SEAS: Commemorating King Island's Anzacs 1914-1918 by Luke Agati.

The flag was presented and raised with much pride and fanfare.

" In 1926 , the Honor Flag was recorded to have been in the possession of King Island Council and in 1927 it was borrowed for a Returned Soldiers' Dinner on Anzac Day".

It had disappeared from view when its history was unearthed by local historian Luke Agati. The King Island Sub Branch RSL felt compelled to have an authentic (stitched) replica made. This was raised a week before Remembrance Day, 2018 and marked the opening of the refurbished clubrooms and the WW1, Beyond the Seas exhibition there.

Smaller flags were presented to the King Island Council and the King Island District High School, to be raised on their flagpoles on days of pride and remembrance.