HMAS Manoora (I) Anzac Day marching banner

Dark blue satin marching banner with applique scroll design and lettering, and a cotton gold fringing along lower edge. Across the top is 'AIF HMAS MANOORA RAAF' and beneath is the ship's badge with the motto 'NUX VOMICA'. The main design feature is a continuous long yellow scroll that spirals down the left and ride side of the banner. Each spiral provides a platform on which the battle honours are listed in red text. The shadow produced by each spiral is coloured red, adding a visual depth to the design. The left side scroll reads 'TANEMERAH/ WAKDE/ MOROTAI/ LEYTE GULF/ NAURU', and the right reads 'LINGAYEN GULF/ TARAKAN/ LABUAN/ BALIPAPAN/ BAY OF BENGAL'. In the centre is INDIAN OCEAN/ PACIFIC OCEAN/ EAST INDIES/ NEW GUINEA' on the blue satin background. The top and side seams of the banner are open, forming pockets to accept the carrying poles.

This marching banner was carried by veterans of HMAS Manoora as members of the Armed Merchant Cruiser & Landing Ships Association during ANZAC day ceremonies since the 1970s.

Previously an Australian passenger vessel HMAS Manoora was requestioned for war service on 11 October 1939 and refitted into an armed merchant cruiser in Sydney. Commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Manoora in December 1939, she patrolled the waters of northern Queensland. In April 1940 the Manoora undertook patrol duties in the Dutch East Indies to prevent a German invasion of the Netherlands. She performed escort and patrol duties in New Guinea, north eastern Australian waters and India until 1942. In September 1942 she was converted to a landing ship infantry for Allied troops to the Pacific region until 1945. Her battle honours are proudly listed on the banner.

Veterans of HMAS Manoora marched behind this banner every ANZAC Day until late 2008 when it was decided that there were insufficient numbers to march under the single banner.