The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Khaki-coloured woollen cap with visor and 10mm wide dark brown leather chin strap. The cap is ventilated in its crown by four 5mm diameter holes, each of which is reinforced around its circumference with blanket stitch. The rear of the cap is tightened by lacing, threaded through four holes. The cap is considerably faded, particularly around the lower edge, and has several small tears or areas where the fabric has worn through. Sewn onto the front of the cap is a yellow anchor badge, embroidered on a tan brown oval background. Sewn onto the rear rim of the cap is a cotton neck cover or ‘havelock’, consisting of four flaps each of which is 120mm long x 70mm wide. The neck flaps are olive green/juniper green in colour. The interior of the cap is protected with a sewn leather rim. A faint maker’s mark in Japanese script is stamped on the interior surface.
This cap was worn by troops of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF). It was collected by the 1st Australian Military History Field Team at the end of the Second World War, returning on the ship Westralia. This particular team had been serving in Borneo (Morotai in particular), the Celebes and the Philippines during mid-late 1945 collecting items and taking photograph records for inclusion into the Australian War Memorial.
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