The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dark blue wool twill tunic with red wool stand collar edged with round gold cord. Gilded metal grenade badges at each end of the collar. Dark blue shoulder straps edged with red wool piping, with single Victorian permanent artillery buttons made by 'STOKES & SONS' and '5 WESTERN' embroidered in gold thread. Cuffs decorated with round gold cord Austrian knots and on the right sleeve, three gold lace chevrons on red wool for the rank of sergeant. Front piped with red wool and fastened with nine gilt Victorian permanent artillery buttons; eight made by 'LINCOLN STUART & Co. PROP Ltd MELBOURNE' and one by 'W. MONCTON MELBOURNE'. Two artillery buttons at back waist and brass belt hooks at sides. Back skirt has closed vent piped with red wool and on each side, a sword flap trimmed with red wool piping and three artillery buttons. Tunic fully lined with black cotton sateen partially quilted around armholes. Concealed pocket inside left breast. Sleeves lined with white cotton twill. Neck fastened with two metal hooks and eyes and narrow strip of leather at left side. Black cotton twill hanging tab at back neck.
In Victoria in 1884 the volunteer system was replaced with a permanent and militia system. Volunteer artillery units were disbanded and re-raised as two brigades of garrison artillery, one based at Geelong and the other at Portland under Lieutenant Colonel William Learmonth. In 1895 they were re-organised again and the Geelong, Port Fairy, Warnambool and Portland batteries became part of the Western District Garrison artillery brigade under Lieutenant Colonel Charles Umphelby.
Dark blue wool twill tunic with red wool stand collar edged with round gold cord and gold Russia braid. Gold bullion embroidered artillery badges at each end of the collar, and on the inside a patent
Dark blue wool twill tunic with red superfine stand collar, squared at front and edged with round gold bullion cord, gold Russia braid and embroidered gold bullion on black wool artillery grenade badg
Dark blue wool tunic with scarlet wool stand collar edged all round with yellow worsted square braid. Brass artillery badges at each side of the collar. Dark blue shoulder straps edged with scarlet wo
Dark blue superfine tunic with red stand collar edged with round silver cord, with a small silver grenade artillery badge at each end. Shoulder straps of dark blue superfine, piped with red wool and f
Dark blue wool twill tunic with red superfine stand collar, squared at front and edged with round gold bullion cord, gold Russia braid and embroidered gold bullion on red wool artillery grenade badges
Dark blue wool cloth parade or full dress tunic. The scarlet stand collar is edged with round gold cord and has a black patent leather neck protector behind the two black coated metal hooks and eyes w
