The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dark blue, straight legged, wool twill trousers with metal buttoned waist and wide red wool stripe extending down side seams. Waist buttons stamped with 'SUSPENDER'. Buttoned fly has five silver coloured ferrous metal buttons, two of them stamped with 'IMP.D. ALLEMAGNE'. Fly lined with glazed cotton. Small welt pocket at waistband has been stitched closed at lower waist seam. Lower section of pocket lined with cotton twill and written on one side in pencil is 'KB' and '199'. Waistband lined with unbleached calico. Inside seat of trousers is a white stamp of a series of partially ledgible numbers. At the rounded trouser cuffs, a small strip of leather at each ankle section.
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, straight legged trousers with red superfine wool stripe extending down side seams. Welt pocket at right front positioned at the lower waistband edge and lined with khaki cotton t
Dark blue straight legged wool twill trousers with wide red wool stripe extending down the side seams. Black plastic buttoned waist and fly. Small welt pocket at waist extends in a semi-circle above t
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 sing
Dark blue, straight legged, wool twill trousers with metal buttoned waist and wide red wool stripe extending down the side seams. All metal buttons except one are stamped 'MADE IN ENGLAND'. Celluloid
Dark blue superfine wool trousers with metal buttoned waist and celluolid and metal buttoned fly opening. Wide red wool stripe extending down the side seams and into the hem. Two front slip pockets li
Dark blue wool twill pantaloons with two yellow worsted stripes, each 2.5cm in width, extending down the side seams as far as the ankle openings. Coated metal buttoned waist and fly; the waist buttons
