The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Khaki cotton drill jacket with rounded stand collar and shallow pointed cuffs. Khaki drill shoulder straps have pointed ends that attach to the shoulder with a single small brass British general service button. Front fastened with five large British general service buttons made by 'FIRMIN & SONS LD'. Two pleated breast patch pockets with three-pointed flaps secured with a single small general service button and, below these, two slightly offset patch pockets of the same size with three-pointed flaps but without buttons or pleats. A box pleat runs down the centre back seam. Tunic is unlined but stamped on the left front facing in black ink is 'NSW 85' and on the right front facing, an official disposal mark depicting an 'S' with a downward pointing broad arrow above and an upward pointing broad arrow below. On the inside above the left breast pocket the number '11' stamped sideways in white ink.
An example of an early Australian filed service khaki tunic with pockets. When the NSW contingent left for Sudan in 1885, they were issued with British made khaki tunics on arrival in the Sudan. These tunics were mostly made without pockets. The British had worn khaki tunics in earlier campaigns in India and Africa, but they were not widely adopted in Britain or Australia until the 1890s.
Khaki green cotton drill tunic with stand and fall collar and pointed cuffs. Front has two darts from neck edge to each of the pleated patch pockets at the breast, each with rounded flaps and a single
Loose fitting khaki drill jacket with stand collar and plain cuffs. Front has four plain patch pockets; the lower pockets offset to the sides of the jacket, below breast pockets. Front fastened with f
Khaki cotton drill tunic with plain stand collar and pointed cuffs. Khaki shoulder straps each have a single small British general service button and two holes for insignia that is missing. The left s
Khaki cotton drill jacket with square stand collar and pointed cuffs. Shoulder straps of the same fabric each have a single small Victorian Military Forces 'AUT PACE AUT BELLO' button and two embroide
Officer's custom-made khaki wool gabardine service dress tunic with notched collar, shoulder straps, pointed cuffs with side openings secured by a pair of buttons, pleated breast pockets with triple p
Scarlet superfine tunic with rifle green superfine stand collar and pointed cuffs. Lower edge of collar piped with white wool that extends down the fronts of the tunic. Rifle green shoulder straps are
