The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Worn and stained khaki fur felt slouch hat with a leather sweat band, and a hat band made from a length of khaki wool puggaree. The crown has split and been roughly repaired with stitching inside before being covered on the outside with a piece of rubberised gas cape fabric held in place with running stitch below the top of the crown. A faded wool felt colour patch for Royal Australian Artillery 1st Australia Corps is attached to the puggaree with thick white cotton. A piece of felt is missing from the front and rear brim. There is evidence of a 'Rising Sun' general service hat badge but the badge is now missing.
Australian Army slouch hat worn by NX7094 Gunner John Stewart Loder Wilkinson of 18 Anti Tank Battery while a prisoner of the Japanese from 23 February 1942 until the cessation of hostilities in August 1945. Wilkinson was born in Sydney, NSW, in 1921, and enlisted in the AIF in May 1941. During his captivity, he moved from Dutch Timor to Batavia, Singapore and Thailand, where he spent 23 months working on the construction of the Thai-Burma railway. He returned to Australia and was discharged from the army in March 1946.
Australian fur felt slouch hat with a khaki cotton pugaree and gilded brass 'Rising Sun' badge. The left brim of the hat has been pinned to the side of the crown by the badge. Four small ventilor hole
Khaki fur felt slouch hat. The hat has a set of three plastic covered brass eyelets on either side and the left side has a brass stud fixed in the centre for securing the left brim to the crown. There
Khaki fur felt hat with khaki wool puggaree with an inset red flash, as worn by the infantry. The hat has a leather sweatband and chinstrap. The band is stamped 'THE UNION FELT HAT CO [6 3/4] MAKERS D
Australian Military Forces khaki felt slouch hat, with the rising sun badge. The hat is constructed from a single panel of press shaped animal fur felt. The central oval shaped crown has straight side
Fur felt slouch hat with a khaki cotton puggaree. The left brim of the hat has a press stud to attach it to the side of the crown. Four small ventilator holes in the crown are reinforced with brown ey
Australian Army khaki fur felt slouch hat complete with khaki woollen puggaree, brown leather chin-strap and oxidised brass General Service Badge. There is a pair of small brown eyelets in both sides
