The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Khaki wool cord breeches. Metal buttons at fly and around outside of waistband. Cuffs fasten with laces passing through metal eyelets. Knee patches of same wool cord fabric.
Karl Klu (service number 3296) was born in Fulham, London, enlisting on 16 September 1914 with 2 Field Artillery Brigade. He embarked from Australia on 22 December 1914, transferring to 3rd Field Artillery Brigade after his arrival at Gallipoli in 1915. After this campaign he was appointed a driver and transferred to 1 Division Ammunition Column (1DAC) in France in May 1916, and later to 3DAC. He was promoted to bombardier on 4 April 1918 before returning to Australia on 13 October 1918 as part of Special 1914 Leave scheme. Post-war he changed the spelling of his given name to Carl.
Khaki wool twill tunic with stand and fall collar. A metal hook, eye and button secures the collar. Khaki wool shoulder straps are secured to the tunic with a small brown plastic button and each has v
Pair of brown leather AIF issue boots without toecaps. Each boot has six pairs of steel eyelets with attached brown leather laces. The soles are of leather, attached with small iron tacks, the heels h
Australian Army Mounted Service pattern khaki woollen cord breeches. A pocket with a diagonal slit opening has been let into the front of both hips. The six buttons on the waistband and five smaller o
Australian Army cadets 1912 Dismounted Pattern khaki wool breeches with reinforcing panels on the inner legs. Five button fly, the buttons are metal and dished, are marked 'COMMONWEALTH' and with a cr
Pattern 1903, brown leather 90 round (nine pouch) bandolier, Mark II. The pouches are designed to hold 10 rounds of .303 calibre ammunition in two chargers. A small internal guard strap prevents the s
Other ranks khaki woollen cord breeches. Self fabric panels with chevron-patterned stitching have been sewn onto both inner legs for reinforcement. The breeches have a concealed fly with four black pr
