The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MacKenzie tartan wool twill kilt as worn by members of 27 Battalion South Australian Scottish Regiment. The inside waist is lined with a deep band of 200 mm wide cream cotton. The upper edge is bound with black cotton twill. The kilt fastens on the proper left with a single brown leather strap and white metal buckle, and on the proper right with two similar straps and buckles. The three buckles are sewn to the kilt with short straps made from glazed black linen. Six black plastic buttons are sewn around the outside upper waist for the attachment of braces. The set of the pleats at the back of the kilt is held in place by an internal horizontal strap of broad black elastic.
Kilt worn by Private Thomas 'Tom' Venables Holland while he was serving with 27 Battalion, South Australian Scottish Regiment, from 1939 to 1941. Holland had previously served in the school cadet corps at Prince Alfred College in Adelaide before joining the South Australian Scottish while studying at Adelaide University. He enlisted in the RAAF on 1 March 1941, at the age of nineteen. After training he joined 233 Squadron RAF, part of Coastal Command, as a Hudson bomber pilot. Flying Officer Holland survived the war and was discharged on 29 July 1945.
Portrait of Private (Pte) Tom Holland in the uniform of the South Australian Scottish Regiment, his university regiment. He is standing outside his grandparent's house 'Woodhurst' 21 Wood Street, Mill
Black Watch or 'Government sett' tartan kilt of wool twill in colours black, green and blue. Kilt pleats are hand stitched. Waist edge is bound with bottle green wool twill tape, machine stitched to u
Gordon sett tartan kilt of wool twill in colours dark blue, dark green and green with red overstripe. Kilt pleats are machine stitched. Waist edge is bound with black wool sateen machine stitched to u
Black Watch or Gordon variant tartan kilt of wool twill in dark green, blue and green with narrow yellow stripes. Much, if not all, of the kilt is handstitched. Pleats at the back are aligned so that
Brown leather sporran with a black leather cap at the top bound with a curved nickel plated brass edge held in place with three dome headed split pins. The centre of the cap bears a white metal badge
Wool twill kilt in Black Watch tartan, also known as Universal or Government tartan, in the three colour check with black separating green and blue. The pleats are hand-stitched and the waist is lined
Cameron of Erracht pattern tartan kilt of wool twill in colours of black, green, yellow and scarlet. Kilt pleats are handstitched. Waist edge is bound with lime green wool tape machine stitiched to up
