The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Scarlet superfine waistcoat with closed neck. Collar, fronts and bottom edge to side seams all trimmed with gold artillery pattern lace. Lower edge of collar decorated with gold Russia braid. Welt pockets at each front trimmed with gold Russia braid forming crowsfeet on both sides of the centre of the opening and a crowsfoot and eye at each end. Back of waistcoat is cream cotton twill. Left front of waistcoat to base of collar decorated with a row of small gilded brass studs, although the fronts fasten beneath with brass hooks and eyes. Waistcoat fully lined with the same cream cotton twill used for the back panel; a piece of elastic inserted between the lining and the back panel. Collar lined with scarlet superfine. The neck edge fastens with single brass hook and eye.
Mess waistcoat, worn under jacket, that is thought to have been worn by George Patterson who enlisted in the New South Wales Permanent Artillery in 1871, at the age of 29. He was later Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant in the Royal Australian Artillery. The RAA was formed in 1899 from the permanent artillery units of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.
Dark blue wool twill tunic with red superfine stand collar, squared at front and edged with round gold bullion cord, gold Russia braid and embroidered gold bullion on red wool artillery grenade badges
Dark blue superfine mess jacket with scarlet stand collar. Upper edge of collar decorated with gold artillery pattern lace and lower edge with gold Russia braid. Each edge of the collar has a silver b
Scarlet superfine, closed fronted waistcoat with short stand collar and pointed fronts. Collar and fronts decorated with gold lace. Welt pocket on each front trimmed with gold Russia braid that forms
Crimson superfine waistcoat with partially open neck. Fronts and bottom edge to side seams all trimmed with gold Russia braid, forming a large oval eye at each of the waistcoat points. Welt pockets at
Scarlet superfine jacket with garter blue velvet stand collar and pointed cuffs. Upper edge of collar decorated with gold lace and lower edge with gold Russia braid. Twisted round gold cord shoulder s
Dark blue superfine mess jacket with pointed fronts, scarlet stand collar and shallow pointed cuffs. Upper edge of collar decorated with gold artillery pattern lace that extends down the fronts and lo
Scarlet superfine tunic with dark blue stand collar and pointed cuffs. Upper edge of collar decorated with gold Guards pattern lace trimmed with braided eyes, and lower edge with gold Russia braid. Tw
