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| Australian uniforms Page 15 |
| Sparke & Sons Films provide uniforms for many films and TV productions. The uniforms shown here are a mix of original & reproductions. |
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Top left.
Queensland Infantry set up as Captain Farquar ,
Qld Governor, Lamington's ADC 1901. This uniform built as far as
records would Bottom left. The Boer War
Soldiers are on Emerald Station, basically set up as Centre. The Great War Sergeant
wears original breeches, tunic, puttees & boots & the flat-top.
ORs peaked cap. The original set |
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Composite portrait of Corporal Alexander Hill of the 1st Australian Horse Regiment, Boer War (in green pre- war uniform) and his younger brother in First World War uniform. (Donor: A. Hill) |
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11 November
1915. Portrait of 679 Sergeant (Sgt) Francis Joseph Stammers, wearing a
1903 - 1912 pattern militia uniform, with his wife, Flora on their
wedding day. The uniform has been made into full dress with the addition
of white epaulettes, aiguilettes and piping.
Sgt Stammers enlisted on 17 September 1914, serving as a private in B Company of the 8th Light Horse. He was wounded in the leg at the charge of The Nek at Gallipoli and returned to Australia on board the troopship Ulysses on 3 September 1915. He remained in the AIF, working as a recruiting sergeant at Kew, Vic until he was discharged on 6 March 1916, at which time he transferred to the regular army Instructional Corps as a temporary Sergeant Major. (Donor R. Spalding) |
