Australian Army uniforms; Page 5

Ernest John Crouch was born in 1847. He became a medical practitioner, a Justice of the Peace and officer in the Southern Tasmanian Volunteer Artillery ; died 1907.		An officer? or more likely a senior NCO of the Victorian Volunteers c 1870/90 Note the headgear that is reminiscent of the Prussian Pickelhaube. see below...
	<<< These men belong to a Queensland based infantry unit, the Moreton Regiment circa 1880-1890. Note the Martini Henry rifles.
		Sergeant Archibald Coombe, MID, who served during the Boer War with the 1st Tasmanian Contingent, (Mounted Infantry) and the 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen
	His medals are the Queen's South Africa medal with three clasps (two additional clasps are shown); King's South Africa medal with two clasps; and the Long Service and Good Conduct medal, awarded at discharge in 1913. (donor a. Chaffey)

	Melbourne, Vic, 1903-03-19. The 1903 pattern uniform for a sergeant in the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment in full review order dress. A .303 inch Lee Metford rifle is slung over the shoulder. (donor: Department of Defence Library, Canberra).		Melbourne, Vic. c. 1902. Private Alfred Lewington. During the Boer War Lewington joined the Cape Colony Cyclist Corps, an irregular unit raised in South Africa. He is wearing standard khaki drill summer uniform of the British and Australian forces. The plume in his hat is an ostrich feather, and the sword is just a prop. (Donor L Clifford)
	An officer of the South Australian Mounted Rifles, 1885, in ceremonial dress.		Three officers of the South Australian Company, c. 1899-1900, wearing full dress. Note the helmet with feather hackle was worn in India and Australia in place of the traditional feather bonnet, as a concession to the climate.
	C.1890. Portrait of an infantryman, in uniform of Victorian Colonial Volunteers. (donor - K. Bostock)		Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) James McIntosh McGillivray , 5th South Australia contingent. Note the Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee ribbon. He was one of six Mount Gambier members of the South Australian Contingent which went to England in 1897. RSM McGillivray died while serving in South Africa during the Boer War at Vankollensfontein on 21 July 1901.
	Melbourne, Vic. c. 1890. Gunner Edward C Bradshaw, Victoria Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA). Gnr Bradshaw was a Non-Commissioned Officer with the RAA for over twelve years. (Donor B. Bradshaw)		MELBOURNE, C. 1913. Portrait of corporal J. T. H. Aram of the 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion (Victorian Scottish Regiment) in Scots uniform of busbee, kilt, sporran. (donor: J. Mcgarvin).
	Melbourne, Vic. c.1900. Lieutenant Frederick George Purcell in the uniform of the Victorian Mounted Rifles taken prior to his embarking for the South African war with the 4th Victorian (Imperial) Contingent. (Donor B. Warren)		South Australia. 1901. An officer of the South Australian Artillery in ceremonial dress
	C. 1903. Colour Sergeant Albert David Coxhead in the uniform of the NSW Scottish Regiment c. 1903. His medals indicate service in South Africa and attendance at the 1902 Coronation as a member of the Australian Coronation Corps. (donor: Sophie Briggs).		Members of the South Australian Mounted Rifles. They are probably the Mount Gambier members of the South Australian Contingent which went to England in 1897 for the Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee. On their uniform, which is khaki with red facings, is the Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee medal.
	Australia c. 1905. Battery Sergeant Major (BSM) William Hammond Coleman, Australian Artillery. BSM coleman was a gunner in the NSW Artillery contingent to the Sudan. He is in full dress uniform and medals which are, from the left, Egypt medal (for Sudan), Queens South African medal (four bars), NSW Long Service Good Conduct medal, QV (trophy of arms type), Meritorious Service medal and Khedives Star.