Australian Army Other Ranks

	Australian Army Other Ranks (private's) pattern private purchase khaki woollen service dress jacket. The pair of patch pockets on the breast are pleated and their flaps are tailored to a simple point. The patch pockets below the waistband, which is an integral belt, are not pleated but the flaps are the same shape as those on the breast pockets. The general service collar badges and curved 'AUSTRALIA' shoulder titles are oxidised brass.
All of the buttons are made from plastic(?). The belt buckle is brass that has been painted black. On both of the sleeve shoulders are 1 Division Headquarters, AIF, colour patches, that are a white square on a horizontal black rectangle. Above the right sleeve cuff there is a hand-embroidered overseas service chevron with one red and four blue stripes. Marks adjacent to the left sleeve cuff indicate that a wound stripe, of the late-war pattern made from brass, has probably been removed. A chain-loop plaited cotton lanyard is around the left sleeve shoulder. It was probably brown once but the dye has come out in patches and it is now a grubby off-white colour.
	Australian Army private's Other Ranks pattern standard issue khaki woollen service dress jacket. The pair of patch pockets on the breast are pleated, the bottom corners are rounded, and the bottom edge of their flap is very slightly scalloped. The pair of patch pockets below the waistband are plain and the bottom edge of their flaps are scalloped. The general service collar badges and curved 'AUSTRALIA' shoulder titles are oxidised brass.
Sewn onto both sleeve shoulders is the diamond-shaped brown colour patch worn by Australian Army Medical Corps units in 2 Division AIF. Sewn onto the upper right sleeve is an embroidered Red Cross badge. The Red Cross is on white cotton backing, within a yellow circle, on khaki backing cloth. A 55mm wide pleat runs down the centre of the back of the jacket. The jacket is not lined. Sewn onto the inside of the right front panel below the waistline is a khaki cotton patch pocket for a shell dressing. Stuck to the inside of the tail of the jacket is the remains of the British maker's printed white paper label. Some of the details still visible indicate that the jacket is Size 34 and it was made in 1918. '201 / W^D / P' is stamped on the white cotton reinforcing fabric for the front bottom left hand side pocket.
	Australian Army Other Ranks standard issue khaki woollen serge service dress jacket. The pair of patch pockets on the breast are pleated and their flap is slightly scalloped. The pair of patch pockets below the waistband are plain and their flap is slightly scalloped but also pointed. The general service collar badges and curved 'AUSTRALIA' shoulder titles are oxidised brass. On both sleeve shoulders is the circular blue over red colour patch of 4 Division Artillery units.
A 55mm wide pleat runs down the centre of the back. A maker's mauve-coloured paper label is stuck inside the tail of the jacket. It is printed in black with 'M2747 / JACKETS, S.D. AUSTRALIAN / SIZE 26 / Height 5ft,11 & 6ft / Breast 38 to 40 / Waist 33 to 35 / HART & LEVY LIMITED, LEICESTER / 1918'. Sewn onto the inside of the right front panel below the waistband is a patch pocket for a shell dressing. The opening of the pocket was inexplicably sewn closed when the jacket was made. '225 / W^D / P' is printed in black on the pocket. Sewn onto the inside of the bottom corner of the right front panel is a thin white card label printed with '16'.
	This jacket was worn by 1738 Sergeant Leslie Wilson Thompson who enlisted in the AIF as a private on 6 April 1915, aged 24 years and nine months. Embarked for overseas service with the 2nd Reinforcement of 22 Battalion. Transferred to 21 Battalion soon after and served at Gallipoli. He was wounded in action on 26 August 1916 (at Mouquet Farm?) and admitted to 2nd Eastern General Hospital, suffering from 'a mild gunshot wound to the chest'.
Wounded in action again on 21 September 1917 (Battle of the Menin Road?). Transferred to 24 Battalion on 13 October 1918. Returned to Australia on 8 April 1919. Note the 2 wound stripes on the lower left sleeve.

Khaki drill service dress jacket

This jacket was worn by 1606 Warrant 0fficer Class 1 Owen Kenneth Stewart who enlisted in the AIF on 22 August 1914.

Embarked for overseas service aboard HMAT A22 'Rangatira' on or about 4 October 1914. Served at Gallipoli, in Egypt, and on the Western Front with 3 and 11 Field Artillery Brigades.

Returned to Australia on 24 September 1918.

Note the metal WO1 Badge of Rank above the Overseas Service Stripes

AFC officers khaki wool gabardine service dress jacket : Flying Officer W H Fysh, 1 Squadron AFC

Associated with Flying Officer Wilmot Hudson Fysh who served as an observer with 1 Squadron AFC in Palestine, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

This uniform jacket was worn by Lieutenant Oscar Mullaly.

Enlisted as a private (SN.4245) in the AIF on 10 August 1915. Served overseas in 13 Battalion and 4 Machine Gun Battalion.

He was wounded in action and returned to Australia on 7 June 1918.

He was commissioned with the rank of Temporary Lieutenant in 5 Battalion, 2 Infantry Regiment, CMF, on 1 May 1919.

The unit was shortly afterwards redesignated 35 Battalion.