RAAF Service Dress Tunic (Winter)

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Henley & Grange RSL

Name/Title

RAAF Service Dress Tunic (Winter)

Entry/Object ID

2025.18

Description

Officer's RAAF blue wool service dress tunic with self fabric belt, sewn in place across the back of the tunic, fastened with a black bakelite buckle. The tunic has a pair of pleated breast pockets with triple pointed flaps and a pair of expanding hip pockets with rectangular flaps. A centre back vent extends from the back waist to the bottom of the skirt. A 1940 pattern RAAF Air Gunner's 'AG' brevet, showing a white wing, and a white 'AG' within a pale blue wreath, is sewn above the left breast pocket. Each sleeve bears a black and blue woven rank stripe around the cuff for pilot officer. The front of the tunic and the pockets are fastened with black bakelite buttons, which feature an eagle and king's crown. A small welt pocket is set into the right waist behind the line of the belt, and there is also a internal welt pocket inside the right breast which bears a manufacturer's label for 'Henry Morgan & Co Ltd, Montreal'.

Category

Military Uniform

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Military Uniform

Textile Details

Material

Commercial Wool

Color

Dark Blue

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Henry Morgan & Co, Ltd

Date made

circa 1940 - circa 1945

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Label/Inscription/Signature

Henry Morgan & Co. Ltd, Montreal

Location

Building

Henley & Grange RSL Sub-branch

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

Some small moth holes on lower rear of tunic

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

Donation

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2025.17