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| MANUAL
FOR DRESS, EQUIPMENT AND CONDUCT |
| 6.
Pictorial Dress - WW1 |
Australian Light Horse: 1914 - 1918
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| Uniform
Overview |
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Hat,
khaki fir felt, Plume, Hat badge, Puggaree, and Chinstrap.
Jacket khaki, wool serge, with accoutrements.
Bandoleer.
Waist belt.
Breeches Bedford Cord.
Leggings.
Spurs.
Boots. |
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| Uniform
Detail |
Jacket
Service Dress Khaki wool serge. The most acceptable jacket
for Light Horse re enactors for this period is the pre 1943
WW11 jacket, which is almost identical to the WW1 issue jacket.
Post 1943 issue is a different pattern with fewer pleats in
the back and internal pockets on the lower front of the jacket.
Standard accoutrements to the jacket include: Small General
Service Badge (Rising sun kings crown) on each collar peak positioned
10 mm from the edge. They can be horizontal or parallel to the
collar edge. Each troop should decide on a standard approach.
Australian badges on each epaulette.
Colour patches are worn on each shoulder with the unit
colour above the Brigade colour (see colour patch list) All
buttons and fittings to be matte or Satin black.
Bandoleer is a 9 pocket 90 round leather pattern (issued1905)
modification of the 1903 pattern.
Waist belt is 1.75" (45mm) wide tan leather with
brass buckle. Make sure the buckle is aligned with the edge
of the jacket.
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Bayonet
(1907 pattern) is worn on the left hand side with the attachment
ring to the rear. The weight of the bayonet tends to drag the
left hand side of the belt downwards. Although not original
equipment belt hooks are sometimes used to keep the belt straight.
Breeches Bedford cord. Breeches are a corded fabric with
laces below the knee. The original fabric is similar in colour
to the jacket. Breeches should be held up with braces. Original
braces were fireman pattern usually khaki or leather with a
small stretch strap at the back. |
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| Hat,
Khaki, fir felt |
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hat is worn with a rakish tilt, spaced with 3 finger
spaces above the left ear, 2 finger spaces above the left eye,
and 1 finger space above the right eye. The puggaree is a plain
khaki woollen band 1.75' (45mm) wide. |
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emu plumes are fixed behind the puggaree at the centre
of the left hand side of the hat. |
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Leather
chinstrap should be adjusted inside the hat so that the
buckles are in line with the eye and the point of the mouth. |
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Hat
badge is the General Service badge (Rising Sun, Kings Crown)
large size, and should be painted matte or satin black. (Unofficial
badges worn by light horse units during WW1 are in section 9). |
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| Boots,
leggings, and spurs |
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 Boots
are lace up and not elastic sided and are worn with spiral strap
leggings.
Spurs are regulation pattern. They are worn with a tan
leather butterfly on the spur strap. The strap goes through
the slots in the butterfly over the outer edges. The long section
of the butterfly faces upwards. |
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