Australian Army issue service dress skirt : Sergeant M Grace, Australian Womens Army Service

Australian Women's Army Service khaki woollen service dress skirt with a hook-and-eye opening on the left hand side. There is a pair of angled pockets let into the front. The skirt is adjusted by a strap and buckle at each hip, and part of the left strap is fraying. A white cotton label sewn into the back of the waistband reads 'N289 1943 SIZE 5 MADE IN AUSTRALIA NF392287 M. GRACE'.

Worn by NF392287 Sergeant May Grace (later Goudie) during her service in the Australian Women’s Army Service. Grace was born on 9 April 1917 in North Sydney, New South Wales and enlisted on 13 April 1942 at Chatswood. She completed her initial training at Killara in Sydney and was then stationed at Victoria Barracks and Bathurst, before being discharged on 10 October 1946.