Full dress tunic : Lieutenant Colonel L Dyke, South Australian Artillery

South Australian Colonial Military Forces Artillery officer's full dress blue superfine or doeskin wool tunic with scarlet stand collar, scarlet piping on each side of the tunic front, and false vents on the back skirt. The tunic fastens down the front with nine gilded brass South Australian Artillery buttons. There is a single brass hook on the left side seam at waist level to support a belt. The sleeves are heavily laced with artillery pattern gold bullion lace for the rank of lieutenant colonel. The twisted gold bullion artillery pattern shoulder cords bear velvet, gold and silver bullion embroidered rank insignia for lieutenant colonel. The collar, which fastens with two hooks and eyes, is edged with gold bullion cord and artillery pattern gold lace. There are frosted silver bullion embroidered exploding grenade badges on either side of the collar. The rear vent has artificial pocket flaps on each side and is trimmed with gold bullion cord, traced inside with gold Russia braid. Each flap bears three gilded brass South Australian Artillery buttons. There are also two buttons on the centre back waist. The body of the tunic is lined with black satin weave wool and cotton mixture which is quilted over the upper body of the tunic. The sleeves are lined with brown striped cream cotton. There is a concealed pocket inside the left chest.

Worn by Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Dyke, VD, during his service with the South Australian Artillery. Dyke was born in 1859 and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Garrison Artillery in 1881. He was promoted to captain in 1889 and major in 1894. Dyke was placed on the supernumeracy list in 1899, but rejoined the Garrison Artillery in 1905. He was in charge of Fort Glanville in the early part of the twentieth century. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel (staff) in 1911 before being placed on the retired list in 1913. During the First World War he served in the AIF Sea Transport Service making a return trip on troopships to Egypt in 1915-1916. He was made an honorary colonel in 1919.

• Service dress trousers : Lieutenant Colonel L Dyke, South Australian Artillery