Winter issue trousers : Corporal K C Goudie 1 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment

Olive green cotton poplin over trousers with liner and zippered fly. On the front right leg is a rectangular buttoned pocket. The left thigh has a large buttoned pocket. There are several stains on both the front and rear of the trousers. All of the plastic buttons on the trousers are olive green. On the inside rear of the trousers is a square white manufacturers tag with faded black stamped ink. A Government Broad Arrow can be seen on the bottom of this tag and the year of manufacture being 1952. The inside of the trousers have three horizontal tabs and buttons for the fitting of suspenders. The bottoms of both trouser legs are heavily soiled and appear to have remnant mud on them.

Due to the extremely cold conditions faced by Australian ground troops in Korea, they were issued with both American and British cold weather combat clothing such as these over-trousers. These over-trousers are British made and issued and they would of been worn over the regular battle dress trousers of Corporal Kenneth Campbell Goudie, of the First Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) when he served in South Korea between 31 May 1952 and 12 March 1953.