Summer service dress tunic : Squadron Leader A A N D Pentland, Royal Australian Air Force

Lined summer weight khaki service dress tunic with a pair of pleated breast patch pockets and a pair of expanding patch waist pockets. The pockets have flaps secured by oxidised brass RAAF buttons and metal press studs, those on the breast having three pointed flaps, while those at the waist are square. There is an internal pocket on the right side and sewn inside is a type label reading '16/11/43. No.D2871. S/L. Pentland.'. The tunic has a four button opening secured with oxidised brass RAAF buttons. The shoulder slides bear the rank stripes of a squadron leader and oxidised brass crown and eagle badges. Sewn above the the left breast pocket are a pair of RAAF pilot's wings and the ribbons of the Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Force Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal 1914-1920, Victory Medal, 1939-45 Star and Pacific Star. A self fabric belt with brass buckle is secured around the waist by a leather tab and plastic button located on each side. Sewn on the lower right sleeve is a red woven service chevron patch representing five years service.

Alexander Augustus Norman Dudley Pentland, known as Jerry, was born on 5 August 1894. At age 20 he enlisted in the AIF as a trooper with the 12th Light Horse Regiment in March 1915 and was assigned the service number 674. In August he was deployed to Gallipoli where he served with the 1st Light Horse Regiment as a machine gunner. After contracting enteric fever in September he was evacuated to England for treatment. Upon recovering, Pentland was appointed to a commission in the British Royal Flying Corps in February 1916. He served with 16, 19, 29 and 87 Squadrons flying SPADs and Sopwith Dolphins. His service included both operational tours and instructor duties. By the end of the war Pentland had been awarded the Military Cross and Distinguished Flying Cross and was one of Australia's most successful flying aces, scoring 23 victories. Pentland returned to Australia after the war and served briefly with the newly formed Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) before moving to England and joining the Royal Air Force as a machine gun and fighting instructor. Pentland returned to Australia in 1926 and became a civilian pilot, flying in Australia and New Guinea. He rejoined the RAAF during the Second World War, initially instructing at elementary flying schools before commanding an air-sea rescue and communication unit in the Pacific for which he was awarded the Air Force Cross. He was discharged from the RAAF with the rank of squadron leader on 2 November 1945.

• RAAF officers cap with khaki cover : Squadron Leader A A N D Pentland, RAAF