| Place | Oceania: Australia, Victoria |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | REL/18084.002 |
| Collection type | Heraldry |
| Object type | Uniform |
| Physical description | Cotton, Leather, Metal, Wool twill |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1895-1903 |
| Conflict |
Period 1900-1909 Australian Colonial Forces, 1854-1900 |
Service dress trousers : 5 Western battery, Portland, Victorian Permanent Artillery
Description
Dark blue, straight legged, wool twill trousers with metal buttoned waist and wide red wool stripe extending down side seams. Waist buttons stamped with 'SUSPENDER'. Buttoned fly has five silver coloured ferrous metal buttons, two of them stamped with 'IMP.D. ALLEMAGNE'. Fly lined with glazed cotton. Small welt pocket at waistband has been stitched closed at lower waist seam. Lower section of pocket lined with cotton twill and written on one side in pencil is 'KB' and '199'. Waistband lined with unbleached calico. Inside seat of trousers is a white stamp of a series of partially ledgible numbers. At the rounded trouser cuffs, a small strip of leather at each ankle section.
History / Summary
In Victoria in 1884 the volunteer system was replaced with a permanent and militia system. Volunteer artillery units were disbanded and re-raised as two brigades of garrison artillery, one based at Geelong and the other at Portland under Lieutenant Colonel William Learmonth. In 1895 they were re-organised again and the Geelong, Port Fairy, Warnambool and Portland batteries became part of the Western District Garrison artillery brigade under Lieutenant Colonel Charles Umphelby.