Anklets : Warrant Officer Class II C Love, Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Pair of white cotton drill anklets lined with leather. There are two leather straps with metal buckles used to fasten the gaiters around the ankles. Marked in faint writing inside the right gaiter is 'C LOVE RIGHT', and inside the left is 'NX201803 C LOVE L'.

Associated with the service of Warrant Officer Class II Cecil Love who was born in Sydney on 16 October 1921. Love volunteered for service in the Second AIF on 12 July 1943. He was posted to the engineers with the service number NX201803 and served primarily in the Sydney area.

After the war, Love enlisted into the regular army and he was allocated the new service number, 21323. He was promoted to corporal on 6 January 1947 and to staff sergeant on 1 February 1950.

He went on to serve as a temporary warrant officer class II in Korea in 1953 with the 16th British Commonwealth Infantry Workshop as a member of the Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) from 19 February to 18 July. After his return to Australia he was discharged on 7 September 1953.

These anklets would have been worn on formal parades rather than as part of working dress.