Skirt : Miss G Pavitt, Australian Women's Legion

Khaki cotton drill skirt made in four panels. There is an inverted pleat set into the centre front and centre back seam. The skirt has a placket opening in the left side seam that fastens with seven white metal hooks and embroidered bar 'eyes'. Two darts shape the back waist. Two additional darts shape the front waist, sewn through both the shirt and waistband by hand, by the wearer after the original manufacture. There are cotton loops sewn into the inside back waistband to suspend the skirt from a hanger.

Worn by Miss Gladys Pavitt during her service as transport driver and air raid precautions officer with the 1st Victorian Division of the Australian Women's Legion (AWL) in Melbourne. The AWL was a patriotic voluntary organisation committed to raising funds for the war effort and giving practical support to military personnel within Australia. Its members trained in a wide variety of skills, including as transport drivers, in first aid, air raid precautions and signalling. Note that although this skirt has no manufacturer's label it is identical in appearance and construction method to a similar skirt supplied new to the War Memorial in 1946 by Myers Emporium, as a type example of the AWL uniform they had supplied in Melbourne during the Second World War.