Place | Oceania: Australia |
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Accession Number | REL37648.002 |
Collection type | Heraldry |
Object type | Uniform |
Physical description | Plastic, Polyester cotton |
Maker |
Ranier Pty Ltd |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
Date made | 1978 |
Conflict |
Period 1980-1989 |
Service dress shirt : Lance Corporal L Hyland, Women's Royal Australian Army Corps
Woman's dress shirt with five white plastic buttons, wide collar and two-button cuff. There are no pockets. The shirt is patterned with alternating bands of dark and light green vertical stripes of varying width. A maker's label at the inside collar details the maker, date of manufacture, Defence contract number (8410-66-097-4942), Broad Arrow and the size (12 Ave).
Worn by Lance Corporal Linda Hyland who enlisted with the Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) in February 1981. She attended the WRAAC School in Mosman, Sydney and served with the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps until her discharge in September 1984. Hyland was among the first group of Australian female recruits to receive weapons training, on both the L1A1 7.62mm SLR rifle and the F1 9mm sub machine gun.
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