Jungle green trousers : Captain M T Turrell, Royal Australian Infantry Corps

Jungle green trousers with concealed five buttons fly closure. The waist is adjusted by a pair of cross-over straps connecting to chrome buckles at the hips, and a waist band with three belt loops attached with buttons. The trousers have slash pockets at the hips and a patch pocket on the right hand side of the thigh with a flap and button closure. There is a concealed pocket with a flap at the rear. A tag sewn on the inside waistband reads 'EDGER DOCYOR & Co. / N.S.W / 1963 D [broad arrow symbol] D / REGIMENTAL No. / NAME'. A cardboard green tag has been stapled to the waist band and reads 'SIZE 10 / Height 5/8 / Waist 38.'

Born in Sydney on 19 January 1938, Maxwell Thomas Turrell was educated at Crows Nest Intermediate Boys High School, and North Sydney Boys Technical High School. At both schools he served in the School Cadets, attaining the rank of cadet lieutenant. Turrell enlisted in the Australian Army in 1956, graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon.

In 1961, in the wake of the Malayan Emergency, Lieutenant Turrell served in Malaya with 2 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (RAR). Operating as part of the 28th Commonwealth Brigade, Turrell commanded 11 Platoon, D Company, 2 RAR, conducting patrols of the 'Black Zone' on the Malay -Thailand border from 1962 to 1963. This was aimed at suppressing continued Communist Terrorists (CT) activity in the region. Turrell was promoted to captain and in May 1966, he was deployed to South Vietnam as adjutant of 6 RAR. Following his service in the Vietnam War, Turrell was promoted to major and appointed Officer Commanding 2nd Army Recruiting Unit. Major Turrell served in the Army until his discharge in 1981.