Australian Army Service Dress trousers : Lance Corporal D Dawson, 5 RAR

Pair of khaki wool twill Australian Army service dress trousers, double pleated, with green polished cotton pocket lining and waist reinforcement panels. Provided with slash hip pockets, single rear pocket with pointed flap and concealed button, belt loops, zippered fly and three pair of buttons around the inside of the waist for the attachment of braces. A maker's cloth label is sewn to the inside, detailing the maker's name and date of manufacture, plus the following detail: 'Size 31 SH W31 I/L 28 1/2 CLASS 8405, 66-019-8480'. Stamped on the label in purple ink is, '1967 A10 1967 209'. A second label details cleaning instructions and includes a small repair patch. A third label has, '5 DAWSON' handwritten in black ink. There is a pair of nylon webbing reinforcing strips at the base of each leg, coinciding with the trouser creases.

Associated with Private D Dawson, 5 Royal Australian Regiment (RAR). Born on 23 January 1949 at Glen Innes, NSW, Douglas Dawson was working with the Commercial Bank of Australia when he was conscripted into the Australian Army in October 1969. Dawson undertook recruit training at Kapooka, NSW and Infantry Corps training at Singleton, NSW. In early 1970, Private Dawson joined 5 RAR, which had just returned from its second tour of duty in South Vietnam, at Holsworthy, NSW and served in Battalion Headquarters (BHQ). He was promoted to lance corporal and was discharged in September 1971.