Other rank's service dress tunic : Tasmanian Rifle Regiment

Scarlet plain weave wool tunic with white wool stand collar and pointed cuffs. Collar trimmed with flat white worsted braid at the lower edge and silver coloured metal Lion Passant collar badges. Scarlet wool shoulder straps trimmed with white worsted braid each with a nickel-plated brass 'TRR' shoulder title and fastened to the shoulder with large nickel-plated Tasmanian Local Forces button. White pointed cuffs traced with white worsted braid forming a crowsfoot at the point. Seven large nickel-plated Tasmanian Local Forces buttons made by 'V&R. BLAKEMORE. BIRMIGHAM' at the front and two at the back waist. Left front, right skirt and two closed back vents all piped with white wool. Lower edge of tunic has raw edge. Body of tunic lined with coarse wool twill, slightly padded at underam side seam area. Concealed pocket inside left breast lined with fawn cotton twill. Sleeves lined with striped cotton twill. Collar lined with scarlet wool and neck fastened with single metal hook and eye across patent leather tab, now separated from tunic.

The Tasmanian Volunteer Rifle Regiment was formed in 1878 with four companies in Hobart and two in Launceston. 1880 saw the reorganization of the Force into the Southern and Northern Divisions and titled the Tasmanian Local Force. The Rifle regiments at Hobart became known as the Tasmanian Rifle Regiment and those at Launceston were known as the Launceston Rifle Regiment. The lion passant collar badges appear to have been worn from about 1886.