Slight correction, the immediate post-war bush jacket and trousers appeared in 1947, not 1948 as I state in the video. Thanks to Allen Prior for the correction on this, something to be covered in more detail in a future video!
Excellent work ,do try the Australia uniform for 1914 and forward. Don't get nmessed up with buttons ,too many to even have a few. They were such a mix . Up to 19q4 , keep up the good Work. The no5 five carbine is a fearsome weapon and " held its own : Carry on.
My farther being stationed in Singapore in the early sixtys was issued with three types of uniforms one was a shorts and shirt of a tan desert colour no jacket the second an olive green trousers and shirt the trousers had wrap around belt system due to the amount of weight loss men had in the jungle the shirt had two breast pockets .the third is what I belive is called the number seven tropical uniform this had a jacket shirt and trousers to be worn lose no tucking in to gates or puttys they were of a dark green when they faded due to sunlight they had an appearance of rip stop these were worn in place of number twos or ones for guard duty Regermental duty such as Bonco Regermental Duty Sargent and Corporeal Duty Officer would wear a more tailored version later some units wore the number two shirt and tie instead of the jungle dark green number Severn for both OG and DAk green trousers when not in the field wore Regermental stable belts on Guard duty the 47 pattern belt with bayonet and water bottle were worn some units like my farther also wore a first aid pouch behind the bayonet on the left the water bottle on the right magazine were kept in the best pockets two in the shirt one on the rifle reason was because of the time spent in jungleefully most sets of webbing had jungle rot and were stained by sweat my farther kept his jungle uniform and webbing in the store room attached to the outside kitchen very common in the far East separate kitchens from the living space .my farther later told me it was easier to keep his stuff there as the water tank in the open eaves of the roof kept the room cooler also the farmhouse stile sink was large enough for him to fill up his canteens and water bag this held about fifteen letters of water it has four fifteen inch tied down straps one at each corner it looked like a long sausage had a filler cap at one end and a tap at the other it was tyed across the top of the Alice packs donated by units of the Australian Army every third man carried one of these they were excused carrying the four morter rounds the others carried I remembered I could always tell when my farther returned from his times in Malaya because he stank the house out for a day or so until all his clothes and equipment had been washed a few times we would have his jacket and shirt on the concrete path using a bass broom and OMO to scrub them down
from the function angle, what is the point of the waist belt? I have seen older trench coats with D-rings dangling along the waist belt for grenades but that seems to hinder mobility a great deal. I must admit that Britishy gears are always classy yet simple in design. Years later, they still look good and not dated.
Great video-particularly good detail on the belt. How are the sleeves set into the jacket? Are there the"ventilation" holes in the seam like the early 60 pattern or some sort of reverse raglan-allowing the arms to go above the head? Or are they just baggy (like a normal shirt)?
I was buying a jacket recently and someone described the extra material on the shoulders to allow the arms to be raised or moved back as an 'action cut'. Am not sure if correct term but seems to be in use. Works for me!
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Slight correction, the immediate post-war bush jacket and trousers appeared in 1947, not 1948 as I state in the video. Thanks to Allen Prior for the correction on this, something to be covered in more detail in a future video!
Excellent work ,do try the Australia uniform for 1914 and forward. Don't get nmessed up with buttons ,too many to even have a few. They were such a mix . Up to 19q4 , keep up the good
Work. The no5 five carbine is a fearsome weapon and " held its own : Carry on.
My farther being stationed in Singapore in the early sixtys was issued with three types of uniforms one was a shorts and shirt of a tan desert colour no jacket the second an olive green trousers and shirt the trousers had wrap around belt system due to the amount of weight loss men had in the jungle the shirt had two breast pockets .the third is what I belive is called the number seven tropical uniform this had a jacket shirt and trousers to be worn lose no tucking in to gates or puttys they were of a dark green when they faded due to sunlight they had an appearance of rip stop these were worn in place of number twos or ones for guard duty Regermental duty such as Bonco Regermental Duty Sargent and Corporeal Duty Officer would wear a more tailored version later some units wore the number two shirt and tie instead of the jungle dark green number Severn for both OG and DAk green trousers when not in the field wore Regermental stable belts on Guard duty the 47 pattern belt with bayonet and water bottle were worn some units like my farther also wore a first aid pouch behind the bayonet on the left the water bottle on the right magazine were kept in the best pockets two in the shirt one on the rifle reason was because of the time spent in jungleefully most sets of webbing had jungle rot and were stained by sweat my farther kept his jungle uniform and webbing in the store room attached to the outside kitchen very common in the far East separate kitchens from the living space .my farther later told me it was easier to keep his stuff there as the water tank in the open eaves of the roof kept the room cooler also the farmhouse stile sink was large enough for him to fill up his canteens and water bag this held about fifteen letters of water it has four fifteen inch tied down straps one at each corner it looked like a long sausage had a filler cap at one end and a tap at the other it was tyed across the top of the Alice packs donated by units of the Australian Army every third man carried one of these they were excused carrying the four morter rounds the others carried I remembered I could always tell when my farther returned from his times in Malaya because he stank the house out for a day or so until all his clothes and equipment had been washed a few times we would have his jacket and shirt on the concrete path using a bass broom and OMO to scrub them down
Thanks for sharing, I really like the look of this jacket , God bless !
It is a rather nice uniform I have to say.
from the function angle, what is the point of the waist belt? I have seen older trench coats with D-rings dangling along the waist belt for grenades but that seems to hinder mobility a great deal. I must admit that Britishy gears are always classy yet simple in design. Years later, they still look good and not dated.
God I love the look of Gurkha trousers
These aren't Gurkha trousers.
Very interesting video
I'm glad you think so!
Great video-particularly good detail on the belt. How are the sleeves set into the jacket? Are there the"ventilation" holes in the seam like the early 60 pattern or some sort of reverse raglan-allowing the arms to go above the head? Or are they just baggy (like a normal shirt)?
I was buying a jacket recently and someone described the extra material on the shoulders to allow the arms to be raised or moved back as an 'action cut'. Am not sure if correct term but seems to be in use. Works for me!