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Jacket, Service Dress, Officers : Image 2 of 3

Image of Jacket, Service Dress, Officers, Type 2 variation [circa 1910-1920]

  • Title Jacket, Service Dress, Officers, Type 2 variation
  • Date [circa 1910-1920]
  • Image Description During World War I, the officers' Service Dress jacket was simplified in design, and was tailored from hard wearing tweed fabric. This example has Lieutenants cuff rank, curved (New Zealand Field Artillery) soldier titles, and New Zealand Field Artillery collar badges. On the right sleeve are one red and four blue service chevrons and on the left sleeve is a brass wound stripe. The buttons are the New Zealand Artillery Pattern. Information from New Zealand Army : Uniforms and clothing, 1910 - 1945. Barry O'Sullivan, Matthew O'Sullivan, pages 35-36.
  • Image 2 of 3
  • Source Barry O'Sullivan collection
  • Collection Description A collection of the types of items taken overseas by enlisted men from Christchurch.
  • Parent Collection Description Part of a selection of material from the collection of Barry O'Sullivan relating to the first World War. The digital collection includes personal effects of enlisted men from Christchurch, regimental badges, diaries, letters, letterhead paper, newspapers, photographs and postcards.
  • Collection Location Private collection
  • File Reference CCL-O'Sullivan-3028-003

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    This material has been digitised by Christchurch City Libraries from a private collection.