Historical information

Uniform Mess Dress issued to "Kevin Finch".

Physical description

Mess Dress style, black colour wool/polyester fabric jacket and trousers. Black colour polyester fabric lining.
1. Jacket - collar with two lapel badges, gold, silver and black metal with crown, star, laurel leaves and lettering "ER/ ROYAL AUSTRALIAN CORPS OF TRANSPORT". Five front pockets - two top patch pockets with button down flaps, at waist fob pocket, two lower inset pockets with flap. Top of the sleeves have three gold colour fabric rank stripes = Sergeant. Gold coloured plastic buttons with shank and metal pin with raised emblem and lettering. Crown, RACT, ER, metal belt keepers.
2. Belt - fabric as jacket, gold colour plastic buckle with two pins with black colour plastic button. Belt sits in metal belt keepers on jacket.
3. Trousers, two side pockets, fob pocket, back inset pocket. Metal and nylon zipper fly with metal hook closer. Black plastic buttons inside on waistband for braces. red colour wool fabric 4cm wide stripe down each side seam.
1. & 3. White cotton fabric manufacturers labels - inside right pocket and waistband.

Inscriptions & markings

Manufacturers information on labels - black ink print.
1 & 3. "KEITH COURTNEY PTY LTD/ VICTORIA/ 1972-1973/ ^/ NAME/ SERVICE NO."
Black ink stamp "FINCH, K".