Name/TitleMajor A.E. Colvin's Khaki Service Jacket
About this objectWorld War II khaki service jacket with attached two service bars, and epaulets on the shoulder with eight metal buttons. There is a red ribbon on each of the collars.
The jacket has pockets, and an attached belt.
Medium and MaterialsMetal buttons
Material ? Linen
MeasurementsW: 550 mm
L: 1020 mm
D: 50 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsAustralian Commonwealth Military Force
Subject and Association KeywordsClothing
Subject and Association KeywordsA.E. Colvin
Subject and Association DescriptionArthur Edward Colvin was born on the 24 April 1883 at Jamberoo and moved to Molong where he set up a general practice and then after his marriage to Edith Jaques Stack from Bathurst, the couple moved to Orange to join the practice of Dr Neville Howse in January 1913.
Following the outbreak of WWI Dr Colvin conducted medical examinations of volunteers at Drill Hall in Lords Place, Orange. He enlisted for service in June 2015, and embarked from Sydney the following month, in the Australian Army Medical Corps. After the war, Dr Colvin returned to Britain to undertake further specialist training in ophthalmology. He returned to Orange in 1921 and established a specialist medical practice in Anson Street, Orange. Dr Colvin's service to his country was acknowledged by King George VI, who, in 1935, awarded him a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire).
During WWII Dr Colvin again volunteered his services, and in 1939 was appointed to Australian Army Headquarters as Assistant Director-General of Medical Services, and in 1943 he was seconded as Medical Services Advisor to the Director-General of Manpower. Dr Colvin retired from active Army Service in 1945 in the rank of Major.
Dr Colvin retired from active medical practice in 1954, and moved to Sydney. Dr Colvin died in Sydney in August 1966.
