About this objectKhaki service cap of Major A.E. Colvin with a maroon strip under the cap peak. Gold braided emblem of crowned lion on top of a crown stitched on the front. There is a leather strap attached along the front of the cap.
MakerPeapes
PeriodWorld War 1
Place MadeSydney, New South Wales
Medium and MaterialsFabric
Leather belt
MeasurementsH: 90 mm
Dia: 260 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsClothing
Subject and Association KeywordsUniform
Subject and Association KeywordsArmy
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, a Captain 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.
Dr Colvin retired from active medical practice in 1953, and moved to Sydney. Dr Colvin died in August 1966.
