service dress trousers
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19860141-003
- Event 1945-1953
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made --
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Clothing, outerwear
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Materials Mammal wool
- Service Component Merchant Navy
- Measurements Length 107.2 cm, Width 36.2 cm
- Caption David McMillan's Merchant Navy Uniform
- Additional Information This uniform belonged to David McMillan, one of the radio officers aboard SS Stanley Park. Although a postwar example made in 1948, it is similar to wartime uniforms. In addition to the rank insignia on the sleeves, it also bears the ribbons for two medals, the 1939-1945 Star and the War Medal. During the war, such uniforms would generally have been worn for going ashore, or on special occasions while afloat. Other types of uniforms and even more casual clothing were usually worn while at sea.