THE WEARING OF UNIFORMS
-J + Replying to a correspondent who signs himself "Orderly Room Sergeant," and who asks for official information regarding the regulations governing the wearing of uniforms, Army Headquarters, Wellington, state that the regulations were set out in the following instruction sent out from Army Headquarters to all districts in December, 1939: "The following modifications in the dress of officers and other ranks have been approved for the duration of the war, and will be adopted forthwith: (a) Full dress, undress, and mess dress will not be worn on any occasion. Service dress or battle dress will be worn on all occasions by all ranks,' except that plain, clothes may be worn for recreational purposes when not on duty; (b) the wearing of decorations and medals will cease. Medal ribands will, however, be worn on service dress and .battle dress, ,> - ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 77, 28 September 1942, Page 4
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142THE WEARING OF UNIFORMS Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 77, 28 September 1942, Page 4
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