Service dress tunic : Major General J Gellibrand, 3 Division, AIF

Australian Army Other Ranks pattern khaki woollen twill service dress tunic. The tunic is fitted with rank insignia on the khaki wool shoulder straps of major general in oxidised brass and secured with brass split pins. On the collars are general officer's bullion wire embroidered gorgets with a gilt general officers button. The patch pockets on the breast are pleated and the bottom edge of the buttoned flaps are scalloped. Below the waistband, which is an integral belt, are larger expanding patch pockets that are plain with scalloped buttoned flaps. The tunic is fastened along the front with five large pressed leather buttons. The brown leather used for the buttons has been pressed to imitate plaited leather. Above the left breast pocket is a two-tier ribbon bar representing the award of; Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order with a rosette indicating a bar to the award, Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal 1914-20, Victory Medal, Legion d' Honnuer (French), Croix de Guerre (French), Distinguished Service Medal (United States Army). On both sleeve shoulders is the oval-shaped white on black colour patch of 3 Division Headquarters. The sleeves are gathered into straight cuffs secured by a small leather button. The tunic is not lined. On the rear of the tunic is a wide box pleat running from the bottom of the yoke to the hem, gathering in at the waist. A patch pocket for a shell dressing in on the inside right front.

John 'Jack' Gellibrand was born at Leintwarden, near Ouse, Tasmania on 5 December 1872, and travelled to England in 1876 with his family after the death of his father. After a brief period of schooling in Suffolk, the family moved to Frankfurt-am-main, Germany. Gellibrand completed his schooling, however, in King's School, Canterbury, England before being admitted to Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1892. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Prince of Wales' Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) on 21 October 1893 and promoted to 1st lieutenant on 24 April 1895.

During the Boer War, Gellibrand commanded a company which led to the relief of Ladysmith in February 1900 and served in Natal from March 1900. At the outbreak of World War One, Gellibrand was appointed as a captain in the AIF as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General (DAQMG) on the staff of the 1st Division, and was promoted to major on 23 September 1914. He was part of the Anzac landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, and helped organise supplies and ammunition. After a short period in hospital recovering from shrapnel wound, Gellibrand returned to Gallipoli on 31 May 1915. For his services at Anzac, Gellibrand was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).

On 4 December 1915 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and given command of the 12th Battalion, 1st Division (Tasmanian troops), moving to Egypt on 6 January 1916. On 1 March 1916 he was again promoted, this time to full colonel and temporary brigadier general, in charge of the 6th brigade. He travelled again, this time to the Western Front, and was wounded by a German shell on May 31 1916, and spent time in England recovering. The 6th brigade fought at Pozières in August 1916, then on the Hindenburg Line near Bullecourt. For this involvment he was awarded a bar to his DSO. Gellibrand was acting commander of the 2nd Division from 25 May to 5 June 1917 before being sent to the AIF Depots in England as Brigadier General, General Staff (BGGS) to Major General James Whiteside McCay. For his services, Gellibrand was awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). He returned to the Western Front in November 1917, commanding 12 Infantry Brigade. He took part in the fighting at Dernancourt defeating the German advance. Gellibrand was promoted to Major General on 1 June 1918. While in command of the 3rd Division, the troops fought successfullly at Amiens. Gellibrand was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in June 1919.

After the war, Gellibrand returned to Tasmania, entering federal politics in 1925, being elected the member for Denison. In June 1940, Gellibrand was appointed commandant of the Victorian Volunteer Defence Corps, but was forced to resign in July due to illness. Gellibrand died on 3 June 1945 and was buried in Yea Cemetery