It is summer in Korea at present and the normal order of dress for our troops in working hours is ...

It is summer in Korea at present and the normal order of dress for our troops in working hours is denim slacks, bare torso, gaiters, boots and the 'digger' hat. But winter will come again and then the boys will be needing their heavy, fleece-lined parkas, and weatherproof combat suits. The job of preparing the winter clothing requirements for the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), falls to 21354 Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Alfred Smith, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant. WO2 Smith is from New Lambton, NSW. He has been in the army for ten years, but arrived in Korea only three months ago. WO2 Smith has not seen a Korean winter yet, but sitting at his desk over the winter clothing lists, he is getting an idea of its severity from the type and variety of kit to be ordered. There are snow-proof combat slacks and smocks; arctic boots with inch thick rubber soles and nylon innersoles; singlets as thick as the average sweater; fleecy long john underpants; and vast sloppy joe sweaters of heavy ply wool; as well as blizzard-resisting hooded parkas. WO2 Smith is checking the 3RAR roll books against the scale of winter issue. he will order the winter kit in plenty of time so that it can be issued out to the diggers with the first cold snap. (Original British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) Public Relations caption).