Sailor's collar : Seaman E G Short, Sea Cadet Brigade

Seaman's dark blue (now faded) cotton jean square collar, lined with finely striped blue and white cotton, to be worn with winter or summer square rig. The outer edges bear three rows of narrow white cotton tape. The centre front pieces are linked with a short piece of cotton tape. Long pieces of the same tape pass around the body and thread through two tape loops sewn to the bottom of the long back collar tongue to hold the collar in place. The tongue folds over the back of the square blue wool collar on the jumper and passes down the inside of the jumper, while the square part of the collar folds over the blue wool one on the jumper.

Edgar George 'Ted' Short was born in Waverley, Sydney in 1921 and attended Sydney Grammar, Waverley Public and Randwick High Schools.

Short was a member of the Sea Cadets during the 1930s and was working as a toolmaker during the Second World War. This was a reserved occupation during the war and as a result, he had no military service.