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84th Entry

84th Entry 19 September 1956 – 28 July 1959

Kit

2 Apprentice wheels

1 bayonet and scabbard

1 bayonet frog

1 Beret

1 best blue

2 black ties

1 button cleaning brush

1 button stick

? cap badge

1 clothes brush

3 collarless shirts

6 drawers cellular (shreddies)

1 greatcoat*

1 groundsheet

1 housewife

1 kit bag

1 kit bag handle

1 nail brush

1 pair canvas gym shoes

6 pairs knitted woollen socks

3 pairs of dark blue gym shorts

2 pairs of denims

2 pairs of leather lace-up boots

? pairs of pyjamas

1 pint mug

6 separate collars

1 Service Dress hat

1 set of eating irons knife, fork, and spoon

2 shoe cleaning brushes

1 small-pack

3 Squadron colour discs (cap badge and apprentice wheels)

1 Squadron hat band

1 v-neck sweater

1 webbing belt and brasses

3 white gym shirts

1 working blue

 

*Greatcoats as issued were rather shapeless, double-breasted, with a half-belt at the back. When they were issued we were instructed to alter them to “the apprentice standard” by shortening the half-belt, and pressing in box pleats from shoulder blades to the hem, and pressing the sleeves to a square appearance. Everyone did it, and the result was quite smart.