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    British tropical uniform?


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    I've just started researching an uncle of mine who was a POW. He was captured in Singapore then

    sent to work on the death railways.

    This is the only pic I currently have of him, what kind of uniform is he wearing, looks tropical to me?

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    This is the O.G. (Olive Green) tropical uniform made from cotton. You notice how the jacket is lighter than the pants. This is because it was normally worn with shorts and the jacket and shorts went to the dhobi-wallah (laundry) more often than the long pants which were worn a lot less often.

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