Hi Tony, Thank you very much for these - most I had already found but the one I hadn't had a uniform very close (Full Dress, Captain NSW Commissarist and Transport Corps 1891) The main differences are the helmet had a point not a "small ball" and the sash had two stripes on base colour (making total of 5 stripes). I have emailed AWM via their site and did say I could attach a photo if that would help and the next step I guess is the Victorian museum. Thank you I really do appreciate all suggestions. Pat -----Original Message----- From: Tony Moore [mailto:tony-moore@bigpond.com] Sent: Sunday, 19 January 2014 7:25 PM To: Pat Wade; GENANZ-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: help with pith helmet Dear Pat, I would recommend that you scan the photo and then send copies with as much detail as you know to: http://museumvictoria.com.au http://www.awm.gov.au In the meantime while waiting for an answer, you might enjoy these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_forces_of_Au stralia#Victoria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Scottish_Re giment http://tinyurl.com/n2f2zc4 http://tinyurl.com/ld2653q http://tinyurl.com/l9kqyq5 Victorian Mounted Rifes. Museum of Victoria http://tinyurl.com/lzovsms Pdf file with images http://users.netconnect.com.au/~ianmac/volunt.html Cheers, Tony Moore (Castle Hill, NSW) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ On 19 Jan 2014 at 13:59, Pat Wade wrote: From: "Pat Wade" <pmwade@optusnet.com.au> To: <GENANZ-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: help with pith helmet Date sent: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 13:59:22 +1100 > Hi all, > > I have a photo of a wedding in 1901 in Melbourne. > One of the groomsmen is in uniform with a pith helmet with a spike > also a sash possibly white with two coloured stripes. > > On googling it appears (I hope) that these helmets were used with > "home service units" and on googling that it appears that there are a > number of different varieties - Voluntary, professional and > semi-professional. > > I've taken a "fancy" to the semi-professional as a possibility - no > real reason for this though. > > Does anyone know if there are records for these anywhere - especially > names as I suspect that the groomsman is a brother of the groom but > not sure if he is Max or Laurence King. > > Thank you for any guidance. > > Pat