Counterboring / repair of barrel crowns in australian cadet service??

[BushyFromOz]

Re crowning was never part of our system, even when slightly cord-worn when crowning would/might have solved the problem

Thanks peter, this is why i thought it might have been an AIRTC or RAAC unit in aus that did it on the sly. It was every man (unit) for themselves at one stage to get by. I do remember that part of the withdrawel of funds included both uniform and armoring. My first set of greens i was issued in the AIRTC in 1990 was made in 1956, and there will still the odd patt37 webbing pouches floating around