Editing Slouch hat (section)

===Australia===
[[File:Light horse walers.jpg|right|thumb|[[Australian Light Horse]] troops wearing slouch hats, November 1914.]]
The slouch hat was first worn by military forces in Australia in 1885 when the newly created [[Victorian Mounted Rifles]] adopted the hat as part of their uniform after their commanding officer, [[Thomas Price (soldier)|Thomas Price]], had seen them worn by police in Burma.<ref name=Aitken>{{cite web |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/slouch/army/ |title=The Slouch Hat: Trademark of the Australian Army |author=Aitken, Peter |publisher=Australian War Memorial |access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref> On 22 December 1890, the military commanders of the then separate Australian Colonies prior to the [[Federation of Australia]] met to discuss the introduction of the khaki uniform throughout Australia. They agreed that all Australian Forces with the exception of the Artillery would wear the slouch hat. It was to be looped up on one side—Victoria and Tasmania on the right and the other colonies (later states) on the left.<ref>Grebert, Rick. (1997). ''Slouch Hat on the Australian Army''. The New South Wales Military Historical Society. {{ISBN|978-0-909458-20-1}}.</ref> This was done so that rifles could be held at the slope without damaging the brim.<ref name="Dennis497" /> After Federation, the slouch hat became standard Australian Army headgear in 1903 and since then it has developed into an important national symbol.<ref name=Dennis497 />

The slouch hat (also known as a hat KFF, or hat khaki fur felt) is worn as the standard ceremonial headress for all members of the Army, except those belonging to units or corps that have an official headress such as a beret, and is treated with the utmost care and respect. It is also worn in some units as general duty dress. When worn for ceremonial purposes, the "Grade 1" Slouch hat is worn with a seven-band [[puggaree]], six of which represent the states of Australia while the seventh represents the territories of Australia.<ref name=Army/> A Unit Colour Patch is worn on the right of puggaree,<ref name=UCP>{{cite web|url=http://www.defence.gov.au/Army/ahu/images/Colour_Patches/Colour_Patches_index.htm#index |title=Australian Army unit colour patches|publisher=Army History Unit}}</ref> while a Corps or Regiment Hat badge is placed to its front and the [[Rising Sun (badge)|General Service Badge]] (The Rising Sun) worn on the left brim which is folded up and clipped into place. 

[[File:Australian Army ceremonial slouch hat.png|thumb|[[Australian Army]] Grade 1 Slouch Hat with [[Royal Australian Engineers]] corps badge]]
[[File:AIF Slouch hat SLNSW FL1517275.jpg|thumb|Usefulness of the brim-turned-up version (AIF)]]
The slouch hat worn by the Army is one of its trademarks,<ref name=Aitken/> but it is not theirs alone: the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] wears the HKFF with a dark blue or "Air Force Blue" Puggaree, as a Non Ceremonial head dress for the RAAF;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-uniforms/slouch_hat2.htm|title=Slouch Hat 2|publisher=Digger History|access-date=1 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120065856/http://diggerhistory.info/pages-uniforms/slouch_hat2.htm|archive-date=20 November 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> the [[Royal Australian Navy]] is also known to wear the hat when wearing [[camouflage]] and other uniforms, and has the same features as the RAAF's HKFF. 

Soldiers from the [[1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment]] (1RAR) wear a jungle green coloured puggaree with no colour patch, which dates back to traditions when serving in Malaya.<ref name=Jobson/> Staff Cadets at the [[Royal Military College, Duntroon]] also wear a darker pugaree, however it contains eight pleats. The eighth pleat signifies the graduation of the first international cadet through the Royal Military College who hailed from New Zealand. They also wear the chin strap of the hat the opposite way around from that of the rest of the Army, as the first commander of the 1st Australian Imperial Force, [[William Throsby Bridges]], was found wearing his slouch hat back to front when he was fatally wounded at [[Gallipoli Campaign|Gallipoli]].<ref name=Army>{{cite web |url=https://www.army.gov.au/about-us/history-and-research/traditions/slouch-hat |title=The Slouch Hat |publisher=Australian Army |work=Traditions |access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref>

Some units of the [[Royal Australian Armoured Corps]] such as [[cavalry]] and [[Australian Light Horse|light horse]] regiments wear emu plumes behind the Rising Sun badge. This is a reference to a practice dating from World War 1, where Light Horsemen would chase down [[emu]]s and steal their feathers to mount in their hat as a mark of their riding skill.<ref name=Dennis497 />

Members of the [[Australian Air Force Cadets]] and [[Australian Army Cadets]] both wear a slouch hat, referred to as it is by their parent branch: the AAFC calling it the HFFK, and the AAC calling it the KFF.