British made 1942 felt slouch hat, looking for info

This is my first post here, I have been on a few other militaria forums (USMF mostly) and I have been collecting since I was a little kid. I would just like to say "Hi" and thanks for all the great info here on this site.
I was recently in rural Nebraska and decided to stop in the antique shops there, sitting in the window of a small little shop was this beaute of a hat. I thought about getting it while I was walking around the shop and I finally decided to grab it after I didnt find anything of real interest in the shop. I talked the guy down to $45, after I got home I saw that there are ww2 dated slouch hats selling for 10x that.I started looking harder at the hat and saw that it was a British hat instead of an Aussie one. It was made by Failsworth Hats Ltd. in Manchester, and the snaps are made by Newey Brothers Ltd in Birmingham. The hat is in great condition, no mothing and the leather on the strap is a tiny bit cracked, but still supple, It also still has the Pugaree and sweatband in great condition.I'm looking for any info on felt hats made by the brits and issued to Aussie/NZ troops, or were they used exclusively by british forces? I would assume that slouch hads made for Aussie/NZ units would have been made there. Also, what is the ballpark value of these, im not looking to sell it but im just curious. Thanks guys, let's see what you can find!

Left side


Front side w/Pugaree




Front, where the cap badge once was


Side vent holes, not grommeted which seems unusual


strap and inside of hat


Strap, showing slight wear and slide


Sweatband, right side


Sweatband, left side, with date and manufacturer. Minimal damage to top.


Snap, inside of hat, w/manufacturer


Snap, top of brim, w/manufacturer

 

Hope this helps

Militaria & Military Photos - Australian WWI Army Uniform(s) - Grants Militaria Images
Slouch hat and other headwear for Australia & NZ
Australian Slouch Hat; a complete history; part 1

 

Thanks mate! I have already seen the diggerhistory.info site, and it gave me a bit of a better idea of what to look for,but its information is kind of spotty and spread all over the site.

It is possible that it was made in the UK and imported for issue, but it also has the Broad Arrow which denotes issuing in the UK. I'm really stumped by this one, im not seeing enough examples of ww2 era British slouches to make an accurate assessment, especially ones sans-grommets.

 

Did you see this section?

Non Australian slouch hats, page 5

 

also used by the gurkhas....

 

Yup, I looked through all of their slouch hat pages, Non-OZ and
AUS/NZ. That hat seems to be similar, but from WW1, I found a closer match here and here. It seems to have the economy liner, almost identical to the one in the first link, but the one I have has the broad Arrow, which would seems to designate British issue instead of British made for Commonwealth use. the hat itself is more similar to the one in the second link

the Gurkha Regiments wear their Slouch Hats in a different style. They wear them in the traditional Victorian way,high domed, no bash, no turn up style. They actually currently issue them a Slouch hat that has a much thicker brim because they wear it perfectly straight without folding it. Here is an example

British Gurkha in current uniform


members of the Singapore Police, Gurkha Regiment