More Parades
 

V.D.C. march in Adelaide, Saturday afternoon

A parade of an Australian Cavalry Regiment, Syria
Author / Creator
Great Britain. War Office.

[Civil Defence Units Parade, Bourke Street, Melbourne]

In Syria
 

Syria.................

RAAF scenes
 

RAAF...................

R.A.A.F. ENGINEERS PREPARE FOR BORNEO LANDING. READY FOR WET LANDING.
Date
[1945?]

Contents / Summary
V.D.C. members of the 6th platoon, B company dressed as Japanese soldiers at a tattoo at Carlton oval.

Vdc
 

VDC ....................

V.D.C. soldiers search a passing car
Date
[ca. 1942]

Members of the Volunteer Defence Corps taking instructions from a soldier who is standing on a machine gun carrier
Date
[ca. 1942]

Volunteer Defence Corps AKA Dads Army
 

Volunteer Defence Corps AKA Dads Army

Brahmaputra ferry to Burma.
Author / Creator
Great Britain. Army. South East Asia Command Film Unit, photographer.
Date
February 1945.

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Brahmaputra ferry to Burma.
Author / Creator
Great Britain. Army. South East Asia Command Film Unit, photographer.
Date
February 1945.




Vehicles of the 36 Indian Brigade lined up. Bandoeng-Batavia route is cleared.
Author / Creator
Great Britain. Army Film and Photo Unit, photographer.
Date
March 1946.

CAPTURED ENEMY VEHICLES [in Australia]
 

CAPTURED ENEMY VEHICLES [in Australia]

[Ruskin Motor Bodies Ltd. factory interior at Dudley Street, West Melbourne]
VIEW GROUP OVERVIEW

jap
 

Australian soldier with derelict vehicle, Labuan
Date
[ca. 1945].

[British First Army in North Africa]

Parade of vehicles and artillery through city streets Date [ca. 1940]
 

Parade of vehicles and artillery through city streets
Date
[ca. 1940]


Martin Place

Australian troops at Balikpapan, Borneo, loading a truck Date [ca. 1945]
 

Australian troops at Balikpapan, Borneo, loading a truck
Date
[ca. 1945]

Australian Comforts Fund with some of the staff and drivers on Piazza Venezia, Rome.
 

Australian Comforts Fund with some of the staff and drivers on Piazza Venezia, Rome.

POWs with Salvo truck

Australian troops on Labuan Island, North Borneo
Date
[ca. 1945]

Middle East Training Camps: Port Said, Cairo, Egypt, August - September 1940.
 

Middle East Training Camps: Port Said, Cairo, Egypt, August - September 1940.

A.I.F. casualties
Date
[ca. 1943]

Signals Corps of the Australian Army Date [ca. 1937-ca. 1941]
 

9Signals Corps of the Australian Army
Date
[ca. 1937-ca. 1941]

WS101 made 1939- 41 is the AWA built version of the British WS No. 1 , the WS 101 was used in the Middle East and Malaya with the AIF. Manual online http://www.tuberadio.com/robinson/Ma...o101MkI&II.pdf

WS109 made by STC Sydney 1939-42. I have two of these. Power source is a 6V car type battery. Manual is online http://www.tuberadio.com/robinson/Ma...No109_MKII.pdf

B25 N5-208 is a Dutch one, see https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php/e...ell-uk?start=1

Any change of a link or caption of that photo so I can find it back? Searching https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ for SLV295 (name of the file) does not return any hits.

Attachment 131596

Bren gun carrier driving through Darwin bush Date [ca. 1941]
 

Bren gun carrier driving through Darwin bush
Date
[ca. 1941]

Link
 

Try this link Hanno https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...rces&offset=10

There are some pics of NEI troops training in Australia .

https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...rces&offset=30

Link https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entit...16&mode=browse

No, that isn't a Japanese roadsign on Tarakan!! Date [ca. 1945]
 

No, that isn't a Japanese roadsign on Tarakan!!
Date
[ca. 1945]

Indonesian lads give a helping-hand to members of the Australian and Royal Netherlands Indies amphibious Forces at Tarakan Borneo
Date
[ca. 1945]

Devastated section of the Tarakan oil fields as officers of a Netherlands Indies Technical Battalion inspect the damaged area ...
Date
[ca. 1945]

Men of the A.I.F. 9th Division marching in unidentified cities, crowds waving and cheering
Date
[ca. 1943]

Covered truck on dusty bush road
Date
[ca. 1941]

Middle East arrivals in Australia
 

Middle East arrivals in Australia

Looks like one of Hurley's doctored photos: Y.M.C.A. activities in the Middle East

Provost lineup in the MidEast
Date
[1942]

RAAF Mobile Works Squadrons to carve out airstrips & dispersal roads from jungle, kunai grass etc.
Author / Creator
Australia. Department of Air.
Date
[ca. 1944]

Thanks Mike, that helps!

Re: I don't trust the links
 

I've found the SLV website lists a persistent link, e.g. https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalin...39654241107636

"U. S. ARMY ASSEMBLES TRUCKS IN NEW GUINEA. Argus (Melbourne, Vic.) United States. Army. Signal Corps. 1941"

Attachment 131615

Shows soldiers with rifles jumping out the back of Holden built Chevrolet C15A 15 cwt
 

Shows soldiers with rifles jumping out the back of Holden built Chevrolet C15A 15 cwt. truck with No. 2 G.S. body.

Pupils of Victorian state schools contributed 1150 pound out of their own pocket money to purchase this truck for a R.A.A.F. mobile educational unit
Author / Creator
Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Directorate of Public Relations.
Date
[ca. 1945]

Military trucks - Not for sale - Alice Springs
Date
[ca. 1945]

Military equipment sold to civilians
Date
[ca. 1945]

Empire garden party at Buckingham Palace for ex-P.O.W.s of the Empire
Date
[ca. 1945]

Contents / Summary Shows truck being manhandled up a snow covered road, probably in T
 

Contents / Summary
Shows truck being manhandled up a snow covered road, probably in Tasmania.

Contents / Summary
Shows soldiers taking cover lying in gutter at Flinders Street; three soldiers lying under truck.

ARMY FIELD WORKSHOPS IN LIBYA

Soldier reading under truck
Date
[ca. 1942]

Allied March April 6 ... tanks turn out of Swanston St. into Bourke St.
 

Allied March April 6 ... tanks turn out of Swanston St. into Bourke St.

Fifteen infantrymen advancing in spearhead formation supported by Bren gun carriers behind
Date
[ca. 1942]

Laying telephone wires from Darwin to Alice Springs
Date
[ca. 1944]

Liberators at Darwin. Air Crews leap from truck on arrival at strip.
Date
[ca. 1945] The vehicle is a 1941 Ford military ute.

Troops on the move north from a transit camp in South Australia to central Australia (Alice Springs)

Building tanks at railway workshops Date [ca. 1940-ca. 1945]
 

Building tanks at railway workshops
Date
[ca. 1940-ca. 1945]

Camp Pell (Melbourne) U.S. Signal Corps
Date
[ca. 1942]

Mike, thanks for posting. Nice LP1 rear detail.

Beautiful pic.
This is a Factory or rebuild late Australian Ford CMP?
No money for rear view mirror..

Looks to be a 134"wb model . Yes some of the school kids must have spent their pocket money on lollies instead of donating to the cause..

Bob Bennet with his Commando motor bicycle Date [ca. 1946]
 

Bob Bennet with his Commando motor bicycle
Date
[ca. 1946]

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..Dispatch Rider Fireman Smith of Geelong City Station
Date
[ca. 1942]

Australian Corps of Signals equipment, Centenary of Victoria All-Electrical Exhibition, 1935

Crew viewing magnetic jeep which picks up nails
Date
[1944?]Fifth United States Army Air Force Command Depot, located in northern area of Australia during World War II.

Back in the 1970s I bought a slatt grill Jeep from a guy at Albury: DOD 31st Dec. 1941 . Under many layers of green paint I found a US star and a blue number on the bonnet - 2032??0 Could this be my Jeep ? I have the number written down somewhere.

Presentation of 2 panel vans at Merton Hall by Presbyterian soldiers Welfare Associat
 

Presentation of 2 panel vans at Merton Hall by Presbyterian soldiers Welfare Association for use of Presbyterian padres I.E. padres.
Date
[ca. 1943]

[Australians in the R.A.F. operating on the Burma front] The old chap over the road from ( now passed on ) me was a navigator in the RAAF, he was in a RAF B24 squadron based in India. A pic of him is in the AWM pics.

[Australian troops on Labuan Island, North Borneo]