[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

Thank you Cliff!

Returning to the pictures I have posted during the last days but also the discussion about Ford/Marmon-Herrington MGTs 26th-28th Mrs 2004 (see that thread), I began thinking about registration numbers (so far only D=Bandoeng) as a means to establish the age of a vehicle.

D 7073 was an Opel P 4 mod 1935/36. In mid 1937 an Alvis-Straussler AC was D 7001. When the first VCL tanks arrived 9th Nov 1937 they got numbers D 7145, D 7152, D 7189 and D 7211. In 1939 the VCL tanks were D 9800-9824. In Apr 1940 a Vickers Utility Carrier got D 9947.

So this seems to be the pattern:
D 7000 1937
D 8000
D 9000
D 9800 1939
D 9900 1940

How about the Opel P 4 mod 1935/36 nr D 7073? I have seen such a car with registration letters AA, so I think it was transferred from Batavia and registred in Bandoeng in 1937.

The picture of an older truck D 7235 towing a 75 mm M/1911 gun I think shows one of those bought in 1924-25 for the 105 mm howitzers wich were replaced by GMCs. So I think this truck was transferred from Batavia to Bandoeng in 1937.

I beleive that this truck was used by the
Depot Mobilele Artillerie (DMA) in Tjimahi.

Finally the truck towing an AA searchlight is D 10838 which indicates 1941 or late 1940. But a similar truck towing 40 mm Bofors gun is D 7217 which should be about 1937-38.

So there are two possibilities: D 7217 is of an older model than D 10838 or D 72127 was a vacant number reused. Which model is D 7217?

Attached: Chevrolet 1940 "Autoletten" with 12,7 mm (.50) AAMGs M/1930 Colt-Browning reg nrs D 9966, D 9963 and D 9962.

Greetings,

Stellan