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Old 29-09-21, 05:55
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Originally Posted by Douglas Greville View Post
Hello Mike

I had noticed the Carpenter Co notations too and wondered who they were.

As for Chas F Smith, I did not know he had an outlet under his own name
in Broken Hill.

Thanks again.
Doug
Carpenter & Co. also purchased many Aust. No. 3 jeep trailers.

Another buyer of jeep trailers was Simmonds Co. .......can't find anything about that Company.

ALFSEA is another common red pencil notation as a recipient of vehicles - could be 'Allied Land Forces South East Asia' .. just a guess

WR Carpenter, who, through his business enterprises purchased many jeeps and trailers through CDC sales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Randolph_Carpenter

Carpenter must have dispatched his buyers out in order to attend the many CDC sales held in places such as Rabaul. He wasn't a acredited jeep manufacturer or dealership nor a govt. Dept. Seems odd that so many jeeps were purchased by a private business that wasn't previously a car dealer.
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