[Mike Kelly]

Same truck pictured earlier with the jerry-rigged canopy and the 101 wireless set.

https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645236

Looks like they were a a militia unit using a mixture of their own cars and army vehicles
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645242

https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2644666


https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645524

Vehicle check over before manoeuvres, Beaudesert Showgrounds, 1940
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645212

https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645218

Wireless Van: The pre-war army vehicles are a dark green colour. Can't find a V338 in the AWM 126 book. 338 comes up as a 30cwt Chev.
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2644288

Nice pic of a early 'dark green' W.S. 101 . Production of these sets began in 1939 along with the W.S. 109
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645380


https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645362


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https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645656

Early 101 set with the dark green case , they changed to the lighter shade 'khaki' colour.
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2646022

Worth a mint today
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645230


https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645398


https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645356

The 'capacity hat' on top of the antenna is a method used to alter the radiation pattern = more efficient. A method still in use today.
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2646010