[Shane Lovell]

Geoff

I don't have a definitive answer, however, a number of US units, both Army and Marines staged through Australia or New Zealand during the PTO. I am currently trawling through the Australian Movement Control Group war diaries at the Australian War Memorial looking for AFV movements. The files contain copious quantities of movement orders for sea, road and rail. I have noticed quite frequent orders for the movement of US forces, but didn't take any notice of vehicle types.

I would suggest that regarding the use of carriers, if the unit staged through Australia, they are most likely LP2A. If they staged through NZ then they could be the NZ equivalent of the LP2A or Brit carriers. I am unsure if any Brit carriers were shipped to NZ.

cheers

Shane