Australian Carriers

[Roddy de Normann]

Hi to all especially Australian colleagues....

Thanks to help from Shane Lovell, I have made a start logging Australian AIF/AFM T serial nos for LP1 and LP2/2A carriers and their derivitives. On reflection, however, I feel I will have to include those vehs with a Commonwealth No and all those that just used the Hull No. Of course, many vehs used all three !

In getting my head around all this, I have a number of questions/requests to help me along.

Here goes...

1. Does anyone have a list of which serials were manufactured under which contract and by whom ?

2. Is there a definitive listing of which units were AIF and which were AMF prior to the change to the Commonwealth numbers ?

3. Were any UK made carriers exported to Australia aside from T-2831 that was the initial pattern model for the LP1.

4. Has anyone any idea how many UK manufactured carriers returned with Aussie units in late 1941/42 or ended up in places such as Ceylon or Malaya ?

5. Ref the UK carriers that went back to Australia, what happened with their numbers ? Were they incorporated into the C system. Presumably they could not use the later Hull No system ?

6. Did any other carrier types - T.16, Oxfords etc - end up in Australia ?

7. Ref the LP2As that went to Brit units in Malaya, does any one have the serials ?

8. Can anyone give me details of the Eastern Supply Group Council ? I have learnt they ordered 2000 LP2s. Where did they all go ?

9. Does anyone have details of the New Zealand carriers built ?

10. Finally, is there anyone out there who has a full listing of the carrier nos from the AWM registration books that I could incorporate ? Shane very kindly sent me pics of the AIF 6112 Rego Book with some T Nos ending up with AIF/AMF T-3400.

I hope the above is none too daunting. I shall also post to a number of other fora and consolidate the answers.

Many thanks in anticipation to all

Roddy

[Lynn Eades]

What details do you want of the N.Z carriers?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Roddy1011

6. Did any other carrier types - T.16, Oxfords etc - end up in Australia ?

Hi Roddy,

Re. the Oxford, see Keith W´s web site: http://www.oldcmp.net/Oxford.html

There´s the remains of a T16 carrier at Belfield´s museum:

Source: http://www.oldcmp.net/carrier_mtm_1.html

I´ve read some unverified rumours T16´s were supplied to Australia, but all of this has to be substantiated first.

HTH,
Hanno

[phoenix]

Some UK Carriers must have made it here at some point because I know of at least one personally, so there must be more. Actually I think a few in australia get mention on these forums.

[Lynn Eades]

The Scout Carrier that turned up on this forum about amonth back intrigues me. What is the story around that one. Did it come direct from the U.K pre war, as a pattern or trial vehicle? Have any other scout carriers survived?

[Roddy de Normann]

Lynn et al -

Thanks for replies...

Lynn, ref NZ carriers, I am after everything really...contracts, companies, veh numbers, units etc etc. Have any archives listings ever been found and/or published ?

Thanks again

Roddy