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Old 19-04-05, 11:30
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Hi Guys. I found these pre war pics while browsing through Pictures Australia. http://www.pictureaustralia.org/index.html
this is a site that links to all Government Photo data sites in Australia. These pics are from the Victorian libary I think.

I would like to ID the trucks and the guns if possible. Pictures are circa 1937/38 and are of the Royal Australian Artillery 1st Field Cadre.

Pic 3: I believe this is a Thornycroft can some one confirm please?
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Old 19-04-05, 13:09
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The top appears to be a Holden-assembled Bedford WHG, circa 1936-7 Model. I do not know much about Bedfords but it is very similar to a 1936 Model that was submitted by Vauxhall Motors Limited to the 1936 War Department Trials in north Wales, though the Vauxhall version had different, WD-style wheels and tyres. The same truck may have ben trialled in 1937, as a WHG was used as well as a lwb WLG. The wheels look like Chevrolet ones of the period and may be Heavy Duty ones as fitted to contemporary civilian chassis.

The middle front truck appeared to me to be a British Fordson 7V forward-control truck. Norm Darwin's book on Ford in Australia, page 106 has a small photo of a a 'NEW DEFENCE UNIT' promo. These Dagenham-sourced 1936 trucks were assembled at Geelong for the Defence Department as field artillery tractors, and were 'very rare, few were assembled'. The FAT had a crew of seven plus ammo and had a 105-inch (shortened to) chassis with centrally-mounted fuel tank. The 2-wheeled gun transporter mounting the 18-pounder QF gun was designed so that it could be towed up to 35 mph. Is the rear truck another Bedford?

Search also under 'FORD TRUCK'...I found some nice CMPs.

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Old 19-04-05, 20:38
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Pic 3: I believe this is a Thornycroft can some one confirm please?
Cliff,

That is a Thornycroft Hathi. There is probably only one in existance and that is a restored example in the REME Museum in England.

www.rememuseum.org.uk/vehicles/wrv/vehhathi.htm

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Old 19-04-05, 20:42
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Great pics Cliff!
Thanks. Just my cup of tea...
There's also a whole series of pics of this Ford/Marmon-Herrington garrbage truck:
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Old 19-04-05, 20:53
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I wonder whether the rear bogie was a Thornton-Detroit unit or County Commercial Cars? The War Department trialled a Fordson 6 x 6 in 1939 with M-H front drive and County CC rear bogie.
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