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27-07-09, 11:56
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Unusual
I found this photo from the Northern Territory Australia libary while searching though the Pictures Australia Website http://www.pictureaustralia.org/index.html
It shows a 3 ton 12 cab CMP towing an 18 pound gun on the Stuart Highway at Manton River in the Northern Territory during WW2. I thought it unusual to see a gun being towed by a General Service 3 ton CMP.
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Cheers Cliff Hutchings aka MrRoo S.I.R. "and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night" MrRoo says "TRUCKS ROOLE" 
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27-07-09, 12:31
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Cliff spoke to the old man about the pic , he said that on their return to Aust in late 44 from Dutch N,G, the trucks came from the motor pool with driver, mostly inexperienced in towing, most limbers done away with so everything went in truck with hair raising results down hills despite warnings from the gun crews.
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27-07-09, 13:00
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Truck supplied after troop transport and guns left on Thursday Island.
Taken from the 2/9 50th Anniversary book.
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28-07-09, 07:39
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You sometimes see 1960's TV docs made by people like the Leyland Bros. and Malcom Douglas ... they used to say the Cape York trip was a epic of endurance .. mud bashing and river crossings - but imagine what it was like in the 1940's  and doing it in CMP's no less 
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28-07-09, 11:11
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to Cape York
Photo from the AWM...
Number: 044338 Physical description: Black & white Summary: COBB FORCE. 1942-07 TO 1942-09. ENGINEERS TRUCK ON WAY TO CAPE YORK. Copyright: Copyright expired - public domain Copyright holder: Copyright Expired If you go to the AWM site and then advanced search and typw in "Cobb Force", period WW2 and photos a great range of photos are shown of the work on Cape York during WW2.
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Cheers Cliff Hutchings aka MrRoo S.I.R. "and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night" MrRoo says "TRUCKS ROOLE"
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28-07-09, 18:28
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That girl must have something of a reputation:
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