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03-11-12, 02:43
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I was told that John Belfield had at least one, or maybe two of these . What happened to them ?
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03-11-12, 22:23
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Koala
Here is the article from British and American Tanks of WWII that showed me the first pictures I had of Koala in action. ( Chamberlain and Ellis arms and Armour press 1969 ) . The name Koala was still quite visible when she was recovered. Platypus had most the top removed , however the front hatches and turret were still laying next to Koala when they were recovered.
The AWM folk provided some better shots of Koala and some of the NSW division that I have someplace . Vickers 010001a.jpg
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03-11-12, 22:28
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Vickers at home
After it was recovered we gave her a bit of a bogus paint job with an authentic one slated when full restoration was going to be undertaken.
Vickers03a.jpg
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03-11-12, 22:35
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That looks like Wallaby in the foreground of your attachment and on exercise in Victoria. There are some excellent photos of the 5 that were sent to the NSW unit on the State Library website. Seem to recollect they were taken at the Victoria barracks and looking like they had just been shipped in.
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03-11-12, 22:58
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Here is a link to a photo of the NSW based tanks as they arrived from England in 1937. Taken at Victoria Barracks (not Paddington, got my London train stations muddled up!)
http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemL...x?itemID=11291
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03-11-12, 23:19
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Found a couple of photos of Platypus, rest are held hostage on a broken pc.
One is as completed in Mike Stallwood's yard in England and the other is of the instrument panel I restored, but still awaiting the temp guage to be returned.
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Richard 1943 Bedford QLD lorry - 1941 BSA WM20 m/cycle - 1943 Daimler Scout Car Mk2 Member of MVT, IMPS, MVG of NSW, KVE and AMVCS KVE President & KVE News Editor
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03-11-12, 23:21
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Very Nice
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#8
06-11-12, 07:14
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Koala and platypus being rescued from a farm near Griffith. Lionel and his wife Jeanette driving their Clubman recently featured in a photo by Keith bring the FGT back from Sydney
The Truck belonged to Bert Barker. Bert got platypus . It was cut down to transport rice during the wet. 20121106164605-07a.jpg 20121106164605-06a.jpg they are photos of slides I will scan the slides one day and get better shots but back in the oldern days taking a photo of a slide wa about the only way to transfer them to prints. .
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