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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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regards, Richard
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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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Great photo's. The two vickers I have are "Bowerbird" and "Wombat" which thanks to a fellow MLU member reunited the complete set of bogies, return rollers and both Main cross axles to Bowerbird. It does go to show that you should never say "Never". I am hoping that there maybe a turret or 2 still out there.
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Good luck with finding turrets Colin. I would love to see your Vickers one day.
I was told by the farmer who sold Platypus and Koala that scrap merchants regularly went around the farms and brought up stuff like the turrets. Both these tanks were within weeks of scrapping when rescued. there was a carrier and an old Willies Knight sedan there as well that most likely were scrapped. The missing armor of Platypus went to make farm bits and pieces the front sprocket of Koala had been removed one winter by the boys to see how it worked...it ended up wired to a dingo trap out in the bush ...took a lot of finding ... The farmer in question brought the Vickers because they were cheap and more powerful than a carrier. He said no one wanted the Vickers and so far as he knew they were all sold of to small buyers like himself. I recall he said they were purchased from Auction near Albury and driven on the road back to Griffith. |
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The original speedo, tacho and temp guage were still in Playpus, but had to be overhaulled. The mileage reading was around 15,000 if I recall. As they were used for training from about 1938 until mid way through the war until the Stuarts came along, this could be genuine ....
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Good evening -
Ref the Aussie Mk VIAs, here are the details I hold on them... They all came from the same contract - T/3021 to Vickers Armstrong, Elswick. The Govt bought nthem to replace the ageing Medium Mk.IIs. The contract was let out on 9 Apr 1936, and the company advised on 11 May 1936. It appears the vehs arrived in Australia in Aug 1937, with the two light coys being established in early 1939 - the 1st in Sydney, the 2nd in Melbourne...details can be found in 'Dust, Sand & Jungle' by Paul Handel... 'KANGAROO' T. 1790 CMM 974 VAE No. 1556 Veh Engine No: 9466 2nd (Australian) Light Tank Company Aust VRN - DD 270 'KOALA' T. 1791 CMM 975 VAE No. 1557 Veh Engine No: 9467 Aust DD 271 (Veh pictured in Pathe News film 600.11) 'PLATYPUS' T. 1792 CMM 976 VAE No. 1558 & Veh Engine No: 9396 Aust DD 272 'WALLABY' T. 1793 CMM 977 VAE No. 1559 Veh Engine No: 9468 Aust DD 273 'WOMBAT' T. 1794 CMM 978 VAE No. 1560 Veh Engine No: 9469 Aust DD 274 'BOWER BIRD' T. 1795 CMM 979 VAE No. 156 Veh Engine No: 9470 Aust DD 275 (9 Sep 37 - Veh pictured at Victoria Bks - Pic 8627, Hood Collection, Library of NSW) 'EMU' T. 1796 CMM 980 VAE No. 1562 Veh Engine No: 9471 Aust DD 276 (9 Sep 37 - Veh pictured at Victoria Bks - Pic 8627, Hood Collection, Library of NSW) 'KINGFISHER' T. 1797 CMM 981 VAE No. 1563 & Veh Engine No: 9521 Aust DD 277 (9 Sep 37 - Veh pictured at Victoria Bks - Pic 8627, Hood Collection, Library of NSW) 'KOOKABURRA' T. 1798 CMM 982 VAE No. 1564 & Aust DD 278 Veh Engine No: 9523 (9 Sep 37 - Veh pictured at Victoria Bks - Pic 8627, Hood Collection, Library of NSW) (20 Nov 37 - Veh pictured at Cenotaph Memorial prob for Cambrai Day wreath laying - Pic 16376, Hood Collection, Library of NSW) 'MAGPIE' T. 1799 CMM 983 VAE No. 1565 Veh Engine No: 9530 Aust DD 279 (9 Sep 37 - Veh pictured at Victoria Bks - Pic 8627, Hood Collection, Library of NSW) Hope this helps Roddy |
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Found this photo of koala while searching.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richard64pics/8612061367/ Luke |
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Not quite a turret, but an interesting find nevertheless: http://www.livesteammodels.co.uk/dhmg/albask.html
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Hi all and here they are, sitting in one of the MK1VBs I have here awaiting quietly under cover to be restored back to driving condition. All sorts of thing have turned up over the years and I am hoping that there maybe a bit more might find it's way to Adelaide prior to their restoration. I normally take a lot of pics anyway but I will take pics of every detail of these 2 parts of our history.
![]() Colin. Oh and by the way, that half circle recess around the basket is there to allow the crank handle to pass through for hand starting. I am already getting familiar with these little tanks. |
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Love the photo of Koala . Just about exactly as it was when it was exported ...right down to the grey Ferguson tractor rear implement light mounted on the turret.
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