SLQ photo archive

[Mike K]

Same truck pictured earlier with the jerry-rigged canopy and the 101 wireless set.

https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645236

Looks like they were a a militia unit using a mixture of their own cars and army vehicles
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Vehicle check over before manoeuvres, Beaudesert Showgrounds, 1940
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Wireless Van: The pre-war army vehicles are a dark green colour. Can't find a V338 in the AWM 126 book. 338 comes up as a 30cwt Chev.
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2644288

Nice pic of a early 'dark green' W.S. 101 . Production of these sets began in 1939 along with the W.S. 109
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Early 101 set with the dark green case , they changed to the lighter shade 'khaki' colour.
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Worth a mint today
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The 'capacity hat' on top of the antenna is a method used to alter the radiation pattern = more efficient. A method still in use today.
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2646010

[Mike K]

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Army base at Mt Isa during the Second World War, 1941
Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2005
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1172766

Looks like a 1941 GMC
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Ford 11Y prang Brisbane
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The other car !
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Jeep shunting empty coal hoppers, Brisbane
Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2003
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...ps_pid=FL99907

BCC = Brisbane City Council. This is a wartime austerity bodied bus.
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...ps_pid=FL89791

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Ithaca Fire Station in Enoggera Terrace, Paddington, Brisbane, ca. 1942
Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2004
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[Mike K]

Ford ute in Egypt painted with the Caunter paint scheme.

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Australian Imperial Force vehicle next to a Vickers gun position, Egypt, 1940-1942
Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2004

V1016: This vehicle was shipped to the Middle East on the vessel 'Arcadia' then returned to Australia and likely sold through a GM-H dealer.
Maybe this ute has survived to this day.
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2964277

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Soldier kneeling beside army signal radios at Fort Lytton, Queensland, 1934
Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2014

Radios are 'Ack sets' the manual is available: http://www.users.on.net/~tosty_2/ACK-SET-MANUAL/
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Signalman Bill Dalton taking a message
Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2018
WW1 D3 field telephone
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Replacing a punctured tyre on the way to Tamborine
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Giving a vehicle a check over, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, 1943
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Soldier walking towards a car at Albert Park, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, 1943
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Wiles Mobile Cooker at Rollingstone Army Camp, Queensland, 1943
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[Mike K]

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Aeroplane accident on Kingsford Smith Drive, Brisbane, 25 January 1946

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Rebuilt Zero aeroplane at Eagle Farm, Queensland, 1943
Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2005
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Parade of military equipment, including a truck carrying a landing craft, Brisbane, July 1942
Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd.
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...ps_pid=FL14267

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Showgirls riding in the back of United States Army jeeps as part of a parade for a Rodeo, Brisbane, 1943
Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2005

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high res.
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