RAAF Guildford Aerodrome 1946

[Stuart Kirkham]

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

It is a S&D truck, Shelvoke & Drewry, made in England. This model was usually fitted with refuse collection body, cesspool or gully emptier equipment. According to Bart's book, S&D model W fire appliance was supplied to Australian forces in 1952, not a very rapid vehicle normally !

You could be right Richard. It certainly resembles a gully emptier.

The attached image is taken from a 1956 Shelvoke & Drewry sales brochure for the ‘W’ type GULLY EMPTIER.