Australia and Lend-Lease

[Mike Cecil]

Lang,

No, I doubt it, given the fact that the surviving lists of RLL vehicles returned to the Commonwealth for disposal contain only vehicles (cars, trucks, mobile cranes tractors, etc) supplied from Australian resources to the USASOS/USAFIA, not equipment of US origin like jeeps.

Although the Australian government agreed to the disposal of US equipment to assist in the exit of US units from Australia, it was clearly defined as being of a very limited degree and was to be accounted for separately. While an agreement at government level is one thing, as I said previously, I am yet to find any evidence of the CDC actually handling the US stuff through the disposals process, whereas plenty of paperwork survives for RLL returns & disposals.

Mike