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Old 20-12-22, 03:14
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Default CAPTURED ENEMY VEHICLES [in Australia]
CAPTURED ENEMY VEHICLES [in Australia]

[Ruskin Motor Bodies Ltd. factory interior at Dudley Street, West Melbourne]
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1940 cab 11 C8
1940 Morris-Commercial PU
1941 Morris-Commercial CS8
1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.)
1942-45 Jeep salad
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Old 20-12-22, 03:27
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Australian soldier with derelict vehicle, Labuan
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[ca. 1945].

[British First Army in North Africa]
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1940 cab 11 C8
1940 Morris-Commercial PU
1941 Morris-Commercial CS8
1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.)
1942-45 Jeep salad
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Old 20-12-22, 03:40
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Default Parade of vehicles and artillery through city streets Date [ca. 1940]
Parade of vehicles and artillery through city streets
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[ca. 1940]


Martin Place
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1940 cab 11 C8
1940 Morris-Commercial PU
1941 Morris-Commercial CS8
1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.)
1942-45 Jeep salad
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Old 20-12-22, 07:02
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Default Australian troops at Balikpapan, Borneo, loading a truck Date [ca. 1945]
Australian troops at Balikpapan, Borneo, loading a truck
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[ca. 1945]
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1940 Morris-Commercial PU
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1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.)
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Old 20-12-22, 07:09
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Default Australian Comforts Fund with some of the staff and drivers on Piazza Venezia, Rome.
Australian Comforts Fund with some of the staff and drivers on Piazza Venezia, Rome.

POWs with Salvo truck

Australian troops on Labuan Island, North Borneo
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[ca. 1945]
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1940 Morris-Commercial PU
1941 Morris-Commercial CS8
1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.)
1942-45 Jeep salad
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Old 20-12-22, 07:28
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Default Middle East Training Camps: Port Said, Cairo, Egypt, August - September 1940.
Middle East Training Camps: Port Said, Cairo, Egypt, August - September 1940.

A.I.F. casualties
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[ca. 1943]
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Old 20-12-22, 07:40
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Default Signals Corps of the Australian Army Date [ca. 1937-ca. 1941]
9Signals Corps of the Australian Army
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[ca. 1937-ca. 1941]

WS101 made 1939- 41 is the AWA built version of the British WS No. 1 , the WS 101 was used in the Middle East and Malaya with the AIF. Manual online http://www.tuberadio.com/robinson/Ma...o101MkI&II.pdf

WS109 made by STC Sydney 1939-42. I have two of these. Power source is a 6V car type battery. Manual is online http://www.tuberadio.com/robinson/Ma...No109_MKII.pdf
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1940 Morris-Commercial PU
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1942-45 Jeep salad
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Old 20-12-22, 11:22
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Australian Comforts Fund with some of the staff and drivers on Piazza Venezia, Rome.

POWs with Salvo truck

Australian troops on Labuan Island, North Borneo
Date
[ca. 1945]
B25 N5-208 is a Dutch one, see https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php/e...ell-uk?start=1

Any change of a link or caption of that photo so I can find it back? Searching https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ for SLV295 (name of the file) does not return any hits.

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Old 20-12-22, 11:54
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B25 N5-208 is a Dutch one, see https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php/e...ell-uk?start=1

Any change of a link or caption of that photo so I can find it back? Searching https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ for SLV295 (name of the file) does not return any hits.

Attachment 131596
Try this link Hanno https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...rces&offset=10

There are some pics of NEI troops training in Australia .

https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/discover...rces&offset=30

Link https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entit...16&mode=browse
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1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.)
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