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State Library of QLD pics: the pics are actually in the US Library of Congress web site
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-service...0/1a55003v.jpg
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https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE13627
https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE145290 1941 Pontiac sedan: Right Hand Drive and GM-H assembled https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE1383409 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE1383418 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE1383421 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE1383412
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I like original colour imagery as it shows a different side to what is generally considered to be a bw war. Thanks for posting.
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1941 Chevy masonite ute - bodywork by GM-H
https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE1195021 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE1195003 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE1195012
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https://loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsac.1a35224/
https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE1107312 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE299094 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE1609845 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE1378333
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https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE2643904
https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE2643781 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE2643451 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE2643457 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE2643433
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https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE5617
https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE2643730 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE2643424 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE3004760 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE267906
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https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE2343413
https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE2642884 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE2643430 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE1142329
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https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE335870
https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE324791 https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE1427672
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Don't think it is coconuts. Can anyone make a positive identification ?
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https://library-brisbane.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/BrisbaneImages/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:24331/one
https://library-brisbane.ent.sirsidy.../asset/10969/0
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Transport for 1st Cavalry Brigade Signals Troop, Beaudesert Showgrounds, 1940 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645224 CJ3B jeep of the RAAF. more info https://cj3b.info/World/AustraliaRAAF.html https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL3326853 IMAGE Japanese Zero plane on the tarmac at Bougainville, 1944-1945 Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2018 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL3005724 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1053761 GMC 4X4 COE Compressor truck. Used to be one of these at Eildon , the truck engine was U/S and they had a A frame towing it around to jobs. https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1053791 Is this a BSA M20 ? https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1053809
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American G.I.s on the back of a Castlemaine Brewery truck in Charlotte Street, Brisbane, 1942 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1141910 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1428786 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1025641 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...ps_pid=FL10817 IMAGE Fire engine assembly plant, Brisbane, October 1942 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...ps_pid=FL13541 IMAGE Australian Women's Army Service members learning about vehicle maintenance, July 1942 Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd. Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2005 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...s_pid=FL271951 IMAGE 1942 Chevrolet Utility Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2005 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1207528 IMAGE Australian Army Educational Mobile Library in Eagle Street, Brisbane, ca. 1942 Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2005 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...s_pid=FL190749
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Military vehicles at the entrance to Cairo after crossing the desert, 1940-1942 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2964185 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2964089 IMAGE 1st Cavalry Brigade truck in a 'blind alley' during military training Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2018 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645494 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2644480 IMAGE Sappers (Royal Australian Engineers) with their truck Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2018 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645530 IMAGE Two signalmen perched on the back on a truck during training manoeuvres Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2018 31553, John Stanton Davis Mellick Archive https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2646178 IMAGE Filling up a motorbike with petrol from barrels on a truck Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2018 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2644330 IMAGE 1st Cavalry Brigade Signals Troop enjoying morning tea in their truck (0001-0018) Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2018 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645344 IMAGE Cable team with their truck and equipment Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2018 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2644192
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https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645536
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2644654 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645368 IMAGE 1st Cavalry Brigade's temporary office Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2018 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645548 IMAGE Fred Stepheusen 'on the air' Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2018 31553, John Stanton Davis Mellick Archive https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645332 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1772670 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1196501 IMAGE Convoy of Australian Infantry in trucks on beach looking towards ocean, Bougainville 1944-1945 (0001-0046) Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2018 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL3005792
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Harry Bartlett's Ford 'Blitz' lorry with timber jinker, ca. 1950 Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2005 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...s_pid=FL292462 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1197077 IMAGE Jeep parked at Columboola Depot, Queensland, 1944 Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2007 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1195454 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1195556 IMAGE Japanese prisoners of war unloading a truck at a dock, 1945 Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2018 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2644708 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2644420 IMAGE Closure of the aeroplane factory at Maryborough, Queensland, at the end of World War II Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2010 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...s_pid=FL396844 IMAGE Withdrawal of 31/51st Battalion from Merauke, Merauke, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, 1943 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1028845 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1186738 IMAGE Vehicles lined up at Kelvin Grove Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2018 31553, John Stanton Davis Mellick Archive https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2644156 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645392
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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 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645242 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2644666 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645524 Vehicle check over before manoeuvres, Beaudesert Showgrounds, 1940 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645212 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645218 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 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645380 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645362 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645350 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645656 Early 101 set with the dark green case , they changed to the lighter shade 'khaki' colour. https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2646022 Worth a mint today https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645230 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645398 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645356 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
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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 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1172778 Ford 11Y prang Brisbane https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1350636 The other car ! https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1350642 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...s_pid=FL207891 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...s_pid=FL172168 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...s_pid=FL303367 IMAGE 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 IMAGE Ithaca Fire Station in Enoggera Terrace, Paddington, Brisbane, ca. 1942 Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2004 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...ps_pid=FL10487
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Ford ute in Egypt painted with the Caunter paint scheme.
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2964167 IMAGE 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 IMAGE 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/ https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...s_pid=FL311325 IMAGE Signalman Bill Dalton taking a message Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2018 WW1 D3 field telephone https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645512 Replacing a punctured tyre on the way to Tamborine https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645662 Giving a vehicle a check over, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, 1943 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2644978 Soldier walking towards a car at Albert Park, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, 1943 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2644972 Wiles Mobile Cooker at Rollingstone Army Camp, Queensland, 1943 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1380517
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Aeroplane accident on Kingsford Smith Drive, Brisbane, 25 January 1946 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...s_pid=FL103273 IMAGE Rebuilt Zero aeroplane at Eagle Farm, Queensland, 1943 Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2005 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...s_pid=FL328119 IMAGE 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 IMAGE 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 https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...ps_pid=FL22271 high res. https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2646262
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