3 Aust A/T Regt Vehicle numbers

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

I am going to have to do a lot of checking, but these are evidently all BRITISH War Department Census Numbers and has just prven beyond reasonable doubt what we have been saying in the earlier threads. Since I can't find the thread, basically we expounded the theory that the AIF, NZEAF and Indian Army were issued with trucks and cars by the W.O. in Palestine and Egypt and because they remained British-owned, even when shipped off to other theatres, they continued to carry Census Numbers.

I will have to take some time over this but it would appear that the majority have Mid-East theatre allocated Census Numbers. The 2-pdr Anti-tank Portees were to S/M 2029, E.g. known AIF-issued trucks were L 4623008, L 4623053, L 4623061, L 4623452, L 4623541. On rebuild they had 'H' prefixes as 17-pounder tractors. I suggest that the list were either 2-pdr Portees, or the C-GTs to the same contract. The Dodge D8A was also to S/M 2029, and was one of the batch delivered to the Mid-East and then issued to the AIF.