Wanted: Formation Signs & Vehicle Markings of the Australian Army 1903 - 1983

[Dave lean]

Hi everyone. Looking for a copy of "Formation Signs & Vehicle Markings of the Australian Army 1903 - 1983". I know it's out of print and I also know it's available on CD but I want to try and get the good old fashioned turn the pages book. Any leads would be welcome. cheers Dave.

[Chevrolet 41]

Hi David,

Well, fancy meeting you here

Hope it is some help

Cheers

Me

[Dave lean]

Hi Chris, thanks mate but I already have the poster with those signs ( along with some others) but it's the book I need which I believe has unit and sub unit signs . cheers Dok

[matilda IIA]

Formation Signs and Vehicle Markings of the Australian Army 1903 - 1983
ISBN 0 646 34505 2

Revised edition published in 2000 by Comtrain Enterprises
20 Friarbird Drive
Narangba,
QLD 4504
Australia

Sorry No phone number

Kind Regards
Matt

[Dave lean]

G'day Matt, Thanks mate. By th' way, your still not making sausages out of fly blown sheep are ya??

[matilda IIA]

Hi Dave

I am focusing my attention on Barry the bull at the moment and if he doesn't start behaving it will be 1200 roast beef sandwiches for him !

Hope you find your book, if you know what your looking for I may be able to copy and email the pages to you !!!!

Kind Regards
Matt

[Dave lean]

Thanks Matt, I really need to wade through the references but in short I am trying to obtain the correct formation, unit and sub unit signs for any of the first artillary units that had both 25 lbr s and studebaker trucks operating together. I am hopefull that A Battery used them in Malaya.. I should stick to my German stuff, I can find all I need on their various signs etc but it's a little more difficult with our own without a difinitive reference. cheers Dave

[Bob McNeill]

Dave, one of the problems you might run into is in some cases Field Arty Units lost their tractors on return from the Middle East and retraining in North Qld. [ mainly the No3 Marmons ] and were supplied tow vehicles from the Motor Pool, some pics show 2 X 25Pr,s behind one 6X6, and units in N-G using Jeeps and Dozers. The book is pretty rare from what I gather.

[Dave lean]

Hi Bob, Pool vehicles are always going to throw us off the scent ( even with todays practices) Being an old military man I get a tad anal about things being correctly represented. I know ( through AWM photos) that GMC's were used by our military to tow 25's in Korea and Malaya but I can't find any reference to studebakers being used. I would have thought that A Battery might have used them back in Australia during the late 50's /early 60's. As you may "de-duce" I want to tow a 25 behind a studebaker but want it to represent an actual unit. cheers Dave