here are a few medical vehicles in WW2 from the Turnbull library depicting New Zealand units in Italy plus 1 from WW1
cheers
Les

Ambulances
 

ambulances in WH :p

A Morris type Y light ambulance most likley RAF type 1701
cheers
Les

For get that statement thats the result of trying to be clever and jump around photo numbers, it should have been this one the other photo is of two Morris CS11 30/F ambulances and a Morris CD30cwt Gs
Oh well
Les

Horse drawn
 

from the AWM and an unknown source. Both taken during WW2. One in Hay New South Wales, Australia and the other in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

hoofed heroes
 

Cliff

How many miles per gallon do those carts do ?

The Hay pic: would have been the POW internment camp there I would imagine.

Years ago the MV club here went on a trip to look over the Murchison WW2 POW camp in central Victoria ...it was interesting seeing the remains of it all hidden away in the bush ... Odd sights, like the elaborate stone memorial built by German POWs , looking strange sitting by itself in a lonely paddock . And the fancy entrance gates looking totally out of place in a isolated bush setting .We had a tour laid on by a local club member , the Cooler is still there , where they locked up the ' bad boys '. The Kormoran survivors were interned there too and and least one returned to live in the district after the war . Apart from the cooler , there was only one original building still intact ,complete with barbed wire surounds . We had contemporary pics to compare it all . Examples of the large old gum trees were still standing and we matched the scenes from the WW2 photos as if it was 1942 again, the trees matched up perfectly . Eerie feeling overall.

Mike

pic
 

This is the stone memorial we saw back in 1981 . This WW2 pic from AWM.

The cross had been removed and there was no evidence of the fence , it would still be there today . The land is privately owned and unfortunately vandals have got in over the years and destroyed or defaced other stonework built by the POW's. We looked at an Italian POW stone memorial that had recently been damaged by some moron . The dates had us confused until I pointed out that the FASCIST REGIME in Italy had their own calender beginning with year 1 , in the 1920's .There were intact concrete pillboxes still ready for use , the prisoners garden beds and roadways were still evident too. The location is a few miles of the main Hwy at Murchison.

028554
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: MURCHISON, AUSTRALIA. 1943-01. A MEMORIAL TO FALLEN COMRADES ERECTED BY GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR INTERNED IN THE CAMPS CONTROLLED BY NO. 13 PRISONER OF WAR GROUP.

Flying High with the RAAF
 

AWM photo showing an RAAF flying Doctor Service with an Indian Bodied Ambulance in the back ground at Mareeba in North Queensland.

Aust. Indian Pattern Ambulance
 

here is an oddball Chevrolet Indian Pattern Ambulance. Oddball in the fact that it is built on a Long Wheelbase Chassis rather then the SWB chassis normally used.

Photo was from Pictures Australia and part captioned..... A and D room 119 Australian General Hospital 1942 :)

What can anyone tell me about this ambulance in Polish service in the UK, it is built around a 30cwt Ford and the radiator looks to be the early civilian pattern 7V type
cheers
Les

C30 Ambulance
 

Here's another one in postwar service - civilian service, judging by the registration.

Attachment 116107
Source: https://flic.kr/p/ZV5Exz

medical vehicles
 

Hi
I must have missed this post,
so some picture of WD Austin K2Y ambulance (1941).
Ex 2AACC. (NSW). Came via Middle est. (lots of bullet holes),Arriving Australia April/May 1942.
Guess work starts here.
WD no. A1207004, to Australia Issued AMF no. A1207004, changed to AMF no. 1207004, should then of being issued with one or two AMF numbers, But this did not appear to have happened. most likely went to Queensland, see film AWM F01986. these Ambulances kept the altered WD numbers and are not listed in the AWM ARN files.
Coming back to NSW. of course it may have never left.
The windscreen was reversed, as happened to about 8 others, and a driver's side head light added, as the mounting had been sawn off in the ME, the headlight being bottom mounting was fitted buy drilling though the radiator mounting bracket, thus the headlight fitted about 1 inch higher on the driver's side.
the pictures are of A1207004(1207004)not all up loaded mmm

Attachment 116590 Attachment 116591

Arn
 

hi Rupert

I have found a few K2Y Ambulances in the ARN register books .

Austin K2/Y
 

Hi Mike

could you post more info ybout them? Did you found any another Austins there?
Thanks Radek

ok
 

"WD no. A1207004, to Australia Issued AMF no. A1207004, changed to AMF no. 1207004, should then of being issued with one or two AMF numbers" Maybe you can match the engine nr. to one listed in the ARN books


50219 to 50251 are all refugee K2Y Ambulances . Various other refugee vehicles like WOT2D, Morris Portee, Albion, Bedford are listed. 'Refugee' refers to vehicles headed for places like Malaya or Singapore, but the ships were diverted to Australia.

Photos from my Collection.
Keith

Thanks for the nice pics Keith.
On the top right picture there is Renault AFB2, not WOT as stated in the file name.
Cheers!

Post 68. De Havilland Rapide?

David

Thanks for the update on the photo Ilian Filipov.
A few more from my collection.
Keith

Hi
just some pictures,
and some Austin K2Y ARN. info.






some as WD nos.at this time.
1205173?/1205774,120592x,1206048,1206062,1206102,1206102,
1206104,1206xxx,1206175,1206177,1206184,1206653,A1 207000,
1207004,1207007,1207012,1208402,(1AACC,2AACC)

AUSTIN 1,AUSTIN 2,(3AACC)

ARN 52019-52051(May 1942-on), 76125-76145(April 1942-May 1942),
(2AACC)
Not all covered.
I suspect that about 70 arrived in Australia, which would be equal to one unit.
most likely with the 2/3rd AFA, on the stepsister convoy.but a guess.

Some AIF pictures,
Attachment 119565


and captured


Attachment 119566

Attachment 119567


regs
rupert

I think the ambulance plane is a DH84 Dragon, not a DH89 Dragon Rapide. Built in Jan 43 and sold off in 1946 for £50....

Interesting to see above the No2 Mk 1/L ambulance body mounted on the back of a Bedford WL chassis cab- or even flatbed. The painted over headboard suggests an impressed vehicle. Very much a lash up reeking of panic, but there is a picture in the Beaulieu archives of a row of these so a batch must have been made.

Dh84
 

You are correct, the DH84 was a twin engine and DH86 a four engine. Here's the full history for that aircraft courtesy of ADF Serials. 34-54 2043
RAAF History:

Jan43 Manufactured by De Havilland Aircraft Pty Ltd, Mascot Airport, Sydney NSW.

Jan43 1st Flight at Mascot.

04Feb43 Received by No 2 Aircraft Park (2AP) at Bankstown airport, NSW and bought on charge.

12Feb43 Allocated to ANA Essendon Airport, Melbourne for transport/air ambulance conversion.

15Feb43 Received by ANA at Essendon Airport.

21Mar43 Received by 1 Aircraft Depot RAAF Laverton VIC for weight and post conversion checks.

22Mar43 Allocated to No 2 Air Ambulance Unit at RAAF Station Kingaroy QLD.

25Mar43 Received by 2AAU.

03Apr43 Ferried to Townsville by O404361 FLGOFF C.D. Nicholls and crew for duty with the 2AAU Detachment Townsville.

12May44 Received by 2AAU HQ at Kingaroy, QLD for Air Ambulance duties.

07Sep44 Ferried to Archerfield by when 2AAU HQ at Kingaroy closed on this day and moved to Archerfield Airfield, Brisbane for Air Ambulance duties.

09Nov44 Allocated to No 5 Aircraft Depot (5AD) at RAAF Base Wagga Wagga NSW for storage.

16Nov44 Received by 5AD and placed in storage.

19Sep45 Survey report to Commonwealth Disposal Commission (CDC) recommended disposal.

12Feb46 Sold by CDC to Royal Aero Club of NSW for 50 pounds. RAAF Markings to be removed before issue. CDC Sales Advice No G (Vic) 261 dated 08February 1946 refers.

09Apr46 Issued to purchaser.



Post RAAF History

11Mar46 Allocated registration VH-API.

1946 Sold to Captain Costa of Portuguese Government Air Force, Portuguese Timor.

11Jun46 RAAF Care & Maintenance Unit, Tamworth Operations Record Book 11.6.46:

“Captain Costa and another pilot of the Portuguese Government Air Force arrived this morning from Mascot in DH.84 A34-54. They tested A34-54 and Tiger Moth A17-43 which has also been purchased by the Portuguese Government and later both machines were flown to Williamtown enroute to Sydney.”

14Dec46 Registered as CR-ABT to Transportes Aereos de Timor.

No further information.

ww1 Ambulance from glass negs. from my collection.

On the beach Dunkirk 1940. original photo frim my collection. Click on photo to enlarge.