Aussie Serial Numbers
Tony -
Many thanks for posting the Rego vol details...
Following up from an earlier question, would an issued AIF become a C-Number if the veh was to join an AMF unit ? If so, I presume that AIF units would use AIFT-numbers while the AMF units would have used C-Numbers both at the same time ? On veh re-allocation the AIF-T would have/could have changed to a C-Number and the original AIFT used on something else ? Certainly this is how I interpret Michael Cecil's description of it.
For instance, I have logged:
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AIF T-1860 (Hull No: 71)
Carrier MG (Aust) LP1
1st (Australian) Armoured Regiment & 4th (Australian) Light Horse
Veh Engine No: R3640F
- 8 Feb 42 - Veh transfered fm 1 AAR to 4 LH on reorg of 2 Cav Div to 2 Mot Div - 1 AAR War Diary, AWM52-1-5-39-001
- 18 Jun 42 - VRN changed to Hull No Type by Victoria LoC Area instr - AWM Rego Book, AIF 261/12 via Shane Lovell Archive
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This veh changed hands before the Hull Numbering came in although the latter was noted and thus likely to have changed when ordered to do so. Would this veh have first sported AIF T-1860 and then changed to an AMF C-Number ?
What I would love to do is note down all the Rego material and have a really good trawl through the war diaries to attempt to work some of this out ! Do you know of anyone who has gone through the Dept of Interior files looking for C-Number info ?
Roddy
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