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Old 29-04-09, 12:07
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Originally Posted by Rob Beale View Post
and a few ex Solomons campaign C8AX seem to have ended up in Aussie.

Rob
Yes , more and more of them are turning up over here ...nearly all of them are found in NSW , indicating a disposal point within that state . Back in the 70's we thought they were rare over here , but not anymore. I guess a few ship loads of them were shipped in ..must have been a bargain deal for the buyer , being sold 'in situ' on the Pacific Islands, made the deal less attractive for many prospective buyers maybe. The NZ Govt. obviously didn't want to be involved in shipping them home and sold the lot 'as is'.

Seems odd that the trucks found here were actually in an active theatre of operations, the Solomons .. but the examples left in NZ didn't see any angry shots fired.



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