[RichardT10829]

yeah i know was thinking that before.... should get Geoff to transfer the posts over to Phills thread. Did you guys keep a decent archive on vehicles ? i know us Brits kept a rubbish record, same with the Canadians (well ford's archives)

If it had come back from North Africa it would be in a period circa 43 or..... after the desert war concluded in 43 we used Tunisia as a launching platform for Op Husky (Scicily) then later Op Avalanche (italy) Many carriers landed in scicily and Italy with desert type schemes, Caunter was phased out after El alamein and the Light stone / brown disruptive was adopted (along with a plethera of other schemes)

so If my romantic imagination was to run wild once again it could potentially have gone North Africa, then returned in 43...or gone on to Scicily, Italy.....returned to Oz in 45/46....... Or........ could have been bought up by the Aussie govt as an ex demo or training vehicle in 39ish... I know that the early Brens were used by alot of the coalition regiments during the desert campaign so i wonder if they serviced the older vehicles longer to perhaps save money for other things....meaning that the Scouts and brens were kept for longer... this i have no idea,