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Old 03-11-12, 22:35
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Originally Posted by Gina Vampire View Post
Here is the article from British and American Tanks of WWII that showed me the first pictures I had of Koala in action. ( Chamberlain and Ellis arms and Armour press 1969 ) . The name Koala was still quite visible when she was recovered. Platypus had most the top removed , however the front hatches and turret were still laying next to Koala when they were recovered.

The AWM folk provided some better shots of Koala and some of the NSW division that I have someplace .
hi Gina,
That looks like Wallaby in the foreground of your attachment and on exercise in Victoria.

There are some excellent photos of the 5 that were sent to the NSW unit on the State Library website. Seem to recollect they were taken at the Victoria barracks and looking like they had just been shipped in.
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