The date should also be an inch or two over from the "10097" vehicle number on the armour leading edge above the driver's port. Likely it will be between June and September of 1944.
And your observation of the original census number being painted on before the tow hitch brackets would seem the norm. The sides would also have the census number up near the upper edge of the armor beside the driver and gunner spots but they needed to be repainted due to the placement of wading squares on most of the vehicles.
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David Gordon - MVPA # 15292
'41 Willys MB British Airborne Jeep
'42 Excelsior Welbike Mark I
'42 BSA M20 Motorcycle
'43 BSA Folding Military Bicycle
'43 BSA M20 Motorcycle
'44 Orme-Evans Airborne Trailer No. 1 Mk. II
'44 Airborne 100-Gallon Water Bowser Trailer
'44 Ford T-16 Universal Carrier
'44 Jowett Cars 4.2-Inch Towed Mortar
'44 Daimler Scout Car Mark II
'45 Studebaker M29C Weasel
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