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Old 08-03-25, 05:51
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Default 41 Ford utility with US Army

These pics of a US Army unit include a scene with a 1941 Ford Australian assembled ute .

The APO number refers to the US Army postal service code for a particular location. I found a list of APO numbers online , 323 was Goodenough Island , New Guinea. Can't find 322 yet but I reckon the location was Goodenough Island. I found the document with the APO numbers here https://www.trailblazersww2.org/aponumbers.htm

Seems that most if not all of these unique 1941 Ford car based military utes were issued to the RAAF and the U.S. forces in the S.W.P.A.

No shortage of bananas !

Thanks to A.B. for permission to upload the pics. A.B. owns one of these rare vehicles, and also has the remains of a second survivor.
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