Evening Lads:
I just got home from the shop so will type rather than post for a moment.
Les: Thanks so much for that photo with the roadster cab Fords, one of my favourite vehicles from an appearance point of view.
Cliff, and others from Oz:
I am not a student of the history of the deployment and eventual return home of Empire Forces and I absolutely do not want to seem politically incorrect, but did I not read somewhere that the Anzac and South African Forces contribution to WWII efforts were considerably drawn down and refocused after about mid 1944?
I seem to recall that it had something to do with the relatively small populations of those countries versus their very large levees of troops. As well, the Anzacs, who obviously carried on in the Pacific theatre, were more threatened by the Japanese than the Axis forces.
Part of this thought process is seeing on the AWM site photos of really huge vehicle parks starting already in mid 1944. Some were disposal sites, some were not but it seemed that Australia at least brought back from North Africa the bulk of their vehicles.
Just a query.
Regards
Bill
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