Eric,
Sorry so long in responding to your questions on your Indonesian truck site.
I think all the captions are correct, from my limited knowledge, except the last one. I would bet that the Chevrolet and Australian troops loading an American DC-3 is an Australian GMH built version. The big hinges on the windscreen give it away (the Dutch and US built trucks have nice concealed hinges).
The picture of Australian troops beside the road watching the passing traffic is almost certainly taken some considerable time after the Japanese surrender. Australian and British forces with American support were involved in what I consider some pretty disgracefull operations against the population to re-establish Dutch colonial rule. They even left the Japanese troops armed and operational alongside the first batch of allied soldiers to keep the population under control until enough allied forces were in place.
The brand new hats and uniforms on the Australians indicate fresh troops brought in for the Java operations, not those who have been on operations for some time from other areas. If ever an item of uniform lent itself to individual styling it is the Australian Slouch Hat. I would say these fellows are new boys because everything is by the book. Re-equipped veterans would have "individualised" even their brand new replacement hats (in ways often too subtle for outsiders to notice).
Lang
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