[Shane Lovell]

Tony

Thanks for your comments and pics.

With regards to some of your comments, Australia certainly did receive copies of the Middle East Portee plans. I found a reference to their despatch in an Australia - Middle East liaison file. It even included the drawing numbers, which I believe may still be in the collection of Victorian archives. I have asked for various pages of this file to be copied and once i receive these will post the drawing numbers. Maybe someone else may wish to search for them. I assume they will be glass plate negatives.

Regarding the conversion of the Portees, my memory was that the various items were manufactured by an engineering firm in Malaya. If interested, I can seek to confirm this.

cheers

Shane