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Old 26-07-23, 06:36
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Ford ute in Egypt painted with the Caunter paint scheme.

https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2964167

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Australian Imperial Force vehicle next to a Vickers gun position, Egypt, 1940-1942
Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2004

V1016: This vehicle was shipped to the Middle East on the vessel 'Arcadia' then returned to Australia and likely sold through a GM-H dealer.
Maybe this ute has survived to this day.
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2964277

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Soldier kneeling beside army signal radios at Fort Lytton, Queensland, 1934
Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2014

Radios are 'Ack sets' the manual is available: http://www.users.on.net/~tosty_2/ACK-SET-MANUAL/
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv...s_pid=FL311325


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Signalman Bill Dalton taking a message
Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland; 2018
WW1 D3 field telephone
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645512


Replacing a punctured tyre on the way to Tamborine
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2645662


Giving a vehicle a check over, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, 1943
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2644978


Soldier walking towards a car at Albert Park, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, 1943
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL2644972


Wiles Mobile Cooker at Rollingstone Army Camp, Queensland, 1943
https://digital.slq.qld.gov.au/deliv..._pid=FL1380517
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