Aussie Tanks 1937

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by rynoki

They are good pics aren't they. I do remember coming across them on another site earlier too. Possibly the online NSW records or something.

Hi Ryan,

A lot of those photos of the Vickers Light Tanks are on the NSW State photo library site, they come up full screen with great detail on those parked at the barracks.

There were ten of these tanks shipped to Australia in 1937, five of them shown were allocated to a unit in Sydney and the other five to a training unit in Victoria. Whilst researching info on one of these ten tanks, which was restored a couple of years ago in England, I was able to deduce that it was one of the Vic group and going through the Vic state photo library, found two photos of the actual vehicle on exercise. The tank in question is now in a large collection in the USA and another of the batch is a static display at Duxford. Pucka tank museum has another.............so anyone know of any more survivors?

I do have a lot of serial number details and to which units they were allocted if anyone is interested.