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Old 24-07-08, 23:54
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Yes, that's part of an interesting series of images the AWM holds. Wonder whether there are any old newsreels of the time.

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ID Number: 025816
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA. 1942-03. A TRANSPORT PARK AT A CAMP OCCUPIED BY RECENTLY ARRIVED TROOPS OF THE A.I.F. FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. THESE VEHICLES WERE ON SERVICE IN THAT THEATRE OF WAR.
Copyright: Status to be assessed
Related subject: Motor vehicles
Related place: Adelaide; Middle East

Related conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945
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Old 25-07-08, 00:27
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We've seen this one before, but it's a good one. Some time ago I sent the library info on the vehicles and they partly amended their caption.



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Title: Chevrolet and Canadian built Desert Blitz trucks with their drivers, ca. 1948
Location: Queensland
Date: ca. 1948
Creator: Unknown
Description: Vehicles left to right:3 ton Chevrolet truck 6 cylinder, imported chassis, local body, other 2 vehicles, Ford V8 truck ex Army early WWII pattern, with Canadian chassis and cab, 3 ton capacity, 4X4 model F60L.(may be 1945/6 since mil trucks have writing on windscreen as if just purchased, no number plates yet)
Is part of: The Garage: a photographic album of Queensland motoring. For further information http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/garage
The Garage contains approximately 500 images of vehicles used in Queensland Australia, covering the period from 1900 . The images are linked to an index of the State Library of Queensland's extensive collection of automotive repair manuals.

Accession number: 81-8-1
Original format: copy print : b&w
Digital format: image/jpeg
Publisher: John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Image number: 24628
Digital ID: picqld-citrix08--2005-04-05-11-22
Rights: This image is free of copyright restrictions. For further information http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/legals.htm
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Old 25-07-08, 12:10
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Great pics! (Although some have been seen here before.)

And donīt forget to look at this thread.

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