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[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi again Matt - very exciting second photograph being one of the 18 Australian Armoured Cars made. Any more detail, like its name on the back of the photograph. I am also compiling a history on these.

Bob

[matilda IIA]

G'day Bob

I assume you mean the one with the group of men looking for the radiator ??

The photo has Greta 1940, writen in pen on the back..

Kind regards
Matt

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi Matt - unfortunately Greta wasn't one of the names. I see on the door it belonged to the 2nd Armoured Regiment. I'll have to dig out my history as to when the 1st and 2nd Armoured Car Regiments changed to the Armoured Regiments.

The list of the 18 armoured cars along with their believed deployment is as follows:

LP-1
• DD-220 - Corroboree (Ned Kelly)
• 1st Armoured Car Regiment, Horsham, Vic.

LP-2
• DD-221 - Billabong
• DD-222 - Boomerang
• both to the 1st Armoured Car Regiment, Horsham, Vic. However a photograph of Billabong, on exercise in 1940 at Glenfield, NSW, suggests either a joint exercise between the 1st & 2nd A/C Regiments or re-deployment to the 2nd.

LP-3
• C-314 - Crow
• C-315 - Curlew
• C-316 - Cockatoo
• C-317 - Stingray
• C-318 - Starfish
• C-319 - Snake
• all believed to the 1st and some later to the 2nd Armoured Car Regiment, Ashfield, NSW.

LP-4
• C-6278 - Devil
• C-6279 - Dingo
• C-6280 - Bandicoot
• C-6281 - Porcupine
• C-6282 - Possum
• C-6283 - Pelican
• C-6284 - Wolf
• C-6285 - Wattle
• C-6286 - Warpath
• all believed to the 1st Armoured Car Regiment in Horsham.

Bob

[matilda IIA]

No Bob, Greta is up near Newcastle !!!!!

Its an old training area...I know of the remains of one of these cars not far from me and when I was a child I have played inside it.....It meet with the oxy and most of it was pushed into a hole and covered over....Some parts remain....If your up this way I will take you out and show you the remains and the location of the hole....

Kind regards
matt

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Hi again Matt - very exciting second photograph being one of the 18 Australian Armoured Cars made. Any more detail, like its name on the back of the photograph?

Bob

You might have a "Comeback" on this, but I believe that it's Boomerang, an LP2. The number is visible on the door, A.C. 222, and that front wheel is a Chev wheel. Already amongst a rare few, this vehicle certainly ranks as unique, being the only Chev based Aust Armd Car.