Unusual desert (Indian?) Chevrolet

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Julis, Palestine. c. 1941. Two members of 6th Division Supply Column, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC), work on a Chevrolet truck (AIF no. 17454, 72) in the car park of the base.

This could be either a GM Near East-assembled Chev, a Holden-assembled or a Canadian-sourced...note rhd and what appears to me to be Canadian wheels. I am conjected initially that this is a 'Lorry 3-ton 4 x 2 GS' to S/M 2005, one of 3150 sent to Egypt and then issued to the AIF. The British numbers were L 449XXX so far as I can see. So that would make this a 1543X2 , or CC60L/X2! However the argument against my suggestion is that there should in theory be a British Census Number instead of/as well as the AIF number. Was this therefore a Holden-assembled truck shipped to the Mid-East? Perhaps the number can help?

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