Carrier wreck

[tankbarrell]

Originally Posted by Cletracker

Tankbarrell, what year are we talking about? Sentinal, built in Australia??
/Erik

I don't have a year for the contract, is the date stamped into the top armour at the front?

I assume it's Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd. at Shrewsbury in the UK.

[Ben]

British built carriers don't have the armour stamped in the same way as Canadian ones. If there's no ID plate still on the hull then all you have to go by is the T number. In reality, as Adrian has said, that's pretty much all the info you'll need/find. The contract card may tell you more but probably not.

Ben

[Lynn Eades]

Eric, its a Sentinel Wagon (UK) built MkII, 3 inch Mortar carrier, according to Nigel Watsons book.

Adrian, The British carriers weren't stamped in the front armour. The info was only on the gun metal plate riveted to the drivers front guard. The Canadians helped to preserve the info with theirs, by stamping into the armour (after the first 1000 or so)

This will be a late war carrier. It is similar to Petrs carrier, although his is not a Mortar.

[tankbarrell]

Thanks for clarifying Ben and Lynn, I've only ever had a T-16 and a Windsor and they both had it.

[Richard Farrant]

At Corowa this year we had a Sentinel 3" Mortar Carrier there, going by the census number it is an earlier one. I also know of another Sentinel 3" Mortar Carrier in NSW, yet to be restored.

Here is a photo of Wayne's Carrier at Corowa.

regards, Richard

[Mike K]

I guess most of us have seen this. The AWM films are easy to download and save for later . I convert them to whatever format is required

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C189886?search

[Petr Brezina]

Great find Erik, some very nice details there!

[Lynn Eades]

Eric, can you do a closer photo of the bracket at the front of the control rod cover please? I can't work out what i'm looking at.