Welfare Vehicles

[David Dunlop]

I think there is a third Salvation Army Truck, directly above the vent window of the Vanguard, by the trees in the distance.

David

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

I think there is a third Salvation Army Truck, directly above the vent window of the Vanguard, by the trees in the distance.

David

and a couple of Austin Champs too (not Salvos!)

[Lang]

You would not want to give any cheek to this old bird. Even if you were the driver of the car behind she had just rammed while parking.

[Lang]

3 More photos - I think the carrier one might be up already.

[Matthew P]

Interesting mobile cinema trucks. That's a subset of Welfare vehicles even less documented then the canteens.

Matt

[Lang]

Well, the Australians took lots of shots of cinema units.

[Lang]

And more. The logs are the seating. The one with all the junk is the "theatre" next morning and this is what the audience brought to sit on.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Lang

Well, the Australians took lots of shots of cinema units.

Used to be one of these ex-army MCP International K2 ? trucks up at Yea, Victoria, many years ago. The Yea K2 was unusual in that it still had the original wartime wooden GS body, very rotted, but still with all of the metal fittings in-situ. The K2 owner also had a cab 12 C8 CMP that I eventually bought. International-H (Aust.) also assembled the smaller military 15cwt K1 model, it was fitted with the same wooden framed military canvas topped cab. A coupe utility version of the K1 was also built, don't know if the army used these - a long time ago, I spotted a nice original K1 ute sitting in a paddock , a few days later it had been moved, it was now badly damaged , some hoons had used it as a paddock bomb, the front end was caved in. https://collections.museumsvictoria..../items/1469625