(Australian) ARN listing

[Mike Cecil]

N = NSW point of sale
MT = Mechanised/Motor Transport


Ford Motor Company: CDC rules were to offer vehicles to the original supplier at set prices, the price range depending upon condition, if not required by another Govt department. The last ones on the buyer disposal list were the general public.


Sales Advice Notes were issued by the CDC to the originating agency, ie Army in this case, to confirm proper disposal and provide a point of reference. They were probably issued to the buyer as well. I am not aware of anyone locating any original CDC lists of SANs issued, the only surviving reference being the notations in AWM126.

Having a SAN number would normally indicate the sale took place either in the last year or so of the war, or in the few years afterwards. They are shown in red ink in AWM126. Later disposals of jeeps are annotated as being disposed of by Board of Survey by Army and sent for auction. These are usually in blue biro.

Mike