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Old 24-02-23, 12:37
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CMP conversion in 1955

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-314462135...e/n15/mode/1up

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https://northernbeaches.recollect.ne...des/view/15692

Indian pattern Ambulance ? Fire truck

https://hornsbyshire.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/4204

Bren carrier

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...hTerm=brigade#

Being clad in doped canvas or a similar material on a wooden frame, the Indian Pattern ambulance would not be the ideal bush fire brigade vehicle with red hot ashes falling from the sky. .
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Old 27-08-23, 04:35
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Wandin Bush fire truck. WOT2E by the look of it. The rego nr. dates from: circa 1951

Wandin is in the Yarra Valley, East of Melbourne

Pic. sourced from F/B
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Old 04-09-23, 03:01
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GMC in service in NSW - 1964.

UK scene with a Morris CS8

CMP fire truck
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Old 04-09-23, 11:57
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For Sale on Marketplace Brisbane
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Old 14-09-23, 06:26
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Looks like this is a modified Morris-Commercial CS8 in Brisbane, 1943.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...army%20fire%22
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Old 31-05-24, 11:00
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Ford F15 as a fire truck here in Victoria, reg. number 'US' is circa 1950/51

https://victoriancollections.net.au/...ea690c20c7fe77
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Old 31-08-25, 04:41
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Volunteer bush fire brigade Chevrolet Blitz trucks Castlereagh Street Sydney. 1968

https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.go...0d7a92fffdbb6c
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