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09-05-09, 11:09
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US 5th Army Mobile Radio Station
http://www.fiftharmymobileradio.com/
A friend sent me the link to a web site on the 5th Army Mobile Radio Station. The photos are amazing. Cheers Cliff
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Cheers Cliff Hutchings aka MrRoo S.I.R. "and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night" MrRoo says "TRUCKS ROOLE" 
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09-05-09, 11:42
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Same thing here
hi Cliff
The Australian army amenities service did the same thing , usually the truck was a 3 Ton Blitz ..there is a AWM pic of one in Camberwell Melbourne ..I cannot find it at present , but these pics will suffice . 098157 Physical description: Black & white Summary: WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-23. THE BROADCASTING STATION AREA AT RADIO STATION 9AJ, 1 BROADCASTING STATION, AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE. THE MOBILE TRUCK CONTAINS THE ENTIRE EQUIPMENT. Amenities receivers were issued by the Salvos etc.. they were specially made and ran from a 6 Volt wet cell battery . I had a few , AWA made one with a opening door over the speaker . There were many non-mobile stations too. Port Moresby had a very large station and many were located all over New Guinea and the islands. They played music and kept up morale ... Here are two links describing two different amenities sets... there were about 4-5 Australian brands ..all different in layout. http://www.shlrc.mq.edu.au/~robinson/museum/5V15.html http://www.vk2bv.org/museum/c17020.htm I had an example of the Stromberg Carlson set, with New Guinea provenance . I sold it to the AWM some years ago. Mike
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1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad Last edited by Mike Kelly; 09-05-09 at 11:56.
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09-05-09, 13:13
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The Camberwell pics . Looks like they had a Jeep and trailer with a 5KVA generator powering it all . Would have been a glitch if the Blitz and Jeep became seperated !
ID Number: 114524 Physical description: Black & white Summary: CAMBERWELL, VIC. 1945-09-05. CORPORAL R. C. CHUNON ON THE REAR STEPS OF THE BROADCASTING TRUCK WHICH CARRIES THE COMPLETE EQUIPMENT OF 9AO MOBILE BROADCASTING STATION, AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE ID Number: 114518 Physical description: Black & white Summary: CAMBERWELL, VIC. 1945-09-05. EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE BROADCASTING TRUCK WHICH CARRIES THE COMPLETE EQUIPMENT OF 9AO MOBILE BROADCASTING STATION, AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE. ID Number: 114517 Physical description: Black & white Summary: CAMBERWELL, VIC. 1945-09-05. THE 5KVA ELECTRICITY GENERATING PLANT, IN A JEEP TRAILER, OF 9AO MOBILE BROADCASTING STATION, AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE Mike
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1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad
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