The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
One of No.3 Squadron transport driver (unidentified) in cabin of truck. Internally many of the trucks still retained their buff-coloured camouflage from the Desert Campaign.
A Merlin-engined Kittyhawk (or Warhawk) of 3 Squadron in a dispersal bay, Vasto, Italy, March 1944. This aircraft still retained the buff and brown camouflage of the western desert.
A transport driver sleeping behind his truck at Larrimah in the Northern Territory. These drivers often had to drive over 200 miles per day in very hot weather, often driving for seven days at a stre
Egypt. 1941. Three members of No 3 Squadron RAAF beside their truck. Bill Gordon at far right is putting on his socks. Overnight shelter was a canvas sheet attached to the truck. They were part of a c
A convoy of trucks is travelling down a street. The trucks have been painted with desert coloured camouflage pattern. Passersby include a woman and a young boy, while on the other side of the street
This satirical cartoon depicts a transport driver in an army truck driving passed two diggers, one has their back turned and the other is partially obstructed by the vehicle, both soldiers are carryin
A truck convoy of No 3 Squadron RAAF stops on the coast road. The squadron left Syria for Egypt in a group of sixty six trucks after the completion of the Syrian campaign. (Donor F. Sainsbury)
