The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Captured on 1 July 1945, by 'A' Company, 2/9 Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF, at Klandasan, this [Type 94] tankette was the first of its kind to be found intact in South West Pacific area by Australian troops. Crew consisted of two - driver and gunner. Armament: one 17.7mm machine gun, weight approximately 3 tons. NX114685 Trooper Brian Edwin Bourke and NX123601 Lieutenant Vincent Douglas Ferns, both from 1 Australian Armoured Regiment, 'B' Squadron, who tested the tankette. This tankette is an exhibit at the Australian War Memorial.
Australian soldiers sit on a captured Type 94 Japanese tankette, serial number 88, on the beach. Left to right: Trooper Doug Jasprizza, Trooper Kevin Brett, Trooper Brian Bourke (sitting in turret), T
Camouflaged, Japanese, Type 94, two man tankette of welded and rivetted construction. The vehicle's serial number is '88'. The Australian Army Military History Section allocated the case number 'S125'
