The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Truck 1/4 ton 4x4 general service Jeep. This 'Borneo jeep' is painted green with the Australian Army registration number, 161881 stencilled on the bonnet sides. It has the serial number 222713. The vehicle has been fitted with flanged railway wheels to represent Australian light railway operations in North Borneo during 1945.
This vehicle was used by the Australian Army Military History Section and is one of approximately 16,500 jeeps supplied to Australian forces during the Second World War. Post war, it continued to be used by the Military History section until 1947 when it was transferred to the Australian War Memorial. This vehicle originally carried the United States Army registration number, 20586452. It has been fitted with flanged railway wheels to represent the locomotive element of a jeep train, which were used in transport operations in North Borneo in 1945. A jeep locomotive usually hauled one flat car or one covered wagon. Jeep trains were used until more substantial locomotives and rolling stock could be acquired.
Olive drab, International No. I Mk III, 2.5 ton, 4x4 general service truck. Attached to the front bumper bar are two swinging steel shackles and a steel rod frame to protect the muffler and exhaust pi
Modified Dodge T-110L5 with serial number 91023907 and Australian Army registration number 120662. The vehicle has an apparently genuine odometer reading of 44848 miles. According to a plate located i
Ford, 3 ton, GS F60L (long wheelbase), Cab 12, 4x4. The vehicle is finished in matt khaki green, Number three paint. It is fitted with a wooden, fixed side, Number 1, Australian body/tray. The Austral
War Department, standard narrow gauge, 4-6-0 locomotive engine. Works number '1218' and War Department number '306'. The locomotive has been fully restored to represent service on the Western Front du
Overall green coloured 6 x 6 International F1 5 ton truck as used by the Australian Army during the 1960's and in the Vietnam War. These Australian designed and made vehicles were operated by the Au
Land Rover, 3/4 ton, 4x4 General Service, Series 2A, light truck. Chassis number 25306605b. Census number 6028. Australian Army Registration Number ARN 113107. The bodywork is of pressed steel and ri
