The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1945-06. PITOE, MOROTAI ISLAND. FORD G.P.W. JEEP TRAILER. THIS VEHICLE WAS QUITE EXTENSIVELY MODIFIED FOR THE WET CONDITIONS. 1. IT WAS WATERPROOFED UP TO FOUR FEET OF WATER. 2. THERE WAS AN EXTENSION PIPE ATTACHED TO THE CARBURETTOR IN PLACE OF AN AIR-CLEANER. 3. THE ENGINE EXHAUST EXTENDED UP THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. 4. THE BONNET WAS CARRIED ON THE BACK OF THE JEEP. 5. THERE WAS A WATERPROOF COVERING OVER THE ENGINE. 6. THERE WERE CHAINS FITTED TO THE WHEELS
WINDSOR PARK, QLD. 1944-01-15. NX35188 CORPORAL V. R. HAZELWOOD (1) OF THE 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE DRIVING A JEEP WHICH HAS BEEN MODIFIED BY FITTING EXTENSION PIPES TO THE EXHAUST AND CARBURETTOR SO THAT
PORT DOUGLAS, QLD. 1944-03-17. A JEEP OF THE 6TH DIVISION, DRIVING UP THE SPECIAL MESH TRACK LAID OUT BY ARMY ENGINEERS. ALL MOTOR VEHICLES ARE PROOFED AGAINST SALT WATER, WITH EXHAUST AND CARBURETTOR
British North Borneo. 25 June 1945. Although there were no roads in Weston, which was captured by the 9th Division AIF, jeeps which were landed with the Australians were able to run along the railway
PORT DOUGLAS, QLD. 1944-03-17. A JEEP OF THE 6TH DIVISION, PROOFED AGAINST SALT WATER, WITH EXHAUST AND CARBURETTOR INLETS RAISED SO THAT THE VEHICLE CAN MOVE THROUGH THE SURF. HERE IT IS SEEN COMING
Soputa, Papua, 1942-11. At the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance, a driver sits at the steering wheel of jeep no. 19640 (or 19648) that is used as a medical evacuation vehicle f
An unidentified member of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), examines the thick layer of snow on the protective covering on the bonnet of 3RAR jeep number 134992. The snow indi
