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Sedan instrument panel. [BRG 213/121/18/23] • Photograph

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Summary

Black and white mounted photographs from an album titled 'Photographic Study, General Motors-Holden's Ltd., Woodville, South Australia, 1944'. Comprises images, with captions on verso, from the section in the album labelled 'Vehicles' featuring car bodies built for the Defence Department during World War II, showing various sedan body panels, field ambulance bodies, a light Ack Ack vehicle, signal vans, and an RAAF wireless telegraphy truck.

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Physical description

Photograph (black and white print), 6.7 x 20.8 cm, on sheet 20.4 x 25.6 cm.

Dates / Publication details

1941-1944

Creator

GM Holden Ltd

Collection

Part of Holden Collection

Subject

General Motors-Holden's Limited
GMH Woodville (Factory : Woodville, S.A.)
Automobile industry and trade -- South Australia -- Woodville
Automobile factories -- South Australia -- Woodville
World War, 1939-1945 -- South Australia -- Equipment and supplies
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Australia
Defense industries -- Australia
World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Propaganda
Propaganda, Australian -- History 20th century

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Historical information

With the outbreak of war in 1939 manufacturing production in Australia was swung towards wartime production. On June 16th 1939 the Australian Parliament mobilized all the country's resources and manpower, materials and productive capacity. GMH placed all plants, personnel and facilities at the disposal of the Australian Government. GMH produced aeroplanes, trucks, ambulances, military vehicles, ammunition, weaponry, tents, assorted canvas goods, boats and associated materials.

BRG 213/121/18/36 : The cabin and tray on this vehicle would have been made at the GMH Woodille Plant and probably assembled at GMH Birkenhead Plant. The UK contracted Ford and Chevrolet to build a range of trucks to a right hand drive British Military Pattern. These vehicles were also adapted in Canada. Australia did not have full manufacturing capability and some trucks with cabins, but both Chevrolet and Ford pressed cabins and built trays at Woodville and Geelong respectively. These cabins and trays were fitted to imported 'rolling chassis'.

Digitisation information

Date

24/05/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,211 x 1,851 pixels (9.6 MP)

Size

28.96 MB

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