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121 Australian General Transport Company

Details:

Title

121 Australian General Transport Company,

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Alice Springs, Adelaide River,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Army,

Service branch

Transport,

Unit

121 Australian General Transport Company,

Alternative unit name

8 Reserve Motor Transport Company, 108 Reserve Motor Transport Company, 121 Australian General Transport Company Parent Unit,

Parent unit

11 Line of Communication,

Date arrived in NT

1942-12,

History

The Unit was formed in South Australia in February 1941 as a militia unit. it was initially called 8 Reserve Motor Transport Company. It was renumbered 108 in 1941 and in July 1942 it was renamed again to 121 Australian General Transport Company. It provided transport from Alice Springs to Darwin.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Australia, Army, 121 Australian General Transport Company,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/10640 [PictureNT : PH0173/0057, 121 Australian General Transport Unit, Laube Collection], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=31883 [121 Australian General Transport Company],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847591,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847940