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Old 26-08-13, 04:48 AM
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Default 158 Aust Gen Tpt Coy

Hi All,
I am wondering if anyone can please help me with a photo/drawing of the
158 Australian General Transport Company colour patch from WWII (1943).

I cannot seem to find it in any searches I am doing here.

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Matt
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Old 26-08-13, 06:21 AM
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As far as I know 158 Aust Gen Tpt Coy will not have had its own unique colour patch, but if, as seems possible, it was a component of 7 Aust Div it will have worn the 7 Aust Div AASC patch - a diamond divided vertically white/blue on a grey 2 AIF border. But the Coy may have been Corps troops. The Coy was involved in a tragic incident on 7 Sep 43 when a USAAF B-24 Liberator bomber crashed onto some of the Coy's vehicles carrying soldiers from 2/33 Aust Inf Bn.
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Think you may find they were part of Line of Communication Area Motor Transport Units AASC. So likely to have worn the New Guinea L of C patch.

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Thanks guys, I will keep trying to do some more digging. We need to try and make sure we have the correct colours for the presentation.

The reason we are hunting for it is exactly as the reason listed.

My grandfather was Captain 2/33 Aus Inf Bn & was there on the day of the crash. As a young Lt. he had to lay out the body parts of his men for identification.

This year is the 70th anniversary of the crash, and there is a memorial service at the AWM September 6th (one day earlier).
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GRO 663/1942 covered the patches for L of C Area MTUs. Patches were worn by:
General Transport Companies
Car Companies and Platoons
Ambulance Car Companies
Bridge Companies

The NG L of C version was:

A Square divided horizontally blue over green.
Surmounted by a blue square with a white triangle in the centre.

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Old 26-08-13, 09:48 AM
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These from an official c1946 document discovered and provided by the late, lamented Dave Allan:
New Guinea LofC Area MT Units.01.jpg New Guinea LofC Area MT Units.02.jpg
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