Wartime supply from Mt. Isa

I  found this interesting write up on what the US Army were doing,  running convoys from Mt. Isa .

www.ozatwar.com/usarmy/thekangarootrail.htm

It's written from the American perspective,  there were lots of Australian units involved too. 

I may have posted this link already ! Not sure . 
100years.tmr.qld.gov.au/1940s

The guy in the film with the beard: he could pass for a 1970s hippy . 

I remember my father saying:  when he was posted South from Darwin, the drivers of the 6x6 trucks were black guys. He said, the Yanks were very hospitable, they freely shared any rations at the truck stops. 

Some more pics from the same Web site. 

The Reverse Lend Lease vehicles supplied to the USAFIA had their own unique reg. numbers. Typically, the US Armed Forces in Australia reg. numbers ran with a U or AP prefix . The buses are : Studebaker and two Dodge. The Zero is on display in a Brisbane st. 

www.ozatwar.com/women/wnel.htm

     

Pics from the AWM. Car is a rare 1941 Ford sedan assembled by Ford Australia. 

Description . A Ford sedan car belonging to an Allied Traffic Control unit parked outside the Townsville Police Station. The car has a loudspeaker mounted on its roof and a sign painted on its bonnet which reads: 'U.S.A.U.12182 Allied-Traffic-Control. In the background is an ambulance building.

   

DescriptionOutdoors portrait of four members of an Allied Traffic Control unit standing to attention in front of the unit's Ford sedan car. The four men are (left to right): an Australian Army Military Policeman (MP); a RAAF Service Policeman; an Australian civilian policeman and a US Army MP. The car has a loudspeaker mounted on its roof and a sign painted on its bonnet which reads: 'U.S.A.U.12182 Allied-Traffic-Control.