Ambulances

Serendipity: I was hunting for a photo of an icecream van (not found yet), and reached this ambulance photo from the same contributor. He didn't supply a better view of the one to the left.

Emerald (Vic.): 1962 VW ambulance at a PBR Olde Time Festival. Sun.3.12.00. (David White)

Service life: Navy dockyard 1965-76; Upwey St John 1976-99.


Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

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1923 Ford outside the Old Melbourne Hospital Lonsdale Street



Civil Ambulance and Transport Brigade service vehicle - training exercise
Dated: 1923



Ambulance, 1930
New South Wales Railway Ambulance Corp Transport vehicle



Railway Ambulance Corp wagon
Dated: 1890



Ambulance Tram, c.1915
Ambulance Trams - used to convey wounded military personnel from Woolloomooloo Wharf to Randwick Military Hospital



1957 Ford Mainline V8 ambulance. Originally operated by the Snowy Mountains Authority and stationed at Adaminaby in NSW



S.A. Civil Ambulance Vehicle Chev 4. 1926



Police Ambulance C1916









Ambulance Station Melbourne 1954



Ambulance vehicle parked near a Royal Flying Doctor's plane

They're not all white. This one was posted by a different forum member to the set covering the recent Geelong rally. It helps expand this thread too.

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

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That was yet another excellent edition. Quite apart from the vehicles, the series has covered major changes in social conditions, and in the garb and role of the operators.
Here is one from 1967: A St John ambulance on standby during a Moomba procession in Melbourne.
From this angle, I can only guess: possibly Morris, possibly Austin, and I would have a hope of getting the model.

This morning, I had only the link. This afternoon, I have had a high-resolution version posted by Mal Row, a prolific contributor to the yahoo group tramsdownunder.


Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Is the MASH reference on the older one just for fun, or had it been used as a film prop somewhere/sometime?

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Roderick,
The Jeep originally servied in the Bourke District Ambulance and was one of the first 4WD ambulances in use in Australia. Some time after service it was used for a few Variety Club bashes, which is when it acquired it's MASH livery.

Last time i went through Dalby there were one of them Jeep ambulances at the truck wreckers. Looked to be all there

That was yet another excellent edition. Quite apart from the vehicles, the series has covered major changes in social conditions, and in the garb and role of the operators.
Here is one from 1967: A St John ambulance on standby during a Moomba procession in Melbourne.
From this angle, I can only guess: possibly Morris, possibly Austin, and I would have a hope of getting the model.

This morning, I had only the link. This afternoon, I have had a high-resolution version posted by Mal Row, a prolific contributor to the yahoo group tramsdownunder.


Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Roderick, I think this ambulance might be based on a Morris Commercial PV chassis. PV stood for Parcel Van and the model was built from 1939 to 1953. I think they used a version of the 2.05 litre ohv 4 cylinder engine as used in the LC, LC3 and LC4 30 cwt trucks.

After the Morris Commercial PV ended production in 1953 came the Morris LD models, which I think used the 2.2 litre ohv Austin A70 motor. The pick up truck is the first style. The pear shaped grille also featured on the small Morris Commercial J and JB vans and the FVS/FVO 5 ton forward control trucks that used the Willenhall steel cab used by the later Series III Austin/Morris forward control trucks. The later versions were badged Austin, Morris and later BMC. There was also a diesel version of the BMC 2.2 litre engine on offer.

Later version of the Morris LD.