1001 nights

[liverbird09]

Thank you, ScouseBoy and Regorian...all interesting observations. I feel I should know more about his time there but the relevant documents haven't survived the ups & downs of life.
He was a good singer and probably kept the boys entertained with his Mario Lanza songs.

[ScouseBoy]

On other threads on  "World War Two"   on this forum, you will find  other photos of RASC  in North Africa in WW2     .... I suggest you go and scroll through some of those photos. You may find similar trucks. I believe Iraq  was under Middle East Command.

It looks like the trucks  were of US  manufacture.  General Motors products?

[liverbird09]

Thanks for your help ScouseBoy. That's a good idea, I'll give it a go.

[ScouseBoy]

My dad collected a lot of photos on his "world Tour 1939 to 1945"    He had a postcard  of the US Navy troopship he had sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Bombay on.   There was a photo of him riding a camel near the great Pyramids. There was a photo of him on the Dead Sea.

There was a photo  of a wedding reception in Alexandria   after two sergents  had got married to each other.

[still_looking]

Does the truck in the background on the right have a gantry?

S_L

[ScouseBoy]

It is difficult to make it out properly,  But I think the gantry looking thing is Behind  or beyond the truck.

[Drew5233]

I have no information at all, Drew.
My Dad survived the war but died when I was young.
There may be a slim chance that someone will have an ancestor in the photo, who could possibly supply battalion or unit info. The photo has postcard details printed on the reverse, so I suppose it was given to all the men to send home, maybe.
Regards.
LB

The only way you'll know for sure then, is by applying for a copy of his service records from the MoD.

[liverbird09]

Would I get a copy of his service records, I could only supply his name dob and address?

I'm still browsing WW2 threads, you never know what you'll come across on RootsChat, it's a great resource.
Thanks

 

[Regorian]

The trucks are Ford CMP's (Canadian military pattern). I had to look up Google because I disposed of my book on British Miltary Transport in WWII.  Getting ever older I am disposing of my library.

They may well have been made at Dagenham or another Ford plant.

Added: Yes, actually the one on the right may be a workshops vehicle, will have a look.