ANZAC OOB - Motor Company

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Shame..
There are War Diaries for 1, 2 & 3 Armoured Div as well as a couple Motor Divs. I have not finished checking all the detail but some of these were short lived. The Armoured Divs lasted the war period

Mobhack said:
So - if you have tat info - please share.

e.g. - is it like the UK motor company 1930 (as used by the Rifle Brigade etc) with added motor MG sections, carrier scouts etc? (formation 331) - with the mech version when halftracks appear (332 - the motor coy 43).

And where used? - I was unaware of any Australian armoured divisions or brigades etc?.

Cheers
Andy

Ok some basics first I will finish off the rest later.

1 Armoured Div: (and tank type allocation as Feb 42)
1 Armoured brigade as:
5 Armoured Regt – I Tanks, (Matilda)
6 Armoured Regt – M3 light tanks
7 Armoured Regt – M3 mediums.

2 Armoured Brigade
8 Armoured Regt – M3 mediums
9 Armoured Regt – I Tanks, (Matilda)
10 Armoured Regt – M3 mediums.

1 Armoured brigade Recce Sqn.
2 Armoured brigade Recce Sqn.
11 Armoured Cav Regt.

20 Aust Motor Regt attached to 1 Armoured Div, Feb 42

Formal naming of the AC tank series
As of 13 Feb 1942 AC1 “Sentinel”
As of 13 Feb 1942 AC3 “Scorpion”

Also there was a 15 Aust Motor Regt, formed from Northern River Lancers, NSW; 1941

add the following as edit
Besides that there is the Infantry Div Cav Regts which are not properly formed in the OOB as well. That is 6, 7 and 9 Div Cav Regts.

These are just some of the many reasons, beside the significant difference between Australia and New Zealand that I questioned the lack of separation of the ANZAC OOB into two separate nations.
Perhaps its just a case of lack of understanding of these 2 countries war establishments and organisations that have led the ANZAC OOB to be made into one.