In my childhood this photo was on the wall of my parents home in Christchurch. We used to refer to it as proof our dad, Gunner R.I. Cross, was in the airbourne part of the RNZA. He was a gun tractor driver in a 25 Pdr Field Artillery Battery for much of WWII and we were told this photo was of him driving a quad in an Artillery camp near Nelson.
As a LBdr in 163 Bty in the 1950s, I also drove these wonderful vehicles from Burnham Camp to field training areas such as Lake Ellesmere, Little Malaya/Oxford, Tekapo, etc where we did our best to get them bogged so we could practice recovery drills.
Yours aye,
Bdr RNZA, Sgt RNZIR & Lt Col RNZAOC
Retired to Tamahere, Hamilton
As a LBdr in 163 Bty in the 1950s, I also drove these wonderful vehicles from Burnham Camp to field training areas such as Lake Ellesmere, Little Malaya/Oxford, Tekapo, etc where we did our best to get them bogged so we could practice recovery drills.
Yours aye,
Bdr RNZA, Sgt RNZIR & Lt Col RNZAOC
Retired to Tamahere, Hamilton
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