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It seems that there may be a few more Army specification Series 3 Land Rovers about the place than was initially thought. information arose about a package of vehicles sent to Indonesia as a part of an aid package. The below photos are what sparked the interest in this. These were taken on HMAS Jervis Bay in circa 1980 and unloading at Jakarta.
And more recently more information regarding the vehicles appeared from somebody involved with the project :
The vehicles were built as a foreign aid package by Leyland Australia at Enfield (the old PMC Plant). At the time the whole plant considered this bordering on traitorous as the relationship between Australia and Indonesia then was less than cordial. His memory is of between 300 and 400 vehicles and they were supplied without documentation or spares.
Some other aditional information from the Defence section of the Bureau of Statistics yearbook for 1981. This can be downloaded from their website.
As well as the provision of training and advisory assistance, major projects undertaken with Indonesia included survey and mapping of the Moluccas, a maritime patrol project (including patrol boats and Nomad aircraft), provision of Army vehicles, and maintenance of C-130 (Hercules), engines and gearboxes. Expenditure totalled $9.6 million in 1979 - 1980.
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