About This Unit
General / Motor Transport Elements
Key Source: Reference: McKenzie-Smith, Graham 2018 " The Unit Guide The Australian Army 1939-45 This is a titanic accomplishment in 6 volumes which is must for any student of the Australian Army in WW2. The VWMA would not have been able to achieve the clarity we have striven for without reference to this series of books.
General Transport Companies derived from Field Supply Units, and they worked to transport supply items, including ammunition, between depots.
The history of these units is convoluted and difficult to trace, as the same companies often existed under multiple names.
Their chain of command and reporting relationships also changed. Many also had detachments that worked independently to the main unit. The names of each General Transport Company and their many iterations are listed below, as best we have been able to establish:
1 General Transport Company
146 General Transport Company
2 General Transport Company
147 General Transport Company
3 General Transport Company
148 General Transport Company
4 General Transport Company
149 General Transport Company
5 General Transport Company
111 General Transport Company
101 Reserve Motor Transport Company
112 General Transport Company
HQ 112 Aust General Transport Company
113 General Transport Company
105 Reserve Motor Transport Company
114 General Transport Company
102 Reserve Motor Transport Company
115 General Transport Company
103 Reserve Motor Transport Company
116 General Transport Company
106 Reserve Motor Transport Company
117 General Transport Company
112 Reserve Motor Transport Company
118 General Transport Company
104 Reserve Motor Transport Company
119 General Transport Company
7 Reserve Motor Transport Company
19 Reserve Motor Transport Company
119 Reserve Motor Transport Company
120 General Transport Company
120 Reserve Motor Transport Company
121 General Transport Company
8 Reserve Motor Transport Company
108 Reserve Motor Transport Company
123 General Transport Company
A Section, 10 Reserve Motor Transport Company
110 Reserve Motor Transport Company
124 General Transport Company
121 Reserve Motor Transport Company
125 General Transport Company
125 Reserve Motor Transport Company
126 General Transport Company
HQ 126 Aust General Transport Company
127 General Transport Company
115 Reserve Motor Transport Company
128 General Transport Company
129 General Transport Company
113 Reserve Motor Transport Company
HQ 129 Aust General Transport Company
130 General Transport Company
116 Reserve Motor Transport Company
131 General Transport Company
117 Reserve Motor Transport Company
HQ 131 Aust General Transport Company
132 General Transport Company
133 General Transport Company
HQ 113 Aust General Transport Company
134 General Transport Company
107 Reserve Motor Transport Company
135 General Transport Company
111 Reserve Motor Transport Company
136 General Transport Company
14 Reserve Motor Transport Company
114 Reserve Motor Transport Company
137 General Transport Company
9 Reserve Motor Transport Company
109 Reserve Motor Transport Company
138 General Transport Company
139 General Transport Company
140 General Transport Company
23 Reserve Motor Transport Company
7 Military District Reserve Motor Transport Company
124 Reserve Motor Transport Company
141 General Transport Company
A Section, 125 Reserve Motor Transport Company
8 Military District Reserve Transport Company
HQ 40 Aust Supply Depot Company
144 General Transport Company
145 General Transport Company
151 General Transport Company
HQ 151 Aust General Transport Company
162 General Transport Company
118 Reserve Motor Transport Company
32 Aust Company AASC
Click images to start slideshow.