Through the Ages: Wangaratta Group

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THROUGH THE AGES WANGARATTA GROUP

1 1949 Demonstration Squad Wangaratta Showgrounds 2 Early beaters, Watering can and knapsacks 3 La France pumper photographed in the early 1960s 4 1949 Demonstration Squad Wangaratta Showgrounds 5 1949 Demonstration Squad Wangaratta Showgrounds 6 Truck burned December 1943 in Wangaratta district 7 Wangaratta Fire Station opened 1896 8 Mt Warby fire tower 9 Horse-drawn fire extinguisher, Bowman-Murmungee 10 1940s Moore’s Private Fire Tower, Springhurst 11 Current Wangaratta Group FCVs These images are taken from the forthcoming book Make Tankers Ten. If you have any history or images relating to the Wangaratta Group, contact David Salau on 0408 387 582 or email dsal37@gmail.com

COMPILED BY KEITH PAKENHAM AFSM

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