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General Service Wagon World War 1

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MOBILITY AND FIREPOWER

Overview

The General Service (GS) wagon was the British Army’s main horse drawn transport vehicle from 1862 till superseded by the broad adoption of motorised vehicles following the World War One. Many variants of the GS wagon were used during the war for general haulage, ambulance and troop transport. This ‘Commonwealth’ pattern wagon shared many common components with the British GS Mark X, which was used by Australian Forces on the Western Front. Little documentation of the development and manufacture of the ‘Commonwealth’ pattern has survived, and its production ceased in about 1917.

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cwa-org-32-99.152

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War and Conflict > World War 1

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The Australian Army Museum is fortunate to have a restored GS wagon, an Officers’ Mess Cart and a water cart in its horse drawn logistics and supply collection.

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-32.044485313237, 115.75479085792

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