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Title: Three Brothers
Post by: Kiwi_Roy on April 12, 2020, 10:41:29 PM: Inspired by this picture of my 3 Uncles
(https://i.ibb.co/2WJ8G3G/Uncles.jpg) (https://ibb.co/NtR1c2c)
I don't know where our Dad was but here is his bike
(https://i.ibb.co/qgv91SJ/Mystery-Lady.jpg) (https://ibb.co/wQfC6kc)
Dad shows up a bit later at El Alamein.
(https://i.ibb.co/60sRVgz/1677-001.jpg) (https://ibb.co/pjXvGJc)
Last time I was back in NZ we thought we would do a 3 Brothers group shot.
(https://i.ibb.co/Y3QqJTx/3-Bros.jpg) (https://ibb.co/NsCHfnM)
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Post by: SmithSwede on April 12, 2020, 11:01:57 PM: Very neat. Thanks
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Post by: Tom H on April 12, 2020, 11:07:37 PM: :thumb: :thumb: Thank you!
Tom
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Post by: guzzler on April 12, 2020, 11:12:47 PM: Love it !!
Great to see that motorcycling has been well and truly in the family eh.
Cheers Guzzler
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Post by: Muzz on April 12, 2020, 11:43:37 PM: Ok Roy, now that we have a bit of background info about at least you and Kev, could you name and shame in order, the three of you in that photo please?

I should be able to flick it on to Dave R.
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Post by: Ncdan on April 13, 2020, 01:31:20 AM: Now this is cool, thanks!!!
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Post by: Dave Swanson on April 13, 2020, 05:25:47 AM: This is great. The El Alemein shot is very interesting. The group shot - :bow:
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Post by: Lannis on April 13, 2020, 05:42:08 AM: Those are great family pictures. I wish we had something like that in our family, but we've got no biking tradition at all until I came along. Motorcycles were by gum MOTORCYCLES in them days .....

Always respected the ability of the Commonwealth soldiers to fight in shorts! If I were the enemy, it would make me wonder "What ELSE can these guys do?" Not to mention the Highlanders ....

Lannis
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Post by: Mr Pootle on April 13, 2020, 06:22:20 AM: Quote from: Lannis on April 13, 2020, 05:42:08 AM
Not to mention the Highlanders ....

Lannis
Ah, the Third Foot and Mouth, known on the North West Frontier as The Devils in Skirts.
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Post by: ozarquebus on April 13, 2020, 06:30:59 AM: What a great family heritage.
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Post by: 80CX100 on April 13, 2020, 03:21:15 PM: Amazing photos and history.

The closest my family came to motorcycles was the retelling(many times,lol) the story of a close family friend who came home from the front in WW2 injured, not from battle, but from an accident on his dispatch/courier motorcycle.

Bikes were sometimes disparagingly referred to as "murdercycles" in my household, obviously not yours. :thumb:

Tks for sharing

Kelly
Title: Re: Three Brothers
Post by: KiwiKev on April 13, 2020, 06:20:54 PM: Quote from: Muzz on April 12, 2020, 11:43:37 PM
Ok Roy, now that we have a bit of background info about at least you and Kev, could you name and shame in order, the three of you in that photo please?

I should be able to flick it on to Dave R.
Left to right..
Harry, Roy, Kevin
Title: Re: Three Brothers
Post by: Muzz on April 13, 2020, 10:20:18 PM: Quote from: KiwiKev on April 13, 2020, 06:20:54 PM
Left to right..
Harry, Roy, Kevin

Roy beat you to it Kev, but thanks anyway. Will flick it to Dave's email. He's locked down away at the moment and don't know whether he can access it from where he is. Cheers.
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Post by: Kiwi_Roy on April 15, 2020, 12:11:07 AM: BTW, the Harley our Father is riding rightfully belongs to the South African Army, Dad just figured he should "borrow it"
You can see here the plate fits right in the sequence.
http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol101em.html
He used to tell the story how the Sth African Army got a fright one night and moved out leaving anything that wasn't mobile behind, he repatriated several Harleys.

I think the NZ Army used British bikes but at the end of the war they took a large delivery of Indians too late to go into action. When I was growing up It was possible to purchase a war surplus Indian brand new in a crate, of course we never did.
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Post by: Muzz on April 15, 2020, 03:13:15 AM: Quote from: Kiwi_Roy on April 15, 2020, 12:11:07 AM
BTW, the Harley our Father is riding rightfully belongs to the South African Army, Dad just figured he should "borrow it"
You can see here the plate fits right in the sequence.
http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol101em.html
He used to tell the story how the Sth African Army got a fright one night and moved out leaving anything that wasn't mobile behind, he repatriated several Harleys.

I think the NZ Army used British bikes but at the end of the war they took a large delivery of Indians too late to go into action. When I was growing up It was possible to purchase a war surplus Indian brand new in a crate, of course we never did.

Ballantines War Surplus. I used to look at those Indians. 30 NZ pounds brand new.
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Post by: KiwiKev on April 18, 2020, 03:40:34 AM: Quote from: Muzz on April 15, 2020, 03:13:15 AM
Ballantines War Surplus. I used to look at those Indians. 30 NZ pounds brand new.
Wasn't their warehouse burnt out and the remaining bikes went up in smoke ?
I was thinking Valentines in Hamilton but could be wrong.
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Post by: Rich A on April 18, 2020, 08:39:31 AM: What a wonderful bond you share!

Rich A
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Post by: Muzz on April 18, 2020, 03:29:09 PM: Quote from: KiwiKev on April 18, 2020, 03:40:34 AM
Wasn't their warehouse burnt out and the remaining bikes went up in smoke ?
I was thinking Valentines in Hamilton but could be wrong.

Don't know about the bikes but you are right about the name. :embarrassed:

Buy a motorbike in Ballantynes! :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: