Australian Army
Lieutenant James Boag, member of the Australian Volunteer Automobile Corps, brewery owner and retired artillery officer is in the passenger seat of 35hp Talbot car, Tasmania Military District Encampment, at Ross, Easter 1911
Australian Volunteer Automobile Corps
by Carol Haberle
The formation of an Australian Volunteer Automobile Corps was approved by the Government in Commonwealth Gazette No. 22 of 9th May 1908 and Military Order 119 of 1908. Cars were provided at no cost by the owners and all members were given the provisional rank of Lieutenant in the Australian Army, and given an allowance of 12/6d per day while on duty (chauffeurs received 5/- per day). Members were often drawn from state automobile clubs, although AVAC was a unit of the army. Australian Volunteer Automobile Corps provided Commonwealth military motor transport. The AVAC was disbanded in 1915 after the army decided to supply mechanical transport of its own in 1914.
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