Australian Military Vehicles Research
Australian Military Vehicles Research
This table lists the number of Matilda tanks received in Australia during each week of 1942. Data for the table was collated from weekly progress reports prepared by the Chiefs of Staff for the Australian Government. Unfortunately the source documents did not identify the mark of Matilda received.
Week Ending |
Weekly Arrivals |
Cumulative Total |
| 31-Jan-42 | Nil |
Nil |
7-Feb-42 |
Nil |
Nil |
14-Feb-42 |
Nil |
Nil |
21-Feb-42 |
Nil |
Nil |
27-Feb-42 |
Nil |
Nil |
7-Mar-42 |
Nil |
Nil |
14-Mar-42 |
Nil |
Nil |
21-Mar-42 |
Nil |
Nil |
28-Mar-42 |
Nil |
Nil |
4-Apr-42 |
12 |
12 |
11-Apr-42 |
Nil |
12 |
18-Apr-42 |
Nil |
12 |
25-Apr-42 |
8 |
20 |
2-May-42 |
42 |
62 |
9-May-42 |
Nil |
62 |
16-May-42 |
Nil |
62 |
23-May-42 |
30 |
92 |
30-May-42 |
Nil |
92 |
6-Jun-42 |
4 |
96 |
13-Jun-42 |
Nil |
96 |
20-Jun-42 |
4 |
100 |
26-Jun-42 |
3 |
103 |
4-Jul-42 |
Nil |
103 |
11-Jul-42 |
1 |
104 |
18-Jul-42 |
17 |
121 |
25-Jul-42 |
27 |
148 |
1-Aug-42 |
Nil |
148 |
8-Aug-42 |
15 |
163 |
15-Aug-42 |
Nil |
163 |
22-Aug-42 |
8 |
171 |
29-Aug-42 |
20 |
191 |
5-Sep-42 |
8 |
199 |
12-Sep-42 |
6 |
205 |
19-Sep-42 |
Nil |
186 (note 1) |
26-Sep-42 |
Nil |
186 |
3-Oct-42 |
10 |
196 |
10-Oct-42 |
2 |
198 |
17-Oct-42 |
19 |
217 |
24-Oct-42 |
10 |
227 |
31-Oct-42 |
Nil |
227 |
7-Nov-42 |
15 |
242 |
14-Nov-42 |
4 |
246 |
21-Nov-42 |
23 |
269 |
28-Nov-42 |
16 |
285 |
5-Dec-42 |
4 |
289 |
12-Dec-42 |
5 |
294 |
19-Dec-42 |
10 |
304 |
26-Dec-42 |
Nil |
304 |
Sources:
AWM227: 34 Weekly Progress Reports of Chiefs of Staff to the Prime Minister.
AWM 113: MH/160 Parts 1-5 Weekly Progress Reports of the Chiefs of Staff to the Prime
Minister
Note 1:
During the week ending 19 September 1942 the number of
Matildas on hand was revised in response to the discovery of double counting
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