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==Mechanical Transport Companies from Burma WW1==
Main article: [[Burma Mechanical Transport Companies, RASC]]
 
Two Mechanical Transport Companies driving Ford Vans were provided by the Government of Burma, the Rangoon raised No. 1 Burma Ford Van Coy (1023 MT Coy ASC), and No. 2 Ford Van Coy (1024 MT Coy ASC). The 1st Burma Company had one third Indian drivers and all British artificers, whereas for 1024 MT Company, the whole of the drivers were Burmese, and the workshops had a great majority of Burmese artificers.
<br>1023 Company departed Rangoon for Mesopotamia on 5 January 1918, and 1024 Company later, the latter arriving Basrah in July 1918. <ref name=Lind > Lindsay, Kimberley John. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=227234&p=2340810 Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan, May to June 1919] ''Great War Forum'' 14 December 2015. Note you need to be logged in to the GWF to be able to view the information in the attachment. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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