My continued 'Troving' has yielded a sort of a photo of a Brindle 'rigid roof' caravan, a regular caravan style I guess is what the term indicates. This photo appeared in several papers in March, 1939, and this is the best quality one. It appears to be fairly box like van with a bay style window at the front, maybe it's the rear, and there is a canvas awning which seems to be folded back over the roof of the van.
Some information about the van with it's fold down side and the fact that it was donated by Mr. Brindle (I wonder if that is him with Hughes in the photo?) was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 3 March, 1939, and in all it seems it was a big occasion.
My history is a bit dodgy so I'm confused as to why there was such a recruitment drive six months before WWII was declared in September 1939. Hughes was an interesting character and had been the Prime Minister of Australia during and after WWI and was making a bit of a comeback as the Minister for External Affairs in 1939. Read more here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Hughes.
Mr. Brindle on the other hand seems to have been in financial difficulties by the end of 1939 and this item from the Sydney Morning Herald, 17 November, 1939, shows he was in liquidation and a creditor was suing in the Supreme Court.
- Brindle 7 - SMH 17-11-1939.JPG (64.3 KiB) Viewed 1554 times
This notice at least shows at the time he had seven caravans, some partially built and an assortment of machinery as would be expected for such a business.
Over the next few weeks there were several mentions, ex parte (the defendant does not attend court by arrangement) and finally it was reported on the 21 December, 1939, that the matter had been withdrawn, presumably either settled or the plaintiff decided not to proceed.
The War had commenced at this time, and if Mr. Brindle was in financial trouble at this point it would appear it was unlikely to improve.
In due course the end of the company may be reported.
George