The two Australian examples of this type of locomotive are the New South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR) 44 class No.s 4401 - 44100 (100 in class) and the South Australian Railways (SAR) 930 class.
In 1943 the NSWGR put a request in for 12 diesel electric locomotives, only four (4) General Electric 44 ton locos were available, these were ex United States Army Transportation Corps.
In October 1974 the two NSWGR units were sold to the British Phosphate Commission for use on Christmas Island.