The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lieutenant Fletcher and 2800 Sergeant William George Hoole, wearing small box respirators while instructing troops in their use at a camp in England. The small box respirator was one of the most effective general purpose gas masks at the time; it consisted of a loosely fitting mask with eye goggles, with a carrying bag worn on the chest. The wearer breathed in through the neutralising granules in the bottom of the filter box, and breathed out through a valve in the mouth tube.
Australian infantry in England undergoing training in the use of the small box respirator before proceeding to France. The small box respirator was one of the most effective general purpose gas masks
Informal portrait of probably Padre Walter Ernest Dexter modelling a large box respirator, predecessor of the commonly used small box respirator. The wraparound cloth mask featured a carbon filter (in
British Small Box Respirator consisting of a rubberised fabric face mask, connected by a fabric covered rubber hose to the top section of a chemical absorbent canister. The remainder of the tin plate
British Small Box Respirator consisting of a rubberised fabric face mask, connected by a fabric covered rubber hose to a chemical absorbent canister made of tin plate. The face mask is made of light w
Unidentified man wearing a gas mask developed at the University of Melbourne. Note the separate separate respirator and goggles and that the apparatus offers no protection to the face and requires th
French ARS type gas mask fitted with a centrally mounted removable circular shaped filter unit. The entire respirator is finished in an overall khaki brown colour. Stamped in black ink on the left c
