The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA. 1942-11. SHOOT OF GAS SHELLS BY 5TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING TWO DIRECTORS AT THE FLANK OBSERVATION POST. THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE USED TO MEASURE THE EXACT POSITION AS REGARDS RANGE AND HEIGHT OF EACH BURST. THE SPECTATORS ARE:- CAPTAIN C.G. MACFARLAN, (HQ, 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY), CAPTAIN F.J. CRICHTON, (LHQ, GAS SCHOOL), MAJOR E.W.L. LINES (GSO, II, LHQ), MAJOR A.A. ABBIE, (OFFICER IN CHARGE PHYSIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS), CAPTAIN J.C. MCALLESTER, (2/1ST MOBILE ANTI GAS LABORATORY), MAJOR W. RUTHERFORD, (1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY GAS SCHOOL).
TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA. 1942-11. SHOOT OF GAS SHELLS BY 5TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING TWO DIRECTORS AT THE FLANK OBSERVATION POST. THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE USED TO MEA
TOWNSVILLE, QLD. 1942-11. WATCHING A TRIAL AT THE GAS SHELL SHOOT BY 5TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY. LIEUTENANT E.W. MADDOCKS, INSPECTING ORDNANCE OFFICER, WING-COMMANDER LEFEVRE, RAF,
TOWNSVILLE, QLD. 1942-11. CAPTAIN J.C. MCALLESTER OF THE 2/14TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, ATTACHED TO 2/1ST MOBILE ANTI-GAS LABORATORY, PREPARING TARGETS FOR THE IMPROVISED RIFLE RANGE ON WHICH "
FORBES, AUSTRALIA. 1943-02. GENERAL VIEW OF THE DECONTAMINATION POINT, USED DURING EXPERIMENTS WITH GAS SHELLS CARRIED OUT BY 2/1 AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE LABORATORY AND 2/2 FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL A
A group on an Infantry Tank Mark II Matilda II of the 2nd Army Tank Battalion, listening to an explanation of the method of operation of smoke shell dischargers, fitted to, and operated from the tank.
BRISBANE, QLD, C. 1943-1944. 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY JUNIOR STAFF SCHOOL WAR COURSE NO. VII. BACK ROW: CAPTAIN (CAPT) H.T. MCCREADY, CAPT D.G. DENEHY, CAPT R.D.L. FRASER, LIEUTENANT (LT) J.D. SHAW, CAPT L
