029325 Accession Number: 029325

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FORBES, NSW. 1943-02. GAS SHELL EXPERIMENTS CARRIED OUT BY 2/1 AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE LABORATORY AND 2/2 FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY. THE EFFECTIVE BURST. THE DROPS WILL DRIFT FROM THE POINT OF BURST TO THE "GUINEA PIGS" STATION LEFT OF THE SMALL FLAG TO BE SEEN ON THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE. LIEUTENANT N.K. KING, ON THE EXTREME RIGHT OF THE PICTURE, IS SIGNALLING BY WHISTLE TO THE "GUINEA PIGS" THAT THE BURST IS CORRECTLY PLACED.

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Accession Number
029325
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
Item Count
1
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