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AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE (AWAS) COOKS ATTACHED TO THE AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL SECTION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, PEELING POTATOES ON THE BEACH AT HINCHINBROOK ISLAND WHILE THE UNIT IS CONDUCTING ITS EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH INTO THE EFFECTS OF MUSTARD GAS ON ANIMALS AND PERSONNEL ON NEARBY BROOK ISLAND. THEY ARE: VF345698 PRIVATE MARY L BRADY (1); VF513442 PRIVATE C E (BETTY) ROBERTS (2); VF551721 PRIVATE D K 'TOMMY' KENNEDY (3).
HINCHINBROOK ISLAND, QLD. 1944-03-01/06. GAS SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT STACKED ON THE BEACH AT HINCHINBROOK ISLAND BY MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL SECTION, ROYAL A
HINCHINBROOK ISLAND, QLD. 1944-03-01 TO 1944-03-06. MEMBERS OF THE TWO AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL SECTION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, LOADING GAS AND CHEMICAL SUPPLIES ON A
HINCHINBROOK ISLAND, QLD. 1944-03-01 TO 1944-03-06. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL SECTION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, LINED UP ON THE BEACH ON HINCHINBROOK ISLA
HINCHINBROOK ISLAND, QLD. 1944-03-01/06. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL SECTION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, RESTING ON THE BEACH IN THEIR ANTI-GAS CLOTHING AND E
HINCHINBROOK ISLAND, QLD. 1944-03-01/06. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL SECTION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, RESTING ON THE BEACH IN THEIR ANTI-GAS CLOTHING AND E
INNISFAIL, QLD. 1944-03-01/06. MR. S.H. ADAMS, OF MUNITIONS SUPPLY LABORATORIES, TAKING MOVIE FOOTAGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL SECTION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS,
