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BROOK ISLAND, QLD. 1944-03-01 TO 1944-03-06. TWO MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL SECTION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, EQUIPPED WITH IMPREGNATED ANTI-GAS CLOTHING COMING ASHORE ON BROOK ISLAND FROM A LANDING BARGE. THIS ANTI-GAS CLOTHING CONSISTS OF TWO LAYERS OF CHEMICALLY IMPREGNATED MATERIAL, IMPREGNATED SOCKS, DUBBINED BOOTS, IMPREGNATED GAITERS AND HOOD, GLOVES AND RESPIRATOR. THE MEN ARE PARTICIPATING IN A REHEARSAL FOR A MUSTARD GAS EXPERIMENT ON THE ISLAND.
HINCHINBROOK ISLAND, QLD. 1944-03-01 TO 1944-03-06. SX2832 SERGEANT R. CRANG (RIGHT) AND Q1463 WARRANT OFFICER 2 W.H. BLANCHARD, BOTH OF THE AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL SECTI
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
BROOK ISLAND, QLD. c. 1944-03-03. THE FIRST BARGE TO ARRIVE BACK ON THE ISLAND IN THE INNISFAIL AREA AFTER THE EXPERIMENTAL MUSTARD GAS ATTACK, STAGED BY THE AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND E
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 TO 1944-03-06. 427434 CORPORAL T.E. BURCH OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (RAAF), ATTACHED TO THE AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL SECTION,
