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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 EXPERIMENTAL SECTION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS (RAE). ALL PERSONNEL ARE EQUIPPED WITH IMPREGNATED CLOTHING AND RESPIRATORS TO PROTECT THEM WHILE ON THE ISLAND, OVER WHICH A CLOUD OF GAS WAS STILL HANGING.
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 C
LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN E.J. ADAMS RAAF OPERATING AN ANEMOMETER ON THE ISLAND IN THE INNISFAIL AREA DURING THE EXPERIMENTAL MUSTARD GAS BOMBING STAGED BY THE AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND EXPER
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
BROOK ISLAND, QLD. c. 1944-03-03. VF387912 CORPORAL OLIVE LUCAS, AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE (AWAS) AND MR. JOHN (JACK) LEGGE, PATHOLOGIST, OF THE AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND EXPERIME
BROOK ISLAND, QLD. c. 1944-03-03. 252099 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT A.H. TREWIN RAAF TAKING SAMPLES AFTER A MUSTARD GAS BOMBING ON THE ISLAND IN THE INNISFAIL AREA. THE BOMBING WAS AN EXPERIMENT CARRIED OUT BY
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
