The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Staff of the physiology laboratory at the 1st Australian Field Trials Company RAE at Gunyarra, Proserpine, Qld. The unit was formerly the Australian Chemical Warfare Research and Experimental Section and conducted research into the effects of mustard gas and other chemical warfare agents. Left to right: standing: Unknown Sapper (in doorway); Flight Lieutenant Collins RAAF; Dr John (Jack) Legge, Royal North Shore Hospital Sydney, Head of the Company physiology section; Sergeant (Sgt) Olive (Lukie) Lucas AWAS; Private (Pte) Peg Nelson AWAS; Sgt Elma Reeve AAMWS; Sgt Bill Addison RAAF; Sapper Leonard J. Lawler RAE. Seated on steps: Major Robert Thompson RAMC (Great Britain); Pte Faye Brassil AAMWS; Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Maurie Cohen ? RAAF; Corporal Russell Axam RAAF and LAC Jeff Craig RAAF.
Personnel of 1st Australian Field Trials Company RAE standing in open bush at a rail siding just south of Proserpine, Qld. They are wearing anti-gas protective clothing and have just removed their gas
Chemistry Laboratory staff of the 1st Australian Field Trials Company RAE at Gunyarra, Proserpine, Qld. The unit was formerly the Australian Chemical Warfare Research and Experimental Section and cond
Informal portrait of Elma Reeve, wrapped in a towel, holding her toothbrush, outside the open shower room which was under the house that accommodated 11 members of the Australian Women's Army Service
Large cylinders used to contain chemical agents, and hundreds of contaminated drums used for vaporising mustard gas lie on the ground in burnt bush. Excess chemicals were destroyed by burning at the e
Large cylinders used to contain chemical agents, and hundreds of contaminated drums used for vaporising mustard gas lie on the ground in burnt bush. Excess chemicals were destroyed by burning at the e
Proserpine, QLD, 1944. Interior of the sleeping quarters for members of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) who were serving with the 1st Field Trials Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE),
