The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 masks after conducting a trial. 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: Mr Clifford Purkiss, British scientist from Porton Downes Chemical Warfare establishment and head of the Australian trials; Leading Aircraftman Jeff Craig RAAF; Sapper Leonard J. Lawler; Mr David Bland, Australian Army; Sapper Peg Nelson, AWAS; Major Robert Thompson, British Army; and Private Carmel Diviny AAMWS.
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
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
Proserpine, QLD, 1945-01-30. Aerial view of the military camp at which the 1st Field Trials Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), formerly the Australian Chemical Warfare Research and Experimenta
Proserpine, QLD, 1944. Three unidentified members of the 1st Field Trials Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), standing outside the administration building at the Australian Field Experimental S
Group portrait of members of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) and Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) serving with the Australian Chemical Warfare Field and Experimental Section.
Proserpine, QLD, 1945-01-30. Aerial view of the military camp with the coastal hills in the background. The 1st Field Trials Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), formerly the Australian Chemical
