NAVY18406
Photograph NAVY18406 Vietnam, 1962-1975Mark Primmer, aged 9, of Hughes, ACT, is in a recompression chamber at the diving school at the HMAS Shore Base, Mosman, NSW. The boy spent several hours in the chamber, on 28 November 1968, attended
043242 Accession Number: 043242
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OPERATOR'S STATION OF DECOMPRESSION CHAMBER, INDICATING: (1) MAN LOCK ASCENT AND DESCENT VALVE CONTROLS; (2) MAN LOCK AND MAIN CHAMBER VACUUM GAUGES; (3) CHAMBER BAROMETRIC PRESSURE RECORDER; (4) CHAMBER VENTILATING VALVE CONTROL; (5) MAIN CHAMBER ASCENT VALVE CONTROL; (6) OPERATOR'S INTERCOMMUNICATION HEAD SET; (7) PRESSURE GLASS OBSERVATION WINDOW IN SIDE WALL OF CYLINDRICAL MAIN CHAMBER; (8) CHAMBER 'FLIGHT' LOG PAD; (9) MAN LOCK AND MAIN CHAMBER 100 PER CENT OXYGEN FLOODING CONTROLS AND OXYGEN SUPPLY GAUGES; (10) BATTERY OPERATED EMERGENCY TELEPHONE HANDSET; (11) MAIN CHAMBER DESCENT VALVE CONTROL; (12) CHAMBER INTERCOMMUNICATION SWITCHBOARD. PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939 45, MEDICAL, VOL 4, MEDICAL SERVICES OF THE RAN AND RAAF, PAGE 335.
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043242
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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