The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 EXPERIMENTAL SECTION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS (RAE). HE IS WEARING FULL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING INCLUDING HEAVY COTTON INTERLOCK GLOVES.
Informal portrait of two people, wearing protective clothing, watching a Bristol Beaufort bomber spraying mustard gas on people standing below. The Australian Chemical Warfare Research and Experimenta
Informal portrait of V387912 Sergeant (Sgt) Olive Lucas, Australian Womens Army Service, wearing "Double layer impregnated clothing at gas trial, minus head gear, respirator and impregnated gloves" (A
North Brook Island, c. 1944-02. Wearing full protective clothing and breathing apparatus, a volunteer checks monitoring equipment to be used in experiments with mustard gas. The experiments are being
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
Brook Island, QLD, c. 1944-02. Wearing special protective clothing, a group of volunteers for chemical warfare experiments waits on a beach for the tests to commence. Aircraft will spray the island wi
Informal portrait of two members of the Australian Chemical Warfare Research and Experimental Section asleep on a beach. Both are wearing protective clothing to enable them to enter the site of a pois
