Roll of chemical agent detector paper : HMAS Darwin

Place Middle East: Persian Gulf
Accession Number REL31425.010
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Personal Equipment
Physical description Chemicals, Paper
Maker Truetech Inc
Place made United States of America
Date made 2002
Conflict Iraq, 2003-2013
Description

Australian military forces Paper Chemical Agent Detector, M9. The cube of paper is unopened in its vacuum sealed packaging, and is stored within the green canvas respirator case (REL31425.004). The white outer packaging is marked: '6665-01-226-5589 PAPER CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR, 1 ROLL M9 MFD 06/02 LOT CCR02F309-017 DISCARD DATE 06/10 NOTE: ENCLOSED PLASTIC BAG IS FOR STORAGE OF DISPENSER BY USER DO NOT OPEN OVERPACK UNTIL READY TO USE MIL-B 117G T-I C-E S-I TRUETECH, INC. 5/98'.

History / Summary

Issued to a crewmember aboard HMAS Darwin during the war on Iraq, 2003.