NBC protective inner gloves : Commander I S Wheeler, HMAS Anzac

Place Middle East: Persian Gulf
Accession Number REL31449.003
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Personal Equipment
Physical description Cotton
Maker James North & Sons Ltd
Date made c 2000-2003
Conflict Iraq, 2003-2013
Description

Pair of Australian military issue NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) protective inner gloves. The unbleached cotton gloves have seams around each finger, as well as a circular seam around the thumb. Printed inside each wrist are the following markings in black '8415-99-975-7916 10-11 JAMES NORTH AND SONS 6850018/19'.

History / Summary

Australian Military issue NBC cotton inner gloves, issued to Commander I S Wheeler RAN, Supply Officer of HMAS Anzac during the war on Iraq.