A heavy cloud of gas amongst the trees in the savannah during a chemical field trial by the 1st ...

Accession Number P03332.022
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Proserpine
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A heavy cloud of gas amongst the trees in the savannah during a chemical field trial by the 1st Field Trials Company. The Proserpine Chemical Warfare Station was set up to mainly test British chemical warfare weapons. It was abandoned at the end of the war.