Innisfail, QLD, 1944. Fay Brazill, Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS), a member of ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Innisfail
Accession Number P01831.017
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Adams, S H
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Innisfail, QLD, 1944. Fay Brazill, Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS), a member of the Australian Chemical Warfare Field and Experimental Section, carrying out experimental work with a pipette and test tube in the unit's laboratory. The unit, later known as the 1st Field Trials Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), conducted research on the effects of mustard gas and other chemical warfare agents.