BROOK ISLAND, QLD. 1944-03-01/06. VX102177 PRIVATE S.J. ANNETT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, North Brook Island
Accession Number 065080
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Keam, Ronald Noel
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

BROOK ISLAND, QLD. 1944-03-01/06. VX102177 PRIVATE S.J. ANNETT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL SECTION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, LIFTING A GOAT INTO A WEAPON PIT ON THE ISLAND. THESE ANIMALS ARE BEING USED BY THE UNIT TO TEST THE PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES OF FOXHOLES AND WEAPON PITS DURING A MUSTARD GAS EXPERIMENT.