LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN E.J. ADAMS RAAF OPERATING AN ANEMOMETER ON THE ISLAND IN THE INNISFAIL AREA ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, North Brook Island
Accession Number 065124
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Portrait
Physical description Black & white, Portrait
Maker Keam, Ronald Noel
Place made Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, North Brook Island
Date made 3 March 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN E.J. ADAMS RAAF OPERATING AN ANEMOMETER ON THE ISLAND IN THE INNISFAIL AREA DURING THE EXPERIMENTAL MUSTARD GAS BOMBING STAGED BY THE AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL SECTION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS (RAE). HE IS WEARING FULL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING INCLUDING HEAVY COTTON INTERLOCK GLOVES.