P05252.012

P05252.012

Image copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

ID number
P05252.012
Photographer
Adams, Stan
Object type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made
Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Innisfail
Date made
c 1943
Credit line
Donor N Adams
Collection
Photograph
Description
Two unidentified soldiers standing on the front balcony of the temporary headquarters of the Australian Chemical Warfare Research and Experimental Section, later known as the 1st Field Trials Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). The temporary site comprised five raised timber houses that that been left vacant after Italian farmers were interned by the Australian government. It was on the east side of Innisfail, Qld, with the Johnstone River on one side and cane fields and rainforest on the other.
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