P01831.006
Image copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
- ID number
- P01831.006
- Photographer
- Adams, S H
- Object type
- Black & white - Print silver gelatin
- Collection
- Photograph
- Description
- Innisfail, QLD, c. 1943-12. A storage shed and behind it the Field Laboratory for the Australian Chemical Warfare Research and Experimental Section, later to be known as the 1st Field Trials Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). The storage shed is full of gas cylinders. The sign next to the entrance of the laboratory reads: "Field Lab Out of Bounds to all ranks not on duty." The unit carried out experiments on the effects of mustard gas and other chemical warfare agents. (Donor J. Smith)
