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This Meticulously researched book unearths a sixty year secret. As
the Japanese swept south towards Australia in late 1941, they
carried chemical weapons, already used with deadly effect in China.
Forced to counter the chemical warfare threat, Australia covertly
imported 1,000,000 chemical weapons - including 16 types of mustard
gas - and hid them in tunnels and other sites around the country.
This book tells the story of the importation, storage and 'live
trials' of the deadly weapons. It reveals details of the chemical
warfare agents themselves, Australia's retaliatory plans, the
involvement of the USA, the lack of training of the weapons
handlers and, finally, the dangerous disposal of the volatile
agents. Most of all, this is the story of the men who lived with
the deadly weapons on a daily basis, handling them constantly
despite the immense risks and suffering as a consequence. They were
the Chemical Warfare Armourers and almost every armourer suffered
physically and often mentally from the effects of the weapons and
the terrible burden of maintaining secrecy. This remarkable book
contains over 300 photographs - many taken surreptitiously - that
illustrate all too starkly the conditions and the danger to which
these men were exposed. This is an unprecedented visual history.
This book is published in association with the Army History Unit
and is a volume in the Australian Army History Collection.
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