Death by mustard gas : how military secrecy and lost weapons can kill / Geoff Plunkett.
Death by mustard gas : how military secrecy and lost weapons can kill / Geoff Plunkett.
Death by mustard gas : how military secrecy and lost weapons can kill / Geoff Plunkett.
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Publisher
Newport, N.S.W. Big Sky Publishing, 2014.
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H 2015/564
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxiv, 228 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits, photographs ; 24 x 16cm.
Content type
cartographic image
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Newport, N.S.W. Big Sky Publishing, 2014.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2014.
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Summary
"In 1943 a top secret consignment of chemical weapons, including deadly mustard gas, arrived in Australia by ship. But there was a problem it was leaking. Military authorities quickly realised this but, in the interests of secrecy, sent unprotected and unsuspecting wharf labourers into a lethal environment. The result was catastrophic: permanent di...
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Death by mustard gas : how military secrecy and lost weapons can kill / Geoff Plunkett.
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Australian Army history collection.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed 2015.
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Call Numbers
H 2015/564
Record Identifier
74VKOPwKVWdM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOPwKVWdM
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ISBN
9781922132918 (hardback)
DDC
358.340994
MMS ID
991022393799702626
