GAS WARFARE
AUSTRALIA PREPARES SCHOOLS OF INSTRUCTION Likelihood of a gas attack in Australia is considered to be remote by the Defence scrvice chiefs of stalT, but training is proceeding in all States. Seven special schools of instruction have been arranged by the Department of Home Security to improve and maintain the efficiency of civil dcfencc workers in Australia, covering the following phases : Bomb reconnaissance lor wardens; rescue and demolition; gas identification; care and repair of respirators; raid spotting; and schools for adviser instructors and incident officers. Equipment difficulties which loomed large in the first year of the Department's existence are now rapidly passing. In most vulnerable areas all or nearly all personnel have been supplied with steel helmets and respirators, and fire fighting equipment provided has reached considerable ligurcs.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 91, 20 July 1943, Page 5
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130GAS WARFARE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 91, 20 July 1943, Page 5
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