FM 12 Respirator : Warrant Officer Class 2 L Cunningham, 4RAR (Commando)

Avon FM 12 black rubber respirator with polycarbonate eye pieces. The mask features a circular central valve (the 'Primary Speech Module') which has an exhaust valve on the right cheek and a threaded inlet valve to accept the disposable canister on the left. The numeral '2' (indicating size) is raised in the rubber on the left cheek, with a manufacturer's marking in a corresponding position on the right. Six moulded tabs around the edge of the mask anchor the adjustable elastic and nylon mesh head straps.

Issued to 239707 WO II Laurie Cunningham, of 4 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Commando), for service in Kuwait and Iraq, February - May 2003. Cunningham, who had previously seen service with 6 RAR in East Timor, enlisted in the Australian Army in July 1990.